Prisoners of the Japanese: Personal stories from WW2 service records
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldAnzac Day 1942: As Australia stopped to remember the sacrifices of war, over 22,000 Australian service personnel were prisoners of the Japanese, having been recently captured in Malaya, Singapore, Timor and New Guinea. Their families back home waited anxiously for news, which often never came. In this webinar, Patrick Ferry from the National Archives of
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LGBTIQ+ Inclusion in the history of the Australian Defence Force
OnlineAustralian Defence Force policies banned lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving until November 1992 and transgender people until September 2010. Yet, there is a long history of their service, as the Australian military evolved from an institution that actively persecuted LGBTIQ+ members to one that actively welcomes and values their contributions. Join historian Noah
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Public Symposium: Australasia & the Global Turn in Architectural History Symposium
Melbourne School of Design Masson Rd, University of Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe writing of architectural history shifted with the turn of the twenty-first century. Theoretical and methodological reassessments, as well as the study of postcolonial theories in architecture, challenged the previously accepted disciplinary canon and made the development of a global history of architecture urgent. More than twenty years later, there has been resulting literature, disciplinary reassessments, and continuous debate around the meaning of global in the history of architecture. One of the latest additions to the field, the new edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s rebranded as Global History of Architecture (2019), is proof of the continuous scholarly interest in reframing the global.
Preserving Family History Collections
Stonnington History Centre 1257 High Street, Malvern, VIC, AustraliaDo you have a collection of photographs, papers, artwork, objects from your family history that you wish to preserve? Then come along and hear Local History Technician, Dr Ainslee Meredith from the Stonnington History Centre talk us through Preserving Family History Collections on Wednesday 27 April, 5.30pm-6.30pm. Drawing on her experience in archival conservation, Ainslee will discuss different
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Cataloguing Clinics 2022
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldFree 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.
Launch of “Across Bass Strait”
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAcross Bass Strait, which will be launched by The Hon Barry Jones AO, is a history of the connection which commenced in the 1840s between squatters, merchants and mariners to develop the livestock trade from the mainland to Van Diemen’s Land. The trade established nineteenth-century Gippsland as a prime beef producer exporting through Port Albert, a now-forgotten port, and this account is based on merchants’ records and letters from two families who were major players in this trade.
Labassa Women
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaLabassa mansion is hosting an eight-day exhibition celebrating the women who lived there across two centuries. This 8-day exhibition opens on Sunday 1st May with former resident and actor Jane Clifton telling outrageous stories of life at the mansion in the bohemian 1970s. The exhibition will draw on the National Trust's costume and object collections
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ANZAC walk in Brighton Cemetery
Brighton Cemetery Hawthorn Road, Brighton, VIC, AustraliaOn this walk we will visit 8 service persons who have been honoured with a flag. James Ernest Newland who was awarded a Victoria Cross 'For most conspicuous bravery, and devotion to duty, in the face of heavy odds, on three separate occasions’; Gladys Cain a nurse at Caulfield Military Hospital who died during the Spanish Flu Epidemic; and George Hawke Northcote whose wife persevered to be allowed to go to England to care for her husband George who was badly injured. Today we pay homage.
The role of the surveyors in the establishment of Melbourne and Victoria
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldWe are delighted that Mr Craig L. Sandy, Surveyor-General of Victoria, will be talking to RHSV members about the role of the surveyors in the establishment of Melbourne and Victoria. This event is presented in partnership with the Genealogical Society of Victoria.
Reminiscences of a Sporting Life by Peter Bedford
Middle Park Primary School 192 Richardson St, Middle Park, VIC, AustraliaThe guest speaker at the Middle Park History Group's next meeting is Peter Bedford, former South Melbourne Captain (VFL), Brownlow medallist and first-class cricketer for Victoria.
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