BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Royal Historical Society of Victoria - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Royal Historical Society of Victoria REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20190406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20191005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20200404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20201003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20210403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20211002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20220402T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20221001T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260313T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260313T123000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20260122T025938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T032402Z UID:10001116-1773396000-1773405000@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Reclaim Her Name: how to research and write about women worth remembering DESCRIPTION:Aimed at those in Melbourne\, this session brings together Kerry Wilson of Put Her Name On It and history researchers from the RHSV to focus on hands-on research into one or more historical women of your choosing. We’ll cover research tools including archives\, digitized newspapers\, Trove\, and other essential resources. \nBring your laptop and your thinking cap as we learn how to research and write the information needed to make your historical woman a candidate to have a place named after her. No prior research experience necessary. \nIncludes morning tea. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/reclaim-her-name-research-and-write-about-women/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/5.png GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250923T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250923T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20250731T021408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T044826Z UID:10000608-1758650400-1758655800@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Book launch: Old North Melbourne DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of Old North Melbourne\, the first comprehensive book on the nineteenth-century history of Hotham/North Melbourne\, by Dr Fiona Gatt.\n‘Like Janet McCalman’s Struggletown this book is destined to become a classic in the genre of Australian urban social history’ – Associate Professor Seamus O’Hanlon. \nThis is the story of the first fifty years of today’s much-loved suburb of North Melbourne. When the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung were first developed by European settlers in 1852\, there were many barriers to its success. A great expanse of barren land lay between it and Melbourne\, a swamp on the west\, open sewerage to the east and undeveloped bushland to the south. But of the thousands of immigrants who flocked to Victoria during the gold rush\, some settled in North Melbourne\, determined to develop an urban town to be proud of. From 1859 to 1887\, it was called Hotham. The town’s businessmen had a booming stake in Melbourne’s meat market\, metal manufacturing and tanneries. It also harboured an unusually high number of Irish immigrants and some of Melbourne’s most downtrodden residents. This book details the triumphs and struggles of the people of nineteenth-century North Melbourne\, revealing fascinating individuals and the collective story of the emergence of this determined working-class community. \nFiona will be introduced by Professor Andrew May\, who has described the book as ‘Australian urban history at its best’. \nFiona Gatt works on commissioned histories for significant organisations. She has taught history at Deakin and La Trobe universities. Fiona is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Property History at the University of Sydney and Senior Research Officer at the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. \nThis event has received funding from the Centre for Contemporary Histories at Deakin University. \nPre-order the book to collect on the night\nPre-order the book from the RHSV bookshop and choose “Click and Collect” as your shipping method to pick up your copy when you attend the launch. \nHousekeeping\nThis event will be offered both in person at the RHSV\, 239 A’Beckett St Melbourne 3000\, and online via Zoom. \nAt the RHSV refreshments are served from 6pm – 6:30pm and the Zoom session will start\, as will the lecture\, at 6.30pm. \nAn automatic confirmation of your booking will be sent to you – please check your Spam or Junk Mail folder as these automated emails are often viewed as Junk by your email provider. Don’t panic\, your name will be at the door if you can’t find your ticket. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-old-north-melbourne/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gatt-Front-Cover-scaled-1.jpg GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250821T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250821T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20250731T030414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250731T061838Z UID:10001082-1755797400-1755802800@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Farewell and Bon Voyage\, Rosemary Cameron DESCRIPTION:“After eight years and three Presidents\, our legendary Executive Officer is retiring from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.\nPlease join us to celebrate all that she has done to help the Society become one of Australia’s success stories at a time when the arts and humanities need robust history societies more than ever. \nFeel free to add any messages or memories of your involvement with Rosemary when you RSVP”. \nRobert Pascoe\, President RHSV URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/farewell-and-bon-voyage-rosemary-cameron/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/farewell-rosemary.jpg GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250523T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250523T170000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20250519T225652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T234907Z UID:10001068-1747990800-1748019600@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Historical Society Network Leaders: Victoria-wide Conference and Networking Day 2025 DESCRIPTION:There are some 350 historical societies across Melbourne and Victoria. Most of these historical societies\, as well as being a member of the RHSV\, belong to local networks of historical societies. These local networks are usually geographically based and are vitally important in sharing information\, sharing challenges and providing key support.  In our turn\, the RHSV wants to support not just individual historical societies but also the networks that link them. \nSo\, the RHSV is delighted to host our second Network Leaders day – an opportunity for leaders and representatives of these diverse historical society networks throughout Victoria to come together and connect. \nPlease note that this event will not be Zoomed as a key aim is for leaders to meet with their peers from across Victoria and then\, when they return home\, to share their findings with their member societies. \nCOST \nAll attendees receive full-day refreshments and lunch \n\nFREE for qualifying attendees who are both:\n\na Network Leader (and up to additional 2 network members) who\, on returning home\, is willing to share their new knowledge with their network AND\nis an RHSV member OR a member of an RHSV-affiliated historical society\n\n\n$20 for network members who are neither an RHSV member nor a member of an RHSV-affiliated historical society.\n\nTRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT \n\nAvailable for long-distance travellers who are both representing a historical society network AND are a member of the RHSV or of an affiliated member society of the RHSV. Please first speak to your network to see if they have funds available to support your trip.\nReimbursement amounts:\n\nUp to $50 for attendees living 50-150km from Melbourne\nUp to $150 for attendees living beyond 150km from Melbourne\n\n\nTo qualify for reimbursement\, you must:\n\nRepresent a historical society network and\nBe a member of the RHSV or an RHSV-affiliated historical society\n\n\nSubmit your expense claims via email to Oliver Sperlich\, RHSV Operations Officer\, at operations@historyvictoria.org.au\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Friday\, May 23\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 9.00am\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program Start\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 9.45-10.00am\n \n \n \n \n \n Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM FRHSV \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presentation 1: No time\, no money\, no resources: Challenges for Historical Societies\n \n \n \n \n \n Can historical societies as we know them survive? Why is it important that they do? We would generally agree that most societies are facing increasing challenges\, from a dwindling volunteer workforce to limited funds\, to the challenges and costs of technology\, to changing expectations from our communities and dwindling membership numbers.Are historical societies more than collection depots for unwanted family heirlooms\, and how do we ensure their survival?Why do we need to work together and what are the advantages and challenges of networking in this context?This presentation aims to challenge our current way of working and pose some questions on how we not only survive but move forward. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10.00-10.45am\n \n \n \n \n \n Robyn Vincin \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presentation 2: Responses to challenges: what some Networks are doing and could do\n \n \n \n \n \n Historical Society Networks have often existed for decades with leadership and membership changing constantly. Networks are in the position of understanding the challenges faced by their member groups; geography can provide a Network with common perspectives but also with additional challenges. This presentation considers some of the initiatives Networks have adopted over many years and others they might consider embracing in orderto value add to their member groups’ work and engagement with other potential stakeholders. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10.45-11.30am\n \n \n \n \n \n Graham Goulding OAM\,Craige Proctor \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Short break\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 11.30-11.45pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Short presentation: How the Federation of Australian Historical Societies can help Network Leaders\n \n \n \n \n \n Few network leaders know about the Federation of Australian Historical Societies. Established in 1977\, its constituents come from each state and territory\, and it is a national body representing approximately 1\,000 historical societies and 100\,000 members. This brief presentation outlines its work and why Network leaders should become subscribers\, ‘free’. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 11.45-12.00pm\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Rosalie TrioloOAM FRHSV \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presentation 3: Attracting young people to local history\, now and into the future\n \n \n \n \n \n Many historical societies have primary school groups visit them\, or have representatives take objects into schools. But there are approaches outside school hours for helping young people see and value the history around them. While some encounters might seem ‘fleeting’\, today’s young historians will more likely care ‘long-term’ for their local history–and the society that hosts much of it. