AGM: 5pm – 6.10pm
Break: 6.10pm – 6.30pm
Weston Bate Oration: 6.30pm – 7.30pm

The Weston Bate Oration follows the RHSV’s Annual General Meeting. The AGM runs from 5pm until about 6:10pm when we have a short break before resuming for the Oration at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served in that break.

If you wish to attend the Oration only then there is no need to arrive at the Drill Hall until, say, 6:15pm for 6:30pm.

Both the AGM and the Oration are hybrid and will be available on ZOOM for those who cannot attend in person at the Drill Hall. The same ZOOM log-in will apply to both the AGM and the Oration and those log-in details will be sent to those who RSVP 24 hours before the event. You just need to log-in when you are able to join the meeting/oration.

There is the opportunity below to record your apologies if you cannot attend the AGM in person or via ZOOM.

Members will be sent the papers for the AGM 14 days prior to the AGM.

Non-members are more than welcome to attend the AGM – we just ask members to identify themselves when RSVPing as it makes it easier for us to count votes, etc.

Weston Bate Oration:

Presented by Professor Richard Broome AM, FAHA, FRHSV, FFAHS

In this lecture Richard will explain how he found Aboriginal history in the 1970s and how his practice and methodological approach to this field has changed over five decades. He will reveal how and when he shifted from a position of youthful ignorance; to being interested in and talking about Aboriginal people; to listening to and talking with them; and finally, to deep collaboration with them.

About the presenter:
Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM taught Australian and Indigenous History at La Trobe University for over three decades. He is a former President of the RHSV and currently co-editor of the Victorian Historical Journal. He is the author of twenty books, including Aboriginal Australians. A history since 1788 (Allen & Unwin 5^th ed., 2019) and the multi-prize-winner Aboriginal Victorians. A History since 1800 (Allen & Unwin, 2^nd ed., 2024). He co-edited with Ashley Pratt, Analyzing Australian History, a 4 volume VCE text (Cambridge University Press, 2021). Richard has co-authored three books for the RHSV, the latest being The Story of Melbourne’s Lanes (2024).

The Weston Bate Oration is one of the RHSV’s Distinguished Lecture Series.