Celebrating 35 Years of Operational Women at MFB
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaOur first major exhibition in 2019 will celebrate 35 years since the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) first opened its doors to operational women and pays tribute to their important contribution to Victoria’s fire and rescue service. The new exhibition features photos, interviews and historical research to capture the stories of just some of the
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Curator’s talk: Celebrating 35 years of operational women at MFB
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a lunch-time curator talk and conversation with the team from Way Back When consulting historians and the MFB Director of Culture and Transformation, Dr Corinne Manning, on Wednesday 13 February about the making of this exhibition. Celebrating 35 years of operational women at MFB examines the challenges and achievements of the pioneering
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Curator’s Talk
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a lunch-time curator talk and conversation with the team from Way Back When consulting historians and the MFB Director of Culture and Transformation, Dr Corinne Manning, about the making of this exhibition, Celebrating 35 Years of Operational Women in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Curator’s Talk, Wednesday 13 February at 12:30pm. RHSV Gallery
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2019 Augustus Wolskel Lecture
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaHistory-in-the-Round, the Evolving Role of Heritage Conservation delivered by The Hon Simon Molesworth AO QC
Book Launch: AUSTRALIA, NO COUNTRY FOR REVOLUTIONARIES
Museo Italiano 199 Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria, AustraliaDr Simone Battiston, Senior Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, will launch No Country for Revolutionaries, followed by a Q&A with the author Gianfranco Cresciani. Between 1971 and 1991 the Italian Communist Party endeavoured to mobilise Italian migrants in Australia in order to extend its influence and power, attract their vote and defend their rights. Its
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Talk: Power’s Paddock Toorak 1840-1940
Malvern Town Hall Corner High Street and Glenferrie Road Malvern, Melbourne, AustraliaJoin members of the Malvern Historical Society, when well known local historian, Di Foster, will present an illustrated talk on the development of the area in Toorak once known as ‘Powers Paddock’. Di is the author of Melbourne’s most fashionable suburb: a history of Toorak, east of Kooyong Road, 1840-1998. The presentation will include fascinating
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Friends of St Kilda Cemetery Tour, Wonderful Women
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaCome and join us for this fabulous walk through the cemetery, visiting the graves of Wonderful Women and hearing about their lives and significant achievements, Graves visited include Dame Mabel Brookes, Tilly Aston and many others. This is a most popular tour, so book soon. Cost is $15 and includes a delicious afternoon tea in
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What Makes A Good Historical Society
Hampton Community Centre 14 Willis St, Hampton, VIC, AustraliaThe Sandringham Historical Society is holding its AGM on March 3 and Assoc Professor Don Garden OAM, FFAHS, FRHSV will be delivering a talk on What Makes A Good Historical Society. Don Garden is the President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, immediate Past President of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies, a member
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Exhibition launch: Cold War Games
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaIn 1956, an Olympic year, the world was beset with Cold War anxieties. Would the Melbourne Olympic Games be remembered as the “friendly” Games or would they become a victim of the Cold War?