KALEIDOSCOPE
2022-03-31 - 2022-12-23 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
This exhibition is biography imagined through the lens of a Kaleidoscope. The viewer is offered fragments of the lives represented here. There is no linear narrative. Each time the kaleidoscope turns, a different story emerges. There are repeating patterns but different emphases and new ways of seeing, new reflections, new refractions. No one story dominates and one story does not fit all.
in 2021, during Women’s History Month we launched the RHSV Women’s Biographical Dictionary, an online resource which builds profiles of women who have been involved in the RHSV over its 113 year history. This project is the work of Dr Cheryl Griffin and from this online resource, Cheryl has curated Kaleidoscope, launched in March 2022 by Judi Maddigan, which looks at the lives of 50 of those important women.
CURATOR: DR CHERYL GRIFFIN
EXHIBITION DESIGNER: KATRIN STROHL
EXHIBITION PRODUCTION: DR DAVID THOMPSON & HELEN STITT
The exhibition is opened Monday – Friday (excluding public holidays) from 9am-5pm and entry is free-of-charge.

Portable Buildings talk, briefing & lunch
2022-08-24 11:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
This briefing session, talk & lunch is an invitation-only event. Invitations have been sent to all historical societies which have portable buildings in their area. This event is only open to people representing one of the historical societies that have been invited to attend. Please do not RSVP unless you have been invited.
Charles Sowerwine, RHSV Councillor, Chair of the RHSV Heritage Committee and member of the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force, invites local historical societies who have portable buildings in their area to become involved in the task force’s campaign to nominate Australia’s unique stock of portable buildings for UNESCO World Heritage status.
To qualify for the listing, nineteenth-century buildings must be portable; that is buildings made in other countries and shipped to Australia for assembly here.
At last count, there are 104 such buildings still standing in Australia, more than anywhere else in the world. The majority of these buildings – 64 of them – are in Victoria, in part because the Gold Rush created immense demand for buildings. World heritage listing would not only protect this precious heritage but would also be a boon for tourism.
The Hon Barry Jones AC launched the campaign in April 2021. If you’re curious, read“‘Extraordinary’: Push for 19th century prefabricated buildings to be added to World Heritage List” (The Age, 15 April 2021). More information is on the web site of the Portable Buildings World Heritage Nomination Task Force (portablebuildingsaustralia.org). (click on either heading above to read more)
We’re asking local historical societies to help us gather vital information about buildings in their areas to be included in our submission to UNESCO. To begin the work, we invite you and all interested parties to a meeting Wednesday 24 August, from 11am to 2pm, at the RHSV Drill Hall, 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne 3000 (also via Zoom). The meeting will include an illustrated talk on portable buildings by Professor Miles Lewis, a general discussion and a light lunch. You will find the draft programme below.
At the meeting, we will explain how to fill in a questionnaire about portable buildings in your area.
Draft Programme
Building our Case for World Heritage Nomination of Portable Buildings
Drill Hall, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
11am Registration and tea/coffee
11:10am Welcome on behalf of the RHSV (Charles Sowerwine, Chair, Heritage Committee)
11:15am Welcome on behalf of the Taskforce (Tony Isaacson, President)
11:20-12noon Illustrated talk on Portable Buildings in Victoria by Professor Miles Lewis
12-12:30pm Q & A with Taskforce members. This will be your opportunity to ask questions about
any aspect of the involvement of historical societies in collecting info & photographs
12:30-1:15pm Light Lunch and informal discussion

This briefing session, talk & lunch is an invitation-only event. Invitations have been sent to all historical societies which have portable buildings in their area. This event is only open to people representing one of the historical societies that have been invited to attend. Please do not RSVP unless you have been invited.

Remembering Childhood Places
2022-08-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Diamond Valley Library
It is Family History Month at Yarra Plenty Regional Library. Did you have a favourite cubby, swing or climbing tree in childhood that you can still remember today?
Memories of special childhood places can remain vivid even after the passage of many years. In this presentation, historian Carla Pascoe Leahy discusses her research into the favourite places of post-war children. Drawing upon interviews, maps and photos, she reveals how baby boomers remember the treehouses, playgrounds and shelter sheds of 1950s Melbourne.
Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy is an historian at the University of Tasmania where she teaches in the Diploma of Family History. She is also an Honorary Associate at Museums Victoria and Joint Editor of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia.
Presented by Yarra Plenty Regional Library in partnership with the University of Tasmania, Diploma of Family History.
Diamond Valley Library, Civic Drive, Greensborough, Vic,

