Exhibition in Castlemaine Town Hall

Castlemaine Town Hall Lyttleton St, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Am major exhibition covering all aspects of life in Castlemaine and district from 1910 to 1925 will be mounted in Castlemaine Town Hall on Sat 4 & Sun 5 May to celebrate a 139 year birthday for Castlemaine Pioneers and Old Residents Assoc.

Michael Pearce: spend the afternoon with an award winning set and costume designer

The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne St Kilda Road Terrace, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Michael Pearce is a Melbourne based theatre set and costume designer, visual artist and occasional performer, designing for dance, drama and opera companies in Australia and New Zealand, Europe and Asia, including Australian Dance Theatre, Sydney Dance Company, the Netherlands Dance Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Dance North, Hong Kong Arts Festival , Douglas Wright Co
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Free

WORKSHOP: STORAGE OF ARCHIVES. Venue: Castlemaine

Castlemaine Historical Society 7 Goldsmith Crescent, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

This workshop will examine basic storage of archives and provide cost effective and simple tips for the storage of paper based and digital archives. Also, it will look at practical ideas for purpose built archival buildings.

$20.00 – $30.00

Weston Bate Oration: Making History By Saving It

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

The RHSV is delighted that Kristin Stegley OAM, Chairman of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), has accepted our invitation to deliver the 2019 Weston Bate Oration.

Free – $10.00

Schools in Glen Eira

Join via Zoom

Glen Eira Historical Society - Speaker Series 2 A talk on the history of schools, students and teachers in Glen Eira by historian and author Dr Deborah Towns

Gold coin donation

Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage annual lecture

Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia

LA TROBE'S GOLD AND SILVER TESTIMONIAL PIECES Speaker: Susan Priestley, Fellow RHSV La Trobe’s farewell tribute from the people of Victoria in 1853 included a superb gold cup made in Melbourne (whereabouts unknown since 1862) and a London-made spectacular silver and glass candelabrum centrepiece, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Hear
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$25.00

A Life in the Law Tour – St Kilda Cemetery

St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, Australia

Sunday 26 May 2019 at 2.00pm Come and join us on this walking tour through the cemetery and hear insightful tales of what it was like to work in the law in C19 Melbourne. Graves visited will include notable judges and barristers of the time and we will hear many amazing tales. Cost $15, includes
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$15

Greening Melbourne

North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Talk by Ian Shears – Greening Melbourne. Melbourne’s historic urban forest includes approximately 20,000 trees in the private realm. These trees help keep our landscape resilient, our city liveable and sustainable and maintain Melbourne’s character and heritage.

FAMILY HISTORY EXPO HAMILTON

Monivae College 133 Ballarat Road, Hamilton, VIC, Australia

Join The Victorian Association of Family History Organisations at their Hamilton expo

Exhibition launch of Isaac Selby: Lecturer, Historian, Assassin!

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

Emeritus Professor Richard Broome, President Royal Historical Society of Victoria, together with the RHSV Councillors have much pleasure in inviting you to the launch of our exhibition, ISAAC SELBY: LECTURER, HISTORIAN, ASSASSIN!        at 5pm, Thursday 13 June, 2019 at the Gallery Downstairs, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne. The
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Free