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AGM – call for nominations

The 2019 AGM will be held at 5pm on Tue 21 May. If you wish to nominate for Council or...

Project Officer Murrindindi Shire

The RHSV is looking for a project officer in Murrindindi Shire - someone with librarianship skills, information management skills, their...

Seeking Marketing Co-ordinator

The RHSV is seeking a part-time (2 days per week) Marketing Co-ordinator to work mainly on direct and digital marketing....

Skinny tower block garners disapproval

In CBD News Prof Charles Sowerwine, Chair of the RHSV's Heritage Committee, labels the Royal Society of Victoria naive with...

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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.

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...
Waltzing Matilda: Australia’s Accidental Anthem. A forensic history.
April 2 @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm
This song that started as an accidental collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895 caused the death of a seven-year relationship ...
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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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...
Heritage Days 22 + 23 Mar: Shepparton & District
March 23
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An event every day that begins at 12:00am, repeating until March 23, 2019
Fri 22 Mar & Sat 23 Mar 2019: 2 fabulous free Heritage Open Days in Shepparton & district. Over 50 heritage places will be open in...
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 ...