Cataloguing Clinics 2022
2022-08-25 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these free cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit Zoom very well. 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. With our membership scattered across Australia please remember that this is Melbourne time – AEDT in summer and AEST in winter.
Jillian always prepares some material on some specific queries but questions are encouraged and, remember, a problem shared is a problem halved. The clinics are conversational in format rather than a seminar. If you are new to cataloguing, or an old hand, you will find plenty to interest you in these sessions. Jillian often has material which is emailed out to attendees after the clinic.
The remaining clinics in 2022 will be held (via Zoom) on:

Aug 25, 2022 11:00 AM (Helen Stitt will be talking about the naming of scanned images for cataloguing and Jillian will be talking about book cataloguing)
Sep 22, 2022 11:00 AM
Oct 27, 2022 11:00 AM
Nov 24, 2022 11:00 AM

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WRITING LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOP VIA ZOOM
2022-08-27 10:00 - 16:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
We are thrilled that Dr Rosalie Triolo will be once again offering her Writing Local History workshops to RHSV members and friends. A gentle warning – these workshops inevitably book out. For our interstate members please note that Rosalie will be offering Zoom workshops later in 2022 and throughout 2023 across all states and territories through the auspices of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies.
The Federation of Australian Historical Societies & The Royal Historical Society of Victoria / History Victoria Support Group
present
WRITING LOCAL HISTORY
All-day workshops for Victorians interested in writing local history.
Participants will:

gain new perspectives on local history
discover how to locate and use new primary and secondary sources
learn how to write and present well for different audiences, both established and new.

PRESENTED BY
DR ROSALIE TRIOLO FRHSV
Dr Rosalie Triolo has facilitated the development of History teachers at Monash University for 25 years in a career in History education spanning 40.
She is RHSV Vice-President, Chair of the History Victoria Support Group as well as a Life Member and Past-President of the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria. She is active in numerous state and national communities that support the promotion, teaching, learning and writing of history and has won numerous awards for her work.
Rosalie has lived and taught in diverse rural Victorian locations and will infuse the sessions with her deep interests in Victorian and wider Australian history.

OUR DAY
10.00-10.15 WELCOME
Acknowledgment of Country and summary of the work of RHSV
10.15-10.45 SESSION 1
Celebrating our successes and setting new goals
What have been successful local histories written by us and by other local historians? What has made the histories ‘successful’? What do we want to gain from the day? What might be our next projects?
10-45-11.30 SESSION 2
Broadening our perspectives (Part I)
Which perspectives and whose voices have we included in past writing? Which might we include in future writing? Why? How?
11.30-12.00 break & informal discussions
12.00-1.00 SESSION 3
Broadening our perspectives (Part II)
Which perspectives and whose voices have we included in past writing? Which might we include in future writing? Why? How?
1.00-1.45 lunch break & informal discussions
1.45-2.45 SESSION 4
Locating & using new primary sources
What types of primary and secondary sources have we or other local historians used in the past? What could be new sources? Where might we find them? How could we use them?
2.45-3.30 SESSION 5
Writing that’s Exciting for Established and New Audiences
How can we best organize and present our writing? Who have been our audiences in the past? How can we maintain established audiences while attracting new?
3.30-4.00 CONCLUSION
Final questions answered, helpful relationships formed, and farewell.
This program has been developed by RHSV with the support of the John T Reid Charitable Trusts.

Intially this workshop is offered in person at the RHSV (239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne VIC 3000) on Saturday 20th August. There is no Zoom at this earlier presentation.
Today’s workshop on Saturday, 27 August, is offered purely to a ZOOM audience.

Family History Social Group
2022-08-30 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-09-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Prahran Mechanics Institute, 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, 3181, Australia
Do you enjoy friendly conversation and family history?
Share your knowledge and skills with other group members in a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. Whether you are just starting out with your family history research or have many years experience you are welcome to come along.
Last Tuesday of each month, Tue Aug 30th, Tue Sept 27th, Tue Oct 25th, Tue 29th Nov in 2022.
Book for one or book for all copying this link into your internet browser: https://www.trybooking.com/CBBZX
Or phone us (03) 9510 3393

Early Cold War Migration and its Impact on Australia
2022-08-31 17:30 - 19:00 | VIC
The Robert Menzies Institute is proud to host Professor Mark Edele for a talk exploring early Cold War migration and its impact on Australia.
In the aftermath of the Second World War and as the Iron Curtain fell down on Eastern Europe, many people migrated to Australia in search of a new life. Eastern European migrants changed the face of Australia and importantly White Australia. Their presence became a tangible expression of Australia’s Cold War fears.

