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.
An exhibition – Glen Eira Historical Society 50 years 1972-2022
Glen Eira City Council Gallery Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, AustraliaSince its formation in 1972 the Glen Eira Historical Society has collected over 5000 items; documents, photographs, ephemera, maps and more. To commemorate 50 years we dipped into our collection
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Fatal Contact: Introduced epidemics among Australia’s Colonial Australian First Nations
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis talk by Peter Dowling explores the devastating infectious diseases introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles and sexually transmitted diseases swept through the indigenous populations of the continent well into the twentieth century.
Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh
Murrumbeena Bowls Club 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, AustraliaGlen Eira Historical Society's Speaker Series this month is a talk by Terry Young on Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh. Terry is Vice President of Chinese Australian Family
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Cataloguing Clinics 2022
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldCANCELLED - Due to day of mourning for the Queen.
Free 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.
Men and Ships Driven by the Wind
Port Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAt the September meeting of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society Bruce Gooley will speak on the topic of Men and Ships Driven by the Wind. Bruce is a graduate of Melbourne University and a researcher, presenter and self-published author with a special interest in maritime history. He is a volunteer tutor at the Hawthorn University of the Third Age (U3A). He has presented over 120 one and a half hour illustrated maritime history talks there, and has also presented to Probus and historical societies, and has documented these talks in book format.
FREE SECULAR COMPULSORY. 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIAN EDUCATION ACT 1872, CONFERENCE 2022.
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaOur past informs our present and our future. Our education system shapes our society. The way we are taught, the way we learn—these questions have always been sharply debated. This
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Lost Banyule
Graham Thorley of the Heidelberg Historical Society will join us to reflect on the changing face of the Banyule municipality via its population, buildings, infrastructure, and ways of life. Banyule's
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Women in Eltham Cemetery Tour
Eltham Cemetery Metery Road, Eltham, VIC, AustraliaStories connect us to our local heritage. Nestled on high ground, once overlooking the village of Eltham, we will tour part of the cemetery and recognise the contributions of some
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Eltham Courthouse Restoration
Eltham LibraryBuilt in 1860, the Eltham Courthouse is the oldest public building remaining in the Shire of Nillumbik. In 2021, a restoration project was undertaken to bring new life to this
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