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2024 AGM + 2025 SGM – agenda and documentation

Dear Members We look forward to welcoming as many members as possible to the RHSV's Special General Meeting (SGM) and...
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Introducing Claudia, our new Images Collection Officer

Welcome Claudia Donovan, the newest member of the RHSV team! She will be joining us mid-May to start her new...
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Congratulations 2024 Victorian Community History Award winners

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the 2024 Victorian Community History Awards! We extend our heartfelt thanks for your...
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Welcome Joanna and Oliver!

Our two newest staff members will be joining us next week. Oliver Sperlich, who will be filling a brand new...
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YARRA BIRRARUNG: ARTISTS, WRITERS AND THE RIVER

Curated by Dr Judith Buckrich. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 28 November 2024 to July 2025 - 28 November 2024 - July 2025

This exhibition is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

  • Echoes of the 19th Century

    July 15 @ 6:30 pm

    Step back in time and immerse yourself in the enchanting sounds of the 19th century with the Four Seasons String Quartet at the PM...

  • The Convent

    September 23 @ 6:30 pm

    Have you visited the Abbotsford Convent before? It is a beautiful place, its history, architecture, artistry, and food make it...

  • A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne

    October 14 @ 6:30 pm

    Hidden within a suburban Melbourne cemetery lies a remarkable piece of Egyptian-inspired architecture: the tomb of David Syme, one...

Featured Books

Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River by Dr Judith Buckrich

Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has...
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St Kilda 1841-1900: Movers and Shakers and Money-Makers by Carmel McKenzie

The wealthiest suburb in nineteenth-century Melbourne, ‘Aristocratic St Kilda’ gloried in its reputation as a bastion of privilege and power. This captivating exposé ushers you into the exclusive cliques...
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Granville Stapylton: Australia Felix 1836, second in command to Major Mitchell. By Gregory C. Eccleston

Assistant Surveyor Granville Stapylton’s intimate journal, written while serving as Second-in-Command in Major Mitchell’s expedition in ‘Australia Felix’, in 1836, is here published as a faithful transcription from the...
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