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HSSC PROGRAM FOR 2024
Great events for everyone involved in an historical societyOn 18 & 19 May we are gathering in Mortlake for a terrific seminar - don't miss it. Then on Friday 26 July we are hosting all the leaders of the various networks of historical societies across Victoria for a Professional Learning and Networking Day. And in August we'll be in Gippsland for another seminar
Click here for more information on MortlakeWhat's on at the RHSV
Welcome home for our Terlecki timber piano front
April 4 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pmPlease join us to celebrate the restoration and reframing of our glorious carved Terlecki timber piano front. This piano front was...
EXHIBITION LAUNCH: MELBOURNE’S STORIED LANEWAYS
April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmPLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH OF MELBOURNE’S STORIED LANEWAYS Launched by Julian O’Shea Curated by David Thompson Desi...
A G L Shaw Lecture. Anti-Slavery and Protection in Port Phillip and NSW: the Curious Colonial Afterlife of the 1837 Select Committee Report on Aborigines’.
April 16 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmThe AGL Shaw lecture has been presented in partnership with the C J La Trobe Society for many years. It is one of the RHSV's Disti...
South Yarra Water Works Company (1854 – 1863)
April 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmOur first co-presentation with Engineering Heritage Victoria in 2024 will be by Ken McInnes who will explore the history, the entr...
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
Collective City Exhibition
December 6, 2023 @ 8:00 am - March 31, 2024 @ 5:00 pmCollective City showcases historic photographs of Melbourne from the state and federal government archives, alongside images repre...
M is for Melbourne: The World’s Mostly* Liveable City
March 27 @ 5:30 pm - April 7 @ 6:30 pmMelbourne International Comedy Festival show Discount Code: DINGDING (10% off) Tickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/sh...
Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement
April 11 @ 9:00 am - August 16 @ 5:00 pmWho remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement? Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortal...