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SUMMARY:AGL Shaw Lecture: The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate – Compassionate Protection or Temporising Quackery?
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Historical Society of Victoria and the CJ La Trobe Society are proud to present the annual AGL Shaw Lecture.\nThe Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate – Compassionate Protection or Temporising Quackery?\nSpeaker: Dr Frances Thiele\nThe Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate (1839-1849) was an experimental system put in place by the Colonial Office in London\, and managed by Superintendent La Trobe\, ostensibly to stop conflict between Aboriginal people and settlers. Created by British evangelicals\, the effectiveness of the Protectorate system was completely undermined by misunderstandings at all levels of its administration about what it was and how it was to be run. The consequence was a Protectorate system rife with internal division and a shifting locus of control. \nWhen so many Aboriginal people died during the period when the Protectorate system was in place\, the inadequacy of the British and Colonial government’s response is hard for many people to understand and begs the question – who was to blame? In terms of a history of the bureaucracy of the Protectorate\, what is the historian’s role in answering this question? \nAbout Dr ThieleFrances Thiele is a professional historian and senior heritage advisor working in Aboriginal and historic cultural heritage management. In 1997\, she was awarded the E.W. Benham Prize for a PhD in British History at the University of Adelaide. \nFrances worked as Field Historian at State Library Victoria for seven years\, and in 2007\, was awarded the La Trobe Society’s inaugural Fellowship. Her research interests include Australian colonial history\, especially in the Port Phillip District. \nAbout the AGL Shaw lectures\nAlan George Lewers Shaw AO\, FAHA\, FASSA\, FRAHS\, FRHSV (1916 – 2012) was an RHSV Councillor from 1965 to 1971 and President from 1987 to 1991. He is also a Benefactor of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He was President of the C J La Trobe Society as well and the two organisations\, the C J La Trobe Society and the RHSV\, have jointly presented the annual AGL Shaw lecture since 2002 as a tribute to a great historian. A list of previous lecturers can be viewed here. \nHouse-keeping\nYou will be sent an automatic email confirmation once you book – if this email doesn’t appear in your in-box\, please check your Spam or Junk Mail folder as these automatically generated emails can go astray. \nAs at most RHSV events\, we will be serving refreshments from 5:30pm to 6pm when the lecture starts. For the AGL Shaw lecture\, we also serve refreshments after the event\, and we encourage our members and the members of the C J La Trobe Society to stay a little longer and share our hospitality.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/agl-shaw-lecture-the-port-phillip-aboriginal-protectorate-compassionate-protection-or-temporising-quackery/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,What's On
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SUMMARY:Curator's Talk - Hoddle Grid: The Great Land Grab
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr Liz Rushen\, curator of our new exhibition\, “Hoddle Grid – The Great Land Grab”\, for a special Curators Talk event at 2PM on Thusday 7 May in the gallery at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. \nEnjoy some light refreshments as Dr Rushen takes us back to 1 June 1837 when Robert Hoddle stood on a log and began auctioning the first allotments of land in the newly-surveyed Hoddle Grid\, now the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The exhibition explores the identities and contributions of 29 of the original 271 buyers — from former convicts and publicans to merchants and investors whose fortunes were tied to global trade. They acquired land on Wurundjeri country for next to nothing\, setting in motion changes that would shape the city for generations. \nPlease be aware that this is an in-person only event and will not be streamed online.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/curators-talk-hoddle-grid-the-great-land-grab/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260513T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260513T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - I'll Walk Beside You by Peter Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to launch the publication of I’ll Walk Beside You\, featuring author Peter Mitchell with special guest speaker Professor Joan Beaumont\n\nI’ll Walk Beside You by Peter Mitchell is a continuation of the acclaimed Under the Same Moon (2025). A vivid portrait of the most desperate chapter in our nation’s history\, I’ll Walk Beside You has been written from never seen before\, letters\, diaries and oral histories and weaves a story