A G L SHAW LECTURE: The Barristers of the Port Phillip District, 1839-1851

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The first barristers arrived in Melbourne in 1839, the same year as Charles La Trobe, but only 14 were admitted to practice before 1851. Separation from NSW and the discovery of gold totally transformed the Bar, with fifty new barristers being admitted by 1854. All came from the United Kingdom and brought with them the
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Launch of Analysing Australian History

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Join the RHSV and Cambridge University Press for the invite you to attend the launch of, Analysing Australian History, a series of four textbooks for the new Australian History Year 12 Study Design 2022-26

Free

Lighter Than Air – book launch with Helene Rogers

Studio 1, Former Channel 9 Building 15 Barnett Way, Richmond, Victoria, Australia

The Richmond & Burnley Historical Society is launching Helene Rogers' book, Lighter Than Air. Fledgling balloonists in nineteenth century Australia realised that their aerial endeavours added little to their pockets, or to science. Re-inventing themselves as showmen and women, they performed daring acrobatics from trapezes and parachutes, touring towns and cities all over the country.
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MARKETING 101

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Christina Browning, our new RHSV Marketing Manager, brings a wealth of experience to the RHSV - and not just in social media. Christina started her working life as a journalist before seguing into marketing. In this free Zoom forum, Christina will take you through building a social media campaign around a special day. So you
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Free

A World of Architectural History 

Malaysian Theatre Glyn Davis Building, Masson Road The University of Melbourne Parkville, VIC 3010, Parkville, VIC, Australia

This lecture will discuss the preparations and outcomes of the 21st Edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture. This lecture will discuss the preparations and outcomes of the 21st Edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, in what are two entirely re-written volumes, also available online. It constitutes the most ambitious
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The Life and Art of Penleigh Boyd by Colin Smith

Camden Hotel 414 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South, VIC, Australia

Colin Smith will be the guest speaker at the Brighton Cemetorian's 2022 AGM. He will speak on The Life and Art of Penleigh Boyd   Theodore Penleigh Boyd (15 August 1890 – 27 November 1923) was a British born Australian artist. Penleigh Boyd was a member of the Boyd artistic dynasty: his parents Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) and Emma Minnie
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Prisoners of the Japanese: Personal stories from WW2 service records

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Anzac Day 1942: As Australia stopped to remember the sacrifices of war, over 22,000 Australian service personnel were prisoners of the Japanese, having been recently captured in Malaya, Singapore, Timor and New Guinea. Their families back home waited anxiously for news, which often never came. In this webinar, Patrick Ferry from the National Archives of
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Free

LGBTIQ+ Inclusion in the history of the Australian Defence Force

Online

Australian Defence Force policies banned lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving until November 1992 and transgender people until September 2010. Yet, there is a long history of their service, as the Australian military evolved from an institution that actively persecuted LGBTIQ+ members to one that actively welcomes and values their contributions. Join historian Noah
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Public Symposium: Australasia & the Global Turn in Architectural History Symposium

Melbourne School of Design Masson Rd, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The writing of architectural history shifted with the turn of the twenty-first century. Theoretical and methodological reassessments, as well as the study of postcolonial theories in architecture, challenged the previously accepted disciplinary canon and made the development of a global history of architecture urgent. More than twenty years later, there has been resulting literature, disciplinary reassessments, and continuous debate around the meaning of global in the history of architecture. One of the latest additions to the field, the new edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s rebranded as Global History of Architecture (2019), is proof of the continuous scholarly interest in reframing the global.

Preserving Family History Collections

Stonnington History Centre 1257 High Street, Malvern, VIC, Australia

Do you have a collection of photographs, papers, artwork, objects from your family history that you wish to preserve? Then come along and hear Local History Technician, Dr Ainslee Meredith from the Stonnington History Centre talk us through Preserving Family History Collections on Wednesday 27 April, 5.30pm-6.30pm. Drawing on her experience in archival conservation, Ainslee will discuss different
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