Tour of the historic and private Savage Club
Savage Club 12 Bank Place, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe 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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Melbourne Rare Book Week Lecture
Tonic House 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, AustraliaBOOKS 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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Dr Andrew Lemon on Treasures from the RHSV Collection.
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaFor Rare Book Week a lunch-time lecture. The RHSV began assembling its library collection from the time of its inception in 1909 and it also incorporated, in the 1920s, the
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Workshop: Cataloguing. Venue: Numurkah Historical Society
Numurkah Heritage Centre 118- 120 Melville Street, Numurkah, VIC, AustraliaThis 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.
The Blackburns. Private Lives, Public Ambition. A lecture by Caroline Rasmussen
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWhen 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.
Victoria’s Earliest Potteries
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWe 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.
Growing up in Burwood and Box Hill.
Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaOur 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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Alphonsus Vincent (Phonse) Tobin – Irish (and North Melbourne) to his core.
North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaTalk by Des Tobin – ‘A. V. (Phonse) Tobin – Irish (and North Melbourne) to his core. Alphonsus Vincent Tobin (1905–1993), funeral director and football administrator, was born on 23
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Museums Victoria Glen Eira Collection
Join via ZoomMuseums Victoria Senior Curator, Deborah Tout-Smith will share stories and photographs of the Glen Eira area, including rare photographs of the urban landscape, shops and businesses, sport and recreation, and
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: Cataloguing and digitisation workshop series.
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaA series of 6 graded workshops covering all you need to know on cataloguing and digitisation. Spaced over 6 months to give participants time to put into practice their new skills before tackling the next topic.
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