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12.00-12.30pm\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Rosalie Triolo OAM FRHSV \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lunch break\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12.30-1.30pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Presentation 4: Working 'good way' with First Nations stakeholders\n \n \n \n \n \n Australian history is a highly contested space where the tensions between uncovering the truth and the discomfort this often brings are often experienced as points of contention. At the heart of this tension is the violence of the colonisation and genocide in Australia. One of the responses to this discomfort has been an effort to erase First Nations histories from the national narrative and in the 1960s this was described as the Great Australian Silence. One of the key strategies to uncover erased histories is being able to effectively engage with First Nations stakeholders. This presentation will focus on the importance of building relationships with First Nations stakeholders and how to navigate these complex spaces to maintain cultural responsiveness and safety for all partners. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1.30-2.15pm\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr Aleryk Fricker \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Forum: Cultivating hope: empowering historical societies for the future\n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary Cameron and Craige Proctor will lead this forum looking at strategies to make historical societies relevant and resilient. We will discuss the many ways in which the RHSV/HSSC can support societies and their networks. Share your success stories\, knowledge of new technologies and examples of positive collaboration and community involvement – we want to discover what is common to all successful historical societies. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2:15-3.00pm\n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary Cameron\, Craige Proctor \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Close\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3.00pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drill Hall Tour\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Following\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the presenters\nRobyn Vincin – Presentation 1: No time\, no money\, no resources: Challenges for Historical SocietiesRobyn has had a career in librarianship and town planning\, including NSW Executive Officer for the Planning Institute of Australia.With a strong commitment to public engagement and communication\, she continues to be a passionate advocate for networking and member engagement in both professional and volunteer organisations.She has a keen interest in genealogy and local history and the “stories of place.”After moving to Bayside in 2013\, she volunteered at Brighton Historical Society\, where she assisted with collection management\, answered research inquiries and was Secretary for a couple of years. In May 2024 she began volunteering at Sandringham and District Historical Society where she is currently Secretary and continues to provide research assistance. Robyn is a member of the RHSV Historical Societies Support Committee. \nGraham Goulding OAM –  Presentation 2: Responses to challenges: what some Networks are doing and could doGraham is currently the President of the Moe and District Historical Society. He served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Gippsland Association of Affiliated Historical Societies between 2006 and 2013. He has authored seven publications on Moe’s and Gippsland’s history and for some twenty years edited Coach News newsletter for the Moe Society and wrote many of the articles published. Between 2009 and 2021 he was a member of the Walhalla Board of Management looking after heritage sites in Walhalla and for nineteen years has been Secretary for the Gippsland Immigration Park which built the Gippsland Immigration Wall of Recognition and the Gippsland Heritage Walk with 72 panels of information on Gippsland history. Graham is a member of the RHSV Historical Societies Support Committee. \nCraige Proctor – Presentation 2: Responses to challenges: what some Networks are doing and could do\, and Forum A member and office bearer of a broad range of historical societies and heritage groups in south-western Victoria and the Wimmera\, Craige is both Chair of the RHSV’s Historical Societies Support Committee and President and Newsletter Editor of the Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies whose membership stretches from the coast to the Murray River. Craige has authored or co-authored nine books ranging from school and local histories to biographies of pioneer women\, a rural fire brigade and a disability support provider. While researching and chronicling aspects of local history is a passion for Craige\, he is also driven by the pleasure networking with other groups offers. In 2022 Craige was the recipient of an RHSV Award of Merit for services to local history. \nDr Rosalie Triolo OAM FRHSV – Short Presentation: How the Federation of Australian Historical Societies can help Network Leaders and Presentation 3: Attracting young people to local history\, now and into the futureRosalie is FAHS President\, a RHSV Councillor and a past-HSSC Chair. She has enjoyed over 40 years in professional and volunteer History contexts\, including long-term\, volunteer Victorian and national leadership\, advocacy\, presentation and publication roles. She believes that knowledge of the past can inform life into the future while being of profound interes tto individuals or whole communities. For 25 years at Monash University\, she helped facilitate the development of specialist History teachers. \nDr Aleryk Fricker – Presentation 4: Working ‘good way’ with First Nation StakeholdersAssociate Professor Aleryk (Al) Fricker is a proud Dja Dja Wurrung academic at the NIKERI Institute at Deakin University. He is a former Primary and Secondary school teacher and focuses on how to decolonise Australia’s neo-colonial education system to support the outcomes of all students. \nRosemary Cameron – Forum: Cultivating hope: empowering historical societies for the futureRosemary has been the RHSV’s Executive Officer since 2017. Her entire career has been in not-for-profit membership-based arts management. Overseas she worked for London’s English National Opera and Royal Opera House and Oslo’s Early Music Festival. She is former director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (2005 – 2009) and the Brisbane Writers Festival (2003 – 2005). She was involved in Melbourne’s successful bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/historical-society-networking-day-2025/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Networking-day-2025-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220823T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220823T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210701T052358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220725T035308Z UID:10000217-1661275800-1661281200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Hugh Anderson\, historian DESCRIPTION:We are delighted that Professor Frank Bongiorno will be delivering the inaugural RHSV Hugh Anderson Lecture\, a new addition to our Distinguished Lecturer series. \n“Hugh Anderson (1927-2017) was a scholar of formidable breadth\, productivity and versatility. While it is as a folklorist that he is arguably best known both in Australia and abroad\, Anderson’s prolific output also included biography\, bibliography\, history\, school textbooks and documentary collections. His range of interests was very wide: Anderson seemed as comfortable in writing about John Pascoe Fawkner as Squizzy Taylor\, as at home with an Aboriginal gumleaf player and a Sydney street poet as with the exquisite verse of John Shaw Neilson or the stately poetry of Bernard O’Dowd. This lecture will consider Anderson specifically as a historian and biographer. While it should not be pigeon-holed\, Anderson’s historical and biographical writing incorporated many of the materials\, perspectives and insights derived from folklore studies\, and he treated literary creativity as central to telling the Melbourne\, Victorian and Australian stories. Anderson’s boundary-riding between history\, biography\, folklore and literature was remarkably productive for him\, and it was not unusual among writers with his radical-nationalist politics in the middle decades of the twentieth century. I argue in this lecture for the significance of Anderson as a historian and biographer working outside academia and across a diverse cultural domain\, at a time when universities were moving toward a sharper focus on specialised research\, theory and discipline-based knowledge – in ways that both deepened and limited understandings of Australian history and culture.” \nFrank Bongiorno is Professor of History at the Australian National University where he was head from July 2018 to June 2021. Born in Nhill\, he grew up in Melbourne and is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University. Frank has been a lecturer at the ANU\, Griffith University\, the University of New England and King’s College London.  He has also been Smuts Visiting Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the University of Cambridge. The author of The Sex Lives of Australians: A History (2012) and The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia (2015)\, Frank is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia\, the Australian Academy of Humanities and the Royal Historical Society. He is a Member of the Order of Australia. \n \nProfessor Frank Bongiorno AM \nPlease note that when you buy a ticket to this event you will automatically be sent a confirmation email. If you don’t see this email in your in-box please check your Spam Mail or Junk Mail in-boxes as well. Those attending by Zoom will be sent their Zoom log-in details 24 hours before the event. \nThe event will start at 5:30pm with drinks for those attending the RHSV and at 6pm for those logging in via ZOOM. \n  \nPhoto caption: \nPortrait of Hugh Anderson seated in the interview room\, Oral History Section\, National Library of Australia\, 1 June 2000 [picture] / Damian McDonald URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/hugh-anderson-historian/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hugh-Anderson-cropped.