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Family History Workshops

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

👩🏽‍👩🏽‍👦🏽‍👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. Do you want some guided help with your family history journey? We can help. Join a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. Our workshops will cover: 28 Feb -
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$20 – $25

Rare Book Week: E.W. Cole and his Book Arcade

State Library of Victoria Entry 3, Village Roadshow Theatre, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Presented by Jodi Kok A look at the life and exploits of E.W. Cole, creator of Cole’s Funny Picture Book and owner of the famous Cole’s Book Arcade. Cole was a canny businessman, a visionary, and a true believer in everyone having the right to access books. We will take a look at some treasures from the Library’s
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Rare Book Week: North Melbourne Ghost Signs

Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Cultural archaeology in Haunted Hotham Speaker: Sean Reynolds You’ve likely stumbled upon them, roaming the winding streets of North Melbourne—ghost signs, those timeworn remnants of advertisements past, keepers of tales hidden in plain sight. Join Sean, the madcap maestro behind the Instagram cult-hit ‘Melbourne Ghost Signs’, for a night drenched in stories, histories and mysteries. Rendezvous
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Rare Book and Materials Collecting in Libraries: past, present and future.

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

📜 Rare Book and Materials Collecting in Libraries: past, present and future. Join Ellen Coates (PMI Victorian History Library - Collections Librarian and Volunteer Coordinator), Jillian Hiscock (Royal Historical Society of Victoria - Collections Manager and Volunteer Coordinator) and Anne Holloway (Monash University - Manager of Special Collections) in a panel discussion of how libraries
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Gold Coin Entry

Rare Book Week: Rare Book and Materials Collecting in Libraries

Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

Past, present and future Facilitator: Judith Elllis. Panelists: Ellen Coates, Jillian Hiscock and Anne Holloway Join experts from PMI Victorian History Library, Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Monash University in a panel discussion of how libraries collect rare books, what we do with them, how we make them accessible and collecting rare materials into
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024

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Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. Jillian has a different topic each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. Bring your questions (no matter the topic) - this is an interactive space where questions are encouraged. The RHSV does not endorse any particular cataloguing software - we believe it is horses for courses - and Jillian will talk about issues that impact on cataloguing whether you are using cataloguing cards or software.

Free

Historical Society Network Leaders: Victoria-wide Conference and Networking Day, 2024

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

The RHSV wants to bring together the leaders of the many networks of historical societies which exist across Victoria. This event will not be Zoomed as a key aim is for leaders to meet with peers from across Victoria and then to share their findings with their member societies. The conference is free-of-charge to each historical society network and 1-2 others from that network. And there is travel and accommodation assistance for those travelling long distances.

Free – $20.00

Rare Book Week: Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute

Ballaarat Mechanics Institute 117-119 Sturt St, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

An introduction to the Collection Speaker: Ellen Becker Established in central Ballarat in 1859, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute’s Collection is of historical significance as the largest and most intact repository of material relating to Mechanics’ Institutes in Victoria, with its rare and valuable items demonstrating the tastes and interests of the inhabitants of a major
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AGM and Speaker Series – City of Protest? Melbourne and its history of dissent

Murrumbeena Bowls Club 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, Australia

We invite members and friends of Glen Eira Historical Society to join us at our AGM followed by a presentation from Margaret Anderson FFAHS, Director Old Treasury Building, on our city’s history of protest. Melbourne’s history of protest reaches back to the very first decade after Europeans first made their homes here. It has continued
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Nature and Culture: Eugene von Guérard and the landscape of Victoria’s Camperdown region

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SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE by Dr Ruth Pullin in preparation for our Spring Bus Tour DATE: Thursday 12 September 2024 TIME: 6.00 pm start LOCATION A Zoom link will be sent with a reminder before the session. COST: $15 members AGHS, $15 Friends RBG, $20 non-members BOOKINGS: Via TryBooking link below ENQUIRIES: LYNDA ENTWISLE - Mobile:
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