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31 MARCH 2025 NEW DEADLINE FOR LODGING FIRST NOT-FOR-PROFIT ANNUAL SELF-REVIEW

31 March 2025 is the extended deadline for lodging the annual not-for-profit self-review return. Nearly all historical societies, if they...

A REGAL 115th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

On Thursday evening, 22nd of August, the RHSV was fortunate to celebrate its 115th birthday at Government House at a...

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The latest RHSV article in CBD News has been published and can be read in full here (scroll down to...

Who’s tailor sat at Elizabeth St? “My Tailor”

Wardrop's was famous for its advertising with a large sign painted on its Elizabeth Street building. The famous “My Tailor”...

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We thank The Hon Gabrielle Williams MP, Minister for Government Services for her spirited support and advocacy in ensuring the continued viability of the Victorian Community History Awards in 2024. Applications close: 5pm AEST Wednesday 2 October

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What's on at the RHSV

Tracing Madame Brussels: A public figure with an elusive background
September 17 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
We are delighted that esteemed historian Barbara Minchinton will deliver our September lecture based on the research for her lates...
CURATOR’S TOUR OF MELBOURNE’S STORIED LANEWAYS WITH DAVID THOMPSON
September 25 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
David Thompson will take you behind the scenes of our current exhibition, Melbourne’s Storied Laneways which David curated. ...
CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
September 26 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cat...
Book Launch. The Story of Melbourne’s Lanes: Essential but Unplanned.
October 3 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Please join us for the launch of this re-imagined second edition of Weston Bate's history THE STORY OF MELBOURNE'S LANES: Essentia...

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MELBOURNE'S STORIED LANEWAYS

Curated by David Thompson FRHSV. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 11 April 2024 - end of October 2024 -

We all have our favourite Melbourne laneway and curator David Thompson has chosen a handful of lanes which reveal intriguing Melbourne stories. When we think of today’s gussied-up, tourist-friendly laneways like Guilford Lane and Hosier Lane, it is hard to imagine that a mere 50 years ago the laneways were workaday places full still of small factories and light industry.

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Como House of Discovery: Traces of Girlhood
August 23 - October 20
History has left only traces of the experience of girlhood. Yet traces do remain, poignant and important. They tell the stories of...
Some History Lessons for Present-day Housing Campaigners
September 3 @ 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Collingwood Historical Society is pleased to announce that Janet McCalman AC will be our guest speaker at this year’s AGM. H...
Unsettling Legacies from Six Peaks
September 10 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
⛰️ Barry Golding’s presentation delves into the question of how to help future generations confront the legacies of even...