Photographic Display and Research Day
Box Hill Town Hall community hub 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaAs part of Open House weekend, we will host a photographic display of Box Hill houses, showcasing many of the homes that no longer exist, as well as some outstanding examples of local landmarks. As well, our premises will be open for research, whether of a house, a family or a community group or business.
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Secondhand & Collectables Book Sale
Box Hill Town Hall, lower hall 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaOur inaugural collectable and secondhand book sale will take place from 11am to 2pm on Sunday 28 July, in the lower hall of the Box Hill Town Hall. The Friends of Nunawading Libraries (FONL) will be joining us to create a large collection of books for readers to chose from, all at reasonable prices. Subjects
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CORONERS, CONSTABULARY AND CRIME TOUR AT ST KILDA CEMETERY
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaSunday 28 July 2019 at 2.00pm. Come and join the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery on this terrific walk around the cemetery for an insight into the work of police officers, coroners, unusual deaths and murders. Cost $15 including afternoon tea. Meet at main gates, Dandenong Road. Bookings email: info@foskc.org tel: 0422379053
Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society
Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia'THE PARSON'S WIFE'': IN SEARCH OF HARRIET BEAN, DAUGHTER OF EMPIRE Speaker : Loreen Chambers, Vice-President of the C J La Trobe Society Harriet Battley was born to a military family in Jamaica which moved to the Cape Colony where she was orphaned at 6 years of age. She later shared the changing fortunes of
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Annual General Meeting
Our AGM will be held at the Old Lilydale Court House, 3rd August 2019 at 1pm
Leonardo Da Vinci. Science Before Science.
Museo Italiano 199 Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria, AustraliaThe Embassy of Italy in Canberra, the Consulate General of Italy in Melbourne, the Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne, the Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne and CO.AS.IT. Melbourne have the pleasure of inviting you to “Leonardo Da Vinci. Science Before Science”, a lecture by Professor Fiorenzo Galli, Director General of the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della
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Workshop: Making Archival Boxes
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaWed 7 August 11am - 1pm (BOOKED OUT) Wed 11 September 11am - 1pm (BOOKED OUT) As these workshops are small and hands-on they quickly book out. If you haven't managed to book in before they booked out please let us know (office@historyvictoria.org.au) and we'll contact you
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Celebrating Engineering History: a mini-conference
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaVictoria has many outstanding world-leading engineering works, but many of these achievements are not well documented, or have been forgotten, and need to be celebrated. Four papers will be presented focussing on the history of some of the significant engineering works in Victoria.
Vandemonians in North Melbourne: our Local Convict Past.
North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaGuest Speaker: Professor Janet McCalman AC – Vandemonians in North Melbourne: our Local Convict Past. Janet is an eminent scholar in her field of Australian social history, with particular expertise and reputation in the history of health and medicine. Janet is a superb communicator and scholar whose most notable accomplishments have been in making the
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Trivia-au-go-go
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Lemon is once again going to put us to the test. So, fancy yourself a bit of a history buff? Of course you do! Time to get competitive and pit yourself against all those other history buffs at the RHSV's world-famous Trivia-au-go-go.
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