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220330T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220330T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20220213T084715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T060858Z UID:10000720-1648659600-1648666800@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Launch of Kaleidoscope exhibition DESCRIPTION:EMERITUS PROFESSOR RICHARD BROOME AM FRHSV\nPresident of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria \nand the RHSV Council \ninvite you to attend the launch of \nKALEIDOSCOPE\nthe RHSV’s major exhibition in 2022 which celebrates the women \nwho were crucial in building the RHSV from its 1909 beginning \nTo be launched by \nJUDY MADDIGAN\n\n\n\nThis exhibition is biography imagined through the lens of a Kaleidoscope. The viewer is offered fragments of the lives represented here. There is no linear narrative. Each time the kaleidoscope turns\, a different story emerges. There are repeating patterns but different emphases and new ways of seeing\, new reflections\, new refractions. No one story dominates and one story does not fit all. \nin 2021\, during Women’s History Month we launched the RHSV Women’s Biographical Dictionary\, an online resource which builds profiles of women who have been involved in the RHSV over its 113 year history. This project is masterminded by Dr Cheryl Griffin and from the online resource\, Cheryl has curated this exhibition\, to launch in 2022\, which looks at the lives of 50 of those women. \nCurator: Dr Cheryl Griffin\nExhibition Designer: Katrin Strohl\nExhibition Production: Dr David Thompson & Helen Stitt\nAs at most RHSV events\, refreshments will be served during the launch. \nPlease note – this launch was originally planned for 31 March and it has been brought forward by a day to the 30 March  \nThis is an RHSV Women’s History Month event URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/launch-of-kaleidoscope-exhibition/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kaleidoscope.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220310T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220310T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20220213T072213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220310T095055Z UID:10000266-1646933400-1646938800@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Unprotected: Aboriginal\, Convict and Poor women in Colonial Victoria: or how everything bad was made worse by being female DESCRIPTION:Protection of body and soul in colonial Victoria came in many forms. At the most fundamental level it meant an entitlement\, usually by birth or marriage\, to an income that sustained you and your children; to a moral status as a woman of virtue that made sexual assault or abuse an egregious version of a crime; to the presence in your household of a capable male to embody that protection. The law provided some protection\, but in fact remarkably little against assault\, battery and rape if those offences were perpetrated by your husband and did not protect your rights of access to your children after divorce or access to your own wealth after marriage. A woman without a reliable\, effective and respectable male protector as breadwinner—a father\, a husband or a blood relative—would die younger; lose more of her children; have smaller babies at birth; suffer more infertility; risk or suffer destitution; be afflicted by addiction; commit suicide or be murdered than women who enjoyed respectable male protection. There was a hierarchy of entitlement to safety\, with convicted women on the second bottom rung along with non-British women such as Chinese\, while at the bottom\, utterly vulnerable were Aboriginal women and girls. These were the penalties of gender rather than the wages of sin. \nWe are honoured that Professor Janet McCalman has accepted our invitation to deliver the third RHSV Women’s History Month Lecture in 2022. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmeritus Redmond Barry Professor Janet McCalman AC has made a significant contribution to Australian history\, especially medical history\, historical population health\, social health and demography. \nShe commenced teaching at the University of Melbourne in 1998\, in the cross-faculty Centre for the Study of Health & Society. She has taught in both the Arts Faculty and the Faculty of Medicine\, Dentistry and Health Sciences\, specialising since 2008 in the teaching of interdisciplinary breadth subjects. \nSince that time she has also pioneered the building of historical life course datasets for demographic and health analysis. She is the author of three multi-award winning books: Struggletown (1984\, 1998 and 2021)\, Journeying (1993)\, Sex and Suffering (1998). In 2020 she co-edited with Emma Dawson What Happens Next? Reconstructing Australia after COVID 19 and in 2021 Vandemonians: the repressed history of colonial Victoria. All her books have been published by Melbourne University Press. She retired at the end of 2020. \nIn 1993 McCalman was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2005. She is a former member of the Australian Historical Association Advisory Committee to the National Archives of Australia and the Editorial Board of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs at most RHSV events\, drinks will be served from 5:30pm and the lecture will run from 6pm to 7pm including Q&A. The Zoom lecture will commence at 6pm. \nThe RHSV offers ticket buyers to this event a $10 discount on buying Janet McCalman’s Vandemonians or Struggletown both of which can be found in our bookshop. A voucher code will be sent to you on booking and you apply this voucher code when checking out of the bookshop on line. \nDr Judith Smart will chair this lecture. \nThis is a Women’s History Month Lecture URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/unprotected-aboriginal-convict-and-poor-women-in-colonial-victoria-or-how-everything-bad-was-made-worse-by-being-female/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Janet-McCalman-low-res.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220309T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20220309T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20220208T083012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220213T074057Z UID:10000717-1646847000-1646852400@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:ADRIFT IN AN ARMCHAIR WITH ROBYN ANNEAR DESCRIPTION:Melbourne’s streets have always been marvellous—but the proud facades of the nineteenth-century boom aren’t the half of it.\nWhat about the stories behind them?\nThe great corset scandal of Melbourne’s belle epoque;\nThe heritage-listed toilets out the back of the Rialto;\nThe exploits of the women who ran the brothels in Little Lonsdale Street;\nThe reason George Mallaby starred in Homicide wearing a hat two sizes too small. \nRobyn Annear has devised 7 historic walks around Melbourne and\, in this event\, she will be taking us on one of those 7 walks\, albeit whilst we are seated comfortably at the RHSV with a glass of wine in hand. The walks showcase the hidden histories we might scurry past every day\, the buildings now gone and the extraordinary characters who inhabited them. Robyn\, as always\, will be charming\, erudite and frankly gossipy. \n\n\nAll seven walks appear in Robyn’s latest book\, Adrift in Melbourne\, her highly entertaining guide to Melbourne past and present. Whether you enjoy it on the hoof or from an armchair\, Adrift in Melbourne will inspire you to unleash your inner flâneur to uncover the historical surprises of this great city. \n\n\nIf you want to buy Adrift in Melbourne (great present for any Melburnian) click here. \nAs with all RHSV events held on-site\, we will serve drinks from 5:30pm until 6pm when Robyn’s talk will begin. \nIn 2022 we will be attempting to offer both on-site events and Zoom access too. The talk will be available as a download after the event for the same $10 cost as a ticket. \nThis is an RHSV Women’s History Month event URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/adrift-in-an-armchair-with-robyn-annear/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Adrift-in-Melbourne.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210802T034512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T040518Z UID:10000688-1634664600-1634670000@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:The Women of Little Lon DESCRIPTION:The Women of Little Lon: Sex Workers in Nineteenth-Century Melbourne\n\n\n\n\n\n We are delighted that historian\, Barbara Minchinton\, will deliver our History Month lecture on this remarkable but little-known chapter in Melbourne’s history\nSex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne were judged morally corrupt by the respectable world around them. But theirs was a thriving trade\, with links to the police and political leaders of the day\, and the leading brothels were usually managed by women. \nWhile today a city lane is famously named after Madame Brussels\, the identities of the other ‘flash madams’\, the ‘dressed girls’ who worked for them and the hundreds of women who solicited on the streets of the Little Lon district of Melbourne are not remembered. \nWho were they? What did their daily lives look like? What became of them? Drawing on the findings of recent archaeological excavations\, rare archival material and family records\, historian Barbara Minchinton brings the fascinating world of Little Lon to life. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Minchinton is a historian and independent researcher. For several years she collaborated with a team of archaeologists on the interpretation of artefacts from Melbourne’s Little Lon district. She is the author of a number of articles regarding the nineteenth century sex work industry in Little Lon\, and The Women of Little Lon is the culmination of years of research and collaboration. \n\n  \nAttendance and Zoom details \nThis event was originally planned to be delivered both as a live event at the RHSV and through Zoom. However\, now it will be delivered only as a Zoom event.  The log-in details will be sent to you 24 hours before the event. For those attending by Zoom\, the Zoom will start just prior to 6pm. You will have the opportunity too to put questions to Barbara. \n  \n \nThis is a History Month event: click on the logo for the full program of events\n  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-women-of-little-lon/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Women-of-Little-Lon-online.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T163000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20211019T173000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210618T073705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210926T135122Z UID:10000682-1634661000-1634664600@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Welcome to new RHSV members DESCRIPTION:Welcome to new RHSV members\nEvery year we like to host an event or two in the Drill Hall\, before one of our lectures\, to welcome our new members. We serve drinks and cheese and the staff give new members a background briefing on the RHSV and its treasures. So you’ll learn about our Collection from Jillian Hiscock\, our Collections Manager\, and Helen Stitt who looks after our huge images collection and our EO\, Rosemary Cameron\, will outline all the other membership benefits and how you can make the most of your membership. \nBecause we weren’t able to host these events last year we have a bit of catching up to do! We’ve scheduled 5 of these events over the coming months and new members are welcome to attend whichever one suits them. Our lectures are usually $5 or $10 for members ($20 for non-members) however\, if you book for a new member event you can attend the following lecture free-of-charge. \nWe’d love to see you at one of these events – please indicate in the RSVPs if you want to attend just the New Member Welcome or the New Member Welcome + Lecture \nPlease note that these events will only go ahead if we are not in lockdown – we really need to be in the Drill Hall to show you what the RHSV is all about. If we are in lockdown we’ll be holding more New Member Welcomes at some point in the future and we’ll contact you again.  \nNew Member lecture 4:30pm – 5:30pm\, drinks continue until just before 6pm. Lecture 6pm – 7pm (includes Q&A). \nThe  remaining lecture is: \nTue 19 Oct: Barbara Minchinton on The Women of Little Lon \nImage caption:  Holy Trinity Church of England\, Bay Street\, Port Melbourne by Samuel Hemming\, 1853\, erected under the supervision of Knight\, Kemp and Kerr\, 1855. RHSV Collection A-52-C. Miles Lewis has used this image in a powerpoint on portable buildings (https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/8515/2418/2642/Lewis_Evidence.pdf) URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/welcome-to-new-rhsv-members-2021-10-19/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/rhsv-logo-high-res.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210929T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210929T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210829T043400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T013003Z UID:10000693-1632938400-1632942000@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:THE BRILLIANT BOY  Gideon Haigh talks about Doc Evatt DESCRIPTION:THE BRILLIANT BOY\nGideon Haigh talks about  Doc Evatt\nWe are thrilled that Gideon Haigh will talk about his latest book\, The Brilliant Boy and the Great Australian Dissent\, for the RHSV on Wednesday 29th of September. The event will be chaired by Dr E W Russell. \n\n\n\n\nIn a quiet Sydney street in 1937\, a seven year-old immigrant boy drowned in a ditch that had filled with rain after being left unfenced by council workers. How the law should deal with the trauma of the family’s loss was one of the most complex and controversial cases to reach Australia’s High Court\, where it seized the imagination of its youngest and cleverest member. \nThese days\, ‘Doc’ Evatt is remembered mainly as the hapless and divisive opposition leader during the long ascendancy of his great rival Sir Robert Menzies. Yet long before we spoke of ‘public intellectuals’\, Evatt was one: a dashing advocate\, an inspired jurist\, an outspoken opinion maker\, one of our first popular historians and the nation’s foremost champion of modern art. Through Evatt’s innovative and empathic decision in Chester v the Council of Waverley Municipality\, which argued for the law to acknowledge inner suffering as it did physical injury\, Gideon Haigh rediscovers the most brilliant Australian of his day\, a patriot with a vision of his country charting its own path and being its own example – the same attitude he brought to being the only Australian president of the UN General Assembly\, and instrumental in the foundation of Israel. \nA feat of remarkable historical perception\, deep research and masterful storytelling\, The Brilliant Boy confirms Gideon Haigh as one of our finest writers of non-fiction. It shows Australia in a rare light\, as a genuinely clever country prepared to contest big ideas and face the future confidently. \n‘Here is a master craftsman delivering one of his most finely honed works. Meticulous in its research\, humane in its storytelling\, The Brilliant Boy is Gideon Haigh at his lush\, luminous best. Haigh shines a light on person\, place and era with the sheer force of his intellect and the generosity of his words. The Brilliant Boy is simply a brilliant book.’ Clare Wright\, Stella-Prize winning author of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka \n‘Gideon Haigh has a nose for Australian stories that light up the past from new angles\, and he tells this one with verve\, grace and lightly worn erudition. I couldn’t put it down.’ Judith Brett\, The Saturday Paper \n‘An absolutely remarkable\, moving and elegant re-reading of the early life of an extraordinary Australian. Gideon Haigh is one of Australia’s finest writers and thinkers … mesmerizing … one of the best Australian biographies I have read for a long time.’ Michael McKernan\, Canberra Times \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGideon Haigh has been a journalist for almost four decades\, published more than 40 books and contributed to more than 100 newspapers and magazines. His books include The Cricket Wars\, The Summer Game and On Warne (which won numerous prizes) on cricket\, and works on BHP\, James Hardie and how abortion became legal in Australia. His book The Office: A Hardworking History won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. He has appeared widely on radio and TV.\n\nGideon Haigh says about himself on his website\, “I’m an independent journalist\, in the trade more than thirty years. I was born in London\, went to school in Geelong\, and now live in Melbourne. I write about cricket a bit\, mainly for The Australian and The Times; I write about other stuff that interests me too. This is a list of the publications to which I’ve contributed\, some of which have survived. I don’t blog\, tweet or Facebook. Sorry.” His website is worth visiting\, if for no other reason\, that to immerse yourself in Gideon’s splendid list of things he likes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the same time as Gideon’s book\, The Brilliant Boy\, was being launched he was\, together with Graeme Davison\, leading the very successful campaign to get proper funding for the National Archives of Australia. \nDr. E.W. (Bill) Russell has held a number of positions in the Commonwealth and Victorian Public Service. These positions have included Archivist\, Public Record Office; Research Director\, Commonwealth Public Service Board; Director of Research and Special Projects\, Victorian Public Service Board and Director of Research\, Public Bodies Review Committee (Parliament of Victoria). He has had a long association with Public Record Office Victoria\, having been an archivist 1968–74\, a member of the Task Force on Records Management 1978–80\, and Director-General of the Department of Property and Services\, of which PROV was a Division\, 1985–88. Bill obtained his Diploma of Archive Studies from University College\, London\, in 1973 and was the first Victorian archivist to hold formal qualifications in archives. His doctorate in history at Monash University\, completed in 1980\, was based on records in PROV. In 1982 Dr. Russell was appointed to the position of Secretary for Minerals and Energy and in 1985 he became Director General\, Department of Property and Services. In 1988 Dr. Russell took up the position of Professor\, Public Sector Management within Monash University’s Graduate School of Management. \nThis event will be a Zoom event (we did hope to have it in real space). Zoom details will be sent to participants 24 hours before the event.  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/32152/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/the-brilliant-boy-9781760856113_xlg.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210805T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210805T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210701T013352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T090449Z UID:10000216-1628184600-1628190000@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Portable Buildings in Australia by Miles Lewis DESCRIPTION:Portable Buildings in Australia by Miles Lewis\nPLEASE NOTE: This lecture will be delivered both on-site at the RHSV and also simultaneously delivered via Zoom. We have reached our capacity for a on-site audience and attendance via Zoom only is now available. \nWe are delighted to present this event in partnership with Engineering Heritage Victoria. \nPortable buildings\, today referred to as prefabricated\, were imported in larger numbers to Australia than to any other part of the world during the nineteenth century. They were made not merely of timber and iron\, but of oilcloth\, slate\, zinc\, papier mâché\, and ‘portable brick’.  More also survive in Australia than anywhere else\, though not of those more ephemeral materials. They range through iron lighthouses\, cottages of ‘teak’ from Singapore\, German glazed conservatories\, plate iron fronted buildings from Glasgow\, and redwood houses from California. Many are of the greatest technical interest\, and in few cases do any examples survive in the country of origin.  For these reasons it has been proposed that they should be nominated as a group for World Heritage Listing.  This presentation will sample these various types\, concentrating on those which survive today. \nMiles Lewis\, AM FAHA\, is an architectural historian specialising in the interaction between technology and culture in areas such as vernacular architecture and prefabrication\, and in technical innovation generally.  He edited the international text Architectura\, and has this year published a book\, Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia.  He is an emeritus professor of the University of Melbourne\, and currently a member of the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force. \nProfessor Charles Sowerwine who is also on the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force and chairs the RHSV Heritage Committee will chair the evening. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/portable-buildings-in-australia-by-miles-lewis/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Portable-Building-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210805T163000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210805T173000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210618T073705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T025527Z UID:10000681-1628181000-1628184600@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Welcome to new RHSV members DESCRIPTION:Welcome to new RHSV members\nEvery year we like to host an event or two in the Drill Hall\, before one of our lectures\, to welcome our new members. We serve drinks and cheese and the staff give new members a background briefing on the RHSV and its treasures. So you’ll learn about our Collection from Jillian Hiscock\, our Collections Manager\, and Helen Stitt who looks after our huge images collection and our EO\, Rosemary Cameron\, will outline all the other membership benefits and how you can make the most of your membership. \nBecause we weren’t able to host these events last year we have a bit of catching up to do! We’ve scheduled 5 of these events over the coming months and new members are welcome to attend whichever one suits them. Our lectures are usually $5 or $10 for members ($20 for non-members) however\, if you book for a new member event you can attend the following lecture free-of-charge. \nWe’d love to see you at one of these events – please indicate in the RSVPs if you want to attend just the New Member Welcome or the New Member Welcome + Lecture \nPlease note that these events will only go ahead if we are not in lockdown – we really need to be in the Drill Hall to show you what the RHSV is all about. If we are in lockdown we’ll be holding more New Member Welcomes at some point in the future and we’ll contact you again.  \nNew Member lecture 4:30pm – 5:30pm\, drinks continue until just before 6pm. Lecture 6pm – 7pm (includes Q&A). \nThe  remaining lecture is: \nTue 19 Oct: Barbara Minchinton on The Women of Little Lon \nImage caption:  Holy Trinity Church of England\, Bay Street\, Port Melbourne by Samuel Hemming\, 1853\, erected under the supervision of Knight\, Kemp and Kerr\, 1855. RHSV Collection A-52-C. Miles Lewis has used this image in a powerpoint on portable buildings (https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/8515/2418/2642/Lewis_Evidence.pdf) URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/welcome-to-new-rhsv-members/2021-08-05/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/rhsv-logo-high-res.