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SHORTLIST: VIC COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARDS

The Minister for Government Services, Danny Pearson, today announced the shortlist for the 2020 Victorian Community History Awards. The full...
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Brainstorm History Month event ideas

Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal and that is what the RHSV is doing - we are re-imagining...
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DRILL HALL CLOSED FROM TUE 4 AUG

Sunday 2 August 2020 With level 4 restrictions coming in to place tonight from 6pm we have decided that all...
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WHO GUARDS WORLD HERITAGE SITES?

The RHSV’s Heritage Committee has just made a submission to the Draft Heritage Management Plan for the Royal Exhibition Building and...
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OCTOBER IS HISTORY MONTH

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STAY @ HOME FESTIVAL

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The Stay @ Home Festival is a collection of activities for you and your family to engage in whilst we are all socially isolated. (click on the image)

Upcoming Victorian History Events

  • The West Gate Bridge Collapse: 50 Years On

    October 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

    50 years ago, the partially-constructed West Gate Bridge collapsed, killing 35 workers and injuring 18 more. The disaster remains ...

  • Mallee Country: Land People History. A discussion

    October 9 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    This is a free online Zoom event presented by Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies for History Month. The speaker...

  • Clan Winter-Irving Gathering

    October 16, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

    Note! Due to current outbreak of COVID + border closures, event has been rescheduled for 2021 This inaugural 1 day event (16/10/20...

Featured Books

Australia: The Vatican Museum’s Indigenous Collection by Katherine Aigner

From the ancient Etruscans and Romans, to the Renaissance masters of Michelangelo and Raphael, the Vatican Museums represent an aspect of the history of humanity through art. The Indigenous Australian...
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Canterbury: a history by Don Gibb with Jill Barnard

Canterbury: A History covers the history of the suburb of Canterbury, Victoria from its Aboriginal history as part of the country of the Wurundjeri people to its completed development as...
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Mallee Country Land, People, History by Richard Broome, Charles Fahey, Andrea Gaynor and Katie Holmes

Mallee Country tells the powerful history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Mallee Country is a story of how land and people shape...
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