of soldiers against a parallel story of love between real life couple Jean and Cal. \nTold through the perspective of ordinary men drawn into the heart of war\, I’ll Walk Beside You is an ode to heroism\, the unyielding human spirit\, and enduring resilience that shaped Australia’s military history. \nIn February 1942\, with a battalion stranded in Java\, soldiers are uncertain of their fate. Meanwhile\, families in Australia endure the anguish of lost contact. \nAfter a heroic but futile defense of Java\, the Australians surrender and endure years of captivity where they are forced to work on the Burma Railway under savage conditions. Disease\, starvation\, violence and cruel guards claim many lives\, yet courage\, resilience and a distinctly Australian humour persist\, offering moments of humanity amid the horror. Peter deftly personalises the narrative with letters\, diaries\, official documents and newspaper reports to vividly bring these experiences to life. \nRunning alongside the soldiers’ ordeal is a love story between Jean and Cal. Rooted in wartime Melbourne\, Jean waits for Cal\, uncertain whether he is alive. After victory finally comes in 1945 and the survivors return home\, the long-awaited reunion brings both joy and unease. Who have they become in the wake of what they have endured? I’ll Walk Beside You is a masterful narrative portrayal of resilience\, courage and love\, diving into the deeply human experiences of real people through these wartime years. \nAbout the author \nPeter Mitchell is a lawyer by training and was a partner in a major law firm. More recently\, for many years he ran a regional non-profit organisation\, based in Singapore. History is his passion. He grew up listening to his father and his friends regularly talk about their wartime experiences and has read extensively. He lived in Singapore for twenty years and has travelled and worked extensively throughout East Asia. \nHousekeeping\nThis event can be attended in-person or online via Zoom (the zoom event will begin at 6:30pm). \nAn automated confirmation email is sent to your email address when you book. If this email doesn’t turn up in your inbox please check your Spam or Junk Mail folders. Don’t worry if you cannot find it – there will be a list of names at the door so you will be able to gain entry without your ticket. \nThe RHSV Downstairs  Gallery is an accessible venue.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-ill-walk-beside-you-by-peter-mitchell/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:Curator’s Talk – Hoddle Grid: The Great Land Grab
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr Liz Rushen\, curator of our new exhibition\, “Hoddle Grid – The Great Land Grab”\, for a special Curator’s Talk event at 2PM on Thusday 7 May in the gallery at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. \nEnjoy some light refreshments as Dr Rushen takes us back to 1 June 1837 when Robert Hoddle stood on a log and began auctioning the first allotments of land in the newly-surveyed Hoddle Grid\, now the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The exhibition explores the identities and contributions of 29 of the original 271 buyers — from former convicts and publicans to merchants and investors whose fortunes were tied to global trade. They acquired land on Wurundjeri country for next to nothing\, setting in motion changes that would shape the city for generations. \nPlease be aware that this is an in-person only event and will not be streamed online.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/curators-talk-hoddle-grid-the-great-land-grab-evening/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:RHSV Birthday x Biggest Morning Tea Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Historical Society of Victoria turns 117 years old on May 21.\nTo celebrate we’ll be hosting a morning tea as part of the Cancer Council’s “Biggest Morning Tea”. \nCome along\, have a cuppa\, a piece of cake\, and help us raise much needed funds for Cancer Council. These funds will go towards vital cancer research\, support services\, prevention programs\, and advocacy. \nTo donate to our Morning Tea\, please visit https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/fundraisers/Historical-Society-Victoria \nPlease RSVP below so we have numbers for catering.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/rhsv-birthday-x-biggest-morning-tea-fundraiser/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260526T170000
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SUMMARY:RHSV AGM + 2026 Weston Bate Oration: Professor Richard Broome AM
