Guided Walking Tour of Historical Flagstaff Gardens
Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJoin expert tour guides from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria - the historical society for the City of Melbourne - on a guided walk through the beautiful Flagstaff Gardens
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Housing, Heritage, Density: Vibrant neighbourhoods or Hong Kong without the view?
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn the context of a major revamp of the Victorian planning system, this seminar asks how we can make positive use of heritage as we plan to house more people. How can we modify Plan Victoria to make full use of heritage as anchor and focus for new neighbourhoods?
The rise of public health engineering in Victoria 1925-1940
The rise of public health engineering in Victoria 1925-1940: The Sewerage Districts' Acts 1915, 1925 and 1928, and the consulting engineers who rose to the occasion A century ago, the
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Historical Society Network Leaders: Victoria-wide Conference and Networking Day 2025
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe RHSV is delighted to host an opportunity for leaders from the diverse historical society networks throughout Victoria to come together and connect. This event will not be Zoomed as a key aim is for leaders to meet with peers from across Victoria and then to share their findings with their member societies.
RHSV AGM + 2025 Weston Bate Oration: Professor Emeritus Graeme Davison
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMelbourne from the Air From the balloon to the drone, and from the Exhibition Building viewing platform to Skydeck, Melburnians have thrilled to the spectacle of their city from the
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. Jillian has a different topic
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Curator’s talk: Yarra Birrarung Artists, Writers and the River exhibition
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaJoin the curator, Dr Judith Buckrich, of our current exhibition Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River in a behind-the-scenes talk about the exhibition. The exhibition is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the exhibition explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.
Curator’s talk: Yarra Birrarung Artists, Writers and the River exhibition
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaJoin the curator, Dr Judith Buckrich, of our current exhibition Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River in a behind-the-scenes talk about the exhibition. The exhibition is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the exhibition explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.
RARE BOOK WEEK: Scapegoats of the Empire
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRecently, the library of esteemed community historian Weston Bate was donated to the RHSV. Amongst the many gems was a rare book, Scapegoats of the Empire, written in Lancefield and published in 1907 about military crimes half a world away in South Africa. The author, George Witton, was the 3rd defendant in the military trial for murder brought against Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock. Morant and Handcock were executed by firing squad and Witton was jailed for life. Join distinguished historian Dr Andrew Lemon AM as he explores not just Scapegoats but looks to the rich literature that is spawned when the truth gets murky.
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