KALEIDOSCOPE
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis exhibition is biography imagined through the lens of a Kaleidoscope. The viewer is offered fragments of the lives represented here. There is no linear narrative. Each time the kaleidoscope turns, a different story emerges. There are repeating patterns but different emphases and new ways of seeing, new reflections, new refractions. No one story dominates and one story does not fit all.
Getting Your Family History Published
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldPublisher Talk: Getting Your Family History Published Wednesday 25 May, 1 pm to 2 pm Online event using Zoom As part of the South Australian History Festival, Genealogy SA presents
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Hotham History Project presents a talk by Professor Miles Lewis on Victorian Paint
City of Melbourne Bowls Club 603 - 615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne 3051., North Melbourne, victoria, AustraliaHeritage paint colour controls in Victoria, and to a large extent in Australia, are based mainly upon a document prepared 45 years ago by Miles Lewis and his then research
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An historical overview of Australian botanic gardens by Richard Aitken
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldExploring Australia’s fine network of botanic gardens had its genesis in the late 18 C, with a government garden on Sydney Cove. Australia’s fine network of botanic gardens had its
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Cataloguing Clinics 2022
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldFree monthly cataloguing clinics via Zoom. The clinics run for an hour from 11am – 12noon on the 4th Thursday of each month. It is a relaxed gathering of people who are finding their way through the intricacies of cataloguing material in historical collections which, as we all know, fall between a library and a museum with sometimes a bit of art gallery thrown in.
Getting started with using DNA for family history research
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaDNA testing has become a more affordable and increasingly popular way for people to explore their family history. This session will cover the types of DNA relevant to genealogy, where
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Who are these people? Understanding your DNA match list
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaThis session will cover estimating your relationship to your DNA matches to potentially place them in your family tree. The session will also highlight some important considerations when deciding to
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Case studies – practical examples of using DNA for family history research
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaThis session will present case studies that demonstrate how DNA testing can be used to solve mysteries and breakdown brick walls in your family history research. This session is the
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Historians on Australian Politics
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world‘Colonial and pandemic politics: What light can Australian political history before 1901 shed on our present?’ Many of the dominant patterns of Australian politics were in place before federation of
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Inaugural Miles Lewis Oration delivered by Professor Alex Bremner
Melbourne School of Design Masson Rd, University of Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe Australian Centre of Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage is pleased to announce the inaugural Miles Lewis Oration , online and in the Japanese Room at the Melbourne School
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