AGM + WESTON BATE ORATION

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Protected industries, protected men: the dilemmas of wartime service, 1939-46
The 2023 Weston Bate Oration will be delivered by distinguished historian, Dr Bart Ziino in what is a thrilling first for the RHSV. Bart was the recipient of our inaugural study grant, generously funded by our magnificent philanthropist, Gordon Moffatt AM. 

Free

Robert Burns Festival Lectures Program

Killara Centre 210-212 Manifold Street, Camperdown, Vic, Australia

As part of the Robert Burns Festival held over three days, the Camperdown & District Historical Society offers a lecture program with four experienced presenters on Saturday 1st July.

$25
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Altona Homestead Devonshire Tea

Altona Homestead 128 Queen Street, Altona, Victoria, Australia

The Altona-Laverton Historical Society members and volunteers invite you to drop into the Altona Homestead on the first Sunday of the Month (February to December) to enjoy a serve of our famous Devonshire Tea or Cream Tea or Cornish Tea, anyway you look at them they are delicious.

Stories from ASIO’s files

National Archives Australia Victoria Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

A doctor, teacher, gardener and spy.

These are just four of the real-life individuals from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) files. But who were they and why was ASIO interested in them? Come along to find out about their fascinating stories!

The Quack and the Charlatan

The Royal Society of Victoria 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The nineteenth century saw many miraculous advancements in the field of medicine. Unfortunately, with them came hordes of quacks and charlatans eager to take your money at the expense of
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MARKETING FORUMS

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Christina Browning, the RHSV Marketing Officer, leads these forums which each month tackle a different aspect of marketing for historical societies - they tend to concentrate on social media as
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Free

MARKETING FORUMS

ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

Christina Browning, the RHSV Marketing Officer, leads these forums which each month tackle a different aspect of marketing for historical societies - they tend to concentrate on social media as
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Free
Recurring

Approaching the Voice: a four part lecture series

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre

Our friends at U3A Melbourne City have put together a 4 part series, Approaching the Voice, in partnership with the Indigenous Unit at The University of Melbourne.  Later this year you will be asked to vote in the Referendum on a Voice to Parliament and in the coming months you will be bombarded with opinions from all political perspectives.  In this Approaching the Voice series we bring you voices that you won’t regularly hear on radio and television: the voices of people who work continuously in this area and who are willing to share their expertise with us. 

Free

Launch: Garryowen’s Melbourne

RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Richard Broome, President, and Councillors of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria invite you to the launch of our exhibition, to be launched by Councillor Nicholas Reece Deputy Lord Mayor,
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Free
Recurring

Approaching the Voice: a four part lecture series

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre

Our friends at U3A Melbourne City have put together a 4 part series, Approaching the Voice, in partnership with the Indigenous Unit at The University of Melbourne.  Later this year you will be asked to vote in the Referendum on a Voice to Parliament and in the coming months you will be bombarded with opinions from all political perspectives.  In this Approaching the Voice series we bring you voices that you won’t regularly hear on radio and television: the voices of people who work continuously in this area and who are willing to share their expertise with us. 

Free