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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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

  • 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...

  • Stonnington Mansion Bus Tour

    October 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    🚐 Stonnington Mansion Bus Tour – An Seniors and History Month Event The 90-minute tour will allow you to peer over fences...

  • Malvern Heritage Walks

    October 16 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

    🏛️ Malvern Heritage Walks – An Seniors and History Month Event Beginning at the base of the clock tower of the Malvern ...

Featured Books

St Kilda 1841-1900: Movers and Shakers and Money-Makers by Carmel McKenzie

The wealthiest suburb in nineteenth-century Melbourne, ‘Aristocratic St Kilda’ gloried in its reputation as a bastion of privilege and power. This captivating exposé ushers you into the exclusive cliques...
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Remembering Melbourne + Melbourne Twenty Decades Bundle

CHRISTMAS BUNDLE Get both books for the special price of $50 What you get: Remembering Melbourne 1850-1960. by  Richard Broome, Richard Barnden, Don Gibb, Don Garden,...
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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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