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.
COLONIAL MERCHANTS OF MELBOURNE TOUR, ST KILDA CEMETERY
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaSunday 25 August 2019 at 2.00pm. Come and join the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery on this terrific walk around the cemetery visiting the graves of some of Melbourne's famous merchants...a wonderful tour led by Claire. Cost $15 including afternoon tea. Meet at main gates Dandenong Road. Bookings email info@foskc.org or tel 0422379053
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria: Nature, Culture and Science
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaProfessor Tim Entwisle, Director and Chief Executive, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria will talk about the history of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, about what makes a modern botanic garden and about his plans for the Melbourne Gardens which centre around the three pillars of culture, nature and science.
JOSEPH PANTON, Police Magistrate, Goldfields Commissioner and Artist
Emerald Hill Library and Heritage Centre 195 Bank Street, SOUTH MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AustraliaFRIENDS OF ST KILDA CEMETERY AGM AND TALK Come and join us at the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery AGM and hear Susan Grant speak on Joseph Panton, Police Magistrate, Goldfields Commissioner and artist. Susan Grant is a committee member of the Flinders District Historical Society and the Port Phillip Pioneer Group. Her fascination with
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 2: USING CATALOGUING SOFTWARE
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaThe RHSV is offering a series of 6 linked workshops which cover cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops starts with basic concepts and builds in complexity. We have spaced the workshops so that participants have time in which to put into practice their new skills before the next workshop. Some participants will want to
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Ills, Pills & Hospitals Bus Tour
As part of the Whitehorse Healthy Heritage Week, the Box Hill and Surrey Hills Historical Societies are conducting a bus tour of the sites of former and current medical services in the Box Hill/Surrey Hills area. The tour includes a visit and refreshments at Hethersett, a former WW1 rehabilitation hospital, now part of the PLC
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Whitehorse Heritage Week Exhibition & Talks
Box Hill Town Hall, lower hall 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaVisit our exhibition, be entertained and informed by our speakers, and check out our databases. See historic items loaned by Bolton Clarke (the Royal District Nursing Service), Box Hill Hospital, Red Cross, St John Ambulance and Kew Historical Society. Were any of your family members struck down with influenza in 1919? Historian Mary Sheehan will
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RHSV Wine-Tasting
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a very different and very convivial history event. Our hosts, David Dunstan and Ron Leslie, know their wine and their history and will be guiding us through both. A talk by David and a tasting of six wines organised by Ron will be book-ended with some mood-lightening Prosecco.
Whitehorse Heritage Week Exhibition & Talks
Box Hill Town Hall, lower hall 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, AustraliaVisit our exhibition, be entertained and informed by our speakers, and check out our databases. See historic items loaned by Bolton Clarke (the Royal District Nursing Service), Box Hill Hospital, Red Cross, St John Ambulance and Kew Historical Society. Were any of your family members struck down with an infectious disease in the past? Diphtheria,
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