DESCRIPTION:AGM: 5pm – 6.10pm\nBreak: 6.10pm – 6.30pm\nWeston Bate Oration: 6.30pm – 7.30pm \nThe 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. \nIf 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. \nBoth 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. \nThere is the opportunity below to record your apologies if you cannot attend the AGM in person or via ZOOM. \nMembers will be sent the papers for the AGM 14 days prior to the AGM. \nNon-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. \nWeston Bate Oration:\nPresented by Professor Richard Broome AM\, FAHA\, FRHSV\, FFAHS\nIn 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. \nAbout the presenter:\nEmeritus 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 5th ed.\, 2019) and the multi-prize-winner Aboriginal Victorians. A History since 1800 (Allen & Unwin\, 2nd 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). \nThe Weston Bate Oration is one of the RHSV’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/rhsv-agm-2026-weston-bate-oration-professor-richard-broome-am/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Lives lived and clothes worn: reading Gwen Jones' gowns
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe Jones Collection was donated to the RHSV by Gwen shortly before she died. Gwen’s creation\, stewardship\, and generosity surrounding the collection has ensured that future historians have an incredibly rich archive on which to draw. \nLives lived and clothes worn: reading Gwen Jones’ gowns\nClothing is a personal document that records experiences\, reflects moments in time and captures aspects of its wearer. In this presentation\, Lorinda Cramer delves into three gowns related to Gwen Jones in the collection of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). As she reads these garments for the lives lived in and through them\, she teases apart the social\, cultural and fashion history in which these dresses were worn. \nAbout Dr Lorinda Cramer\nDr Lorinda Cramer is a Lecturer in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University. Her work as a dress historian sits at the intersections of social history\, cultural history and material culture studies. She employs an innovative methodology that draws on the materiality of museum objects to deepen insights into clothing’s connections with gender\, race and class\, to explore consumer preference\, and to interrogate fashion as a worn experience. \nHousekeeping \nThis event will be hybrid so presented in person in our rooms and also via ZOOM. Those purchasing ZOOM tickets will be sent the log-in details 24hrs before the event. \nAn automatically generated confirmation of booking email is sent on booking – please check your Trash or Spam folders if this email does not turn up in your in-box. \nAs with most of our events\, refreshments will be served from 5:30pm – 6pm when the lecture starts (the Zoom session also starts at 6pm). There will be Q&A at the end of the lecture.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/lives-lived-and-clothes-worn-reading-gwen-jones-gowns/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,What's On
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SUMMARY:The Mysterious Dr David Hailperin: Kabbalah\, Black Magic and Jewish Life in 1850's Victoria
DESCRIPTION:The Lamm Jewish Library of Australia\, Australian Jewish Historical Society and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria present\nThe Mysterious Dr David Hailperin: Kabbalah\, Black Magic and Jewish Life in 1850’s Victoria\nThis lecture will explore the remarkable and little-known story of Dr David Hailperin — rabbi\, physician\, collector of rare Jewish books\, and reputed practitioner of black magic. Hailperin arrived in Melbourne from England in 1855 and died just five years later in Englewood\, Victoria. Yet despite his short time in Australia\, he left behind a rich documentary trail that reveals an eccentric and complex personality. \nJoin us for an intriguing journey into colonial Victoria\, Jewish mysticism\, and the life of a man who brought Black Magic and controversy to the streets of Melbourne and to the goldfields. \nAbout the presenter\nDr Merav Carmeli holds a PhD in Jewish Studies and specialises in Jewish mysticism. She has taught at universities and academic institutions in Israel\, the United States and Australia. She served as an advisor to the State Library of Victoria for the exhibition Luminous: A Thousand Years of Hebrew Manuscripts and contributed to the cataloguing of SLV Halperin’s Hebrew manuscript collection. Dr Carmeli is currently the Director of the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia. \nHousekeeping\nThis event will be hybrid so presented in person in our rooms and also via ZOOM. Those purchasing ZOOM tickets will be sent the log-in details 24hrs before the event. \nAn automatically generated confirmation of booking email is sent on booking – please check your Trash or Spam folders if this email does not turn up in your inbox. \nAs with most of our events\, refreshments will be served from 5:30pm – 6pm when the lecture starts (the Zoom session also starts at 6pm). There will be Q&A at the end of the lecture.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-mysterious-dr-david-hailperin/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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