Lecture: The Wreck of the Fiji

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

Author and historian, Alan McLean will spin the story of the wreck of the Fiji off Moonlit Head 1891. There will be a corresponding exhibition in the RHSV Library on the items retrieved from the wreck by Heritage Victoria.

$10 – $20

Living on Mallee Country – Deep Time to 1900

State Library of Victoria Entry 3, Village Roadshow Theatre, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

RHSV President Emeritus Professor Richard Broome is delivering the 2019 History Council of Victoria's Annual Lecture. Mallee country being semi-arid scrub country has made living upon it difficult for humans
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Free

Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage

La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melboiurne, Victoria, Australia

It is 180 years since the La Trobe family arrived in Melbourne. Join us in a tour of the charming recreated garden and see the heritage plants that La Trobe
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$5

Book launch – No Regard for the Truth

Public Record Office Victoria 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Please join us as Hazel Edwards OAM launches No Regard for the Truth by Darren Arnott. A rogue army captain. An Italian prisoner of war. A blossoming romance. March 1946.
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Free
Recurring

History Week 2019

History Week 2019 will run from Sunday 13 to Sunday 20 October. Keep watch for new initiatives around History Week and our flagship event during History Week, the Victorian Community History Awards.

TALKING HISTORY

62 Jackson St, Casterton VIC 3311 62 Jackson St, Casterton, VIC, Australia

Exhibition: MAPPING GLENELG 1800 -1900 A collection of maps showing charts from the navigators along the coast, 1800-1802; explorers through the district from 1836; squatters on the Glenelg River 1837-1847;
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Free