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SECOND HAND BOOKFAIR & LATE HOURS FOR BOOKSHOP
Mon 25, Tue 26, Wed 27 November 5pm - 7pmFor 3 evenings in the run-up to Christmas we open our bookshop late and have a mini secondhand book fair where we offer Victorian and Australian history at great prices. Gift wrapping also available.
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A WORD IN TIME: Emerging Historians on their influences
October 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmEvery year the Professional Historians Association of Australia Vic & Tas, in partnership with the RHSV, ask three 'emerging' hist...
CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
October 24 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmJoin Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cat...
Book Launch: Melbourne Ghost Signs
October 29 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmA 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 pmThe RHSV, in partnership with the Heritage Council Victoria, celebrates 50 years of the Victorian Heritage Register. The event wil...
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
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...
Spiritual histories on stolen land: The 2024 Greg Dening Memorial Lecture presented by Dr Laura Rademaker
October 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pmSpiritual histories on stolen land: a religious history of sovereignty and land rights Greg Dening was a deeply spiritual scholar....