Events
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Ancient Mariners: Captains, Pilots and Steamship Owners
St Kilda Cemetery Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, AustraliaCome and listen to the fascinating stories of the lives of these Ancient Mariners on a walking tour, led by Claire Barton, of St Kilda Cemetery
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WORKING OUT THE (HI)STORY OF SITES AND LANDSCAPES: Indigenous knowledge, archaeology, geomorphology & 3D modelling working together
Monash College 750 Collins Street, Docklands, VIC, AustraliaProf. Bruno David & GunaiKurnai Elder Russell Mullett Rock Art Australia, in partnership with Monash University, invite you to join us for a public lecture presented by Prof. Bruno David & Elder Russell Mullett about community-driven research combining science with Aboriginal knowledge. Bruno is renowned internationally for his trans-disciplinary research that combines archaeology, geomorphology and
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Out of the Blue: collaborative and community-based history in Australia
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldProfessional Historians Australia is pleased to introduce the Wilson History Oration which will be presented by Associate Professor Tanya Evans. This is a new public history presentation by an eminent historian to reflect and share experiences of historical research, writing and audience engagement. The inaugural oration will be of interest to all those involved in public history, including local and family historians, heritage professionals, academics and history students, oral historians and archaeologists.
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Colonial Australia Trivia Night
OnlineCalling all Colonial Australia enthusiasts to show off your knowledge! It is with great pleasure for members of Grattan Street Press to announce that all our books in Colonial Australian Popular Fiction series are now available in eBook formats. To celebrate the ebook launch, we are happy to invite you to our big night of online
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BOOK LAUNCH –– RADICALS: REMEMBERING THE SIXITES BY MEREDITH BURGMANN AND NADIA WHEATLEY
Victorian Trades Hall 54 Victoria Street, Carlton, Victoria, AustraliaLaunched be First Nations icon, Dr Gary Foley backed by sixties activists Margaret Roadknight, Peter Batchelor, Arthur Dent (Albert Langer) & Margaret Reynolds. Short speeches followed by refreshments and book signing. Solidarity Hall, Victorian Trades Hall Please RSVP here: MCKELLINSTITUTE Email Marketing - (activehosted.com) Organised by Labour History Melbourne, the Australian Society for the
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Phillip Island & District Historical Society lunch & meeting
Phillip Island RSL 225-243 Thompson Ave, Cowes, VIC, AustraliaDo you want to find out more or get involved with the Phillip Island & District Historical Society? It is a great opportunity for potential new members to have a taste of the society - the lunch is an informal setting ‒ just to chat and share our history. Their next General Meeting will be a
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Exodus from Vienna
Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaFollowing the 1938 annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, many members of Vienna’s vibrant Jewish community sought safe havens overseas to escape growing persecution. Amongst them were Michael and Regine Weiss and their family. Their story, as told through records held by the National Archives of Australia and other information provided by their descendants, reveals much about Australia’s attitudes towards Jewish refugees during these dark days.
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MARKETING 101
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldChristina Browning, our new RHSV Marketing Manager, brings a wealth of experience to the RHSV - and not just in social media. Christina started her working life as a journalist before seguing into marketing. The forums are low-key and they not recorded. You can bring your questions and problems and you can also ask Christina
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Cataloguing Clinics 2022
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldFree monthly cataloguing clinics via Zoom. The clinics run for an hour from 11am – 12noon on the 4th Thursday of each month. It is a relaxed gathering of people who are finding their way through the intricacies of cataloguing material in historical collections which, as we all know, fall between a library and a museum with sometimes a bit of art gallery thrown in.
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Major Harry Shaw: pioneer aviator of Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society looks forward to seeing you at the meeting on Tuesday when Tim Harding will speak on the topic of Major Harry Shaw: pioneer aviator of Port Melbourne. Major Harry Turner Shaw OBE (1889-1973) was an Australian pioneer aviator, both in wartime and peace. During the 1920s, he had an
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