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Hoddle Grid heritage success

A wonderful victory for the City of Melbourne and future Melburnians with their huge heritage study covering the City of...

Disquiet in Moreland

Our Vice-President, Elisabeth Jackson, was interviewed on 3AW this morning on the problematic issue of whether Moreland Council should change...

Farewell Stuart Macintyre

The history profession and the wider history community have lost a great advocate and generous contributor with the death of...

QVM: just another food mall?

A terrific interview to get up to speed on changes to Queen Victoria Market. Charles Sowerwine, the chair of our...

Spotlight

VICTORIAN COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARDS 2021 WINNERS

The headline event for History Month

We congratulate all the entrants, all the shortlisted and all the winners in the 2021 VCHA but we especially congratulate Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus and Tom Zubrycki for their film Ablaze which won the Premier's History Award

Check out the VCHA 2021 winners here

What's on at the RHSV

ONLINE OPEN DAY – GIPPSLAND
December 6 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
The National Archives of Australia is coming to Gippsland, virtually – through a free, online open day for Gippsland residents. ...
The Melbourne Socialite & The Turkish Diplomat
December 9 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
London, 1913: A wealthy young woman from a stately country home falls in love with and secretly marries a handsome young diplomat ...

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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.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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Peter Brown: Off the Beaten Track
November 23 - December 4
Photographs 1972-2021. For historians this photographic collection by Peter Brown includes images of the Western Districts taken...
December 7 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dr Jackie Watts OAM Chair, Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network invites you to … MMHN’s 2021 Pre-Christmas Gathering &a...
Discover Your Military Ancestors
December 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Discover the huge range of military records you can search online, and find out what your ancestors did during the wars of the 20t...