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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
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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CATEGORIES:What's On
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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/
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Gita: Melbourne’s First Yoga School – 65 years of history
DESCRIPTION:Dr Carolyn Rasmussen will be launching Fay Woodhouse’s latest book\, Gita: Melbourne’s First Yoga School – 65 years of history at the RHSV. This is the first published history of any yoga school in Australia and it provides a context to the development of yoga in Australia.                     \nFounded in 1954 by Margrit Segesman\, Gita soon became the first full-time yoga school with its permanent home in Melbourne. During the 1970s second wave of feminism\, when teaching yoga offered women a viable career path\, the number of Gita teachers grew. \nIn the 1980s new teacher training courses\, a teachers’ guild and a charitable foundation were introduced. Today Gita retains its flagship teacher training course while embracing the digital world offering classes and courses across the airwaves. It has truly forged a place in Victoria’s cultural landscape. \nFay Woodhouse is a professional historian who has written widely on Australian social and political history and is the author of several entries in the Australian Dictionary of Biography and The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne. Her publications include histories of Monash and Melbourne Universities\, the 150-year history of Tahbilk Wines and the 100-year history of d’Arenberg Wines. Biographies include the nineteenth century Scottish stockbreeder and pioneer pastoralist\, Duncan MacGregor and the physician Leslie Latham. She has recently edited the biography of Melbourne’s first surveyor\, Robert Russell and the memoirs of the businessman\, Clive Smith. Fay regularly presents papers at conferences and contributes book chapters and articles to scholarly journals. \n\n\n\nCarolyn Rasmussen is an honorary fellow at the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies\, University of Melbourne. Carolyn does research in Australian political and social history and biography. Her dual biography of progressive politicians and activists Maurice and Doris Blackburn\, The Blackburns: Private Lives\, Public Ambition was published in March 2019 by MUP. She is chair of the Victorian Working Party of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and is currently researching a history of Computer Science and Communication and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-gita-melbournes-first-yoga-school-65-years-of-history/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:John Marshall and Bounty Migration to Port Phillip
DESCRIPTION:Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison AO\, Chair of the History Council of Victoria\, will launch Dr Liz Rushen’s book\, John Marshall: Shipowner\, Lloyd’s reformer and emigration agent. \nAfter the launch\, Dr Rushen will deliver a paper which explores the significant role John Marshall played in the white settlement of the Port Phillip District. When Port Phillip was first opened up for settlement\, Marshall was Britain’s most active emigration agent: in the three years 1839-1841\, he sent 21 ships containing nearly 5000 bounty migrants to the new settlement. A major shipowner of London\, Marshall instigated reform of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and established Britain’s first emigration depot at Plymouth\, but today his contributions to the shipowning and merchant worlds of the nineteenth century have been largely forgotten. \nDr Liz Rushen\, well-known to RHSV members\, is a Melbourne-based historian who has written extensively on nineteenth-century migration to Australia. \nDrinks are served in the Gallery Downstairs from 5:15pm\, with the launch / lecture starting at 5:30pm. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.  \nPenny Larkins from The Good Girl Song Project will also be performing at the launch.  \nImmigration was as controversial in the nineteenth century as it is today. Australia has a long history of migration and is considered one of the world’s great immigration success stories\, but this process has not been without cost. \nThis book tells the story of the most active emigration agent of the nineteenth-century: John Marshall. His influence can be read in the naming of the town Marshall\, outside Geelong\, Victoria\, and in the lives of the descendants of the thousands of people he assisted to migrate to the British colonies of New Zealand\, Canada and North America\, Cape Town and most importantly\, Australia. Marshall’s work also impacts the world today through Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. \nA brilliant strategist\, Marshall instigated a review of the classification of ships and the merger of the red and green registers used by Lloyd’s shipowners and underwriters\, and later established Britain’s first emigration depot at Plymouth. Enterprise was much-admired in the early to mid-nineteenth century and Marshall was one of the most active entrepreneurs of the period. He was a merchant-adventurer and superb logistician who read the marketplace and was prepared to move to a new start-up each time his finances dictated a fresh start: brokerage\, trade\, shipping\, emigration\, coal. \nMarshall had both the vision and analytical skills to achieve great things\, but he lacked business acumen or the personality to successfully carry through any of his undertakings. This book links the various facets of Marshall’s life from his humble beginnings to his impoverished end. It explains how an unknown insurance broker from the provinces could rise to be a key player in London’s ship owning and merchant world of the early nineteenth century. \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/john-marshall-and-bounty-migration-to-port-phillip/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:Exhibition launch: The Swamp Vanishes
