Exodus from Vienna

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

🛄 Exodus from Vienna Following the 1938 annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, many members of Vienna’s vibrant Jewish community sought safe havens overseas to escape growing persecution. Amongst them were Michael and Regine Weiss and their family. Their story, as told through records held by the National Archives of Australia and other information provided
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Gold Coin Entry

Welcome home for our Terlecki timber piano front

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

Please join us to celebrate the restoration and reframing of our glorious carved Terlecki timber piano front. This piano front was donated to us by Keith Kilner representing his wider family and the recent restoration was paid for with a donation from the Boak family. We are enormously grateful to both families for their generosity. We'll be celebrating in style with a sparkling morning tea at the RHSV premises, 239 A'Beckett St and we'll be hosting members of both the Kilner and Boak families. 

Free

EXHIBITION LAUNCH: MELBOURNE’S STORIED LANEWAYS

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

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH OF MELBOURNE'S STORIED LANEWAYS Launched by Julian O'Shea Curated by David Thompson Designed by Daisy Searls Thursday 11 April, 5:30pm - 7pm We all have our favourite Melbourne laneway and curator, David Thompson, has chosen his favourites which reveal some intriguing Melbourne stories. When we think of today's gussied-up
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Free

A G L Shaw Lecture. Anti-Slavery and Protection in Port Phillip and NSW: the Curious Colonial Afterlife of the 1837 Select Committee Report on Aborigines

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

The AGL Shaw lecture has been presented in partnership with the C J La Trobe Society for many years. It is one of the RHSV's Distinguished Lectures and we are thrilled that, in 2024, Professor Penny Edmonds from the Flinders University will be delivering the lecture. In 1838 Quaker James Backhouse posted the 1837 Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes (British Settlements) ‘hot off the press’ from Cape Town to key figures he had met in the Australian colonies, including missionary George Langhorne, with instructions for it to be sent to Police Magistrate Foster Fyans and Captain William Lonsdale in Port Phillip. The much-studied 1837 report is often described as the ‘blueprint’ for imperial reform and the protection of Aboriginal peoples in the colonies. Backhouse sent the report to New South Wales including to three men of influence whom he had met in Sydney – the Colonial Secretary Alexander McLeay, police magistrate Archibald Innes and Reverend John Saunders. These three men would be central to the formation of the Sydney branch of the Aborigines’ Protection Society or the ‘Australian APS’, suggesting that the report’s distribution was part of a transimperial moment of humanitarian activism.  

$35.00

Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement

City Gallery 110 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Who remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement?
Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance of the McEwans hardware store in Bourke Street. Shopping for a hammer or a hair-dryer, you’d step in the prints of actors, musicians, sportspeople, writers, dancers, politicians, an astronaut, a racehorse – even an operatic dog.
Curated by Robyn Annear, 'Gotcha!' presents 40 of the surviving prints from the McEwans pavement, together with stories of the celebrities who made them and newspaper images that capture the mood of the times.

Free

South Yarra Water Works Company (1854 – 1863)

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

Our first co-presentation with Engineering Heritage Victoria in 2024 will be by Ken McInnes who will explore the history, the entrepreneurs, the engineers, the operations, the expansion and the demise of the short lived South Yarra Water Works Company (1854 – 1863). In 1854, 170 years ago, Yan Yean Reservoir was completed. Over the following ten years water was progressively reticulated to the houses and businesses of Melbourne and its suburbs.

$10.00 – $20.00
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Family History Workshops

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

👩🏽‍👩🏽‍👦🏽‍👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. Do you want some guided help with your family history journey? We can help. Join a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. Our workshops will cover: 28 Feb -
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$20 – $25

Leongatha Historical Society Annual ANZAC lunch

The Society’s annual Anzac lunch will be at the Leongatha RSL at 12 noon on 24 April. The speaker will be Jillian Durance of Mojarra who will talk on the Kongwak Avenue of Honour. Please join us for lunch or come along and hear Jillian speak. Jillian has carried out much research on soldiers from
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Chapel Street Walks – An Australian Heritage Festival Event

39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

🏛️ Chapel Street Walks - An Australian Heritage Festival Event Meet at the PMI Victorian History Library then step into a charming adventure. Discover the tales of yesteryear's department stores on Chapel Street, Prahran. An all-inclusive experience, perfect for everyone – families, individuals, and even your beloved pets! The tour will be led by Steve
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$15 – $20

ANZACs of Coburg Cemetery

The Friends of Coburg Cemetery have something special lined up, and would love for you to join them! They're holding a special ANZAC Day tour that's all about exploring the history and experiences of Australians during wartime. ANZACs of Coburg Cemetery Date: ANZAC Day - 25 April 2024 Time: 1:30 Location: Coburg Cemetery, Bell/Elizabeth Street,
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