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210708T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210708T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210504T003738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T221740Z UID:10000196-1625765400-1625770800@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:History of the Spencer Street Bridge DESCRIPTION:History of the Spencer Street Bridge\nHave you ever noticed the Spencer Street Bridge? Arguably nondescript\, this dependable 1930 structure has a backstory of political infighting\, pioneering technology and an unexpected obstacle pre-dating the bridge by several millennia. City of Melbourne local history librarian Fiona Campbell will lead a visual journey through the design\, construction and significance of this enduring bridge. \nWe are delighted to partner again with Engineering Heritage Victoria to present this talk by Fiona Campbell\, Local History Librarian at East Melbourne Library and bridge enthusiast. \nFiona graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994. Majoring in French and English literature\, she also studied visual arts\, Australian architecture and linguistics. From 1995 she studied horticulture at Burnley College (University of Melbourne) while working in retail nurseries and discovering an enduring interest in botany. \nLed by an innate love of libraries and information\, in 2002 Fiona undertook the Diploma of Library and Information Services at Swinburne University of Technology\, which happily landed her in public library employment from 2003. She secured her current position of Reader Services and Local History Librarian at East Melbourne Library in 2007\, and obtained the Graduate Diploma in Information Management with Distinction at RMIT in 2009. Specialising in local history has enabled Fiona to develop her inner history detective. Her work includes management of archival collections\, responding to local history enquiries\, events programming and resource training. She works to increase cultural and heritage awareness in the community by inspiring interest in our local stories and promoting the wealth of freely available resources. \nSince 2018 she has been preoccupied with researching the history and construction of the Spencer Street Bridge and she is currently working on a book about the history of the bridge which she hopes to have published in 2021. \nRefreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm \nLecture 6pm – 7pm \nPhoto caption: Spencer Street Bridge in 1930 (State Library of Victoria) URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/history-of-the-spencer-street-bridge/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Spencer-Street-Bridge.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210624T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210624T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210504T004803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T221552Z UID:10000198-1624555800-1624561200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Twentieth Century Science\, Technology and Engineering DESCRIPTION:Twentieth Century Science\, Technology and Engineering\nPresented by Laureate Professor R. J. EVANS \nEngineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV are\, once again\, partnering to present some fascinating events which are of interest to anyone interested in history and the history of engineering in its broadest scope. \nThis talk explores the development of key scientific and technological advances over the past 100 years. Building upon the great achievements of the Victorian Era which saw huge advances in fundamental sciences coupled with breathtaking engineering achievements\, the twentieth century progressed electronics to astonishing complexity\, conquered air transport and space travel through advances in materials and propulsion\, revealed the structure of DNA\, and uncovered the fundamental  structure on matter and the universe. This talk will briefly describe these advances and the impact they are having on our lives in the areas of communications\, automation\, health etc. \nRob Evans was born in Melbourne\, Australia\, in 1947. After completing a BE degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 1969\, he worked as a radar systems engineering officer with the Royal Australian Airforce. He completed a PhD in 1975 at the University of Newcastle followed by postdoctoral studies at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems\, MIT\, USA and the Control and Management Department\, Cambridge University\, UK. In 1977 he took up an academic position at the University of Newcastle\, where he served as Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1986 until 1991 and Chief Investigator and Co-Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence on Industrial Control Systems between 1988 – 1991. \nIn 1992 he moved to the University of Melbourne\, where he has served in many roles including Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering for the periods 1993-1996 and 2013-2017\, Research Leader for the Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing 1992-2000\, Director of the DSTO Centre for Networked Decision and Sensor Systems 2001-2004\, Director of the Victoria Research Laboratory of National ICT Australia 2004-2012\, Executive Dean of Engineering during 2007 and Director of the Defence Sciences Institute 2014-2017. He has served on several Boards and Government and Academy committees including the Council of the International Federation of Automatic Control from 2002-2008. \nHe is currently a Melbourne University Laureate Professor and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery.\nHis research and industry engagement has ranged across many areas including theory and applications in control systems\, industrial electronics\, radar systems\, signal processing and telecommunications. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science\, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering\, a Life Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers USA\, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. \nRefreshments from 5:30pm – 6pm \nLecture 6pm – 7pm URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/29832/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Rob-Evans.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210623T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210623T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210610T004548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210610T013750Z UID:10000680-1624469400-1624476600@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:LA TROBE’S UNIFORM DESCRIPTION:LA TROBE’S UNIFORM\n‘Extravagance\, Tradition and Power’ : Charles La Trobe’s Uniform \nGuest Speaker: Megan Anderson (2019 La Trobe Society Fellow at State Library Victoria) \nMegan Anderson is Costume Production Assistant at Sovereign Hill\, a position which involves researching and producing historically accurate reproduction clothing subsequently used as interpretive and educational tools within the living history museum. \nThis presentation will outline the history of La Trobe’s official uniform\, and the actual tailoring of this splendid attire which Megan is in the process of constructing. \nMegan has meticulously researched the design of La Trobe’s uniform and is hand making a replica. She will bring a tailor’s dummy with the part-finished uniform and talk about her research\, then show us the intricate construction of the replica uniform. It promises to be a very illuminating presentation and describe tailoring uniforms in the 19th century. \nLa Trobe Society Talk for Members and Friends – all welcome. \nIncludes refreshments. Bookings essential by Friday 18 June. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/la-trobes-uniform/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Charles-Joseph-La-Trobe-1855-MCC.-5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="C J La Trobe Society":MAILTO:treasurer@latrobesociety.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210526T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210526T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210504T230154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T230154Z UID:10000214-1622050200-1622057400@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:FRIENDS OF LA TROBE’S COTTAGE ANNUAL LECTURE DESCRIPTION:C J La Trobe: Jolimont plantsman\nGuest Speaker: Helen Botham \nGarden history researcher\, author of La Trobe’s Jolimont: a walk round my garden\, and coordinator La Trobe’s Cottage management team \nThis presentation will explore how Charles La Trobe’s school days and his travel experiences as a young adult fostered his interest in the natural world which led him to seek out the plants of Port Phillip and to create a beautiful garden at Jolimont. The talk includes a pictorial tour around La Trobe’s Jolimont garden\, noting his plant choices. \nAdmission: $25.00 including refreshments \nBookings Essential by Wednesday 19 May \n———————————————————————————————————————————— \nBookings and payment: \n\nElectronic\n\nOnline – https://www.latrobesociety.org.au/friends-of-la-trobes-cottage-annual-lecture-2\nEmail – treasurer@latrobesociety.org.au – (add name of those attending)\n\n\n\nEFT to BSB 033-018\, Account No.149584 (Please put your name on the EFT) \n✂ ——————————————————————————————————————————– \n\nPost – to The Treasurer\, La Trobe Society\, PO Box 65\, Port Melbourne\, Victoria 3207\n\nNames of those attending: ___________________________________________________ \n  \nRemit a cheque payable to ‘The C J La Trobe Society Inc.’ URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/friends-of-la-trobes-cottage-annual-lecture-2/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/C-J-La-Trobe-Society-Logo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="C J La Trobe Society":MAILTO:treasurer@latrobesociety.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210518T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210518T193000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210426T222053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T021751Z UID:10000155-1621357200-1621366200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:STATUES: PUTTING THEM UP\, AND PULLING 'EM DOWN DESCRIPTION:STATUES: PUTTING THEM UP\, AND PULLING ‘EM DOWN\n5pm – 6pm  RHSV AGM  (to see the full agenda and financial reports please click here) \n6pm – 6:30pm   REFRESHMENTS \n6:30pm – 7:30pm  2021 WESTON BATE ORATION DELIVERED BY JIM DAVIDSON \nThere may be a lull in the statue wars now\, but that is because the front has broadened – certainly overseas. This oration shows how statues rose with the nineteenth century\, and spread with the growth of empires\, not least to Australia. The nature of traditional Australian statuary is considered\, along with the questions it implicitly raises. (Comparisons are made with America.)  