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RHSV History Writers’ Group inaugural meeting

RHSV, Gordon Moffatt Room 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Our RHSV History Writers' Group will meet monthly at the RHSV to peer-edit and share feedback with other writers of history.

Free

Specialist History Tour: Sharing the Universe at Melbourne Observatory

Melbourne Observatory Birdwood Avenue, Royal Botanic Gardens, VIC, Australia

This is a VIP tour of Melbourne Observatory, formally acknowledged as a place of outstanding national scientific, architectural, historical, astronomical and cultural significance, and a potential nomination for UNESCO World Heritage listing.

$25

Box Hill Cemetery Tour

Box Hill Cemetery 395 Middleborough Road, Box Hill, VIC, Australia

To coincide with the beginning of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March, our tour will focus on women in Box Hill cemetery. We will visit the graves
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$20.00

Scoresby Steamfest 2020

National Steam Centre 1200 Ferntree Gully Road, Scoresby, VIC, Australia

A unique experience with demonstrations and exhibits of Australian domestic, industrial and agricultural heritage. Our engines are impressive to see in action with some of Victoria's best steam, diesel and
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Up from the vaults: As the River Flows

Old Quadrangle University of Melbourne First floor, Parkville, VIC, Australia

The changing shape of Birrarung (Yarra River) In the first outing of our ‘Up from the Vaults’ series for 2020, Dr Liz Dean from the School of Social and Political
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Free

RHSV History Bookclub

RHSV, Gordon Moffatt Room 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

This will be the inaugural meeting of our History Bookclub. And the first book chosen is Chloe Hooper's The Arsonist: A mind on fire.  The bookclub will focus on Victorian
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Free

2020 McIntyre Lecture: Nigel Lewis

Just Theatre, Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, Australia

Nigel Lewis is a heritage architect who entered private practice in 1976. Early projects included the first urban conservation projects for many parts of inner Melbourne and rural historic site
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$20

What the Little Bird didn’t tell me

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

Professor Lynette Russell questions whether there are there some family secrets and necessary lies that should never be told?  And she hopes that these reflections will have something to say to other family historians.