DESCRIPTION:Emeritus Professor Richard Broome\, President of the Royal Historical Society\, \nwith RHSV Councillors\, \ninvites you to the launch of our next exhibition \nThe Swamp Vanishes\nto be launched by Dr Gary Presland \nwith a musical performance by The Orbweavers. \nCurated by Lenore Frost. \nCuratorial support: Richard Barnden and David Thompson.          \n  \nA casualty of ‘exigeant and remorseless modern civilization’. \nBefore European settlers arrived in the Port Phillip district\, a large wetland that lay between the Yarra River and the Moonee Ponds Creek sustained the indigenous people and the cultural traditions of the Kulin nation. \nIt was known by the new settlers as Batman’s Swamp\, later West Melbourne Swamp.  In less than 20 years that important wetland had been despoiled by European settlers\, who turned into a receptacle for sewage and rubbish\, and shot large numbers of birds. \nWhile the wetland had initially been described in terms of beauty\, within a few short years the swamp was noisome and reviled\, and talk began of draining and reclamation.  By the end of the century significant engineering works had changed the very shape of the land. \nA feature of the land which had sustained aboriginal people for millennia prior to European settlement in 1835 became a refuge for the down and out during the 1930s depression. ‘Reclamation’ works continued\, until the wetland is now represented by the Dynon Road Tidal Canal\, parallel to Dynon Road\, and a small Wildlife Reserve. \nThis exhibition traces the how a significant wetland vanished from sight.      \nDuring a Creative Fellowship at State Library of Victoria\, The Orbweavers wrote a series of songs related to the West Melbourne Swamp. These include a song about the lost Blue Lake\, songs about Moonee Ponds Creek and industry along the Birrarung and Maribyrnong Rivers in the 19th-20th centuries. To find out more about The Orbweavers click here. \nImportant notice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors who are warned that this exhibition contains images of deceased persons. \nThe RHSV also warns that there might be words and descriptions quoted that could be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in public or community contexts. Words and descriptions that reflect the authors and the historical period in which the item was written\, may be considered inappropriate today. \n                                                                              
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/exhibition-the-swamp-vanishes/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Launch: Locating Australian Literary Memory
DESCRIPTION:The RHSV is delighted to host the launch of Brigid Magner’s Locating Australian Literary Memory which explores the cultural meanings suffusing local literary commemorations. \nJohn Arnold\, book historian and former editor of the La Trobe Journal\, will launch the book and also there will be readings from the Henry Lawson\, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Handel Richardson societies (and maybe a Banjo Paterson song)! \nIt is orientated around eleven authors – Adam Lindsay Gordon\, Joseph Furphy\, Henry Handel Richardson\, Henry Lawson\, A. B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson\, Nan Chauncy\, Katharine Susannah Prichard\, Eleanor Dark\, P. L. Travers\, Kylie Tennant and David Unaipon – who have all been celebrated through a range of forms including statues\, huts\, trees\, writers’ houses and assorted objects. \nBrigid Magner illuminates the social memory residing in these monuments\nand artefacts\, which were largely created as bulwarks against forgetting. Acknowledging the\nvalue of literary memorials and the voluntary labour that enables them\, she traverses the many\ncontradictions\, ironies and eccentricities of authorial commemoration in Australia\, arguing for an\nexpanded repertoire of practices to recognise those who have been hitherto excluded. \nBrigid Magner’s fascinating study sets out the ways in which a nation can build an identity\nby actively constructing a literary memory\, and then using those memories to paper over the\ndeep history of our First Nations and their stories. In doing so she helps us understand both\nhow fragile Australian culture is and also the ways in which literature is a powerful force.’\n—Sophie Cunningham \nBrigid Magner is senior lecturer in literary studies and founding member of the non/fiction lab\nresearch group at RMIT University\, Australia. She has contributed to a range of publications on\ntopics relating to Australian and New Zealand literary culture with a particular focus on publishing\,\nauthorship\, cultural heritage and tourism. \nDrinks from 5:30pm for a 6pm launch. \n \n\n\nJohn Arnold recently retired from Monash University after twenty-three years with the National Centre for Australian Studies. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash. He was the co-editor (with John Hay) of the four-volume Bibliography of Australian Literature (2001–08) and author of The Fanfrolico Press: Satyrs\, Fauns and Fine Books (2008). He is a former editor of the La Trobe Journal. He is published widely on the history of the book in Australia. \n\n\nJohn worked at the State Library from 1975–1980 and from 1983–1989. He has held continuous office-bearer/board member positions in the Friends of the La Trobe Library/State Library of Victoria and the Library Foundation since 1983.  John is a former President of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand and a long-standing member of the Committee of the Victorian Branch of the Bookcollector’s Society of Australia.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/launch-locating-australian-literary-memory/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:The launch of Melbourne's Twenty Decades
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Historical Society of Victoria invites our members and friends to attend \nthe launch of our latest book\, \nMelbourne’s Twenty Decades\,\nto be launched by Emeritus Laureate Professor Stuart Macintyre AO FAHA FASSA \non Tuesday 19 November\, 2019 at 5:00pm for 5:30pm to 7:00pm \nat the RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A’Beckett Street\, Melbourne. \nEditors: Richard Broome\, Richard Barnden\, Elisabeth Jackson\,  Judith Smart \nContributing Authors: Jill Barnard\,  Richard Broome\, Michael Cannon\, Graeme Davison\,  Don Garden\,  John Lack\, Andrew Lemon\, Andrew May\,  Seamus O’Hanlon\,  Charles Sowerwine and Judith Smart.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-launch-of-melbournes-twenty-decades/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20191116T180000
