Unprotected: Aboriginal, Convict and Poor women in Colonial Victoria: or how everything bad was made worse by being female
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaProtection of body and soul in colonial Victoria came in many forms. At the most fundamental level it meant an entitlement, usually by birth or marriage, to an income that
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MILESTONES IN ABORIGINAL WOMEN’S ACTIVISM, MELBOURNE 1930-1970
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis, our inaugural Indigenous History lecture, is a stellar addition to our annual program of Distinguished Lecturers. The lecture has been generously sponsored so we can make it free-of-charge and
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The Party: Book Launch
Victorian Trades Hall 54 Victoria Street, Carlton, Victoria, AustraliaThe long awaited launch of Stuart Macintyre's second volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia is happening on Wednesday 16th March in the Solidarity Hall of Victorian Trades Hall. Hosted by SEARCH Foundation and the Melbourne Labour History Society, the event will feature a formal launch and a panel discussion.
Putting Them Up and Pulling ‘em Down
Port Melbourne Library 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaStatues have become controversial. The Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society invite you to register for a discussion group based on a lecture, Putting Them Up and Pulling ‘em Down by Jim Davidson, on Thursday March 17th at 2:00pm in the Port Melbourne Library.
‘Wings of Peace’ Centenary of Australia’s First Official Air Race, Serpentine Victoria
Serpentine, Victoria Loddon Valley Highway, Serpentine, Victoria, AustraliaAfter the Great European War of 1914 to 1918 and amount of £25,000,000 (pounds) was being sought by the Australian Commonwealth Government through a bond subscription from the people of
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FROM RESTRICTED TO ASSISTED: MALTESE MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldExplore the history of Maltese migration to Australia during the twentieth century. Did you know that migration from Malta was once heavily restricted because the Maltese were seen as a
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The Women of Little Lon
OnlineSex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade, with links to the police and political leaders of
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VINTAGE HOTELWARE with DI SANDILANDS
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaWhen table manners were fashionable, eating houses proudly served meals on crockery emblazoned with their establishment name – each mouthful reminding customers of exactly where they were. Join Di for a fun night when she'll be displaying many Victorian pieces from her vintage hotelware collection, telling their stories and hers. She'll also be selling her pure linen Coles Cafeteria art tea towels which are printed with each cafeteria location throughout Australia.
Dorothy Baker, singing star of the 1960s
Caulfield Cup Room, Glen Eira Town Hall Cnr Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, AustraliaGlen Eira Historical Society invites you to a talk on Dorothy Baker by Golden Days Radio Presenter, Barry Gomm. Within 18 months of the introduction of television in Melbourne a
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Cataloguing Clinics 2022
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldFree monthly cataloguing clinics via Zoom. 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 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.
239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 
03 9326 9288 
office@historyvictoria.org.au 
Office & Library: Weekdays 9am-5pm