Mark Edele
Historian

Mark Edele is the inaugural Hansen Professor in History at the University of Melbourne where he also serves as Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Arts. He is a historian of the Soviet Union and its successor states, in particular Russia.He was trained as a historian at the Universities of Erlangen, Tübingen, Moscow and Chicago. His latest book, entitled Stalinism at War. The Soviet Union in World War II, was published in 2021. He teaches the histories of the Soviet Union, of the Second World War, and of dictatorship and democracy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Venue: William Macmahon Ball Theatre (107), Old Arts Building (149), University of Melbourne Parkville Campus

An exhibition - Glen Eira Historical Society 50 years 1972-2022
2022-09-01 10:00 - 2022-10-23 16:00 | Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, VIC, 3162, Australia
Since its formation in 1972 the Glen Eira Historical Society has collected over 5000 items; documents, photographs, ephemera, maps and more.
To commemorate 50 years we dipped into our collection and uncovered some gems, including member’s favourites, objects large and small and some of the first donations received.
This exhibition will be held in the Glen Eira Council Gallery Two from 1 September to 23 October. Please check the Gallery website for opening times.

Gender Inequality, Gender Norms, and Australia’s Convict Past
2022-09-01 18:15 - 19:15 | VIC
2022 Griffin Economic History Public Lecture
Gender Inequality, Gender Norms, and Australia’s Convict Past
Presented by Professor Pauline Grosjean, School of Economics, UNSW
Professor Pauline Grosjean will discuss the relationships between gender inequality and norms about gender roles, such as beliefs about the appropriate way women and men should behave. She will discuss her research about how historically male biased sex ratios in Australia still influence the way women and men behave today and their respective welfare. Professor Grosjean will also see how Australia’s special case illustrates more universal patterns of interactions between societal gender norms and economic and gender inequality, as studied in her book “Patriarcapitalism” (published in French in September 2021, forthcoming in English).
The University of Melbourne gratefully acknowledges support for the Griffin Economic History Public Lecture from the Peter Griffin and Terry Swann Foundation.
We are pleased to announce that this lecture will be delivered in person. Join us for pre-lecture drinks from 5:30pm.

Book here.
Venue: Copland Theatre (B01), The Spot (110), University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus.

Professor Pauline Grosjean

School of Economics, UNSW

Pauline Grosjean is a Professor in the School of Economics at UNSW. Previously at the University of San Francisco and the University of California at Berkeley, she has also worked as an Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She completed her PhD in economics at Toulouse School in Economics in 2006 after graduating from the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Her research studies the historical and dynamic context of economic development. In particular, she focuses on how culture and institutions interact and shape long-term economic development and individual behaviour. She has published research that studies the historical process of a wide range of factors that are crucial for economic development, including cooperation and violence, trust, gender norms, support for democracy and for market reforms, immigration, preferences for education, and conflict. Her recent book deals with the historical roots of gender norms and how they have influenced female-male inequality in the workforce over the 20th century (Patriarcapitalisme, Le Seuil, Sep 2021, forth. in English).

MARKETING 101
2022-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Christina 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 to tackle some specific issue in a future forum.
They will be held on the 2nd Monday of each month from 12pm – 1pm.
Find previous months how to documents on the Other Resources page of our website here
Zoom log-in details for the remaining 2022 forums (these times are for Melbourne so AEST until October when we start daylight saving – AEDT)
12noon 12 Sep, 2022 (This event will be a show and tell – sharing experience of collections’ posts. Bring some of your examples to show – Christina will share them on the Zoom screen. We can discuss what has worked, what didn’t, what can be improved and cover any technical questions.)
12noon 10 Oct, 2022
12noon 14 Nov, 2022
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AMaGA Victoria's GLAM*- show: Greet, Listen, Ask and Mingle - Beechworth
2022-09-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Beechworth Historic Court House, Beechworth Historic Precinct Reserve, 94 Ford Street, Beechworth, VIC, 3743, Australia
The AMaGA Victoria team (well two of us, Ash Robertson, Executive Director and Michelle Fracaro, Events and Professional Development Manager) are hitting the road to come and chat with YOU about all things AMaGA. We would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions about what we do and how we do it. Come and chat to us at a location near you where we will GREET and LISTEN to attendees, encourage you to ASK questions, and (for the first time in a long time) MINGLE in the same place. Please join us on AMaGA Victoria’s GLAM – show!
Keep an eye out for more dates in a region near you. We will also be visiting the Goldfields region, and Gippsland in October and November.
*By using the term GLAM, we are certainly referring to being most glamorous, but mainly we are making a pun on the acronym for our stakeholders used by industry professionals – Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.

Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture: The Lady of St Kilda
2022-09-14 17:30 - 19:30 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
The Lady of St Kilda: a link between the Outer Hebrides and the Antipodes.
Speaker John Botham, Chair of Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage, who visited the Island of St Kilda in June.
This illustrated talk explains how the Schooner Lady of St Kilda connected La Trobe’s naming of St Kilda with the remote Scottish island of St Kilda. A second link involved the Barque Priscilla. She carried 36 St Kilda migrants, but only 16 survived the voyage to Port Phillip.
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Cnr William and A’Beckett, Streets, Melbourne. Refreshments starting at 5:30pm. Admission $25 per person.
Enquiries: email secretary@latrobesociety.org.au, or phone 0412 517 061.
This is a C J La Trobe Society/Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage event – guests are welcome
Bookings are essential and can be made through the C J La Trobe Society website: https://www.latrobesociety.org.au/friends-of-la-trobes-cottage-annual-lecture-3

Ernest Scott Prize Lecture by Janet McCalman
2022-09-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre
First Ernest Scott Prize lecture of 2022:
‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’
Presented by Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor
Janet McCalman AC
Date: Thursday 15 September 2022
Time: 6:15pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Theatre, Basement, Arts West Building
Australia is unique among settler-colonies in having detailed physical and behavourial records of many of its original settlers—the convicts. We can know our European past more intimately than can Canadians or New Zealanders. We may think that we know these stories and what they mean, but when we look at our convict ancestors as a population using the tools of historical demography, there are surprises. Above all that childhood remained the most significant determinant of these troubled lives, not the trials of the convict system nor the tribulations of adulthood.
Janet McCalman AC is Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Professorial Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of four award-winning social histories—Struggletown, Journeyings, Sex and Suffering, and most recently Vandemonians: the repressed history of Colonial Victoria, Miegunyah Press 2021. In 2020, with Emma Dawson, she co-edited What Happens Next: Reconstructing Australia after COVID-19. For twenty years she taught interdisciplinary history in both the faculty of Arts and in the Melbourne School of Population & Global Health.

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The Ernest Scott Prize is awarded annually for the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand, or the history of colonisation. Part II of the 2022 Ernest Scott lecture prize will be presented by the joint winner, Lucy Mackintosh on the evening of 13 October 2022.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Due to current COVID-19 restrictions and University guidelines, there are a number of conditions currently in place for our in-person events. To read more about the University’s COVID-19 response, please visit: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/coronavirus.

The University continues to strongly encourage individuals to remain up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, but no longer requires evidence of vaccination in order to access campus.
Wearing a mask remains recommended when you cannot physically distance.
Please stay at home if you feel unwell or have been ordered to isolate.

2022 Ernest Scott Lecture Part I: ‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’
2022-09-15 18:15 - 19:30 | VIC
The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies is pleased to present the first Ernest Scott Prize lecture of 2022:
‘Damaged Goods from Scotland: The long arm of traumatic childhood in convict history’
Presented by Janet McCalman AC, Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor
Australia is unique among settler-colonies in having detailed physical and behavourial records of many of its original settlers—the convicts. We can know our European past more intimately than can Canadians or New Zealanders. We may think that we know these stories and what they mean, but when we look at our convict ancestors as a population using the tools of historical demography, there are surprises. Above all that childhood remained the most significant determinant of these troubled lives, not the trials of the convict system nor the tribulations of adulthood.
The Ernest Scott Prize is awarded annually for the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand, or the history of colonisation. Part II of the 2022 Ernest Scott lecture prize will be presented by the joint winner, Lucy Mackintosh on the evening of 13 October 2022.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Due to current COVID-19 restrictions and University guidelines, there are a number of conditions currently in place for our in-person events. To read more about the University’s COVID-19 response, please visit: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/coronavirus.

The University continues to strongly encourage individuals to remain up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, but no longer requires evidence of vaccination in order to access campus.
Wearing a mask remains recommended when you cannot physically distance.
Please stay at home if you feel unwell or have been ordered to isolate.

