Recent News
A SHEEP OR TWO & A KANGAROO
Today in The Age: A new start for Australian history
LOCKDOWN #6
Vera Deakin podcast available
Spotlight
OCTOBER IS HISTORY MONTH
Is your organisation holding a history event In Oct '21?Register your event and become a part of the official History Month celebrations. Need inspiration on digital events? Or curious about ways the RHSV can help with speakers or equipment? We will include your event in the 2021 History Month calendar, provide you with a copy of the History Month logo and we’ll promote History Month across Victoria and in your local community.
Add your event to the History Month website here
What's on at the RHSV
LUNCH TIME MARKETING: GO VIRTUAL FOR HISTORY MONTH
September 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmSocial media has become the most influential and important virtual space to network, build a community, promote what you do, find ...
Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock
September 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmFor this clinic, Jillian will be focusing on the cataloguing of objects (including medals). Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections ...
THE BRILLIANT BOY Gideon Haigh talks about Doc Evatt
September 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmTHE BRILLIANT BOY Gideon Haigh talks about Doc Evatt We are thrilled that Gideon Haigh will talk about his latest book, The Bril...
PIONEER REGISTER SEMINAR
October 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmIn partnership with the Genealogical Society of Victoria, the RHSV is holding a free Zoom seminar on one of the jewels in its crow...
Acknowledgement
- Detail from painting by William Barak, RHSV Collection
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the Royal Historical Society of Victoria currently stands, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, their Elders past and present, and those young people destined to become leaders.
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
‘The Lucas Girls’: 100 Years of Women’s Footy
September 8 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmJoin historian-filmmaker Bel Ensor and sport historian Dr Rob Hess for a screening of the short film ‘Lucas Girls’ and...
Learn how to edit oral history and sound recordings (online workshop)
September 9 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pmHave you recorded oral history interviews but don’t know how to edit them to create clips? Are your oral history recordings ...
C J LA TROBE; JOLIMONT PLANTSMAN
September 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmFriends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture This presentation will explore how Governor La Trobe’s school days in England...
Featured Books
Jigsaw Puzzle – 1000 Pieces
Vera Deakin and the Red Cross by Carole Woods
The Ghosts Have Never Left – Victorian Gold Rush Towns and the Stories They Could Tell by John & Marie Watt
Find Your Local Historical Society
See list of societies
Our Partners
239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 
03 9326 9288 
office@historyvictoria.org.au 
Office & Library: Weekdays 9am-5pm
