Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions – Exploring Victorian Voices
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🍂 Join us for an event featuring acclaimed author Clare Wright OAM, Patron of the PMI Victorian History Library. She will discuss her latest book, which delves into the pivotal year of 1963. During this time, leaders of the Yolngu clans, in collaboration with their white allies, embarked on an unprecedented political journey that led
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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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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin 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.
Spiritual histories on stolen land: The 2024 Greg Dening Memorial Lecture presented by Dr Laura Rademaker
Forum Theatre (Room 153), Arts West, the University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052 Forum Theatre (Room 153), Arts West, University of Melbourne, Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaSpiritual histories on stolen land: a religious history of sovereignty and land rights Greg Dening was a deeply spiritual scholar. Though he walked away from the priesthood in 1970, he had been formed by his years in the Jesuit order, his practice of Saint Ignatius Loyola’s ‘Spiritual Exercises’ – the daily discipline of ‘spiritual readings’
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Miles Lewis Oration 2024 – Khoo Salma Nasution (Penang, Malaysia)
Japanese Room, Level 4, Glyn Davis Building (133), Parkville CampusConsuming The Porous City : George Town, Penang Khoo Salma Nasution The term ‘porous city’, introduced by Walter Benjamin and his collaborator Asja Lacis (credited more to the latter) in their 1925 essay on Naples, serves as an analytical lens in contemporary writings on architecture and urbanism. This essay applies the concept of porosity to
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Book Launch: Melbourne Ghost Signs
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaA beguiling photographic collection of the faded signs and half-hidden logos of Melbourne, revealing the historic tales — big and small — of this ever-changing city. From the gold-rush years to the Swinging Sixties, from Robur Tea to Tarax soft drinks, this city can never settle. In a process of continual renewal, old buildings are incorporated into new, both uncovering and obscuring snippets of history. Ghost signs provide hints to our common heritage, ready to be picked up by the keen eye and quick shutter.
Armadale Heritage Walks
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🏛️ Armadale Heritage Walks - An Seniors and History Month Event Join us for a captivating walking tour that blends history and exercise, perfect for enthusiasts of both! Starting at Armadale train station, you'll explore the fascinating past of High Street, one of Victoria's most iconic locations known for its vibrant food scene, fashion boutiques,
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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe RHSV, in partnership with the Heritage Council Victoria, celebrates 50 years of the Victorian Heritage Register. The event will offer insight into the history and functioning of the Register, which should be of interest to all concerned with preserving our heritage. 2024 marks the 50th Anniversary of Victorian state government heritage legislation. In 1974,
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Life So Full of Promise
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAward-winning historian and biographer of Pompey Elliott, Ross McMullin, on his new book. Ross is a renowned storyteller and an entertaining speaker. He will regale us with stories from “Life So Full of Promise”, his second lost generation multi-biography following “Farewell Dear People”, which won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Ross’s new book
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The Life and Works of the sculptor Charles Summers (1825-1878)
Phyllis Hore Room, Kew Library Civic Drive, Kew, Victoria, AustraliaJoin us on Thursday November 7th for our next club meeting. Our upcoming talk is on the 'Life and Works of the Sculptor Charles Summers (1825-1878). He is best known as the maker of the bronze statue of Burke and Wills, Melbourne's first public monument, but he also made many other important works. Our speaker
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