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Lost Flocks & distraught shepherds: Captain Charles Swanston

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

Evening Lecture Time:                 5:15pm drinks for a 5:45pm lecture Cost:                  Free for RHSV Members; $10 for Non-Members Melbourne by 1856 was growing in confidence and grandeur, as Henry Gritten’s fine painting of Swanston Street depicts. Captain Charles Swanston, the man
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A White Hot Flame

Camberwell Library Meeting Room 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

A White Hot Flame: Mary Montgomerie Bennett: Author, Educator, Activist for Indigenous Justice. A presentation by Dr Sue Taffe. All welcome. Sue Taffe is a Melbourne historian who has written about the contributions of twentieth century activists to campaigns for Aboriginal rights. She is the author of Black and White Together FCAATSI: the Federal Council for
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“Living Culture” by Lionel Launch – Mt Martha

The Briars Information Centre Nepean Highway, Mt. Martha, Victoria, Australia

Mornington & District Historical Society Annual Leslie Moorhead Lecture This years lecture is titled  “Living Culture” by Lionel Launch an indigenous  man who will take us through a variety of aspects of aboriginal culture, including medicinal plants and ending with a didgeridoo performance. Numbers are strictly limited. Book through Dawn 03 5977 0027. Cost is
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175th Anniversary of the Naming of Seymour

The general format will include a street parade on Sat 10 Nov, down Station St and up Tallarook St to finish at Kings Park, where there will be lots of displays by local groups and organisations. The Army at Puckapunyal are supporting us, not only on the Saturday for the parade and display, but also
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Hell Ship – The Journey of the Ticonderoga

Badcoe Hall Quarantine Station, Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia

The Nepean Historical Society is producing the play, 'Hell Ship – The Journey of the Ticonderoga' written and performed by Michael Veitch, at The Quarantine Station on 17th November at 2.00 and 7.30pm. It will be remarkable to hear this story told at the very place where the journey ended. In 1852, the handsome emigrant
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Exhibition: CARLO CATANI Visionary, Creator, Genius

Museo Italiano 199 Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

CO.AS.IT. is proud to present Carlo Catani: Visionary, Creator, Genius the first exhibition of its type dedicated to one of Victoria's greatest civil engineers and a key figure in the development of the State of Victoria from 1876 to 1917. Catani dedicated over 41 years of his life to public service and helped shape our
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Free

Recurring

Putting it Out There: Melbourne in the 1970s

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

We reflect on and explore the ways in which the life of the city and society were shaped by the changing ideas and actions of its citizens

Recurring

Siren to Siren: Football and Victoria

RHSV, Cabinet of Curiosities Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

This tiny exhibition, curated by Ashley Smith includes items from the RHSV collection and loan material from Francis Doherty, an avid VFL/AFL professional ephemera collector.

Legacies of the ‘70s Gay Liberation Movement

RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

About this talk Speakers: Dr Graham Willett, History Fellow. University of Melbourne Dr Kathy Sport & Gary Jaynes, Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives This promises to be a fascinating evening, covering amongst other things, an overview of the significant events of the decade, the social and cultural contributions of activism, and the influence of feminism
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Free – $10

Putting it Out There: Melbourne in the 1970s – Exhibition Closes

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

We reflect on and explore the ways in which the life of the city and society were shaped by the changing ideas and actions of its citizens. The 70s were a turbulent decade driven by increasing social awareness and cultural diversity. Nothing reflects this better than the slide from the confronting political slogan in the early years of the decade – It’s Time – to the slightly defeated plea, Get Australia Working, by 1977.