We are thrilled that Dr Rosalie Triolo will be once again offering her Writing Local History workshops to RHSV members and friends.  A gentle warning – these workshops inevitably book out. For our interstate members please note that Rosalie will be offering Zoom workshops later in 2022 and throughout 2023 across all states and territories through the auspices of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies.

THE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA/ HISTORY VICTORIA SUPPORT GROUP

PRESENT

WRITING LOCAL HISTORY

ALL-DAY WORKSHOPS FOR VICTORIANS INTERESTED IN WRITING LOCAL HISTORY 

Participants will:

• gain new perspectives on local history
• discover how to locate and use new primary and secondary sources
• learn how to write and present well for different audiences, both established and new.

PRESENTED BY

DR ROSALIE TRIOLO FRHSV

Dr Rosalie Triolo has facilitated the development of History teachers at Monash University for 25 years in a career in History education spanning 40.

She is RHSV Vice-President, Chair of the History Victoria Support Group as well as a Life Member and Past-President of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria. She is active in numerous state and national communities that support the promotion, teaching, learning and writing of history and has won numerous awards for her work.

Rosalie has lived and taught in diverse rural Victorian locations and will infuse the sessions with her deep interests in Victorian and wider Australian history.

OUR DAY

9.30-10.00 REGISTRATION

10.00-10.15 WELCOME

Acknowledgment of Country and summary of the work of RHSV

10.15-10.45 SESSION 1

Celebrating our successes and setting new goals

What have been successful local histories written by us and by other local historians? What has made the histories ‘successful’? What do we want to gain from the day? What might be our next projects?

10-45-11.30 SESSION 2

Broadening our perspectives (Part I)

Which perspectives and whose voices have we included in past writing? Which might we include in future writing? Why? How?

11.30-12.00

Morning tea & informal discussions

12.00-1.00 SESSION 3

Broadening our perspectives (Part II)

Which perspectives and whose voices have we included in past writing? Which might we include in future writing? Why? How?

1.00-1.45

Lunch & informal discussions

1.45-2.45 SESSION 4

Locating & using new primary sources

What types of primary and secondary sources have we or other local historians used in the past? What could be new sources? Where might we find them? How could we use them?

2.45-3.30 SESSION 5

Writing that’s Exciting for Established and New Audiences

How can we best organize and present our writing? Who have been our audiences in the past? How can we maintain established audiences while attracting new?

3.30-4.00 CONCLUSION

Final questions answered, helpful relationships formed, and farewell.

This program has been developed by RHSV with the support of the John T Reid Charitable Trusts.

Initially this workshop is offered in person at the RHSV (239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne VIC 3000) on Saturday 20th August. There is no Zoom at this presentation. Morning & afternoon teas are offered to participants but it is BYO lunch or you can buy lunch at one of the many cafes nearby.

The following Saturday, 27 August, Rosalie will be repeating the same workshop to a purely ZOOM audience. To book for the ZOOM event on Saturday 27 August click here.