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Queens Bridge over troubled water and the Red Cross to the rescue

Cheryl Griffin's latest article for CBD News gives the low-down on the Red Cross in the CBD during WWII and...

Collections Officer (Images): new RHSV position open now

The RHSV is thrilled to announce that we are recruiting for a new position, Collections Officer (Images), which will be...

New COVID rules for venues 18 Feb 2021

The RHSV again will be open to members, friends and the public from Thursday 18th of February. The RHSV has...

St Vincent Hospital’s new building threatens integrity of UNESCO World-Heritage listed Carlton Gardens and Royal Exhibition Building.

Charles Sowerwine, Chair of the RHSV Heritage Committee, has been busy over the holidays defending the integrity of the UNESCO...

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VICTORIAN COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARD WINNERS

As part of History Month, PROV & RHSV announces VCHA winners

On 28 October, Catherine Andrews announced the winner of the Victorian Premier's History Award and the winners of 9 other categories were also announced.

Check out all the entrants

What's on at the RHSV

Launch of exhibition: Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races
March 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
In October 1934 a great air-race was planned from London to Flemington, Melbourne. From a field of 20 planes just 12 arrived. The ...
Vera Deakin in War and Peace
March 16 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
The daughter of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, Vera Deakin studied music in the Habsburg Empire on the eve of the Great War. Driven...
Launch of the Jessie Webb Society
March 24 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
In 1909 Jessie Stobo Watson Webb was not only an original Historical Society of Victoria member (membership No. 30) and the first ...
Cataloguing Clinics 2021
March 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 11:00 am on day Fourth of the month, repeating until December 31, 2021
Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit Zoom...

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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.

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Discover Your Military Ancestors
March 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Want to learn more about your family’s military history? Discover the huge range of military records you can search online, ...
Pre-European Indigenous Culture in the Kew Area – 2021 McIntyre Lecture
March 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
2021 MCINTYRE LECTURE Gary Presland is an archaeologist and historian, with long-standing research interests in the pre-contact In...
BRAZEN HUSSIES: Film Screening and Q&A
March 11 @ 5:30 pm - 7:45 pm
BRAZEN HUSSIES reveals a revolutionary chapter in Australian history, the Women’s Liberation Movement (1965 -1975). Interwea...