Historical Society Network Leaders: Victoria-wide Conference and Networking Day, 2024
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe RHSV wants to bring together the leaders of the many networks of historical societies which exist across Victoria. This event will not be Zoomed as a key aim is for leaders to meet with peers from across Victoria and then to share their findings with their member societies. The conference is free-of-charge to each historical society network and 1-2 others from that network. And there is travel and accommodation assistance for those travelling long distances.
Rare Book Week: Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute
Ballaarat Mechanics Institute 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaAn introduction to the Collection Speaker: Ellen Becker Established in central Ballarat in 1859, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute’s Collection is of historical significance as the largest and most intact repository of material relating to Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria, with its rare and valuable items demonstrating the tastes and interests of the inhabitants of a major
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AGM and Speaker Series – City of Protest? Melbourne and its history of dissent
Murrumbeena Bowls Club 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, AustraliaWe invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us at our AGM followed by a presentation from Margaret Anderson FFAHS, Director Old Treasury Building, on our city’s history of protest. Melbourne’s history of protest reaches back to the very first decade after Europeans first made their homes here. It has continued
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Nature and Culture: Eugene von Guérard and the landscape of Victoria’s Camperdown region
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldSPECIAL GUEST LECTURE by Dr Ruth Pullin in preparation for our Spring Bus Tour DATE: Thursday 12 September 2024 TIME: 6.00 pm start LOCATION A Zoom link will be sent with a reminder before the session. COST: $15 members AGHS, $15 Friends RBG, $20 non-members BOOKINGS: Via TryBooking link below ENQUIRIES: LYNDA ENTWISLE - Mobile:
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Melbourne’s Art Deco cinemas of the late 1930s
39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia🍿Melbourne's Art Deco cinemas of the late 1930s As Melbourne emerged from the Depression in 1935 its citizens could again afford a night out at the pictures. The suburbs saw many new cinemas built, until it was curtailed by wartime building restrictions in 1941. Join Royce Harris of the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society (CATHS)
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All at Sea: Books with a Maritime Flavour
The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 118 Collins Street, MelbourneSpeaker: Professor Chris Browne Tuesday 13th August 6.30pm - 7.30pm at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library Level 1, 118 Collins Street, Melbourne Presented by The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network, Rare Books Melbourne and The Melbourne Athenaeum Library All at Sea is an exploration of literature with a strong maritime setting, chosen and presented by Melbourne book
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Hugh Ralston Crawford: Innovator or Imitator?
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEngineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV present this event in partnership. Hugh Ralston Crawford (1876 - 1954) consulting engineer, was a pioneer in reinforced concrete work in Australia. He was granted a provisional patent for monolithic reinforced concrete cavity wall construction in 1907, and he later used the system to erect several concrete houses in
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AGHS Vic Branch AGM + Lecture
AGHS Vic Branch AGM with lecture to follow 'Rescuing Our Botanical Heritage’ 10 years of Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum Trust By Janet O’Hehir Janet O’Hehir leads a community group in its campaign to rejuvenate and protect the Camperdown Botanic Gardens, and to reclaim and redevelop its surrounding Arboretum. Victoria’s botanic gardens are a special part of
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REGIONAL SEMINAR WEEKEND IN LEONGATHA: UTILISING YOUR HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Leongatha Memorial Hall 6-8 McCartin St, Leongatha, VIC, AustraliaThe RHSV thank the Leongatha Historical Society and the South Gippsland Historical Network who are hosting this weekend in Gippsland. This is our second HSSC regional seminar for 2024. The program is spread across Leongatha and Korumburra which are only about 15 mins drive apart. Titled Utilising Your Historical Research, the seminar has a fabulous program of speakers on a variety of topics. Not to be missed.
CAFHOV Chinese Family History Day 2024
Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaMORE THAN GOLD – An event hosted by the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV), supported by the Museum of Chinese Australian History. Most people are familiar with the Chinese migration to Victoria in the pursuit of gold in the 1850s, but also many Chinese businesses were established during this period in support of
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