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VICTORIAN COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARD WINNERS
As part of History Month, PROV & RHSV announces VCHA winnersOn 28 October, Catherine Andrews announced the winner of the Victorian Premier's History Award and the winners of 9 other categories were also announced.

What's on at the RHSV
A G M Michell, Australia’s greatest engineer?
February 4 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmAnthony George Maldon (AGM) Michell was undoubtedly one of the greatest Australian engineers. A prolific inventor, he is best know...
In the Name of the Theatre
February 16 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmHer sumptuous book, In the Name of Theatre, is a kind of encyclopaedia of the Victorian stage. From the early colonial settlement ...
BOOK FAIR
February 18 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmEvery year the RHSV hosts a fabulous second-hand history book fair where we sell history books of every imaginable genre. Victoria...
History Writers’ Group with Cheryl Griffin
February 23 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pmThe History Writers' Group which is led by Dr Cheryl Griffin meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 11:30am - 1pm and...

THE SWAMP VANISHES
Must close Friday 5 February 2021 -
Curated by Lenore Frost. 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. In less than 20 years that important wetland had been despoiled by European settlers, who turned into a receptacle for sewage and rubbish. While the wetland had initially been described in terms of beauty, within a few short years the swamp was noisome and reviled, and talk began of draining and reclamation. ‘This exhibition traces the how a significant wetland vanished from sight.

Upcoming Victorian History Events
Trove for Beginners
February 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pmTrove is a National Library of Australia website which provides access to historic newspapers, photographs, and much more. Come al...
CORAGULAC HOUSE: book launch
March 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmAuthor and historian, Jennifer F. O’Donnell, invites RHSV members and friends to celebrate the launch of her latest history,...
Clan Winter-Irving Gathering
October 16 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pmNote! Due to current outbreak of COVID + border closures, event has been rescheduled for 2021 This inaugural 1 day event (16/10/20...
Featured Books
Jigsaw Puzzle – 1000 Pieces

Yarra: A Diverting History by Kristin Otto

Vera Deakin and the Red Cross by Carole Woods

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