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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...

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...

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...

Congratulations 2024 Victorian Community History Award winners

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the 2024 Victorian Community History Awards! We extend our heartfelt thanks for your...

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What's on at the RHSV

Guided Walking Tour of Historical Flagstaff Gardens
June 16 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Join expert tour guides from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria - the historical society for the City of Melbourne - on a gu...
CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
June 26 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cat...
Squatters, Snodgrass, and the spoils of colonialism in Victoria – law, land, and corruption
July 16 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
We are delighted that Professor Kate Auty will deliver the Society’s second Paul Mullaly History and Law Lecture. In this paper ...

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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 July 2025 - 28 November 2024 - July 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.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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Labassa Open Day
June 15 @ 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoratio...
Protesting the Vietnam War and National Service Talk
June 26 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
During the Vietnam War, a huge national protest movement grew around the conscription of young Australians ordered to fight in the...
Echoes of the 19th Century
July 15 @ 6:30 pm
Step back in time and immerse yourself in the enchanting sounds of the 19th century with the Four Seasons String Quartet at the PM...