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Today in The Age: A new start for Australian history

The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald newspapers (17 July 2021) published Richard Broome’s plea for Australian History to be...

RHSV BUILDING CLOSED FROM FRIDAY 16 JULY FOR LOCKDOWN

We hope to be back in the Drill Hall on Wednesday 21 July but this will depend on Government directives....

Vera Deakin podcast available

Soon after the launch of Vera Deakin and the Red Cross by the Governor of Victoria, the Shrine of Remembrance...

HEAL THE COUNTRY: NAIDOC WEEK

The RHSV acknowledges the importance of NAIDOC week 2021 and its theme of ‘Heal the Country’. First Nations peoples have...

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HOLSWORTH GRANTS close 31st July 2021

Writing history about rural or regional Victoria?

Grants of up to $2,000 are available for the publication of any specific or general local history or natural history in rural and regional Victoria. The Grant is intended for small organisations with an interest in publishing works of historical value, even where the organisation has little or no experience of self publishing work. Joint projects encompassing several groups or annual/special edited journals incorporating submitted historical articles from a wide community are encouraged. For guidelines and an application form visit our website: https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/programs/holsworth-local-heritage-grants/ Closing date: 31st July 2021

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What's on at the RHSV

PODCASTING 2 DAY MASTERCLASS
July 31
PODCASTING 2 DAY MASTERCLASS 3CR Community Radio will be running a 2 day masterclass in how to make podcasts for our RHSV members....
Welcome to new RHSV members
August 5 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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One event on August 5, 2021 at 4:30 pm
One event on October 19, 2021 at 4:30 pm
Drinks for our new members who have joined in 2020 and 2021: the staff give new members a background briefing on the RHSV and its ...
Portable Buildings in Australia by Miles Lewis
August 5 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Miles Lewis's presentation will look at why Australia's large collection of portable buildings should be nominated as a group for ...
LUNCH TIME MARKETING
August 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Social media has become the most influential and important virtual space to network, build a community, promote what you do, find ...

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TALES FROM THE MACROBERTSON AIR RACES

Opens Thu 11 March 2021 - From 11 March to late September 2021

Curated by Noel Jackling, David Thompson and John McCulloch. To celebrate Victoria’s centenary in 1934, Macpherson Robertson sponsored a great air race from England to Melbourne. There were originally 20 entrants of which only 12 arrived in Melbourne. The British winning entrants took a whisker under 3 days, the last plane to arrive took some 4 months. This RHSV exhibition takes a close look at the entrants in the races (there were two races run concurrently – a speed race and a handicap race) including the Dutch entrant, the Uiver.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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A New Look at the History of the Caulfield Racecourse: A talk by Andrew Lemon. via Zoom
July 28 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
In this talk, racing historian Andrew Lemon - author of the three volume The History of Australian Thoroughbred Racing - will look...
Book Club: Benevolence
July 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
To acknowledge and celebrate the 2021 NAIDOC Week theme Heal Country!, Lenka Vanderboom is running a special Book Club event explo...
Women in the Maritime Sector – Past, Present & Powerful
August 11 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
You are invited! This Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network Forum will be informative, celebratory and inspirational – a colla...