Adam Lindsay Gordon Annual Statue Gathering

GORDON RESERVE SPRING STREET MELBOURNE Opp. 99 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

We meet at the Cafe Excello, 99 Spring Street Melbourne at 10:30am and cross to the statue of Adam Lindsay Gordon at 11:00am for Speeces, Readings, Wattle Laying and the
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Workshop: Five Innovative Ways to Increase Membership

Sebastopol Historical Society Community Centre, 185-187 Yarrowee St, Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia

Venue: Sebastopol Historical Society Speakers: Jane Nigro (Malvern Historical Society): Sue Walters (Malmsbury Historical Society): Rosemary Cameron (RHSV) Expect a hands-on workshop that delivers practical and effective ways to increase
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$20.00 – $30.00

Tour of the historic and private Savage Club

Savage Club 12 Bank Place, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The RHSV can offer its members a tour of the private mens-only Savage Club on Thursday 4 July at 10am. Please note that this event is for RHSV members only
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$25

Melbourne Rare Book Week Lecture

Tonic House 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia

BOOKS AND READING IN LA TROBE'S MELBOURNE Speaker: Professor Wallace Kirsop, book historian and collector, will draw upon his vast knowledge to highlight aspects of European culture reflected in the
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Free

Workshop: Cataloguing. Venue: Numurkah Historical Society

Numurkah Heritage Centre 118- 120 Melville Street, Numurkah, VIC, Australia

This workshop will be delivered by Sophie Shilling. Sophie is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and RMIT, and currently works in Information Services at Museums Victoria and the RHSV as well as being the Outreach Officer for the Federation of Australian Historical Societies. She specialises in digital preservation, presenting workshops for the Australian Society of Archivists. Sophie authored the FAHS publication, Collecting & Preserving Digital Materials.

$25.00 – $35.00

The Blackburns. Private Lives, Public Ambition. A lecture by Caroline Rasmussen

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

When socialist barrister and aspiring member of parliament Maurice Blackburn met Doris Hordern, ardent feminist and campaign secretary to Vida Goldstein, neither had marriage in their imagined futures. But they fell in love - and together, they shook Australia. Caroline Rasmussen talks about her latest book, The Blackburns Private Lives, Public Ambition.

$10.00 – $20.00

Victoria’s Earliest Potteries

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

We are delighted that Gregory Hill, a leading authority on both Australian Colonial Pottery and Australian Art Pottery, will be delivering a lunch-time lecture on Victoria’s Earliest Potteries. 

$10 – $20

Growing up in Burwood and Box Hill.

Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, Australia

Our speaker is internationally known architect Karl Fender OAM. Founding Partner of multiple award winning Fender Katsalidis Architects, Karl will share memories from his life in Burwood and Box Hill
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Gold coin donation