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Canberra Resources Immersion Program

RHSV is again partnering with the National Capital Educational Tourism Project and leading Canberra cultural institutions to offer the unique Canberra Resources Immersion Program for present and past VCE Australian History teachers. Participants pay a highly-subsidised fee of $875 which includes return flights, coach transfers in Canberra, accommodation, breakfasts, lunches and a Welcome Dinner. Education
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Labassa: Through the Eye of a Lens

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

Labassa’s grand architecture and exquisite decorative features have drawn generations of amateur and professional photographers. From ‘wow’ shot to intimate close up, Labassa has it all. Bring your camera and take a guided tour or explore the mansion on your own. Join the hunt for Labassa’s quirky ‘critters’ and capture them on camera. No tripods,
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Free – $35

People Power: Petitions in the National Archives

Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Petitioning government is a fundamental right in Australia’s democracy. This seminar will explore citizen activism through petitions submitted to the Australian Government. The National Archives collection includes a wide range of petitions relating to a number of areas for change including land rights for First Australians, equal voting rights and the internment of enemy aliens. Not all petitions relate to the big issues, with some asking for intervention on more local or personal issues.

Free

St John Ambulance Historical Society quarterly meeting

Williamstown Hall

St John Ambulance began its Search and Rescue Squads after WWII to collaborate with Victoria Police and the Country Fire Authority. It was superseded in the mid-1970s by the government funded State Emergency Service. However, in its heyday, S&R attended many disasters including the Southern Aurora derailment and the Westgate Bridge collapse. Stewart Grainger, who
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CURATOR’S TOUR OF GARRYOWEN’S MELBOURNE WITH DR LIZ RUSHEN

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

Historian Dr Liz Rushen will take you behind the scenes of our current exhibition, Garryowen's Melbourne which Liz curated. The exhibition grew out of the research Liz had done for her book, Garryowen Unmasked: The Life of Edmund Finn, which was launched earlier this year and was aided by her deep knowledge of the RHSV collection and its treasures. The tour will be followed by afternoon tea.

Free

Labassa: Twilight House and Garden tours

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

Experience Labassa’s lavish architecture and companion garden at twilight. Labassa’s garden has undergone many changes in its 160-year history. From pleasure grounds for Marvellous Melbourne’s elite through to a communal garden for resident hippies, Labassa has seen it all. Although over 700 people have lived at the mansion, its 1890s interiors remain largely intact. See
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$35 – $40

Graeme Davison in Lancefield

Lancefield Mechanics' Institute Corner High Street and The Crescent, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia

A great-aunt’s bequest – a 200-year-old grandfather clock – sends historian Graeme Davison on a journey deep into his father’s family’s past. From their tribal homeland in the Scottish Borders, he follows them to the garrison town of Carlisle, from industrial Birmingham to Edwardian Australia, and from the Great War to his own suburban childhood.
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$35.00

BOOK LAUNCH: ABORIGINAL VICTORIANS. A HISTORY SINCE 1800.

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

Please join us for the launch of the second edition of the double award-winning history by Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM, ABORIGINAL VICTORIANS. A HISTORY SINCE 1800.
Music by singer songwriter Butjulla and Gubbi Gubbi man, Gavin Somers.
To be launched by Gunditjmara woman, Jill Gallagher AO, CEO of VACCHO (Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation)
The MC will be La Trobe University’s Indigenous Studies Professor Julie Andrews OAM, a Yorta Yorta and Woiwurrung woman and member of the Dhul-an-yagan family clan of the Ulupna people.

Free

CATALOGUING CLINICS 2023

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month is this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. Jillian has a different topic each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. This is an
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Panel Discussion: Paulie Stewart, Fred Negro, Fiona Lee Maynard

St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia

Building on the success of the Unplugged in St Kilda podcast series, iconic musicians Paulie Stewart (Painters and Dockers), Fiona Lee Maynard (Have a Nice Day) and Fred Negro (I Piss on Your Gravy) will share musical tales from the St Kilda scene of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Facilitated by Sally Moore, host of the Unplugged podcasts, the panel will discuss the rich musical history of St Kilda, sharing insights into their time in the local area and how it shaped their music.