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Skinny tower block garners disapproval

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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...

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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...
Vida Goldstein and Maud Wood Park
March 19 @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Distinguished historian, Professor Marilyn Lake AO, will deliver the RHSV's inaugural Women's History Lecture, Progressive New Wor...
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: 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

Cold War Games - 7 Mar - 4 Jun

In 1956, an Olympic year, the world was beset with Cold War anxieties. Tensions between East and West had been heightened less than a month before the Games when the USSR invaded Hungary to crush an uprising. Then Israeli, French and British armies invaded and occupied Egypt’s Sinai and Suez Canal Zone. Would the Melbourne Olympic Games be remembered as the “friendly” Games, a sea of tranquillity in a stormy world, or would they become a victim of the Cold War? Would our moment in the sun be blown away by revolutions and wars raging over 15,000 kilometres away?

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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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...
What Makes A Good Historical Society
March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Sandringham Historical Society is holding its AGM on March 3 and Assoc Professor Don Garden OAM, FFAHS, FRHSV will be deliveri...
Governor Hotham’s Memorial.
March 26 @ 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Talk by Dr Celistina Sagazio – Governor Hotham’s Memorial. Dr Celestina Sagazio is historian and manager of Cultural Heritage ...