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Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races

March 12, 2021 - March 17, 2022
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
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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.     

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11:00 am

Discover Your Military Ancestors

December 8, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free

Discover the huge range of military records you can search online, and find out what your ancestors did during the wars of the 20th century. Recommended for beginners.

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6:30 pm

Freak Out How a Musical Revolution Rocked the World in the Sixties

December 8, 2021 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Freak Out How a Musical Revolution Rocked the World in the Sixties Freak Out is Australia’s coming-of-age story, of how we as a nation were dragged into global culture by the unstoppable momentum of rock and pop music. The sixties was an era of extraordinary change and earth-shattering events. The music scene responded with popular anthems
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