Celebrating Holden in Fishermans Bend

Shed 21 206 Lorimer Street, Docklands, Victoria, Australia

For over 80 years, the former Holden factory in Fishermens Bend provided a home for innovation and social connection in Fishermans Bend.    The launch of Australia’s first locally made mass-production
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MARKETING 101

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Christina Browning, our new RHSV Marketing Manager, brings a wealth of experience to the RHSV - and not just in social media. Christina started her working life as a journalist
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Free

2022 Kenneth Myer Lecture

The Pavilion Victorian Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Professor Megan Davis will speak about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the referendum to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution.

RECONVENED AGM 2021

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112th RHSV RECONVENED  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING   AGENDA Friday 23 December 2022 at 10:00am To be held as an online live meeting with attendance by Zoom   1. Welcome and acknowledgement of
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From the Baltic to the Pacific: The first Displaced Persons to arrive in Australia after WW2

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In early December 1947, the first post WW2 ‘Displaced Persons’ arrived in Melbourne. They were part of a group of over 800 refugees from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania selected for resettlement in Australia. This seminar looks at this historic journey, set against the backdrop of Australia’s attitudes and policies to migrants at the time. It also showcases the range of records available via the National Archives of Australia.

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