Early Cold War Migration and its Impact on Australia
The Robert Menzies Institute is proud to host Professor Mark Edele for a talk exploring early Cold War migration and its impact on Australia. In the aftermath of the Second
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An exhibition – Glen Eira Historical Society 50 years 1972-2022
Glen Eira City Council Gallery Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, AustraliaSince its formation in 1972 the Glen Eira Historical Society has collected over 5000 items; documents, photographs, ephemera, maps and more. To commemorate 50 years we dipped into our collection
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Gender Inequality, Gender Norms, and Australia’s Convict Past
2022 Griffin Economic History Public Lecture Gender Inequality, Gender Norms, and Australia’s Convict Past Presented by Professor Pauline Grosjean, School of Economics, UNSW Professor Pauline Grosjean will discuss the relationships
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MARKETING 101
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldChristina 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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AMaGA Victoria’s GLAM*- show: Greet, Listen, Ask and Mingle – Beechworth
Beechworth Historic Court House Beechworth Historic Precinct Reserve, 94 Ford Street, Beechworth, VIC, AustraliaThe AMaGA Victoria team (well two of us, Ash Robertson, Executive Director and Michelle Fracaro, Events and Professional Development Manager) are hitting the road to come and chat with YOU
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Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture: The Lady of St Kilda
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis illustrated talk explains how the Schooner Lady of St Kilda connected La Trobe’s naming of St Kilda with the remote Scottish island of St Kilda. A second link involved the Barque Priscilla. She carried 36 St Kilda migrants, but only 16 survived the voyage to Port Phillip.
Ernest Scott Prize Lecture by Janet McCalman
Kathleen Fitzpatrick TheatreFirst Ernest Scott Prize lecture of 2022: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’ Presented by Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Janet McCalman AC Date:
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2022 Ernest Scott Lecture Part I: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’
The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies is pleased to present the first Ernest Scott Prize lecture of 2022: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in
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Fatal Contact: Introduced epidemics among Australia’s Colonial Australian First Nations
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThis talk by Peter Dowling explores the devastating infectious diseases introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles and sexually transmitted diseases swept through the indigenous populations of the continent well into the twentieth century.
Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh
Murrumbeena Bowls Club 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, AustraliaGlen Eira Historical Society's Speaker Series this month is a talk by Terry Young on Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh. Terry is Vice President of Chinese Australian Family
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