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Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society

Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia

WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER: HIS FAMILY AND LIFE IN VICTORIA FROM THE GOLDRUSH YEARS Speaker: Tim Gatehouse, researcher into Victoria’s colonial era William Henry Foster was 20 years old when he arrived in Melbourne in 1852 with a colourful past. He went on to become Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Goldfields 1854 and Chinese Protector
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$10

Breakthrough!

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

With Andrew Lemon (RHSV) and Alicia Cerreto (PHA) hosting the event, some of our newest historians/members tell their breakthrough story. Do you know that euphoric feeling of discovery while in the depths of research? Or that wonderful moment of making a connection that no one had seen before?

Free – $10.00

Adam Lindsay Gordon Annual Statue Gathering

GORDON RESERVE SPRING STREET MELBOURNE Opp. 99 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

We meet at the Cafe Excello, 99 Spring Street Melbourne at 10:30am and cross to the statue of Adam Lindsay Gordon at 11:00am for Speeces, Readings, Wattle Laying and the Blowing of Bubbles. "Life is mostly froth and bubble"

MUSICIANS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF MELBOURNE TOUR – ST KILDA CEMETERY

St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, Australia

Sunday 23 June 2019 at 2.00pm Come and hear stories from the grave about notable Melbourne musicians and photographic artists buried at St Kilda Cemetery on this fascinating walking tour. Cost $15 including afternoon tea. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL: Tel: Liz 0422379053 or Sheila 9531 3648 Meet at main gates Dandenong Road

$15

Workshop: Five Innovative Ways to Increase Membership

Sebastopol Historical Society Community Centre, 185-187 Yarrowee St, Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia

Venue: Sebastopol Historical Society Speakers: Jane Nigro (Malvern Historical Society): Sue Walters (Malmsbury Historical Society): Rosemary Cameron (RHSV) Expect a hands-on workshop that delivers practical and effective ways to increase membership and engagement with your historical society. This workshop is limited to 30 participants. Participants are encouraged to arrive early, from 12 noon onwards, for
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$20.00 – $30.00

Tour of the historic and private Savage Club

Savage Club 12 Bank Place, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The RHSV can offer its members a tour of the private mens-only Savage Club on Thursday 4 July at 10am. Please note that this event is for RHSV members only and is limited to 20 persons. Morning tea is included.Curious to see what caused the fuss with Julian Burnside? Or curious to see a well-preserved
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$25

Melbourne Rare Book Week Lecture

Tonic House 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia

BOOKS AND READING IN LA TROBE'S MELBOURNE Speaker: Professor Wallace Kirsop, book historian and collector, will draw upon his vast knowledge to highlight aspects of European culture reflected in the early years of La Trobe's administration of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales and, after Separation in 1851, the flourishing book-trade in the
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Free

Dr Andrew Lemon on Treasures from the RHSV Collection.

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

For Rare Book Week a lunch-time lecture. The RHSV began assembling its library collection from the time of its inception in 1909 and it also incorporated, in the 1920s, the library of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victoria) which formed in 1883. Former president of the RHSV and well-known professional historian, Dr Andrew Lemon,
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Free

Workshop: Cataloguing. Venue: Numurkah Historical Society

Numurkah Heritage Centre 118- 120 Melville Street, Numurkah, VIC, Australia

This workshop will be delivered by Sophie Shilling. Sophie is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and RMIT, and currently works in Information Services at Museums Victoria and the RHSV as well as being the Outreach Officer for the Federation of Australian Historical Societies. She specialises in digital preservation, presenting workshops for the Australian Society of Archivists. Sophie authored the FAHS publication, Collecting & Preserving Digital Materials.

$25.00 – $35.00

The Blackburns. Private Lives, Public Ambition. A lecture by Caroline Rasmussen

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

When socialist barrister and aspiring member of parliament Maurice Blackburn met Doris Hordern, ardent feminist and campaign secretary to Vida Goldstein, neither had marriage in their imagined futures. But they fell in love - and together, they shook Australia. Caroline Rasmussen talks about her latest book, The Blackburns Private Lives, Public Ambition.

$10.00 – $20.00