15 Sep 2017 • Brunswick

RHSV Submission on Sarah Sands Hotel, 29 Sydney Road, Brunswick

The RHSV Heritage Committee supports the Brunswick and Coburg Historical Societies in strongly opposing the proposed partial demolition of the existing Sarah Sands Hotel building; use of land for dwellings; construction of a 10-storey building above 3 storeys of car park; alterations of the existing licensed area associated with a tavern…

10 Aug 2017 • Southbank

RHSV submission re Robur Tea House, 28 Clarendon Street, Southbank

The Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s Heritage Committee strongly opposes the above application and endorses the submission of Melbourne Heritage Action, supported by the National Trust of Victoria. The RHSV urges the City of Melbourne and the Planning Minister to reject the application outright.

8 Feb 2017 • Point Nepean

RHSV Submission Point Nepean National Park Draft Master Plan

The RHSV commends the thoroughness and direction of the PNNP Draft Master Plan and in particular the emphasis on shared histories (pre-and post-European settlement), preservation of important heritage sites, and the careful consideration of ways of preserving and funding the ongoing maintenance of the highly significant Quarantine Station heritage precinct.

31 Jan 2017 • Melbourne

RHSV Response to proposed demolition of Great Western Hotel, King Street, Melbourne

The Society is deeply concerned at the threat to the Great Western Hotel (originally Star of the West Hotel). It is one of a diminishing band of nineteenth-century hotels in the City. With the loss of the Stork and Corkman Hotels, this would significantly affect Melbourne’s character.

31 Jan 2017 • Carlton

System Garden at the University of Melbourne

 The RHSV wishes to convey profound concern over the planned incursion into the University’s System Garden for extensions to the veterinary science building.