Book launch: My Grandfather’s Clock: Four Centuries of a British-Australian Family, by Graeme Davison

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, 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. This is the story of an ordinary family's journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At each step, we are led to reflect on the puzzles of personal identity and the mystery of time. Based on a lifetime of creative scholarship, My Grandfather's Clock is a moving testament to the power of family history to illuminate the present. 

Free

Stories Stitched in Fabric

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

👗 Stories Stitched in Fabric Are you interested in costume history and design? Then join the Brighton Historical Society at the PMI Victorian History Library for a talk about their
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ZOOM CONVERSATION WITH GRAEME DAVISON ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK

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The RHSV is delighted to co-host with the Genealogical Society of Victoria this ZOOM conversation with Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison AO about his latest book, My Grandfather's Clock.  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. This is the story of an ordinary family's journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At each step, we are led to reflect on the puzzles of personal identity and the mystery of time. Based on a lifetime of creative scholarship, My Grandfather's Clock is a moving testament to the power of family history to illuminate the present.

Free

CATALOGUING CLINICS 2023

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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
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WRITING HISTORY GROUP

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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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HUGH ANDERSON LECTURE DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR SHEILA FITZPATRICK

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

We are thrilled that distinguished historian, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick will deliver the 2nd RHSV Hugh Anderson Lecture. Sheila turns her historian’s gaze to the block of flats where she grew up and where most other residents were European Jewish refugees. 

$10.00 – $20.00

The Parliamentary Library

Caulfield Cup Room, Glen Eira Town Hall Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, Australia

Our September Speaker Series, features a talk by Carolyn Macvean, Manager of the Victorian Parliamentary Library and Information Service. This presentation covers some of the history of the library, completed
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Making Public Histories: Australia’s Broken Years?

History Council of Victoria Presents - Making Public Histories: Australia's Broken Years? Historian Joan Beaumont’s books Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War (2013) and Australia’s Great Depression (2022) offer profound reinterpretations of those
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The Real Gold Diggers of Labassa

Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, Australia

Labassa mansion was built on gold. Some residents made their fortune with a pick and shovel; others like Cobb & Co. owner Mr Robertson amassed millions through farsighted opportunism. Hear
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$28 – $30