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AGHS Vic Branch AGM + Lecture

AGHS Vic Branch AGM with lecture to follow 'Rescuing Our Botanical Heritage’ 10 years of Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum Trust By Janet O’Hehir Janet O’Hehir leads a community group in its campaign to rejuvenate and protect the Camperdown Botanic Gardens, and to reclaim and redevelop its surrounding Arboretum. Victoria’s botanic gardens are a special part of
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REGIONAL SEMINAR WEEKEND IN LEONGATHA: UTILISING YOUR HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Leongatha Memorial Hall 6-8 McCartin St, Leongatha, VIC, Australia

The RHSV thank the Leongatha Historical Society and the South Gippsland Historical Network who are hosting this weekend in Gippsland. This is our second HSSC regional seminar for 2024. The program is spread across Leongatha and Korumburra which are only about 15 mins drive apart. Titled Utilising Your Historical Research, the seminar has a fabulous program of speakers on a variety of topics. Not to be missed.

Free – $55.00

CAFHOV Chinese Family History Day 2024

Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

MORE THAN GOLD – An event hosted by the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV), supported by the Museum of Chinese Australian History. Most people are familiar with the Chinese migration to Victoria in the pursuit of gold in the 1850s, but also many Chinese businesses were established during this period in support of
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$12.50

HUGH ANDERSON LECTURE DELIVERED BY DR ROSS JONES

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Renovation or Revision: (re)writing Indigenous and Institutional Histories We are thrilled that Dr Ross L Jones will deliver the 3rd Hugh Anderson Lecture in the RHSV's Distinguished Lecture series.  Eric Hobsbawm wrote that national histories comprise ‘anachronism, omission,  decontextualization and, in extreme cases, lies.’ If we substitute ‘nation’ with ‘university’ does the truth hold, especially
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$10.00 – $20.00

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz book talk

Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Ave, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

At the height of the Holocaust, twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. Drawing on diverse
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$15

CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. In 2024's first Cataloguing Clinic for the year, Jillian will talk about collection management, what you keep or don’t keep, when you catalogue material as an archive or a collection and any issues around the actual collection. Jillian has a different topic each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. Bring your questions (no matter the topic) - this is an interactive space where questions are encouraged. The RHSV does not endorse any particular cataloguing software - we believe it is horses for courses - and Jillian will talk about issues that impact on cataloguing whether you are using cataloguing cards or software.

Recurring

Family History Workshops

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

👩🏽‍👩🏽‍👦🏽‍👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. Do you want some guided help with your family history journey? We can help. Join a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. Our workshops will cover: 28 Feb -
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$20 – $25

CURATOR’S TOUR OF MELBOURNE’S STORIED LANEWAYS WITH DAVID THOMPSON

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David Thompson will take you behind the scenes of our current exhibition, Melbourne's Storied Laneways which David curated. The exhibition was prompted by the upcoming publication of  The Story of Melbourne’s Lanes: Essential but Unplanned by Weston Bate, Richard Broome, Nicole Davis, Andrew J. May, Helen Stitt  which will be launched on 3rd October 2024. We
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Free

Celebrating 100 Years of Frankston High School

Frankston High School Museum Foot Street, Frankston, Victoria, Australia

Frankston High School is turning 100 this year and to celebrate this important milestone a book has been written called "100 Years 100 Voices" which showcases 100 past students. It tells their stories but also documents the changes that occurred to Frankston from a small fishing village to the large multi cultural city that it
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Free

Some History Lessons for Present-day Housing Campaigners

Yorkshire Stingo Hotel 48 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia

Collingwood Historical Society is pleased to announce that Janet McCalman AC will be our guest speaker at this year's AGM. Her topic will range over slum clearances, the establishment of the Housing Commission of Victoria, and current housing issues. The evening will start with dinner at a venerable Collingwood pub at 6:30, followed by (brief!)
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