STATUES: PUTTING THEM UP, AND PULLING ‘EM DOWN
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThere may be a lull in the statue wars now, but that is because the front has broadened – certainly overseas. This oration shows how statues rose with the nineteenth century, and spread with the growth of empires, not least to Australia. The nature of traditional Australian statuary is considered, along with the questions it implicitly raises. (Comparisons are made with America.) Statues, it seems, have become lightning conductors for unresolved tensions, the public culture which once sustained them being increasingly subject to segmentation and fracture.
Waltzing Matilda: Australia’s Accidental Anthem
Altona Library 123 Queen St, Altona, VIC, AustraliaThe song that started as an accidental collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895 caused the death of a seven-year relationship and went on to inspire a nation during WWII. Author and criminal barrister Benjamin Lindner presents a forensic history of the events, the people and the places that led to the writing of Australia’s most
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Talk: The history of Kodak in Coburg 1961-2004
Coburg Library Corner Waterfield and Louisa Streets, Coburg, Victoria, AustraliaAt Coburg Historical Society May monthly meeting, Fiona Kinsey, Senior curator of the images and Image history including the Kodak Collection at Museums Victoria will talk on the subject of :"The History of Kodak Australasia in Coburg 1961-2004 and show staff recollection videos via Zoom. The talk can be viewed via your computer https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89706637372?pwd=Y3N4WXRWODVuVEx6WGsxTURhb1Zmdz09 Meeting
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Open Day at La Trobe’s Cottge
La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSpend your afternoon in the beautiful Domain, with a guided tour of the home of our first governor Charles Joseph La Trobe and his family. You will be able to see their elegant yet simple prefabricated house from Melbourne’s early days, surrounded by garden plants from the era. Last guided tour 3.30pm
Early Melbourne Suburbs joint GSV & RHSV seminar by Zoom
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldEssendon and Malvern and the Development of Melbourne’s Tram System: A Zoom Seminar The GSV and RHSV are jointly conducting a seminar exploring the development of the suburbs of Essendon and Malvern together with the history of Melbourne’s extensive tram system. Warren Doubleday, the Manager of the Melbourne Tram Museum collection, will speak on the
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Pre-European Aboriginal Culture in the Camberwell Area
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldPre-European Aboriginal culture in the Camberwell area a presentation via zoom by Dr Gary Presland Dr Gary Presland studied history at LaTrobe University and archaeology at the University of London. For the past forty years his major research interests have been in the Aboriginal history and natural history of the Melbourne area. At the time
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FRIENDS OF LA TROBE’S COTTAGE ANNUAL LECTURE
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaC J La Trobe: Jolimont plantsman Guest Speaker: Helen Botham Garden history researcher, author of La Trobe’s Jolimont: a walk round my garden, and coordinator La Trobe’s Cottage management team This presentation will explore how Charles La Trobe’s school days and his travel experiences as a young adult fostered his interest in the natural world
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From sanatoria to urban bushland: An environmental history of Melbourne’s former sites of tuberculosis treatment.
Join via ZoomA talk by Environmental Historian, Rebecca Le Get. Rebecca Le Get is an independent scholar and environmental historian. She is interested in how tuberculosis and its treatment has influenced the development of green spaces and bushland reserves in suburban Melbourne. Were it not for these forests being selected for healthcare, it is uncertain if these
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Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldAt the 27 May Clinic, Jillian will revisit the process of book cataloguing, both published and unpublished material. What is the information that should be captured and what is the nice-to-add extras that can be useful. Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit
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Impressionists in their Gardens – living light and colour
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThis lecture explores gardens through the senses of the Impressionists from three continents – Europe, North America and Australia - enjoying the essentially similar pleasures of the garden but engaging with the light from their skies in order to create very different sensations. French Impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, Berthe Morisot and Caillebotte, and the
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