Janet McCalman AC
Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Professorial Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies

Janet McCalman AC is Emeritus Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Professorial Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of four award-winning social histories—Struggletown, Journeyings, Sex and Suffering, and most recently Vandemonians: the repressed history of Colonial Victoria, Miegunyah Press 2021. In 2020, with Emma Dawson, she co-edited What Happens Next: Reconstructing Australia after COVID-19. For twenty years she taught interdisciplinary history in both the faculty of Arts and in the Melbourne School of Population & Global Health

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Fatal Contact: Introduced epidemics among Australia’s Colonial Australian First Nations
2022-09-20 17:30 - 19:00 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
The RHSV is delighted that Peter Dowling has accepted our invitation to speak on this very topical issue.
This talk explores the devastating infectious diseases introduced into the Indigenous populations of Australia after the arrival of the British colonists in 1788. Epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, measles and sexually transmitted diseases swept through the indigenous populations of the continent well into the twentieth century.
Many historians have acknowledged that introduced diseases caused much sickness and mortality and were part of the extreme population decline following colonisation. But few writers have elaborated further and much of this history is still missing, even after more than 200 years. Most accounts begin with the 1789 smallpox epidemic at the Sydney settlement and go no further. Our knowledge and understanding of the biological and social consequences surrounding the meeting and contact of these two cultures has not yet been fully investigated. It was, and still is, the greatest human tragedy that Australia has ever experienced.
Peter Dowling is the author of Fatal Contact. How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia’s First Peoples, (Monash University Publishing, 2021).He holds a PhD in archaeology and biological anthropology from the Australian National University. Dr Dowling has written and lectured on Australian history, archaeology, Indigenous and European biological contact history and Australian cultural heritage assessment. He dabbles in military history and has organised and led local, national, and overseas tours in history, archaeology and heritage. In a previous life Dr Dowling spent twenty years in signals intelligence with the Royal Australian Navy. He now lives quietly but busily in retirement with his wife and visiting bird families in the Tuggeranong Valley of Canberra.
Like all RHSV lectures, this event will be offered both in person at the RHSV’s Drill Hall home at 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne and via ZOOM.
For those attending in person, refreshments will be served from 5:30pm until 6pm when the lecture starts. The Zoom coverage will start at 6pm too.
All those who register will be sent an automatic confirmation email of your ticket purchase – if you don’t receive this please check your Spam or Junk Mail folders. The ZOOM details will be sent to those attending via ZOOM 24 hours before the lecture.

Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh
2022-09-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Murrumbeena Bowls Club, 10 Blackwood Street, Carnegie, VIC, 3163, Australia
Glen Eira Historical Society’s Speaker Series this month is a talk by Terry Young on Chinese Market Gardens from Coburg to Bentleigh.
Terry is Vice President of Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV) and spent the first year of his life in a Coburg Market garden. His Chinese father and grandfather were both market gardeners. In order to better understand the life of his forebears, he has spent recent years researching the life of market gardeners and discovering the locations of market gardens across the suburbs of Melbourne.
This presentation will give an overview of the life of this mostly forgotten group, who had an influence on early 20th century cuisine. They were a critical part of a vast green grocery business network supplying vegetables to Melbourne. Where did they come from and where did they go? This talk will discuss market gardens of Melbourne but also include more recent research of early Chinese market gardens in the Glen Eira District..
Also included will be an introduction to the Victorian CEDT Index project which won the Victorian Community History Award 2021.
Supper provided. Drinks can be purchased from the bar before and after the presentation. Please arrive 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Bookings not required.

Cataloguing Clinics 2022
2022-09-22 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
CANCELLED – Due to National Day of Mourning Public Holiday for Queen Elizabeth II
Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these free cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit Zoom very well. 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. With our membership scattered across Australia please remember that this is Melbourne time – AEDT in summer and AEST in winter.
Jillian always prepares some material on some specific queries but questions are encouraged and, remember, a problem shared is a problem halved. The clinics are conversational in format rather than a seminar. If you are new to cataloguing, or an old hand, you will find plenty to interest you in these sessions. Jillian often has material which is emailed out to attendees after the clinic.
The remaining clinics in 2022 will be held (via Zoom) on:

