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.
Indigenous Sovereignty and Anti-Carceral Activism
This panel discussion, featuring strong First Nations people speaking about their work and experience in anti-carceral activism, will be chaired by Amangu Yamatji scholar and community organiser, Dr Crystal McKinnon.
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2022 Kenneth Myer Lecture
The Pavilion Victorian Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaProfessor Megan Davis will speak about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the referendum to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution.
Join the Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network for their 2022 Christmas Gathering & Conversation
Mission to Seafarers 717 Flinders St, Docklands, VIC, AustraliaYour Invitation! Join the Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network for their 2022 Christmas Gathering & Conversation This year, MMHN is joining Offshore Specialist Ships Australia and many other maritime-related associations to
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RECONVENED AGM 2021
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world112th RHSV RECONVENED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AGENDA Friday 23 December 2022 at 10:00am To be held as an online live meeting with attendance by Zoom 1. Welcome and acknowledgement of
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Hellenic Museum Summer School 2023: History & Culture of the Ancient World
The Hellenic Museum 280 William St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaExplore ancient Greece and Rome with relaxed, entertaining courses looking at myth, history, philosophy, archaeology and more. By Dr Christopher Gribbin Spend a week at Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum this January,
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From the Baltic to the Pacific: The first Displaced Persons to arrive in Australia after WW2
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldIn early December 1947, the first post WW2 ‘Displaced Persons’ arrived in Melbourne. They were part of a group of over 800 refugees from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania selected for resettlement in Australia. This seminar looks at this historic journey, set against the backdrop of Australia’s attitudes and policies to migrants at the time. It also showcases the range of records available via the National Archives of Australia.
The Priory in the United States and the Establishment of the St John Volunteer Corps
St John Museum 26/47 Esplanade, Williamstown Beach, Victoria, AustraliaThis is the first lecture in 2023 for the St John Ambulance Historical Society (Vic). The paper will be delivered by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Southby. Today the Order of
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Rutherglen’s Historic Common School Museum celebrates its 150th Anniversary
Rutherglen Common School Museum Murray Street, Rutherglen, VIC, AustraliaRutherglen’s Historic Common School Museum celebrates their 150th Anniversary on Saturday morning the 21st of January 2023 at 10am.
The morning will be relaxed and informal, with a welcome, morning tea and mingling amongst Rutherglen locals and visitors.
Drop in for a look, a chat, and let us all just enjoy the wonderful old school building, which is still standing, being cared for and well used after 150
years.
CHINESE MUSEUM: CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAM
Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn 2023, the Chinese Museum gets off to a BANG! with their biggest ever Chinese Lunar New Year program! On Friday 20th January, they open our Lucky Rabbit Exhibition, which reveals our traits and fortunes predicted by the 2023 Chinese Horoscope. On Sunday 22nd Jan, Chinese Lunar New Year Day, there will be discounted entry to the Chinese Museum as part of the day's street festival celebrations with includes the famous Millenium Dragon Parade.
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