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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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.

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.

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.