Uncovering the Past with Sands Directories
OnlineBefore the internet, postal directories provided information on Melbourne’s properties, residents, businesses and streets. Learn how to find and navigate these directories to discover everything from where your ancestors lived to when your house was built.
Women in the Maritime Sector – Past, Present & Powerful
Her Place Women's Museum 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, VICTORIA, AustraliaYou are invited! This Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network Forum will be informative, celebratory and inspirational - a collaboration with Her Place Women’s Museum Australia. To be opened by Hon. Melissa Horne Minister for Ports and Freight, Minister for Fishing and Boating The diverse and influential presence of women in all aspects of maritime endeavour today
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Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThe cataloguing clinic is a relaxed gathering of people who are finding their way through the intricacies of cataloguing material in historical collections which, as we all know, fall between a library and a museum with sometimes a bit of art gallery thrown in.
‘The Lucas Girls’: 100 Years of Women’s Footy
Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, AustraliaJoin historian-filmmaker Bel Ensor and sport historian Dr Rob Hess for a screening of the short film 'Lucas Girls' and a discussion about the 1918 Lucas Girls football team and the history of women in Aussie Rules.
Learn how to edit oral history and sound recordings (online workshop)
OnlineHave you recorded oral history interviews but don't know how to edit them to create clips? Are your oral history recordings sitting in an archive, not being used? Have you ever wanted to make use of the recordings for displays or presentations? If so, this workshop is for you. This hands-on workshop will- • introduce
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LUNCH TIME MARKETING: GO VIRTUAL FOR HISTORY MONTH
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldSocial media has become the most influential and important virtual space to network, build a community, promote what you do, find assistance, sell books and events and connect. Social media networks are open to all and they are free, giving historical societies a chance to connect with whoever shares their interests.
C J LA TROBE; JOLIMONT PLANTSMAN
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaFriends of La Trobe's Cottage Annual Lecture This presentation will explore how Governor La Trobe’s school days in England and his travel experiences further afield as a young adult fostered his interest in the natural world, which led him to seek out the plants of Port Phillip, create a beautiful garden at Jolimont (as well
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Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp
Join via ZoomGlen Eira Historical Society - Speaker Series, a talk by author David Sornig on Wednesday 22 September 2021 at 7.30pm via Zoom Through the years of the Great Depression and beyond, the wetlands, rubbish tips and shanties of Dudley Flats, a neglected zone hidden in plain sight just a stone’s throw away from central Melbourne,
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Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldCataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock For this clinic, Jillian will be focusing on the cataloguing of objects (including medals). Please note that the clinic on Thu 23 Sept will start at 12:30pm not 11am. Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they
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THE BRILLIANT BOY Gideon Haigh talks about Doc Evatt
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaTHE BRILLIANT BOY Gideon Haigh talks about Doc Evatt We are thrilled that Gideon Haigh will talk about his latest book, The Brilliant Boy and the Great Australian Dissent, for the RHSV on Wednesday 29th of September. The event will be chaired by Dr E W Russell. In a quiet Sydney street in 1937, a
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