GARAGE GIRLS @ LAMAMA COURTHOUSE THEATRE

La Mama Courthouse Theatre 349 Drummond Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia

JOIN THE RHSV ON FRIDAY 21 JULY @ 7:30pm We are hosting a group booking for members and their friends.   Imagine…1920s Melbourne-the advent of the motorcar! Society reels from
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$22

Rare books from the RHSV collection

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

We are thrilled that Rare Book Week and its fair are back after a three-year COVID hiatus! The Royal Historical Society of Victoria has had a very active collecting policy
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Free
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WRITING HISTORY GROUP

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Dr Cheryl Griffin leads this group which has been meeting since 2020. This group is for people who are tackling writing a history project or two and want a sounding
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Approaching the Voice: a four part lecture series

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre

Our friends at U3A Melbourne City have put together a 4 part series, Approaching the Voice, in partnership with the Indigenous Unit at The University of Melbourne.  Later this year you will be asked to vote in the Referendum on a Voice to Parliament and in the coming months you will be bombarded with opinions from all political perspectives.  In this Approaching the Voice series we bring you voices that you won’t regularly hear on radio and television: the voices of people who work continuously in this area and who are willing to share their expertise with us. 

Free

Approaching the Voice: a four part lecture series

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre

Our friends at U3A Melbourne City have put together a 4 part series, Approaching the Voice, in partnership with the Indigenous Unit at The University of Melbourne.  Later this year you will be asked to vote in the Referendum on a Voice to Parliament and in the coming months you will be bombarded with opinions from all political perspectives.  In this Approaching the Voice series we bring you voices that you won’t regularly hear on radio and television: the voices of people who work continuously in this area and who are willing to share their expertise with us. 

Free

Researching your Ancestors from India and Sri Lanka

Mill Park Library 394 Plenty Road, Mill Park, VIC, Australia

Family Historian Smita Biswas will share tips to find clues about your family roots in India and Sri Lanka, including understanding the history, surnames and official resources. Regarded by some
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TOUR: ISLAMIC MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA

Islamic Museum of Australia 15A Anderson Road, Thornbury, VIC, Australia

Join the RHSV for a curator's tour of the Islamic Museum of Australia, one of Melbourne newest museums. The tour will have special emphasis on the artistic and cultural heritage of Muslims in Australia.
The arrival of Muslim Macassan fisherman from Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia on the Northern Australia coast in the early 1700s marked the beginning of a long-lasting trade relationship between the Macassans and First Nations people. Over time, these communities developed a mutual respect for one another, and shared cultural and religious traditions. Another section of the exhibition pays homage to the Afghan cameleers, highlighting their important contributions to our country’s infrastructure and economy.  

$15

Vandemonians Book Talk

Diamond Valley Library

Join Professor Janet McCalman of the University of Melbourne as she discusses her book Vandemonians: the repressed history of colonial Victoria. This fascinating book examines the stories of Victoria’s convict
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