Victorian History Events
Ross McMullin – ‘Turning Disaster into Victory: The Battle of Polygon Wood’
RHSV Officers' Mess Upstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe battle of Polygon Wood in September 1917 is one of the AIF’s most iconic but least understood victories. It has usually been depicted as a relatively straightforward affair —
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The West Gate Bridge Collapse: 50 Years On
Online50 years ago, the partially-constructed West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing 35 workers and injuring 18 more. The disaster remains Australia’s worst industrial accident to this day. Join us in conversation
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Mallee Country: Land People History. A discussion
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThis is a free online Zoom event presented by Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies for History Month. The speakers are: Richard Broome, Katie Holmes and Charles Fahey ‘We often
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WWI Honour Boards: Remembering the Women & Men of the Geelong Region
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldGeelong Regional Library Corporation invites RHSV members and friends to join this digital event. The panel of special guests includes historian and author Dr Ruth Lee, Lieut. Col Neil Smith
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Trove for Beginners
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaTrove is a National Library of Australia website which provides access to historic newspapers, photographs, and much more. Come along to this session to learn what’s available on Trove, and
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Port Phillip Bay: Looking out, Looking in – Aboriginal and Colonial Perspectives
Library at the Dock 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands, Victoria, AustraliaThe Kulin Nation’s presence over millennia around Port Phillip Bay, the Birrarung/Yarra corridor, its waterways, swamps and creeks, was clearly a primary formative element in the maritime heritage we share today. The MMHN is curating this event to acknowledge the genesis of this shared maritime heritage which is little understood and a source of wonder. It is particularly topical at this time of the year (i.e., post Australia/Invasion Day) as we all reflect on our shared heritage.
Williamstown Croquet Club – Past, Present and Future
OnlineCome along and learn about croquet’s origins in the 19th century and the history of Williamstown’s own club, founded in 1926. Club president, Paul Lund, will also provide information on
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1850s Heritage-listed garden in Thomastown: horticulturalist guided tours
Ziebell's Farmhouse Museum & Heritage Garden 100 Gardenia Road, Thomastown, VIC, AustraliaDescribed as one of the finest small cottage gardens in Melbourne, Ziebell’s Farmhouse garden features over 70 roses including one planted in the 1860s. It is tangible evidence of the love of beauty and culture that existed at Westgarthtown, which is an historic dairy farming settlement established by German and Wendish emigrants. It is Victoria’s oldest German emigrant building
Discover Your Military Ancestors
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaWant to learn more about your family's military history? Discover the huge range of military records you can search online, and find out what your ancestors did during the wars
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Pre-European Indigenous Culture in the Kew Area – 2021 McIntyre Lecture
2021 MCINTYRE LECTURE Gary Presland is an archaeologist and historian, with long-standing research interests in the pre-contact Indigenous culture, and natural history, of the Melbourne area. He has written extensively
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