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City Circle Tourism Tram Script

Yarra Trams have requested the RHSV’s help to revitalise and rewrite the script for the City Circle tourism tram...

Submission to the Heritage Council: Federation Square

Federation Square is a unique, essential part of Melbourne because it fulfils so effectively a long-standing shared vision of a...

RHSV gains a grant for 2019 from the FRRR

The grant from the Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal is to engage and train a Digital Co-ordinator to work with 4 historical societies which are all in areas affected by the 2009 bushfires...

Corkman Hotel Developer / Demolishers Get their Way

The Corkman Hotel saga ends with a complete victory for the developers. But the seeds of that victory were in the contradiction between the heritage overlay that was supposed to protect it and the planning scheme which encouraged developers to put up a 40 metre tower on the site!

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Victorian Premier’s History Award

2018 Victorian Community History Awards

The arresting title sets the tone for this compelling book. In the 19th century, Victoria had the highest rate of insanity in Australia, not surprising given the turmoil of the gold rush.

Exhibition launch: Cold War Games
March 7 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
In 1956, an Olympic year, the world was beset with Cold War anxieties. Would the Melbourne Olympic Games be remembered as the “f...
Workshop: Scanning for beginners
March 29 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
A hands-on workshop for those who can use a computer and can navigate the internet but would like to learn how to use scanners.
Workshop: Keeping a digital collection for beginners
March 29 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
In this hands-on workshop we learn what should happen to a file after it has been digitised. Covering: file formats, image resolut...
Workshop: Publishing local history books for beginners
April 5 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
This seminar will cover all the basics of how to publish local history successfully.

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EXHIBITION - MAIN GALLERY

Celebrating 35 Years of Operational Women in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade - 25 January to 22 February 2019

Our first major exhibition in 2019 will celebrate 35 years since the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) first opened its doors to operational women ...

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Exhibition: CARLO CATANI Visionary, Creator, Genius
November 20, 2018 - March 23, 2019
CO.AS.IT. is proud to present Carlo Catani: Visionary, Creator, Genius the first exhibition of its type dedicated to one of Victor...
Talk: Power’s Paddock Toorak 1840-1940
February 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Join members of the Malvern Historical Society, when well known local historian, Di Foster, will present an illustrated talk on th...
Friends of St Kilda Cemetery Tour, Wonderful Women
February 24 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Come and join us for this fabulous walk through the cemetery, visiting the graves of Wonderful Women and hearing about their lives...