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ROBUR TEA HOUSE: APPEAL AGAINST DEVELOPMENT REFUSAL

The Robur Tea Building, 28 Clarendon St, Southbank, a Victorian Heritage Registered site, was refused a development permit in May...
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VALE GORDON MOFFATT AM

The Councillors, staff, volunteers and members of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria note with great sadness the death of...
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NEW RHSV HISTORIAN-IN-RESIDENCE

The RHSV is very pleased to announce our second Historian-in-Residence, Dr Fiona Gatt, who has begun work on her project:...
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OPPOSITION TO NEW QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET PROPOSAL

Heritage groups, community groups and individuals across Melbourne are condemning the City of Melbourne's new plan to surround the Queen...
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Spotlight

VICTORIAN COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARDS NOW OPEN

For projects coming to fruition between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023

We are thrilled that the VCHA have retained their funding for 2023 and are open for applications. We thank all our members and friends for their impressive and intelligent advocacy engaging with their local Members of Parliament and Minister Danny Pearson, Department of Government services over the last 3 months. The Minister, Danny Pearson, really fought hard to get these awards funded. Our heartfelt thanks to the Minister and his hard-working staff.

Click here for the online entry form and all details

What's on at the RHSV

  • Off the Drawing Board, a National Archives of Australia seminar

    October 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

    For History Month, the National Archives of Australia are partnering once again with the RHSV to present, Off the Drawing Board, w...

  • MARKETING FORUMS

    October 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Christina Browning, the RHSV Marketing Officer, leads these forums which each month tackle a different aspect of marketing for his...

  • CURATOR’S TOUR OF GARRYOWEN’S MELBOURNE WITH DR LIZ RUSHEN

    October 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

    THIS EVENT HAS BOOKED OUT BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER AT 2PM. BOOK HERE Historian Dr Liz Rushen will ta...

  • TRIVIA AU GO-GO

    October 13 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

    Andrew Lemon is once again going to put us to the test. So, fancy yourself a bit of a history buff? Of course you do! Time to get ...

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GARRYOWEN'S MELBOURNE

Curated by Dr Liz Rushen. Designed by Marianna Berek-Lewis 5678 Design. From 13 July 2023 - March 2024 -

See Melbourne through Garryowen’s eyes – the people and places of early Melbourne. Garryowen’s Melbourne brings to life many of the characters and buildings in early Melbourne. The exhibition incorporates lively descriptions taken from Garryowen’s (Edmund Finn’s) Chronicles of Early Melbourne: historical, anecdotal and personal 1835 to 1852 published in 1888 set alongside images from the collection of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

  • Making Public Histories: Australia’s Broken Years?

    September 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    History Council of Victoria Presents – Making Public Histories: Australia’s Broken Years? Historian Joan Beaumont’s ...

  • The Real Gold Diggers of Labassa

    September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    Labassa mansion was built on gold. Some residents made their fortune with a pick and shovel; others like Cobb & Co. owner Mr R...

  • Altona Homestead Devonshire Tea

    October 1 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

    The Altona-Laverton Historical Society members and volunteers invite you to drop into the Altona Homestead on the first Sunday of ...

Featured Books

Remembering Melbourne + Melbourne Twenty Decades Bundle

CHRISTMAS BUNDLE Get both books for the special price of $50 What you get: Remembering Melbourne 1850-1960. by  Richard Broome, Richard Barnden, Don Gibb, Don Garden,...
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