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Melbourne's Twenty Decades
Great gift or addition to your libraryWith a stellar line-up of contributors and packed with evocative photos of Melbourne, our latest publication, Melbourne's Twenty Decades, takes us on a journey from pre-European times into Melbourne’s bright future.
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What's on at the RHSV
Exhibition launch: The Swamp Vanishes
January 23 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pmBefore European settlers arrived in the Port Phillip district, a large wetland that lay between the Yarra River and the Moonee Pon...
Workshop: Born Digital Documents
January 24 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pmPresented by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Victorian Collections, this hands-on workshop provides an introduction t...
Seminar: EARLY MELBOURNE SUBURBS 1835-1880
February 1 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pmThe RHSV and the Genealogical Society of Victoria are delighted to co-present this full-day seminar which will give participants a...
Gippsland: Cataloguing and Digitisation series of six workshops
February 15The RHSV is offering a series of 6 linked workshops (three Saturdays over three months) which cover cataloguing and digitisation. ...
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Treasures from the Collection - Ongoing
Every few weeks we highlight different treasures from our Collection together with the stories and research we have conducted about those treasures. The image is of a clock given, by the survivors of the wreck of the Fiji, to their saviours. It is currently being repaired.
EXHIBITION - MAIN GALLERY
The Swamp Vanishes - 23 January 2020 - July 2020
Before European settlers arrived in the Port Phillip district, a large wetland that lay between the Yarra River and the Moonee Ponds Creek sustained the indigenous people and the cultural traditions of the Kulin nation. It was known by the new settlers as Batman’s Swamp, later West Melbourne Swamp. In less than 20 years that important wetland had been despoiled by European settlers, who turned into a receptacle for sewage and rubbish.
Upcoming Victorian History Events
From Horse to Hot Rod
March 19 @ 10:00 am - March 22 @ 4:00 pmCastlemaine Pioneers and Old Residents Association Inc is celebrating its 140th birthday this year in March with a 4 day exhibitio...
Book launch, “St Kilda families: Memorials in Christ Church”
March 22 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmEveryone interested in history is welcome to attend the launch of St Kilda families: Memorials in Christ Church on Sunday 22 March...
Empire’s Noble Son
March 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pmThe Glen Eira Historical Society is thrilled to kick off their 2020 Speaker Series with a talk by Dr Daryl Moran on his recent boo...
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