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MELBOURNE MORGUE, PRINCES BRIDGE

Melbourne was growing fast in the 1850s. No longer a colonial outpost it had boomed into one of the leading...

EXTENDED CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP HOURS AND MINI SECOND-HAND BOOK FAIR

Monday 25, Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 November Open until 7pm For these three days we’ll extend our bookshop hours for...

RHSV SEEKS A NEW TREASURER

After 6+ years at the RHSV, our fabulous Treasurer Daniel Clements is standing down from the role. Daniel has moved...

REMEMBER A LOCAL – ‘NAME A PLACE’ NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

Do you know an unsung hero who has left a lasting legacy in the local history of your community? You...

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Practical Strategies for a Successful, Vibrant Historical Society

Friday 18 October @ the RHSV, Melbourne - in person or Zoom. $35 | $55 including lunch

Get ready for an inspiring professional learning event, hosted by RHSV's Historical Societies Support Committee! This bumper program promises a full day of engaging, practical sessions. We’ve curated a selection of popular presentations from recent years, each designed to tackle real-world challenges and offer actionable solutions for your organisation. Plus, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to ask questions, share experiences, and connect with others, making this a day rich in learning and collaboration.

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What's on at the RHSV

A Historical Society Seminar: Practical Strategies for a Successful, Vibrant Organisation
October 18 @ 9:00 am - 3:15 pm
RHSV’s Historical Societies Support Committee (HSSC) is delighted to offer a bumper professional learning event for 2024 in-pers...
A WORD IN TIME: Emerging Historians on their influences
October 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Every year the Professional Historians Association of Australia Vic & Tas, in partnership with the RHSV, ask three 'emerging' hist...
Book Launch: Melbourne Ghost Signs
October 29 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
A beguiling photographic collection of the faded signs and half-hidden logos of Melbourne, revealing the historic tales — big an...
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER
October 30 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
The RHSV, in partnership with the Heritage Council Victoria, celebrates 50 years of the Victorian Heritage Register. The event wil...

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MELBOURNE'S STORIED LANEWAYS

Curated by David Thompson FRHSV. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 11 April 2024 - end of October 2024 -

We all have our favourite Melbourne laneway and curator David Thompson has chosen a handful of lanes which reveal intriguing Melbourne stories. When we think of today’s gussied-up, tourist-friendly laneways like Guilford Lane and Hosier Lane, it is hard to imagine that a mere 50 years ago the laneways were workaday places full still of small factories and light industry.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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Como House of Discovery: Traces of Girlhood
August 23 - October 20
History has left only traces of the experience of girlhood. Yet traces do remain, poignant and important. They tell the stories of...
Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions – Exploring Victorian Voices
October 22 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
🍂 Join us for an event featuring acclaimed author Clare Wright OAM, Patron of the PMI Victorian History Library. She will discu...
Family History Workshops
October 23 @ 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
👩🏽‍👩🏽‍👦🏽‍👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. Do yo...