March madness book sale
Family History Connections Resource Centre Cnr Railway Rd & Queen St, Blackburn, VictoriaFamily History Connections is holding a mega book sale full of Australiana, Victorian local histories, reference books, family history research and many family histories. Also assorted stationery.
10am - 2pm On Sat 8 and Sun 9 March at Blackburn.
McIntyre Lecture delivered by Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM on ‘The Power of Place – Melbourne’s Lanes’
Just Theatre, Kew Court House 188 High Street, Kew, VIC, AustraliaJoin Kew Historical Society to hear Professor Richard Broome AM, FAHA, FRHSV discuss The Power of Place. The Story of Melbourne Lanes, the making of Melbourne's lanes and books about
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THE WWI BATTLEFIELDS OF VERDUN
Ellis Cottage 10 Nillumbik Square, Diamond Creek, VIC, AustraliaNillumbik Historical Society invites you to a presentation and talk, The WWI Battlefields of Verdun, by Terry Phillips at 2pm Sunday 16 March
Terry has visited the battlefields of France and Belgium for many years. He is a military history expert who regularly gives talks and presentations to community groups and schools. The presentation will be followed by a light afternoon tea
Feminists to felons: exhibiting women’s history
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEach year, to celebrate Women's History Month, the RHSV offers our Women's History lecture, part of our Distinguished Lecture series. Museums in the 1970s were largely masculine preserves, staffed almost
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The World of Mab Grimwade
Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaBorn into a genteel family of pastoralists and investors in colonial Victoria, Mabel Louise Kelly (1887–1973), or ‘Mab’ to those who knew her, would grow up to make an enormous
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The Power of Place: The Story of Melbourne’s Lanes’ – Richard Broome Talk at Malvern Historical Society
Malvern Town Hall Corner High Street and Glenferrie Road Malvern, Melbourne, AustraliaJoin members of the Malvern Historical Society Committee for a lecture by author Professor Richard Broome at the Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 7:30pm. Professor Richard
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Louise Lovely’s Labassa
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaSession 1: 6pm - 7.30pm Session 2: 8pm - 9.30pm Film pioneer Louise Lovely was Australia’s most successful actress in Hollywood’s early silent era and Labassa’s most celebrated resident of
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The Yallourn Briquette Works, 1925-1971: The Making & Marketing of Bernie’s Heat Nuggets with Matthew Churchward
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaJoin Engineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV at an illustrated talk to mark the centenary of the Yallourn Briquette Works. Achieving its first commercial production in February 1925, the Yallourn
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin 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.
The History of Georges of Collins Street
Phyllis Hore Room, Kew Library Civic Drive, Kew, Victoria, AustraliaPlease join us on Thursday April 3rd for our next meeting and talk on GEORGES of Collins Street. Our speaker Justin Maclean will be discussing the store history, and the
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