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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.

Walking tour: Batmania

The Former Age Building 655 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

RHSV researcher, Fiona Graham, has put together a new guided walking tour of the south-western corner of the CBD - today it is a slightly raffish, down-at-heel part of town but back in 1835 it was where everything was unfolding. Come and learn something new about your city. 

Free

New Members welcome and Higinbotham Lecture

RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

An event to welcome New Members and introduce them to the many facets of the RHSV followed by drinks and Geraldine Moore's lecture on George Higinbotham.

Free

Lecture: Geraldine Moore on key events in the life of George Higinbotham

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

George Higinbotham was a highly influential politician in colonial Victoria. One of his contemporaries described him as a man of ‘dash and daring’ who ‘won from privilege and class ground that they have never since been able to recover.’ Even today debate rages about his character and his legacy. Some see him as a visionary
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$10 – $20

Historical Houses in South Yarra: Philippe Batters

Malvern Town Hall Corner High Street and Glenferrie Road Malvern, Melbourne, Australia

Well known local identity real estate agent Philippe Batters, will present an illustrated talk about historical houses in South Yarra.

Walking tour: Batmania

The Former Age Building 655 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

RHSV researcher, Fiona Graham, has put together a new guided walking tour of the south-western corner of the CBD - today it is a slightly raffish, down-at-heel part of town but back in 1835 it was where everything was unfolding. Come and learn something new about your city.

Free

The Genealogical Society of Victoria: an introduction

Genealogical Society of Victoria Level 1, 10 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As part of History Week the Genealogical Society of Victoria is holding an information session especially for RHSV members and friends. For anyone contemplating researching their family this event is key. It is also of great interest for those undertaking more general research as family research skills and resources can be used to create histories for any characters, not just your family.

Free

R U Ready? 10 Years On

Wandong Heathcote Junction Memorial Park Epping Kilmore Road, Wandong, VIC, Australia

The Wandong History Group in collaboration with the Wandong CFA invite you to attend R U Ready? 10 Years On event at the Wandong Memorial Park. The WHG will stage a Post Bushfire Recovery Photographic Exhibition to showcase the community’s resilience & screening our 2019 Commemorative DVD and unveiling a whole of Wandong Primary School artwork. 

Historic Houses Tour

Castlemaine Town Two venues, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Two historic houses in Castlemaine will be open to the public to raise funds for the Castlemaine Historical Society.

$15

Melbourne – A Great Maritime City

Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall 90 - 130 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network invites all those interested to their inaugural AGM. This event, we believe, marks a turning-point in relation to the due recognition of our marvelous maritime sector.The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network was formed to focus attention on our neglected maritime heritage and to ensure that Melbourne’s marvelous maritime legacy may be rightly celebrated and sustained.