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ECHUCA HISTORICAL SCOEITY MUSEUM 1 Dickson Street, Echuca, victoria, Australia

Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. Our Chinese Community Exhibition opens daily from 1st April 11am till 3pm at Echuca Historical Society Museum, 1 Dickson Street Echuca 3564 This exhibition tells the story of some of our earliest residents the Chinese. Find out why our first Chinese
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$2 – $5

Heritage Festival & Antiques Sideshow, Geelong

Sacred Heart College Geelong Retreat Road, NEWTOWN, VIC, Australia

All are warmly invited to attend SHC’s inaugural Heritage Festival, featuring an Antiques Sideshow on Sunday 5 April 2020, 10.00am - 4.00pm. LEONARD JOEL – OBJECT VALUATIONS We are excited to have experts from Leonard Joel who will be available for valuations on the day. Leonard Joel, established 1919, is Australia’s largest multi-department auction house,
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Free

53RD ANNUAL VINTAGE MACHINERY RALLY WARRACKNABEAL

Wheatlands Agricultural Machinery Museum 34 Henty Highway,, Warracknabeal, VIC, Australia

Please contact the organiser before attending this event as we suspect it has been cancelled. Working Vintage Tractors & Machinery Wheatlands Agricultural Machinery Museum is located on the Henty Highway Warracknabeal and houses the most extensive collection of vintage agricultural machinery, tractors, stationary engines and other such equipment in Australia. Over three days of the
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ZOOM History Bookclub: Truganini

RHSV, Gordon Moffatt Room 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

We are thrilled that Professor Cassandra Pybus, author of our chosen book this month, Truganini, will be joining our book club for a discussion. The book club is now a ZOOM book club so we will be convening through video-conferencing. We can't pour you a glass of red but we can have a lively engaged conversation.

Free

Launch of Mike Rosel’s ‘A Rat of Tobruk’

Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Ave, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk in 2021, Melbourne writer Mike Rosel has chosen many photographs from his father’s WWII albums, notably those from Tobruk – many not seen before.

Free

GIPPSLAND WORKSHOP 5: LOOKING AFTER DIGITAL FILES

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
This is a basic digital preservation workshop. The workshop will begin with brief project management skills including templates for policies and procedures. We will discuss digital storage, how to create backups, and how to check if files are damaged. Participants will learn how to describe an object using Dublin Core so that digital files can be discoverable.

$30 – $45

GIPPSLAND WORKSHOP 6: MAKING COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE

Federation University Gippsland Campus Library Northways Road, Churchill, VIC, Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
Objects need to be accessible, whether that is to people managing a collection, to visitors, or to the public. This workshop will introduce themes of copyright and privacy that relate to historical collections. Participants will learn how to optimise catalogue records for discovery, how to write for social media, and create digital exhibitions.

$30 – $45

Victorian Collections Workshop

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

Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. AMaGA presents a hands-on workshop which will guide you through the process of cataloguing on the Victorian Collections system and cover basic principles of collection management, object handling and digitisation AMaGA members $10 Non-members $20

Law, Lawyers and La Trobe

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

POSTPONED until further notice.
The A G L Shaw lecturer in 2020 will be leading legal history scholar, Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV, who recently published "Solicitors and the Law Institute in Victoria 1835-2019: Pathway to a Respected Profession."  Simon Smith is an Adjunct Professor with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University. He was Vice-President of the RHSV in 2009-2011.

$35

Art Handling & Installation

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St North, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. In this AMaGA workshop, join Joseph Dawson from TITLE UNTITLED to gain practical insights from a professional Gallery Technician, preparing two and three dimensional art works for display, safe handling of artworks and installation techniques. This event is aimed at curators,
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