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National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Royal Historical Society of Victoria Issue Joint Statement on Victorian Planning Reforms 
The RHSV, in a joint statement with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), call on the Victorian Government to ensure...
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Movers and shakers at the 2025 AGM
A big congratulations to the movers and shakers announced at our AGM on Tuesday. Our first announcement is a big...
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2024 AGM + 2025 SGM – agenda and documentation
Dear Members We look forward to welcoming as many members as possible to the RHSV's Special General Meeting (SGM) and...
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Introducing Claudia, our new Images Collection Officer
Welcome Claudia Donovan, the newest member of the RHSV team! She will be joining us mid-May to start her new...
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Our legendary Executive Officer is retiring

  

 

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YARRA BIRRARUNG: ARTISTS, WRITERS AND THE RIVER

Curated by Dr Judith Buckrich. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 28 November 2024 to August 2025 - 28 November 2024 - August 2025

This exhibition is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.

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Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River by Dr Judith Buckrich
Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has...
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Granville Stapylton: Australia Felix 1836, second in command to Major Mitchell. By Gregory C. Eccleston
Assistant Surveyor Granville Stapylton’s intimate journal, written while serving as Second-in-Command in Major Mitchell’s expedition in ‘Australia Felix’, in 1836, is here published as a faithful transcription from the...
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