2022 Duldig Lecture on Sculpture
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldDr Shawn Sobers Material culture and the echoes and legacies of transatlantic enslavement - before and after the Colston statue Dr Shawn Sobers is Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice and
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Carole Woods OAM on Beechworth’s history for Friends of the Robert O’Hara Burke Memorial Museum
Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum Loch Street, Beechworth, Victoria, AustraliaOur RHSV Secretary, Carole Woods OAM, will be talking to Friends of the Burke Museum, Beechworth at 3pm, Saturday, 26th November, 2022. Hear this noted historian and author of "Beechworth
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St Kilda: Horsing Around the Cemetery
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaThe Friends of St Kilda Cemetery are offering a great Spring Racing Carnival tour of the cemetery. Clair Barton leads the tour and you'll hear about the jockeys, trainers and
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RICHMOND, BURNLEY & CREMORNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AGM in HISTORIC STABLES
The Stables 19 Duke Street, Richmond, Victoria, AustraliaOur AGM is being held in the loft of the historic Richmond Council Stables. The stables were the home for many of the City’s draught horses. Many won prizes at
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What Ship Did You Come Out On?
Eltham LibraryDiscover the history of ships in Port Melbourne with local author Nick Cree. Nick Cree will be speaking about the ships that came through Port Melbourne in the 50's and
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Family History Social Group
Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaDo you enjoy friendly conversation and family history? Share your knowledge and skills with other group members in a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources
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What is a Drill Hall?
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRecently the RHSV took part in Open House Melbourne which concentrated our minds on the history and architecture of our home, the Australian Army Medical Corps Drill Hall which was built, like so many others in 1938 in the build-up to WWII. The building's history, its original purpose and its architecture are inextricably linked. And who better to explain those connections than Mike O'Brien? Mike will be addressing Drill Halls in general - what is drill? what happens in drill halls?
Talk – Ornamental Cast Iron Lace
City of Melbourne Bowls Club 603 - 615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne 3051., North Melbourne, victoria, AustraliaHotham History Project invites you to a talk on Ornamental Cast Iron Lace – by Robin Vowels. In the 1860s and 70s one of Hotham’s mayors, William Hutchison, operated a
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Inspirational Women of Coburg Cemetery
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery Bell Street, Preston, VIC, AustraliaActivists, artists, pioneers, philanthropists, business women and fortune tellers: historic Coburg Cemetery holds the stories of many inspirational Melbourne women. Join the Friends of Coburg Cemetery for an evening cemetery
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Port Characters – decade by decade
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin Janet Bolitho and Margaret Bride on this virtual journey to experience Port’s milestones through the lives of extraordinary people, decade by decade, between 1830 and 2022. Image: Councillor Liana
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