RHSV AGM: resumption following an adjournment
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaFor those who attended our AGM on Tuesday 26 May you will know that our meeting was adjourned as the audited financial reports were found to have some errors. Those errors have now been corrected and the updated financial reports can be found in our 2019 Annual Report here. Or you can find the Annual
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Public Monuments – Contested Histories
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldSocieties have always used statues and other monuments as ways of both recognising and contesting power and eminence. In Australia, as everywhere else, there is public debate over whether and which statues should be removed, who should make the decision, and what should be the fate of the statues themselves. Should new monuments be commissioned
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ZOOM BOOKCLUB: Brenda Niall’s Friends and Rivals: Four Great Australian Writers: Barbara Baynton, Ethel Turner, Nettie Palmer, Henry Handel Richardson
RHSV, Gordon Moffatt Room 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin respected biographer, Brenda Niall, in talking about four Australian women writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—a time when stories of bush heroism and mateship abounded, a time when a writing career might be an elusive thing for a woman. Our bookclub is thrilled to have Brenda join our discussion. It is
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Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards
State Library of Victoria Entry 3, Village Roadshow Theatre, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaCelebrate the amazing achievements of the Victorian museum and gallery sector with friends and colleagues. Generously supported by the State Library of Victoria and hosted in their Conversation Quarter, which recently opened as part of the Library's Vision2020 redevelopment project. Includes drinks and canapes.
Book Club with Robyn Annear. Nothing New.
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldUpholders, shoddy, Petticoat Lane, fripperers - Nothing New opens up a wonderful world that, despite our love-affair with op-shops, is all but hidden from us in today's world of consumerism and obsolescence. Join the wonderful Robyn Annear when she talks about Nothing New, her latest book, which chronicles the history of second-hand trade across the world and down the ages (Jesus' clothes would have been divided up among the soldiers guarding the crosses as their perquisite or perk as we'd say today). We are asking those that join bookclub to bring their own favourite story of an op-shop find or hand-me-down.
ZOOM CATALOGUING CLINIC
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldCalling all historical societies across Victoria. Our inaugural clinic was very well attended with people zooming in from across Victoria and Darwin. The clinics will be held monthly and they are a relaxed forum in which to raise your queries about any aspect of cataloguing. They are managed and led by Jillian Hiscock, our RHSV Collections Manager.
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Webinar: Sources of Income
webinarBeyond grants: this webinar will share tips for securing funding; relationship building, fundraising, corporate partnerships and securing in kind services and donations.
Sector Event: Victorian Collections Day
TBAA full day of information and workshops aimed at the community collecting sector to help you achieve the best care for your collection. Hear from museum and gallery industry experts on topics including collection management, conservation and exhibition skills. Talks will cover ways to approach these topics with small budgets in mostly volunteer organisations, ideal
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CATALOGUING CLINIC
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldCalling all historical societies across Victoria. We are launching a new initiative - a Cataloguing Clinic conducted through Zoom. Jillian Hiscock, our RHSV Collections Manager and a very experienced librarian, will be available through Zoom to answer any queries you might have about cataloguing - or, indeed any other aspect of your collection. If you
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The Shelf Life of Zora Cross a presentation by Cathy Perkins
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThe Shelf Life of Zora Cross - a presentation by Cathy Perkins Tuesday, 22 September 2020 4.45 pm for 5 pm via Zoom (link will be sent on booking) Please book numbers are limited Event ran by the Camberwell Historical Society George Fernand- enquiries@chs.org.au Australian poet and journalist Zora Cross caused a sensation in 1917
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