Events for September 8, 2021 – Royal Historical Society of Victoria

All Day

Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races

RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne

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.  The RHSV 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 most well-known entrant, the Dutch Uiver.     

‘The Lucas Girls’: 100 Years of Women’s Footy

Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown

Join historian-filmmaker Bel Ensor and sport historian Dr Rob Hess for a screening of the short film 'Lucas Girls' and a discussion about the 1918 Lucas Girls football team and
Read More...

Free