Uncategorized Archives - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

QUEEN VIC MARKET: NOW IT’S “PODS”

September 19, 2022 - September 20, 2022 rhsvadmin

The next stage in the seemingly endless attempt to rob the Queen Victoria Market of its character and role as a traditional fresh food market has surfaced. Following the approval of a 21 storey building at 432-450 Queen Street, the City of Melbourne has applied to Heritage Victoria to use half the historic 1878 fruit and vegetable sheds (A-E) for hospitality, loading docks and a fenced-off area for storage. Further, the application requests the addition of modified shipping containers or ‘pods’ 2.4m wide by 2.6m high and either 3m or 6m long ‘painted monochromatically in one of three colours: cream,

RHSV seeks BOOKKEEPER

April 20, 2022 - May 3, 2022 Rosemary Cameron

The RHSV is looking to appoint a new book-keeper as soon as possible. We’d like the new book-keeper to start by Monday 9th May 2022.

We are seeking a motivated, experienced, part-time book-keeper to work in a small team. Life is never dull or repetitive at the RHSV and this position would suit someone who has worked in small business.

Although we are small, the RHSV is a complex organisation in terms of the range of activities in which we are involved.

Victorian Community History Awards Winners 2021 Announced

October 27, 2021 - November 24, 2021 rhsvadmin

To watch the awards ceremony click here

To read the winners and citations click here

RHSV open again

August 1, 2021 - August 26, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

We are back working in the Drill Hall and open to the public who want to see our exhibition Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races, buy books in the bookshop (always available online), use our collection for research or attend an event.

However, in line with government restrictions, masks must be worn within the building and it is mandatory that everyone checks in with our QR code. There are also social distancing rules which limit us to one person per 4 sqm.

A palace of intellect and fishy smells

August 1, 2021 - August 29, 2021 Rosemary Cameron

Cheryl Griffin’s latest splendid story about Bourke St and the Coles Book Arcade at the turn of the 20th century can be found in the August CBD News here (scroll down to P16). And Ashley Smith’s pungent article on the docks and fish markets can be read in Docklands News here (also scroll down to P 16).

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.