Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society
Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaWILLIAM 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
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Breakthrough!
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWith 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?
Adam Lindsay Gordon Annual Statue Gathering
GORDON RESERVE SPRING STREET MELBOURNE Opp. 99 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaWe 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
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MUSICIANS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OF MELBOURNE TOUR – ST KILDA CEMETERY
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaSunday 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.
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Workshop: Five Innovative Ways to Increase Membership
Sebastopol Historical Society Community Centre, 185-187 Yarrowee St, Sebastopol, Victoria, AustraliaVenue: 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
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Tour of the historic and private Savage Club
Savage Club 12 Bank Place, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe 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
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Melbourne Rare Book Week Lecture
Tonic House 386 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, AustraliaBOOKS 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
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Dr Andrew Lemon on Treasures from the RHSV Collection.
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaFor 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
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Workshop: Cataloguing. Venue: Numurkah Historical Society
Numurkah Heritage Centre 118- 120 Melville Street, Numurkah, VIC, AustraliaThis 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.
The Blackburns. Private Lives, Public Ambition. A lecture by Caroline Rasmussen
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWhen 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.
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