RHSV Gallery Downstairs - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

  • AGL Shaw Lecture: The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate – Compassionate Protection or Temporising Quackery?

    RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    The Royal Historical Society of Victoria and the CJ La Trobe Society are proud to present the annual AGL Shaw Lecture. The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate – Compassionate Protection or Temporising Quackery? Speaker: Dr Frances Thiele The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate (1839-1849) was an experimental system put in place by the Colonial Office in London,
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  • RHSV AGM + 2026 Weston Bate Oration: Professor Richard Broome AM

    RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    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
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  • Lives lived and clothes worn: reading Gwen Jones’ gowns

    RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    This lecture honours the life of Gwen Jones, a keen member and generous supporter of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria over many years until her death in 2021, aged 98. The lecture series will promote the vital role of The Jones Collection of the RHSV in documenting and supporting research on these themes. The
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  • The Mysterious Dr David Hailperin: Kabbalah, Black Magic and Jewish Life in 1850’s Victoria

    RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    The Lamm Jewish Library of Australia, Australian Jewish Historical Society and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria present The Mysterious Dr David Hailperin: Kabbalah, Black Magic and Jewish Life in 1850's Victoria This lecture will explore the remarkable and little-known story of Dr David Hailperin — rabbi, physician, collector of rare Jewish books, and reputed practitioner of
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    Get Tickets $10.00 – $20.00