Finding Families

Altona Library 123 Queen St, Altona, VIC, Australia

Hobsons Bay Libraries' experienced heritage staff will demonstrate how to search for your ancestors across a variety of online platforms, including Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages records, Ancestry, historic newspapers, and immigration records. Find out important family dates, where your ancestors worked, and what they did for a living. Recommended for beginners. Basic computer skills
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AGL Shaw Lecture: Law, Lawyers and La Trobe

RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV is a leading legal history scholar and he delivers the AGL Shaw Lecture which is co-presented with the C.J. La Trobe Society. The AGL Shaw Lecture, is part of our Distinguished Lecture series and is always a convivial evening.

$35.00

Australian Heritage Festival – Preserving your Photos for the Future

Online

Do you have a collection of old photos that you’re not quite sure what to do with? Do you know how to care for them so they survive into the future? Join Debra Parry from Melbourne Conservation Services for an online workshop to learn how to best care for your photos. During this Zoom presentation,
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Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock

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Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit Zoom very well. The clinics run for an hour from 11am - 12noon on the 4th Thursday of each month. It is a relaxed gathering of people who are finding their way through the intricacies of
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Free

“Never Forget Australia”; Transformation at Villers-Bretonneux – a presentation via zoom by Dr Ross McMullin

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"Never Forget Australia"; Transformation at Villers-Bretonneux - a presentation via zoom by Dr Ross McMullin The immense German onslaught in March 1918 caused Britain’s gravest crisis of World War I. Australians, rushed to the rescue, influenced the destiny of the world more than in any other year. The culmination of their contribution in the conflict’s
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Finding Families

Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Hobsons Bay Libraries' experienced heritage staff will demonstrate how to search for your ancestors across a variety of online platforms, including Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages records, Ancestry, historic newspapers, and immigration records. Find out important family dates, where your ancestors worked, and what they did for a living. Recommended for beginners. Basic computer skills
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Free

TEXTILES IN BLOOM: FASHION & TEXTILES AT VILLA ALBA MUSEUM

Villa Alba 44 Walmer St, Kew, VIC, Australia

A series of installations uniting items from the fashion and design collection of Kew Historical Society within the heritage interiors of the Villa Alba Museum. Explore the use of printed floral fabrics and embroidery by Australian and international designers. The exhibits include displays of 19th and 20th century costumes, millinery,soft furnishings and accessories. A two
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ONE DAY BUS TRIP – WALKING THE WONDERS OF THE WEST

Australian Garden History Society

Join us for a trip to walk around three different historic landscapes in the west of Melbourne. HV McKay Memorial Gardens, Sunshine – Robin McKay Hunt, great grandson of HV McKay and AGHS member, together with the Friends of McKay Gardens will inform us and lead a walk to unfold the Sunshine Harvester story and
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Discover Our Collections: Heritage @ Williamstown Library

Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

Williamstown Library is the home base for Hobsons Bay Libraries Heritage Collection, dedicated to preserving the history of Hobsons Bay from historic maps and photographs to newspaper and local books. The Library’s Heritage Room houses microform readers, a high-res scanner, interactive touch table, and a regularly changing array of local history exhibitions. Come along for
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Free

The history of the Box Hill/Burwood Rotary Club

Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, Australia

As 2021 is the centenary of the formation of Rotary in Australia, it is fitting to hear about the history of the organisation, both nationally and in our local area. Our guest speaker, Robert Leach, is currently the treasurer of the Club and has had a long involvement with it, having formerly served as both
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Gold coin donation