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Living on Mallee Country – Deep Time to 1900
Living on Mallee Country – Deep Time to 1900
RHSV 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 but not other living things. This lecture will explore how mallee country was used by Aboriginal people from Deep Time to the pastoral era and
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 3: SCANNING FOR BEGINNERS
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 3: SCANNING FOR BEGINNERS
The 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 the workshops so that participants have time in which to put into practice their new skills before the next workshop. Some participants will want to
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Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage
It 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 favoured. Guided tours of the garden at 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm and also of the cottage throughout the afternoon. No bookings required.
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Food, Fun and Flag Wavers: Memories of the Lygon Street Festa Exhibition
Join 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 over the last 40 years. This colourful exhibition brings together for the first time images, objects and stories from the CO.AS.IT. Italian Historical Society Collection
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Book launch – No Regard for the Truth
Book launch – No Regard for the Truth
Please 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. A young Italian prisoner of war, Rodolfo Bartoli, is shot and killed. An alleged escape attempt, but those who saw it say otherwise. A place
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In the Footsteps of Nicholas O’Donnell: doctor and community leader in Hotham 1869-1919.
In the Footsteps of Nicholas O’Donnell: doctor and community leader in Hotham 1869-1919.
Saturday 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 a prominent medical practitioner and Irish scholar who lived and worked in North Melbourne during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His remarkable manuscript
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History Week 2019
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.
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting of The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Incorporated
TALKING HISTORY
TALKING HISTORY
Exhibition: 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; surveys for selection after 1860; and Closer Settlement at Wando Vale in 1900. The exhibition also includes hand-drawn maps. One of these is a sketch
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History Week 2019
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.
4 events,
Walking tour: Batmania
Walking tour: Batmania
RHSV researcher, Fiona Graham, has put together a new guided walking tour of the south-western corner of the CBD - today it is a slightly raffish, down-at-heel part of town but back in 1835 it was where everything was unfolding. Come and learn something new about your city.
New Members welcome and Higinbotham Lecture
New Members welcome and Higinbotham Lecture
An event to welcome New Members and introduce them to the many facets of the RHSV followed by drinks and Geraldine Moore's lecture on George Higinbotham.
Lecture: Geraldine Moore on key events in the life of George Higinbotham
Lecture: Geraldine Moore on key events in the life of George Higinbotham
George Higinbotham was a highly influential politician in colonial Victoria. One of his contemporaries described him as a man of ‘dash and daring’ who ‘won from privilege and class ground that they have never since been able to recover.’ Even today debate rages about his character and his legacy. Some see him as a visionary
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2 events,
Walking tour: Batmania
Walking tour: Batmania
RHSV researcher, Fiona Graham, has put together a new guided walking tour of the south-western corner of the CBD - today it is a slightly raffish, down-at-heel part of town but back in 1835 it was where everything was unfolding. Come and learn something new about your city.
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The Genealogical Society of Victoria: an introduction
The Genealogical Society of Victoria: an introduction
As part of History Week the Genealogical Society of Victoria is holding an information session especially for RHSV members and friends. For anyone contemplating researching their family this event is key. It is also of great interest for those undertaking more general research as family research skills and resources can be used to create histories for any characters, not just your family.
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R U Ready? 10 Years On
R U Ready? 10 Years On
The Wandong History Group in collaboration with the Wandong CFA invite you to attend R U Ready? 10 Years On event at the Wandong Memorial Park. The WHG will stage a Post Bushfire Recovery Photographic Exhibition to showcase the community’s resilience & screening our 2019 Commemorative DVD and unveiling a whole of Wandong Primary School artwork.
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Melbourne – A Great Maritime City
Melbourne – A Great Maritime City
Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network invites all those interested to their inaugural AGM. This event, we believe, marks a turning-point in relation to the due recognition of our marvelous maritime sector.The Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network was formed to focus attention on our neglected maritime heritage and to ensure that Melbourne’s marvelous maritime legacy may be rightly celebrated and sustained.
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Tour – The Streets Where We Live – Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery
Tour – The Streets Where We Live – Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery
Have you ever wondered where our street names come from? Many are named after local settlers and dignitaries who are buried at the Cheltenham Pioneer historic cemetery. Some of the streets we will look at - Crawford, Barrett, Charles, Edward and Booker Streets Cheltenham; Comport, Beaumaris; Cullinane, Black Rock; Kingston Road, Moorabbin; Tootal Road Dingley;
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 4: DIGITISING BOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPHING OBJECTS
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 4: DIGITISING BOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPHING OBJECTS
The 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 the workshops so that participants have time in which to put into practice their new skills before the next workshop. Some participants will want to
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