The RHSV (and History Victoria Bookshop) will be closed for 2 weeks over Christmas /New Year. Our last day is Friday 20 December and we return to work on Monday 6 January 2020.
Best wishes for Christmas and a splendid 2020 to all our members and friends.
read more...In the latest edition of CBD News Cheryl Griffin uses a 1930 image from the RHSV collection of Little Bourke Street and Myer to launch into a Christmas reverie.
read more...The RHSV Heritage Committee supports Heritage Victoria in its permit application, P31886, re Queen Victoria Market.
To read about the RHSV submissions and work done prior to this submission on QVM click here.
read more...The RHSV has been awarded a $14,894 federal Community Heritage Grant to fund museum-standard shelving for our all-important manuscript collection. This is the third and final grant in a three-part process.
The grant was announced at the National Library of Australia in Canberra on October 30.
Grants worth almost $383,000 have been distributed this year to 61 community groups and organisations from around Australia to assist in the identification and preservation of community owned but nationally significant heritage collections.
read more...Cheryl Griffin has delivered another corker of a story to CBD News for their November edition. Cheryl looks closely at an RHSV image of Melbourne swells ‘doing the block’ in Collins Street.
read more...The feisty RHSV Heritage Committee has been active on many fronts recently with support for Buninyong & District Historical Society’s fight to save 400 trees including old-growth Manna gums and updates on the ongoing Queen Victoria Market campaign. You can read the submissions and more about the Heritage Committee’s work here.
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Dr Cheryl Griffin writes a monthly article on some historical aspect of our CBD, prompted by a photo from our Collection. The articles are delightful and worth seeking out. This month’s is all about the Yarra.
Too thick to drink and too thin to plough
read more...Thu 18 Jul: We are currently having Telstra problems and our land-line is giving a recorded message that the number is invalid. Until this is fixed, please use Rosemary’s mobile number 0400387877 or email executive.officer@historyvictoria.org.au
Many apologies for the inconvenience
read more...The Holsworth Local Heritage Grants are to assist rural organisations publish books on history. Grants of up to $2,000 are awarded to assist with printing costs.
For more information and entry details.
read more...2pm Friday 19 July is your deadline to enter your history production into the Victorian Community History Awards. These awards encompass all history productions – not just publications. On-line entry is easy.
read more...Applications forms and information can be found here. Applications close 2pm, Fri 19 July 2019.
If you are an author, publisher, curator, pod-caster, oral historian or in any way involved in Victoria’s community history please check out these prestigious awards. Your project might be eligible to enter.
read more...Our FRRR grant is starting to gain traction and we are thrilled to announce that we have appointed Pam Millist to be the project officer working with 4 historical societies in Murrindindi Shire over the next 5-6 months. Pam is a qualified librarian with qualifications in computer science and vast experience working with information technology. She will be starting in the field shortly.
read more...Celebrating Engineering History
An afternoon mini-conference “Celebrating Engineering History” is planned for Thursday 15 August 2019, 1pm – 5pm, at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, being organised by Engineering Heritage Victoria in partnership with the RHSV.
Engineering has been defined as being “a vital art, working with the great sources of power in nature for the wealth and well-being of the whole of society”. We often just think of engineering as being something that started when engineers became a separate profession,
read more...On Fri 5 Apr, Heritage Victoria issued a determination, refusing the application from Fed Square Proprietary Ltd to demolish part of Fed Square and replace it with an Apple Global Flagship Store. Apple subsequently announced it was withdrawing from the deal. Congratulations to all concerned.
read more...On 5 April, Heritage Victoria issued a determination, refusing the application from Federation Square Proprietary Ltd to demolish part of Fed Square and replace it with an Apple global flagship store. Read more
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