RHSV ZOOM by Invitation
Events at this venue
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C J LA TROBE; JOLIMONT PLANTSMAN
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaFriends of La Trobe's Cottage Annual Lecture This presentation will explore how Governor La Trobe’s school days in England and his travel experiences further afield as a young adult fostered his interest in the natural world, which led him to seek out the plants of Port Phillip, create a beautiful garden at Jolimont (as well
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RHSV AGM: resumption following an adjournment
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaFor those who attended our AGM on Tuesday 26 May you will know that our meeting was adjourned as the audited financial reports were found to have some errors. Those errors have now been corrected and the updated financial reports can be found in our 2019 Annual Report here. Or you can find the Annual
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RHSV AGM, connecting through ZOOM
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaOur 2020 Weston Bate Oration has been cancelled (possibly postponed until Spring). However the AGM will be going ahead, on 19 May, through ZOOM so we will be sending, by email, a link to all members so that they can join in our AGM through the web (either video or audio) and participate in the AGM, ask questions of the Council etc.
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Returning our Ancestors
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaThis partnership event between the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council has been cancelled for the moment. The screening Returning Our Ancestors followed by a discussion with Bonnie Chew, Councillor of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council and our President, Richard Broome. Repatriation of Aboriginal Ancestral Remains will hopefully be rescheduled later in the year.
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Law, Lawyers and La Trobe
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaPOSTPONED until further notice.
The A G L Shaw lecturer in 2020 will be leading legal history scholar, Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV, who recently published "Solicitors and the Law Institute in Victoria 1835-2019: Pathway to a Respected Profession." Simon Smith is an Adjunct Professor with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University. He was Vice-President of the RHSV in 2009-2011.$35 -
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What the Little Bird didn’t tell me
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaProfessor Lynette Russell questions whether there are there some family secrets and necessary lies that should never be told? And she hopes that these reflections will have something to say to other family historians.
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Seminar: EARLY MELBOURNE SUBURBS 1835-1880
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaThe RHSV and the Genealogical Society of Victoria are delighted to co-present this full-day seminar which will give participants a deep understanding of the forces and influences which have shaped Melbourne's early growth. The seminar will be opened with a overview by Gary Presland on how Melbourne's Geography shaped its development. Then the following historians
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Workshop: Born Digital Documents
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaPresented by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Victorian Collections, this hands-on workshop provides an introduction to the principles of acquiring, storing, cataloguing and caring for born-digital material. This workshop is suitable for beginners who may have, or plan to acquire, digital images, media files or documents in their collection. Participants are asked to
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MODULE 6: MAKING COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaThe RHSV is offering a series of 6 linked workshops which cover cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops starts with basic concepts and builds in complexity. We have spaced the workshops so that participants have time in which to put into practice their new skills before the next workshop. Some participants will want to
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Jack Wetherly under the microscope
RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , AustraliaWe are delighted to present a talk by Catherine Gill who has been volunteering at the RHSV. Catherine writes, "As part of my recently completed Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation, I was given opportunity to study the portrait of Jack Wetherly. The original artwork was painted in 1840 by Thomas Napier. Records at the RHSV
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