BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION to Mallee Country: Land, People, History
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Monash University Publishing are delighted to invite you the launch of Mallee Country: Land, People, History By Richard Broome, Charles Fahey, Andrea Gaynor and Katie Holmes Mallee Country will be launched by Tom Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of History, ANU. With a special performance by the celebrated gum leaf
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The launch of Melbourne’s Twenty Decades
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe RHSV invites our members and friends to attend the launch of our latest book, Melbourne's Twenty Decades. To be launched by Emeritus Laureate Professor Stuart Macintyre AO FAHA FASSA.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 5: LOOKING AFTER DIGITAL FILES
The 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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Explorations Series – Living with the Hume Dam, 1919-2019
Commerical Club 618 Dean Street, Albury, NSW, AustraliaIn 1919 work began on Hume Dam with celebration and acclaim. When it was completed in 1936 it was hailed as an engineering and political achievement, indeed, a nation-building project. How do we understand its history and legacy now in 2019? Join river system and dam managers, environmentalists, historians, photographers and musicians as they share
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Walk into history
Bendigo Historical Society offers different guided walking tours every month. In December it will be: Beehive / Allan's Walk / Stock Exchange Meet at Pall Mall entrance of the Beehive building, Pall Mall, Bendigo
The La Trobes’ Music
La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe La Trobes’ Music: celebrate the role music played in the life of the La Trobe family while they lived at 'Jolimont'. Musicians will perform the music that would have echoed around 'Jolimont' in the time of the La Trobe family. • the piano sonatas composed by La Trobe’s father Christian Ignatius • a song
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Specialist history tour: Melbourne Observatory
Melbourne Observatory Birdwood Avenue, Royal Botanic Gardens, VIC, AustraliaThis event booked out in less than 24 hours! We hope to organise more tours in the New Year so keep an eye out for further announcements. The RHSV is organising a special historical tour of The Melbourne Observatory for our members. The Melbourne Observatory was constructed in 1861–63, and expanded until 1902 to eventually
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Jack Wetherly under the microscope
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWe are delighted to present a talk by Catherine Gill who has been volunteering at the RHSV. Catherine writes, "As part of my recently completed Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation, I was given opportunity to study the portrait of Jack Wetherly. The original artwork was painted in 1840 by Thomas Napier. Records at the RHSV
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Looking Back, Looking Forward. Summer Fun in Yarra Plenty
Eltham Library Community Gallery 1 Panther Place, Eltham, Victoria, Australia5 December 2019 - 6 January 2020 Historical photographs and original artworks are exhibited side by side in this celebration of all things summer - picnics, swimming, boating, horsing around, and enjoying nature with family and friends during long sunny days. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with members of the Yarra Plenty Heritage Group
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Launch of A Guide to Historic St Kilda
Readings St Kilda 112 Acland St, St Kilda, VICTORIA, AustraliaWhere was the alpaca paddock? Who has the Palais chandelier? Was there a Banksy painting in a laneway? Join author, David Willis for the launch of his latest book, A Guide to Historic St Kilda on Tuesday 10 December at 6pm at Readings, 112 Acland St. RSVP: stkildapress@outlook.com
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