Statues\, it seems\, have become lightning conductors for unresolved tensions\, the public culture which once sustained them being increasingly subject to segmentation and fracture. \nIn our Distinguished Lecturer series\, the 2021 Weston Bate Oration will be delivered by the estimable Jim Davidson\, following our AGM. The AGM will be from 5pm to 6pm at which time we’ll pause for some refreshments followed by Jim’s oration. \nJim Davidson is an historian and biographer\, and a former editor of Meanjin. He is the author of A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian WK Hancock\, the memoir A Führer for a Father: The domestic face of colonialism\, and Lyrebird Rising\, a life of the musical patron Louise Hanson-Dyer. Together they have won half a dozen prizes\, including the Prime Minister’s History Prize\, the Victorian premier’s non-fiction prize\, and The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year (twice). His double biography of Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland – Emperors in Lilliput – will appear from Melbourne University Press next year. He is currently working on his next book\, on statues. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/statues-putting-them-up-and-pulling-em-down/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jim-Davidson.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210420T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210420T203000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210413T045816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T054850Z UID:10000132-1618943400-1618950600@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:AGL Shaw Lecture: Law\, Lawyers and La Trobe DESCRIPTION:Three. That was the number of Attorneys practising in Melbourne when Charles Joseph Latrobe arrived in the Port Phillip colony in 1839. The legal infrastructure of the colony was similarly scant. It included a Police Magistrate\, a civil magistrate\, mounted police\, two justices of the peace\, a police court\, a gaoler\, a flagellator\, two clerks of court but no dedicated court-house.  That was it for a population of 5\,822. When Latrobe left in 1854\, some 15 years later\, the scene was quite different. The now independent colony of Victoria had seen 186 attorneys/solicitors and 63 barristers admitted to practise in that period. There was also a substantial Supreme Court building (and bluestone gaol) with three justices (including a Chief Justice) who had the capacity to hear and interpret the new Victorian statute book. There were also the stirrings of an organised legal profession. The rule of law had been firmly established. \nSo\, what can we say about the evolution of Victoria’s legal system during Latrobe’s time? What prompted its start\, who were the key personalities and what were key moments? \nLeading legal scholar\, Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV\, will be addressing the above questions when he delivers the 2021 AGL Shaw Lecture which forms part of the RHSV’s Distinguished Lecture series. This lecture is jointly presented by the C. J. La Trobe Society and the RHSV and is always a convivial and lavishly-catered evening. The event will be held in the RHSV’s Gallery Downstairs which is totally accessible and does not involve any stairs.  \n\n\n\n\nSimon Smith is an Adjunct Professor with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University. He is also a leading legal history scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV). He was Vice-President of the RHSV in 2009-2011. In 2016 he edited Judging for the People: A Social History of the Supreme Court in Victoria 1841-2016. \nHis other recent published works include Solicitors and the Law Institute In Victoria 1835-2019: Pathway To A Respected Profession which was commended in the Victorian Community History Awards\,  Barristers Solicitors Pettifoggers: Profiles in Australian Colonial Legal History (2014) and Maverick Litigants: A History of Vexatious Litigants in Australia 1930-2008 (2009). \nAs a Monash University law undergraduate in the 1970s\, Simon helped establish Australia’s first community legal centre\, the Springvale Legal Service. In that context he was a founding editor of a leading practice text\, the Lawyers Practice Manual (Vic). After completing his legal training in Oxford\, he was admitted to practice in 1975. In 1978 he became the first full-time clinical legal education academic in Australia\, based at Springvale. \nThrough that clinical programme\, for a decade\, he helped introduce Monash undergraduates to the practice of law in a supervised poverty law setting. Over 40 years of that programme\, the power of ‘first impressions’ on those future practitioners has contributed to the better practice of law in Australia. \nIn the 1980s\, Simon was a pioneer in alternative dispute resolution and was the first Ombudsman in the Australian financial services sector. In 1991 he helped establish the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business (SOCAP). He was President in 1996. Later he was Senior Counsel with a top-500 insurance company and a curator of the nationally significant insurance archive\, the Suncorp Insurance Archive\, now in the hands of the State Library of Victoria. \nSimon holds the degrees of B Juris. LL M and PhD from Monash University. In the 2019 Australia Day honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law particularly in consumer affairs\, to higher education\, and to history. \n\n\n\n\nRHSV members please note the later than usual start time for this event.  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/agl-shaw-lecture-law-lawyers-and-la-trobe/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SSmith.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210324T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210324T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210111T065920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T225814Z UID:10000651-1616608800-1616612400@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:CORAGULAC HOUSE: book launch DESCRIPTION:Author and historian\, Jennifer F. O’Donnell\, invites RHSV members and friends to celebrate the launch of her latest history\, Coragulac House.  Drinks and light refreshments will be served in the RHSV’s Gallery Downstairs. \nIn the early 1870s\, George Pringle Robertson built “Coragulac”\, nestled in the shelter of Red Rock near Colac. Built of bluestone quarried on the land and designed by architects Davidson and Henderson\, it was an unexceptional mansion with a wide verandah and lacking a tower\, so common in the Western District. \nRobertson’s father William was a member of Batman’s expeditions to Port Phillip and started buying land near Colac in 1840 (at the time of his death in 1874 it is estimated he held 40\,000 acres). Three generations of the Robertson family lived in the area their story being integral to the history and the development of Colac. \nAndrew Spence Chirnside bought “Coragulac” in 1901 and set about radically restructuring the building\, tearing down external walls\, realigning the roof\, raising the billiard room roof\, re-locating the front door and adding a new wing. The architect\, Guyon Purchas\, added conical turrets on each side; internally the house now featured two magnificent fireplaces\, carved by Robert Prenzel\, along with a host of other Art Nouveau additions. In 1903\, Chirnside employed his friend\, Ballarat architect William Braznor\, to erect vast new stables. \nThomas Baker bought “Coragulac” in 1912. A prominent Colac estate agent\, among his other activities\, he was a strong believer in sub-division and opened up the area to farming. He died in “Coragulac” in 1924 and the mansion fell into neglect. \nIn 1932 Len Ralton\, a potato and onion grower\, bought the property and set about rescuing the mansion. Ralton was a founding figure in the Apex movement; when war came\, he answered the call. In 1947 “Coragulac” was put on the market and finally bought by the Matthews brothers in 1950. Members of the Matthews family would own “Coragulac” for next 64 years. Today\, with new owners Gary and Sharyn Gibson\, “Coragulac” is being restored to earlier glory. \nJenny O’Donnell\, historian and photographer\, has carved out a niche writing histories of Victoria’s splendid homesteads and mansions. Her earlier books include Thornebridge: the Bridge Hotel at Murchison\, Noorilim: from wool to wine\, Narrapumelap: a pastoral history\, Ravenswood\, Kawarau and\, most recently\, St Kilda Families. Memorials in Christ Church.  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/coragulac-house-book-launch/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Coragulac-small.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210324T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210324T120000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20200211T103850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T064247Z UID:10000556-1616581800-1616587200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Launch of the Jessie Webb Society DESCRIPTION:  \nRichard Broome AM\, President\, Councillors and Foundation Committee members \nof the Royal Historical Society of Victoria \ninvite you to the launch of \n\nwith special guests\, Annette Webb\, \nGary Presland and Bill Russell. \n  \nCreate history. Make a bequest.  \nOver our considerable lifetime the RHSV has received many bequests which allow us to make great leaps forward. They allow us to tackle the larger projects and these have included restoring significant original artworks\, digitising our unique Pioneer Register\, indexing the on-line Victorian Historical Journals\, funding prizes and\, just as vital if more prosaic\, building our new website and funding our database. \nThe trouble with bequests is that we never get the opportunity to say a heart-felt thank you. So we have established the Jessie Webb Society to honour those who have made a bequest to the RHSV whilst they are still with us. \nJoin the Council and Foundation to raise a toast to Jessie Webb and to celebrate our new society and those who have become its founding members. \n  \nWho was Jessie Webb (1880-1944)? \nIn 1909 Jessie Stobo Watson Webb was not only an original Historical Society of Victoria member (membership No. 30) and the first woman but she also provided rooms in Block Arcade in which our first meeting was held. She was a passionate historian and a true individual who lived by her own rules. Graduating from the University of Melbourne with first class honours in history and political economy\, she became the third woman appointed to the University teaching staff when she joined its history department as an evening lecturer in 1908. \nShe and her friends exemplified the ‘new woman’: intelligent\, emancipated women who led rich intellectual lives. She spent 7 months trekking from Cape Town to Cairo in 1922 and thence to Athens where she spent eight months at the British School of Archaeology which had a huge influence on the rest of her life. She was an alternate Delegate to the League of Nations\, travelled through outback Australia in 1926 in a Baby Austin 7 and returned to Europe\, North Africa and the Middle East in 1936 for one last historical tour. She was a founding member of many academic clubs and associations and lived her life in the pursuit of education and adventure. \nWe want to honour Jessie’s legacy\, and her impact on the RHSV which is still felt over 100 years later\, by naming our bequest society after her. The Jessie Webb Society\, like its namesake\, is there to make a difference and its members understand the power of a legacy. \n“My bequest through the Jessie Webb Society is made in acknowledgement of the enduring value and worth there is in the study of history. I am pleased to provide support for a discipline that gave me not only many years of enjoyable employment\, but also enduring friendships\, and opportunities to contribute to an understanding of our past. \nI am proud to think that\, through the Jessie Webb Society\, my achievements can be of benefit in the future. That\, surely\, is what ‘history’ is about.” \nDr Gary Presland FRHSV \n“As Victoria grows\, we mustn’t forget our heritage in records\, stories\, and historical places and figures. If we neglect the past\, we lose our soul; history provides the links and stories that give our communities meaning. The RHSV has been collecting\, saving and publishing those stories for over 110 years. \n“By leaving a bequest to the RHSV\, I know I’m helping secure their vital work in protecting Victoria’s heritage\, and the stories and histories of its communities\, into another century.