Launch of “Across Bass Strait”
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAcross Bass Strait, which will be launched by The Hon Barry Jones AO, is a history of the connection which commenced in the 1840s between squatters, merchants and mariners to develop the livestock trade from the mainland to Van Diemen’s Land. The trade established nineteenth-century Gippsland as a prime beef producer exporting through Port Albert, a now-forgotten port, and this account is based on merchants’ records and letters from two families who were major players in this trade.
Labassa Women
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaLabassa mansion is hosting an eight-day exhibition celebrating the women who lived there across two centuries. This 8-day exhibition opens on Sunday 1st May with former resident and actor Jane Clifton telling outrageous stories of life at the mansion in the bohemian 1970s. The exhibition will draw on the National Trust's costume and object collections
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ANZAC walk in Brighton Cemetery
Brighton Cemetery Hawthorn Road, Brighton, VIC, AustraliaOn this walk we will visit 8 service persons who have been honoured with a flag. James Ernest Newland who was awarded a Victoria Cross 'For most conspicuous bravery, and devotion to duty, in the face of heavy odds, on three separate occasions’; Gladys Cain a nurse at Caulfield Military Hospital who died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic; and George Hawke Northcote whose wife persevered to be allowed to go to England to care for her husband George who was badly injured. Today we pay homage.
The role of the surveyors in the establishment of Melbourne and Victoria
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldWe are delighted that Mr Craig L. Sandy, Surveyor-General of Victoria, will be talking to RHSV members about the role of the surveyors in the establishment of Melbourne and Victoria. This event is presented in partnership with the Genealogical Society of Victoria.
Reminiscences of a Sporting Life by Peter Bedford
Middle Park Primary School 192 Richardson St, Middle Park, VIC, AustraliaThe guest speaker at the Middle Park History Group's next meeting is Peter Bedford, former South Melbourne Captain (VFL), Brownlow medallist and first-class cricketer for Victoria.
Heritage Excursion – Along The Maroondah Aqueduct
A walk along part of the Maroondah Aqueduct which was once a major link in Melbourne’s water supply system. It was built between 1886 and 1891 to transfer water from the Watts River near Healesville to Preston Reservoir. It was 66 km in length made up of 41 km of open channel, 10 km of tunnels through hills and 15 km of pipeline across stream valleys known as inverted siphons. The section of the aqueduct through Research and Eltham has been abandoned since the 1980s but the open channel has largely been retained. A recreational path follows the aqueduct reserve.
MARKETING 101
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldChristina Browning, our new RHSV Marketing Manager, brings a wealth of experience to the RHSV - and not just in social media. Christina started her working life as a journalist before seguing into marketing. May 9th: In this free Zoom forum, Christina will take you through building a social media campaign around a special day.
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Labassa Women
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaLabassa mansion is hosting an eight-day exhibition celebrating the women who lived there across two centuries. This 8-day exhibition opens on Sunday 1st May with former resident and actor Jane Clifton telling outrageous stories of life at the mansion in the bohemian 1970s. The exhibition will draw on the National Trust’s costume and object collections
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Ghost signs and the Melbourne Circle
Studio 1, Former Channel 9 Building 15 Barnett Way, Richmond, Victoria, AustraliaWith intensive development of urban sites, ghost signs suddenly appear when previous development, which had blocked the view of the signs, is demolished. Nick Gadd has captured many of these nostalgic and historic signs on his website. Almost like the signs and symbols of the past, Nick captures and brings these signs to life. Many
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Weston Bate Oration & RHSV AGM
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFollowing our AGM at 5pm, we are delighted that Dr Andrew Lemon will present this year's Weston Bate oration, AUSTRALIAN HISTORY AS LITERATURE: AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE AS HISTORY. Andrew contemplates the nature of the divide between the writing of history and the writing of fiction. Our best historians—including the late Weston Bate—are invariably outstanding writers, but why is it that historians are so rarely included when the literary world acclaims the best Australian writers? This lecture looks at the writing of Australian history as literature, and considers why journalists and storytellers customarily outsell academic historians when writing on historical subjects. Does this matter? Should aspiring historians be taught about good writing and literary technique? Has jargon and cliché prevailed in the academic teaching and writing of history?
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