Lecture: The Wreck of the Fiji
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaAuthor 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.
Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp.
North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaTalk by David Sornig – Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp. In Blue Lake, David Sornig examines how the 8km-square zone to the west of central
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Living on Mallee Country – Deep Time to 1900
State Library of Victoria Entry 3, Village Roadshow Theatre, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaRHSV 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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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 3: SCANNING FOR BEGINNERS
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaThe 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
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Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melboiurne, Victoria, AustraliaIt 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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Food, Fun and Flag Wavers: Memories of the Lygon Street Festa Exhibition
Museo Italiano 199 Faraday Street, Carlton, Victoria, AustraliaJoin CO.AS.IT. in celebrating History Week 2019 with a joyful walk down memory lane, exploring the fun times that were had by young and old at the Lygon Street Festa
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Book launch – No Regard for the Truth
Public Record Office Victoria 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaPlease 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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In the Footsteps of Nicholas O’Donnell: doctor and community leader in Hotham 1869-1919.
North Melbourne Library 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSaturday 12 October 2.00pm. A walk lead by Val Noone – In the Footsteps of Nicholas O’Donnell: doctor and community leader in Hotham 1869-1919. Dr Nicholas O’Donnell (1862- 1920) was
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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.
TALKING HISTORY
62 Jackson St, Casterton VIC 3311 62 Jackson St, Casterton, VIC, AustraliaExhibition: 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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