\nJessie Webb loved the past but saw to the future: We can all contribute to the goal of preserving the stories and records of Victoria’s history long into the future. One of the best ways is to leave a bequest to the RHSV Foundation\, which is what I intend to do.\n \n“The success of the RHSV depends upon the generosity of people like you and me. If we value the past\, we must protect its future.” \nProfessor E W Russell \n  \nWe invite you to become a member of the Jessie Webb Society\nThe RHSV established the Jessie Webb Society to honour those who bequeath funds to us. If you make the decision to leave the RHSV a bequest in your will there is no obligation to notify us\, however\, we’d love it if you did so that we can acknowledge your generous gift now and invite you to enjoy the Jessie Webb Society and its benefits. \nFind Out More \nPhotograph of Jessie Webb courtesy of Annette Webb. Taken in her early twenties\, just a few years before she joined the Historical Society of Victoria.  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/launch-of-the-jessie-webb-society/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/JESSIE-WEBB-WHEN-YOUNG-cropped.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210319T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210319T183000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210309T034532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210309T034532Z UID:10000126-1616173200-1616178600@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:LAUNCH OF RHSV WOMEN'S DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY DESCRIPTION:Do join us to celebrate the launch of this major research project and its online presence. \nThere is a perception that from its beginnings in 1909\, the Royal Historical Society has been the domain of men. Yet from the outset women have played an active role in the Society in many capacities – as members\, councillors\, fellows\, employees\, volunteers\, patrons\, benefactors. \nThe RHSV Women’s Biographical Dictionary has been established to honour the contributions made by women to the Society\, particularly those who do not appear in the Australian Dictionary of Biography  or Women Australia or The Australian Women’s Register.  Where the life of a featured woman has been documented elsewhere\, her entry will highlight her contribution to the RHSV. \nThis project has been instigated by the indefatigable Cheryl Griffin. Cheryl has done all the research thus far but we are hoping that there are more people out there interested in adding to the dictionary. Katrin Strohl\, President of Coburg Historical Society and talented graphic designer\, has designed the individual pages. Come to the launch and learn how you too can be involved. The dictionary will always be a work-in-progress.  \nPhotos above are (L to R): Mary Webster\, Louise Bakewell and Mary Lyell. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/launch-of-rhsv-womens-dictionary-of-biography/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WBD-Instagram.png ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210316T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210316T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210111T053636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210216T011638Z UID:10000648-1615915800-1615921200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Vera Deakin in War and Peace DESCRIPTION:The RHSV’s major lecture during Women’s History Month (March). The lecture will start at 6pm and we will be serving drinks prior to that from 5:30pm. \nThe daughter of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin\, Vera Deakin studied music in the Habsburg Empire on the eve of the Great War. Driven by British imperial fervour on her return to Australia\, she bypassed the government’s restrictions on women’s participation in the war effort by serving with the fledgling Australian Red Cross. Aged only 23 in 1915\, she became the founding secretary of the Australian Red Cross Wounded & Missing Enquiry Bureau in Cairo and later London. Narrowly avoiding replacement by a man\, she showed outstanding leadership and was appointed OBE. In peace she married an adventurous military pilot\, Captain Thomas White\, later a cabinet minister. When he was knighted\, she became Lady White. Vera led several humanitarian causes but her lodestar remained the Red Cross. \nCarole Woods OAM is a Fellow and honorary secretary of the RHSV. A former librarian\, bibliographer and freelance historian\, she has been a longtime advocate for community history. She chaired the judges’ panel of the Victorian Community History Awards for seven years and curated two exhibitions at the RHSV.  Her books include Beechworth. A Titan’s Field and the recently published Vera Deakin and the Red Cross. \nChaired by Dr Judith Smart AM. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/vera-deakin-in-war-and-peace/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/vera-deakin-red-cross-uniform.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220318 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210304T060612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T092035Z UID:10000125-1615507200-1647561599@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Victoria’s centenary in 1934\, Macpherson Robertson sponsored a great air race from England to Melbourne. There were originally 20 entrants of which only 12 arrived in Melbourne. The British winning entrants took a whisker under 3 days\, the last plane to arrive took some 4 months.\nThe Royal Historical Society of Victoria is mounting an exhibition which takes a close look at the entrants in the races (there were two races run concurrently – a speed race and a handicap race) including the Dutch entrant\, the Uiver. The Uiver (stork) is the most famous of the entries even though it came second. It was forced by bad weather to make an emergency landing in Albury where the locals used the town’s lights to spell A L B U R Y in morse code and then created a make-shift aerodrome on the racetrack using car headlights to con the plane down. Macpherson Robertson always maintained that the Uiver\, a commercial KLM flight that went to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies with a little extra hop to Australia\, came closest to his ideal as Robertson sponsored the race to encourage commercial flight not speed. \nThe first aircraft to finish was the De Havilland DH-88 Comet Grosvenor House\, a specially- designed racing aircraft flown by Charles W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black. Both pilots were much feted in Melbourne. Photos show a handsome pair being mobbed by thousands. The adulation didn’t last\, Campbell Black was killed by a plane propeller just 2 years later and Scott suicided. \nHarold Brook was the pilot with the least experience – barely the minimum 100 hours. He had a paying passenger\, the 28-year old Miss Ella Lay\, who knitted her way to Australia. She was a pilot herself and the only woman to travel the full race distance from Mildenhall in England to Melbourne. Ella stayed on in Melbourne\, took up nursing\, and in 1941 enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the very building where the exhibition is being held (the former Army Medical Corps Drill Hall). Ella died in 2005\, aged 99. The Times printed her obituary. \nThe race generated many more fabulous stories including C. J. “Jimmy” Melrose who at 21 was the youngest pilot and one of the few Australians. Jimmy was funded by his mother and his De Havilland Puss Moth was christened My Hildergarde in her honour. He too died\, too young\, just two years later in a plane crash. \nThe last plane to arrive was piloted by Ray Parer and Godfrey Hemsworth and funded by New Guinea miners. Another entry was owned by well-known Australian pioneer aviator Horrie Miller who at the time was managing director of MacRobertson-Miller Aviation. He engaged James Wood and Don Bennett to fly the race however they came unstuck in Aleppo. As Bennett wrote in his autobiography\, they “… hit the ground with a fair wallop and the undercarriage collapsed; down she went and the nose went in as we whipped over on our back. I was in the tail of the machine and my velocity from one end of the cabin to the other was remarkable. Even more astounding was the degree of “concertina-ing” of my body which took place at the far end.” That was the end of their race. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/tales-from-the-macrobertson-international-air-races/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Race-outside-poster.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210311T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210311T190000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210226T060346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210226T103303Z UID:10000124-1615482000-1615489200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Launch of exhibition: Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races DESCRIPTION:Emeritus Professor Richard Broome AM FRHSV and the Council of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria have much pleasure in inviting our members and friends to the launch of our exhibition\, \nTales from the MacRobertson International Air Races\nwith\nMr Richard Mendelsohn\, Honorary Consul\, Kingdom of the Netherlands\nMr Richard Champion de Crespigny AM \nCurators: Mr Noel Jackling OAM\, Dr David Thompson FRHSV\, Mr John McCulloch \nIn October 1934 a great air-race was planned from London to Flemington\, Melbourne. From a field of 20 planes just 12 arrived. The winner took a whisker under 3 days; the last entrant arrived in February 1935. The best known tale is of the Dutch plane\, Uiver\, which made an emergency landing in Albury during a wild storm; the locals used the town’s lights to flash morse code to the plane and then lit the race-track\, a make-shift aerodrome\, with their car-headlights. Flight was one of the last frontiers and all the tales are unashamedly romantic and full of derring-do. \nPlease note that because of COVID we are restricted in the number of people who can attend this event and only people who have RSVPed will be allowed entry. Wearing of masks\, electronic record keeping and sanitising of hands on arrival is mandatory. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/launch-of-exhibition-tales-from-the-macrobertson-international-air-races/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Race-outside-poster.