Uncategorized Archives - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Today in The Age: A new start for Australian history

July 19, 2021 - July 19, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald newspapers (17 July 2021) published Richard Broome’s plea for Australian History to be given a ‘fair go’ but was unable to fit in this important paragraph:

“Fifteen teachers, academics and Cambridge University Press mounted a rescue mission, creating a four volume series, Analysing Australian History (2021), to provide texts for the new Year 12 Victorian Study Design in 2022. Some proceeds go to the Indigenous Reading Project.”

You can read Richard’s article below or by clicking on this link to The Age.

HOLSWORTH GRANTS: closing date 31st July

July 5, 2021 - July 7, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

Grants of up to $2,000 are available for the publication of any specific or general local history or natural history in rural and regional Victoria. The Grant is intended for small organisations with an interest in publishing works of historical value, even where the organisation has little or no experience of self publishing work. Joint projects encompassing several groups or annual/special edited journals incorporating submitted historical articles from a wide community are encouraged.

For guidelines and an application form visit our website: https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/programs/holsworth-local-heritage-grants/

Closing date: 31st July 2021

AGM (5pm) & Weston Bate Oration (6pm)

May 4, 2021 - May 26, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

NOTICE OF RHSV AGM

On Tuesday 18th May at 5pm the RHSV will hold its 111th AGM for the financial year ending 31st of December 2020 at 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

AGENDA

1 Attendance and apologies

2 To confirm the minutes of the 110th Annual General Meeting.

3 To confirm the minutes of the RHSV Reconvened Annual General Meeting.

4 To receive the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

PORTABLE BUILDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: a proposal for World Heritage listing

April 16, 2021 - April 16, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

On Thursday night, 15th April 2021, Dr Barry Jones launched the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force, which aims to persuade Australian governments, state and Commonwealth, to seek world heritage listing for the more than 100 19th Century prefabricated or ‘portable’ buildings still standing in Australia. The RHSV supports this exciting bid. We are represented on the Task Force committee by RHSV Heritage Committee Chair, Emeritus Professor Charles Sowerwine. The proposal contains terrific photos of these buildings.

Queens Bridge over troubled water and the Red Cross to the rescue

March 4, 2021 - March 4, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

Cheryl Griffin’s latest article for CBD News gives the low-down on the Red Cross in the CBD during WWII and shines a light on Vera Deakin’s work for the Red Cross – check it out here (scroll down to page 21)

Ashley Smith’s latest article for Docklands News can be read here . A terrifying look at the Yarra in Flood.

Collections Officer (Images): new RHSV position open now

February 24, 2021 - March 25, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

The RHSV is thrilled to announce that we are recruiting for a new position, Collections Officer (Images), which will be responsible to Jillian Hiscock, our Collections Manager. The new recruit will work on our Images Collection which has 50,000+ items in it. We hope to concentrate on getting the catalogue records onto eHive where they will be discoverable by the public through Trove. Also, the new Collections Officer will be managing the digitisation process for our images collection.

BOOK FAIR delayed a week because of lockdown

February 18, 2021 - March 4, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

Apologies to all those enthusiasts who love our secondhand history book fair – we’ve had to delay it by a week.

The new dates are:

Members’ Preview Thu 25th Feb 5pm – 8pm (you must be an RHSV member to attend)

Open to the public:

Friday 26th Feb 9am – 5pm

Saturday 27th Feb 10am – 4pm

Monday 1st March 9am –

LOCKDOWN UPDATE

February 12, 2021 - February 17, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

During the current lockdown the RHSV staff will be working from home where we can still be contacted by telephone or email. The bookshop will be open for online sales and these will be posted out on 18th Feb. The Drill Hall will be closed until Thursday 18th Feb. Our event, In the Name of the Theatre, with Cheryl Threadgold has become a free Zoom event and we have had to delay our Book Fair by a week.

RHSV COVIDSafe Plan

November 24, 2020 - February 16, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

All staff, volunteers, contractors & visitors should read the RHSV COVIDSAFE PLAN attached here

Collaborative Community History Award

October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 Rosemary Cameron

In the Name of Theatre. The History, Culture and Voices of Amateur Theatre in Victoria

Cheryl Threadgold

The Author, Melbourne, 2020

In his introduction to this book, Frank Van Straten, doyen of Melbourne’s theatre history, writes that amateur theatre with its infectious enthusiasm and ‘homely, intimate venues’ creates a ‘special form of magic’. It’s this magic that Cheryl Threadgold captures in her book. The colourful cover invites the reader to explore successive periods of amateur theatre in Victoria and reflect on the many people involved in a single production.

Local History Project Award

October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 Rosemary Cameron

Blood, Toil, Tears & Sweat. Remembering the Pakenham District’s WW2 Service Personnel, 1939‒1945

Patrick Ferry with Wally Nye

Berwick‒Pakenham Historical Society & Pakenham RSL, Pakenham, 2020

The title of this book is taken from words used by Winston Churchill to pledge total commitment to victory in the Second World War. Similarly, the Pakenham community was ‘all in’; some sustained their largely rural district, others served overseas,

History Publication Award

October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 Rosemary Cameron

Maldon. A New History 1853‒1928

Brian Rhule

Exploring History Australia, Bendigo, 2019

This new history of Maldon is a window into the minutiae of life in a gold-mining town and makes a valuable contribution to the ever-expanding body of work on the Victorian goldfields. The book covers a rich spectrum of material, shining a light on many elements of everyday life in this early mining town,

Historical Interpretation Award

October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 Rosemary Cameron

Annie’s War. The Story of One Boroondara Family’s Wartime Experience

Lucy Bracey, illustrated by Gregory Mackay

City of Boroondara, Melbourne, 2019

In 1916 Edward Slade enlisted in the First World War, and set off for the front, leaving behind his wife and three young children. His story is told from the viewpoint of his daughter Annie, who makes sense of the tumultuous events of wartime through her own experience of the homefront in suburban Melbourne.

Local History – Small Publication Award

October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 Rosemary Cameron

Gariwerd: an Environmental History of the Grampians

Benjamin Wilkie

CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2020

The author of this well-presented work seeks to answer the question: ‘what is the nature of Gariwerd?’ This mountain range in Victoria’s western district, formerly known as the Grampians, has been a significant presence in the lives of people of the region since the earliest human settlement, tens of thousands of years ago.

Community Diversity Award

October 28, 2020 - October 28, 2020 Rosemary Cameron

The Boîte. History Through Music, Song and Story

Jen Rose, Well Chosen Words in partnership with The Boîte

https://theboitehistory.org/about/

The Boîte—literally, the Cabaret—has been a significant part of Victoria’s cultural scene since 1979. In a variety of venues across Melbourne, and in rural settings, The Boîte has staged concerts, created choirs, and organised musical workshops and other projects. The central aim of the organisation’s multi-faceted program has always been to increase awareness within the Victorian community of the music of our migrants from non-English speaking countries.