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CHINESE MUSEUM: CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAM

Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

In 2023, the Chinese Museum gets off to a BANG! with their biggest ever Chinese Lunar New Year program! On Friday 20th January, they open our Lucky Rabbit Exhibition, which reveals our traits and fortunes predicted by the 2023 Chinese Horoscope. On Sunday 22nd Jan, Chinese Lunar New Year Day, there will be discounted entry to the Chinese Museum as part of the day's street festival celebrations with includes the famous Millenium Dragon Parade.  

Celebrating Women Teachers – the 62nd Pioneer Women’s Ceremony

Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden Kings Domain, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The National Council of Women Victoria celebrates Victoria’s pioneer women, past and present at this annual event. As 2022-23 is the 150th Anniversary of Free, Secular and Compulsory Education in Victoria, our focus will be on pioneering women teachers. Dr Deborah Towns OAM, co-author of A Secondary Education For All? A History of State Secondary Schooling in Victoria and author of articles on education and teachers in Government, Independent and Catholic schools, will highlight women pioneers in education and early schools in Victoria.

Well Built: Simmie & Co Master Builders 1924 – 1978

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

Simmie & Co was a prominent building company in Melbourne (1924-1978) and in Canberra (1926-1969).  In Melbourne the company was highly successful and built many iconic buildings, churches, monasteries, schools, housing, factories, defence works, the Shrine forecourt (1939-45), offices and theatres including some heritage-listed constructions (one designed by Robin Boyd). The founders were three Victorian brothers, all born in the last decade of the nineteenth century and all worked at the Sunshine Harvester factory before World War One – William, Jock & George. All were World War One veterans (two were Gallipoli veterans). All were wounded and survived. Two were closely involved with the Master Builders Association in Melbourne. Discover their story of a pioneering building company of the early to mid-twentieth century, of World War One veterans, of courage and a willingness to take a risk, of the beginning of the capital city of Australia and the workers, the unsung heroes, who made it all happen.

Launch of “Well Built: Simmie & Co Master Builders 1924 – 1978” exhibition

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

Join Dr Andrew Lemon FRHSV AM when he launches the exhibition, Well Built: Simmie & Co Master Builders 1924 - 1978 and book, Family Business: The Simmies of Simmie & Co and Harpsdale, both created by historian and curator, Dr Andrew Kilsby. Simmie & Co was a prominent building company in Melbourne (1924-1978) and in
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Free

Eltham Lower Park

Eltham Senior Citizens' Centre Library Place, Eltham, VIC, Australia

Prior to the extension of European people into the lands of the Nillum-bik in the late 1830s the Wurundjeri people had been meeting in the area now known as Eltham Lower Park for thousands of years. Waterway junctions had a particular attraction as tribal meeting places and the junction of the Diamond Creek with the
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Book launch. Trade Winds: A Voyage to a Sustainable Future for Shipping

Readings State Library of Victoria State Library of Victoria, 285 Russell Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to the shipping industry on which our global economy relies, and which contributes more carbon emissions than aviation. What started as a three-week stint of fieldwork aboard the ship turned into a five-month journey, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced all borders shut while crossing the ocean, preventing the crew from stepping ashore for months on end.

Tour of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons & Museum (RHSV members only)

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 250 - 290 Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

We are delighted to offer RHSV members a tour of the The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) museum and building. Because of the limited number of places available for this tour, it is limited to those who are current members of the RHSV. RACS was founded in 1927, by a group of leading surgeons
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$15

Getting to Know Your Family History, Koo Wee Rup

Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society Museum 325 Rossiter Road, Koo Wee Rup, VIC, Australia

This is a series of talks on the third Thursday of the month, starting on 16th February 2023. Presented by Jane Rivett-Carnac, President of the Narre Warren & District Family History Group and Heather Arnold, President of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society. Gold coin donation appreciated. No bookings required. Parking available at rear
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2023

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month is 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. This is an
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Free

St Kilda Presbyterian Church organ history and recital

St Kilda Presbyterian Church 2 Alma Road, St Kilda, VIC, Australia

St Kilda Historical Society invites you to join us to hear about its history and significance and experience the power and majesty of the organ in the spacious setting and acoustic of this splendid and historic Gothic Revival church. There will be a short recital both before and after the talk, where you can experience the power and majesty of the organ in the spacious setting and acoustic of this splendid and historic Gothic Revival church.