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210225T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210225T200000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20210111T045453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T035744Z UID:10000646-1614272400-1614283200@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:BOOK FAIR DESCRIPTION:We have been forced to delay the Book Fair because of the latest lockdown. The updated dates appear below. \nEvery year the RHSV hosts a fabulous second-hand history book fair where we sell history books of every imaginable genre. Victorian and Australian history dominate but you’ll find biographies and memoirs\, military history\, art history\, natural history\, classics\, children’s books\, political and social history\, literary history etc \nThere wasn’t a book fair in 2020 so the Drill Hall is bursting at the seams with accumulated donations of books from members and friends: professional and professorial libraries being downsized\, private\, public and educational libraries deaccessioning and old books making way for new. Books are priced to go – we don’t want any books left behind! A COVID silver-lining has to be that everyone Marie-Kondo’ed their libraries in 2020 and we’ve benefited. \nAt the 2021 Book Fair we are honoured to offer the Les Blake Collection for sale. Leslie Bamford James Blake\, O.B.E.\, B.A. Melb.\, M.Ed. Melb.\, F.A.C.E.\, F.R.S.H.V.\, F.I.B.A. was born at Bendigo (Vic.) on 5 March 1913 and died 4 June 1987 at Karingal. A long-time member of the Victorian Education Department\, during which he was an Inspector of Schools (1958-1972)\, and official historian of the Department (1966-1974)\, after which he became Victoria’s State Historian. He made major contributions to the Australian Dictionary of Biography and served in the Australian Army Signal Corps of the A.I.F. during WWII. He was President of the R.H.S.V. from 1966-1971 and Foundation President of the Western Victorian Association of historical Societies (1963-1964). \nThe Book Fair is open to the public however it kicks off with a Members-only night on Thursday 25th Feb from 5pm – 8pm. The fair then remains open to the public on Friday 26th\, Saturday 27th February and Monday 1st March (9am – 5pm except Saturday which is 10am – 4pm). URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-fair-2/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Books-3-edited.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201211T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201211T183000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20201129T003659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201129T004738Z UID:10000644-1607706000-1607711400@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:THE GOOD GIRL SONG PROJECT: The Patrons' Parlour DESCRIPTION:Please note that this is not a Zoom event but will be held live\, in the Drill Hall in our downstairs gallery which is fully accessible. All COVID19 restrictions and cautions will be observed.  \nThe RHSV is thrilled to host an event by our friends\, the Good Girl Song Project. For those of you fortunate to attend Liz Rushen’s book launch for her book\, John Marshall: Shipowner\, Lloyd’s refromer and emigration agent\, earlier this year in the Drill Hall\, you will have heard a glorious performance from Penny Larkin\, a member of The Good Girl Project. \nThis soirée is the first in a series\, The Patrons’ Parlour\, which is designed to build support for their production\, Voyage.  It will be an evening of fine entertainment and light refreshments. \nYou can RSVP through the button below or by emailing thegoodgirlsongproject@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\n\nVOYAGE’ IS A UNIVERSAL JOURNEY STORY COMBINING AUSTRALIAN HISTORY AND NEW AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITING THAT SPEAKS TO THE UNKNOWN HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe show places itself in Australia’s complex colonial past. In the midst of convict boats arriving each week from Britain\, a different cargo leaves for Australia. On board are 287 single and free women. They have been promised good wages\, good work and good marriage prospects in the new colony but to claim their new life they must first survive the voyage and then the colony.\nThis semi-staged ‘folksical’ sits somewhere between ballad opera and song cycle. The crystal clear song-writing incorporates both original and well-loved traditional folk tunes and showcases a fresh female perspective of an early Australian immigration story. The work is written by Helen Begley and based on the academic research of Dr Elizabeth Rushen. URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-good-girl-song-project-the-patrons-parlour/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Good-girl-2-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201206T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20201206T161500 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20200120T023035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201205T073630Z UID:10000064-1607265000-1607271300@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Melbourne Observatory: OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE DESCRIPTION:Join the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Walk in St Kilda Rd & Environs\, co-presenters of this event\, along with the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV) and others\, discussing the historical role and outstanding universal value of the magnificent Melbourne Observatory and its potential for UNESCO World Heritage listing nomination. \nPlease note that this is not a Zoom event but happening in real space at the Drill Hall. All guidelines and rules regarding control of COVID19 will be observed. The event is free-of-charge but\, sadly\, we will not be able to serve afternoon tea\, as is our usual practice\, due to COVID restrictions. This event will be held on the ground floor of the Drill Hall which is fully accessible. \nSpeakers include: \nProf. the Hon Barry Jones\, AC\, was Australia’s longest serving Science Minister\, and\, in Paris was UNESCO Executive Board member and Vice President of the World Heritage Committee; \nAssoc. Prof Don Garden OAM\, President\, Federation of Australian Historical Societies; Immediate past President\, Royal Historical Society of Victoria; \nA representative from National Trust of Australia (Vic) (by video); \nDr Barry Clark\, the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV); \nDr Jackie Watts\, former Councillor\, the City of Melbourne; \nMr Steven Avery\, Executive Director\, Heritage Victoria (by video) \nMs Bea McNicholas (organiser)\, Director\, Walk in St Kilda Rd & Environs. \nMelbourne Observatory\, from its inception in 1863 continues to be highly regarded internationally as a wonderful place of science and astronomical observation\, outstanding cultural heritage and inspiration. The Astronomical Society of Victoria has maintained a close connection with Melbourne Observatory since 1922\, keeping it functioning from 1945. \nWalk in St Kilda Rd & Environs is supported by Planet Ark. \n(Photos below from top to bottom: Jackie Watts\, Barry Clark\, Barry Jones\, Don Garden\, Bea McNicholas) \n       \n  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/melbourne-observatory-outstanding-universal-significance/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia CATEGORIES:What's On ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/JonesBarry.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200529T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200529T213000 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20200305T060730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200324T011053Z UID:10000082-1590775200-1590787800@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:Trivia-au-go-go DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled for the forseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully it will be rescheduled later in the year. \nAndrew Lemon is once again putting us to the test. Join us for some hysterical historical trivia. Time to get competitive and pit yourself against all the other history buffs at the RHSV’s world-famous Trivia-au-go-go. \nPut together a table of friends or come along by yourself and join an RHSV table. \nThere are some great prizes and you will be fundraising for the RHSV at the same time. \nIt is a cash bar but you are more than welcome to bring your own food. \nThis event will be held in our Gallery Downstairs which is wheelchair accessible. \nA table will hold 6 – 8. \nTable members can book individually – you do not have to book a table all at once. During the booking process you’ll be asked which table you want to join so\, at that point\, just give us an individual’s name or organisation (or table name if you have already dreamt one up). \n  URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/trivia-au-go-go-2/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/trivia-au-go-go-402x210px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200429T170000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200429T194500 DTSTAMP:20260421T202436 CREATED:20200117T015816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200324T003821Z UID:10000535-1588179600-1588189500@www.historyvictoria.org.au SUMMARY:The Queen Victoria Market\, Yesterday\, Today and Tomorrow: Heritage and Emotion DESCRIPTION:Sadly\, bookings for this event are  cancelled for the moment due to COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings. It may be rescheduled later in the year. Those who have already booked will receive a full-refund. \nRoyal Historical Society of Victoria\, QVM Stallholders Traders Action Group and Friends of Queen Victoria Market present \nThe Queen Victoria Market \nYesterday\, Today and Tomorrow: Heritage and Emotion \nTwo linked events: \n(1) The Queen Victoria Market: Social Value and Preservation. A conversation between Graeme Davison and Charles Sowerwine \n5.00-6.30 pm at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria\, 239 A’Beckett Street\, Entry $20 (RHSV Members $10) includes drinks 5:00-5:30. The RHSV is a short 5 min stroll from the Queen Victoria Market. \nGraeme Davison AO is Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor of History\, Monash University\, and a former Chairman of the Heritage Council of Victoria. \nCharles Sowerwine is Emeritus Professor of History\, University of Melbourne\, and Chair of the Heritage Committee of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. \n(2) Presentation by the artists of Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine’s short animation\, Out In The Open\, in the historic sheds of the Queen Victoria Market. \n6:45-7:45 pm at the Queen Victoria Market\, Franklin Street Heritage Box Hire storage shed\, 190 Franklin St\, Entrance from QVM car park between Franklin St car park entrance and Peel St. Entry by gold coin donation. This event has been produced in association with STAG (Stallholders and Traders Action Group). \nOut In The Open is a moving film created as part of a City of Melbourne public art program at the Queen Victoria Market by collaborative duo Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine. Using stop motion animation and sound\, it explores a hidden side of the market and tells the story of a trader’s deep relationship with the market. It raises the question of the emotional and social value of this heritage site. The screening will be introduced by the artists and followed by a short talk about its making and a Q & A session. \nA link to more information on Friends of Queen Victoria Market URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-queen-victoria-market-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow-heritage-and-emotion/ LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/QVMpreferred.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au GEO:-37.8107817;144.9562417 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=239 A'Beckett Street:geo:144.9562417,-37.8107817 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR