Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture: The Lady of St Kilda
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis illustrated talk explains how the Schooner Lady of St Kilda connected La Trobe’s naming of St Kilda with the remote Scottish island of St Kilda. A second link involved the Barque Priscilla. She carried 36 St Kilda migrants, but only 16 survived the voyage to Port Phillip.
Ernest Scott Prize Lecture by Janet McCalman
Kathleen Fitzpatrick TheatreFirst Ernest Scott Prize lecture of 2022: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’ Presented by Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Janet McCalman AC Date: Thursday 15 September 2022 Time: 6:15pm - 7:30pm Venue: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Basement, Arts West Building Australia is unique among settler-colonies in having detailed physical and behavourial records
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2022 Ernest Scott Lecture Part I: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’
The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies is pleased to present the first Ernest Scott Prize lecture of 2022: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’ Presented by Janet McCalman AC, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Australia is unique among settler-colonies in having detailed physical and behavourial records of many of
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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 Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV) and spent the first year of his life in a Coburg Market garden. His Chinese father and grandfather were both market
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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.
Family History Social Group
Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaDo you enjoy friendly conversation and family history? Share your knowledge and skills with other group members in a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. Whether you are just starting out with your family history research or have many years experience you are
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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 unique two-day conference offers an impressive range of expert historians and educationists who will share their reflections on Victoria’s education system since the passing of
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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 rolling hills and valleys, vegetation and grasslands abound with colourful native birds and wildlife attracting pastoralists, investors and settlers. Properties were established on a grand
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