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION to Mallee Country: Land\, People\, History
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Monash University Publishing are delighted to invite you the launch of \nMallee Country: Land\, People\, History  \nBy Richard Broome\, Charles Fahey\, Andrea Gaynor and Katie Holmes \nMallee Country will be launched by Tom Griffiths\, Emeritus Professor of History\, ANU. \nWith a special performance by the celebrated gum leaf player Herb Patten\, a Gunai-Kurnai\, Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri man based in Melbourne \n4.00 for 4.30pm to 6.00pm \nRSVP (appreciated) by Wednesday 13 November 2019 \nQueries: office@historyvictoria.org.au or (03) 9326 9288 \n       
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-invitation-to-mallee-country-land-people-history/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20191113T120000
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SUMMARY:Celebration of Fifty Years Membership
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations! You have been a member \nof the RHSV for more than 50 years! \nAnd we think that is worth celebrating. \nThe President\, Richard Broome\, & Councillors \nof the Royal Historical Society of Victoria \ninvite you\, and your guest\, to join us \nin celebrating your half century of membership \non Wednesday 13 November from 10:30am \nat a champagne morning tea.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/celebration-of-fifty-years-membership/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20191108T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20191108T123000
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SUMMARY:Celebration of the 90th birthday of Professor John Riddoch Poynter AO
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is hosting a \nA SPARKLING MORNING TEA TO CELEBRATE THE 90th BIRTHDAY OF \nProfessor John Riddoch Poynter AO\nOn Friday 8 November 2019 at 10:30am for 11am  \nat the rooms of the RHSV\, Ground Floor\, 239 A’Beckett Street\, Melbourne \nWe invite the family\, friends\, colleagues and students of Professor Poynter and the members of the RHSV to join us in this celebration. \nJohn Poynter in a long\, illustrious career has made a major contribution to historical studies in Australia\, and particularly to the history of Melbourne and Victoria through his outstanding biographical writing. \nAmongst his many career achievements are: \n\nUniversity of Melbourne BA\, PhD\nVictorian Rhodes Scholar 1951\nOxford University MA\nChevalier des Palmes Academiques 1980\nDean of Trinity College\, University of Melbourne 1953-64\nErnest Scott Professor of History\, University of Melbourne 1966-75\nDean of the Faculty of Arts\, University of Melbourne 1971-73\nDean of the Faculty of Music\, Visual and Performing Arts 1991-93\nPro Vice Chancellor 1972-75\, Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1975-90\, Assistant Vice-Chancellor 1991-94\nSection Editor\, Australian Dictionary of Biography 1978-90\nPresident\, Citizens Welfare Service 1972-91\n\nHis books include the biographies of Russell Grimwade\, Alfred Felton\, Alexander Leeper and Dr L.L.Smith. With Carolyn Rasmussen he co-authored a history of the University of Melbourne 1935-75. In 2009 he published a collection of verses and memoirs entitled The Tarnished Swan.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/celebration-of-the-90th-birthday-of-professor-john-riddoch-poynter-ao/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:New Members welcome and Higinbotham Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The RHSV welcomes its New Members and we will give you an overview of our facilities and talk about ways in which you can make the most of your membership. After the welcome you are invited to drinks and to the evening lecture if you are able to stay. \n4pm – 5pm – New Members Welcome \n5pm – 5:45pm Drinks \n6pm – 7pm Geraldine Moore’s lecture on the life of George Higinbotham \nWhen you RSVP below please indicate whether you can attend both the Welcome and the Lecture or either one alone.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/new-members-welcome-and-higinbotham-lecture/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:RHSV Wine-Tasting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very different and very convivial history event. \nEvidence of wine drinking can be dated back 9\,000 years. We certainly like our altered states of consciousness! We won’t be delving back 9\,000 years but both our hosts\, David Dunstan and Ron Leslie\, know their wine and their history and will be guiding us through both. \nThere will be a talk by David and a tasting of six wines organised by Ron\, book-ended with some mood-lightening Prosecco. \nThere will be raffles of quality wines on the night. A Barossa Langmeil The Freedom 1843 (old vine) 2010 Shiraz and a Campbell’s Liqueur Tokay  – the latter is being offered for a free tasting at the conclusion as well. \nDavid Dunstan. David\, an RHSV member\, is a Senior Research Fellow with the School of Philosophical\, Historical and International Studies at Monash University.  He has written on Melbourne\, cricket and wine. \nDavid’s wine articles have appeared in journals\, newspapers and magazines for decades. His books include: Better than Pommard! A History of Wine in Victoria (1994); and A Vision for Wine. A History of the Viticultural Society of Victoria (2013). \nRon Leslie. Ron is a former English and History School teacher (1966-99) and RHSV member. In 1968 he entered the wine industry and became a part-time wine wholesaler and retailer (1973-1992). He worked for Oddbins in London in 1978. \nRon was a judge for thirteen years at the Federation Square Regional Victorian Wine Competition and chief judge for seven years \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/rhsv-wine-tasting/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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