Sep 22, 2022 11:00 AM
Oct 27, 2022 11:00 AM
Nov 24, 2022 11:00 AM

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Men and Ships Driven by the Wind
2022-09-27 19:30 | Port Melbourne Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, VIC, 3207, Australia
At the September meeting of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society Bruce Gooley will speak on the topic of Men and Ships Driven by the Wind.
Bruce is a graduate of Melbourne University and a researcher, presenter and self-published author with a special interest in maritime history. He is a volunteer tutor at the Hawthorn University of the Third Age (U3A). He has presented over 120 one and a half hour illustrated maritime history talks there, and has also presented to Probus and historical societies, and has documented these talks in book format.
Bruce was a member of the Mornington Yacht Club for more than 50 years and owned and raced yachts in Port Phillip Bay, and Bass Strait, and has crewed on yachts racing to Vanuatu and around the State of Hawaii and cruising in the Beagle Channel.
He is also a member of the Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network and he has presented several papers to them
The meeting will also available be available on zoom. A link will be provided closer to the date.
To book: Please call Glen Cosham on 0468 966 742
Meetings 7.30 pm, fourth Tuesday of every month but December, Upstairs, Port Melbourne Town Hall.

FREE SECULAR COMPULSORY. 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIAN EDUCATION ACT 1872, CONFERENCE 2022.
2022-10-01 - 2022-10-02 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
Our past informs our present and our future. Our education system shapes our society. The way we are taught, the way we learn—these questions have always been sharply debated. This unique two-day conference offers an impressive range of expert historians and educationists who will share their reflections on Victoria’s education system since the passing of the Education Act in 1872. The program is built around the three key elements : Free, Secular and Compulsory. What did that mean then, and what does it mean now? At the end of each session there will be panel discussions and audience questions. Register now for zoom or in-person. Numbers are limited.
To see the full program click here.
To read the abstracts and speakers’ profiles click here.
This hybrid conference will be both offered live at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s home, the Drill Hall, 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne VIC 3000 and via ZOOM.
SUPPORT
The RHSV is honoured that distinguished education scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of Melbourne University, Emeritus Professor Kwong Lee Dow AO is a financial supporter of this conference.
CATERING

Morning and afternoon tea will be available all day from registration onwards
A light lunch will be served on both days – you will be asked for any dietary restrictions when you register.
At the close of the program on day 1, Saturday 1st of October at 5pm, all registered attendees are invited to join the speakers at drinks.

REGISTRATION
Online Registration for the 2022 RHSV Conference is now open below. All registration fees are inclusive of GST and are shown in Australian dollars. Single day registration covers attendance for a delegate attending the conference for one day only, either Saturday 1st or Sunday 2nd of October 2022. You will be asked to nominate which day you wish to attend when you register.

Full 2 day conference
@ RHSVFull 2 day conference
via ZOOMOne day only, either Saturday or Sunday,
@ RHVSOne day only, either Saturday or Sunday,
via ZOOM

RHSV members*$130$100$70$50

Non-RHSV members$160$130$100$80

RHSV student members*$60$40$35$20

Non-RHSV member students$85$65$60$45

* RHSV membership starts @ $55pa and RHSV Student Membership is $35pa (for f/t tertiary students)

If you would like a Tax Invoice after completing your online registration or you would like to pay by direct debit or cheque, please contact the RHSV office, office@historyvictoria.org.au | 03 9326 9288
Registration Cancellations: All cancellations must be advised to the conference organisers, the RHSV, in writing via email before the cancellation can be processed. Cancellations will not be deemed to be received until you have written confirmation from RHSV. If you have not received acknowledgement within five (5) business days, please contact RHSV on +61 3 9326 9288. Registration Cancellations received in writing by the Conference Organisers by Friday, 2nd September, 2022 will be accepted and all fees refunded less an AUD$25 administration fee. Cancellations received after this date cannot be accepted and will not be refunded, however, transfer of your registration to another person is acceptable. The full name and address details of the new delegate must be advised in writing to the Conference Organisers at least 5 days prior to the Conference. No refunds will be made for non-attendance at the Conference. In the case of a medical emergency which has caused a registered delegate to not attend the Conference, the Conference Organiser must be provided with a medical certificate or appropriate documentation before any refund will be considered. Where the Conference Organisers are advised of the situation after the Conference, and a refund is deemed to be appropriate, the delegate must still pay the administration fee.
This conference is part of the year-long celebrations organised by Victoria’s Department of Education and Training to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Education Act 1872.

Lost Banyule
2022-10-04 11:00 - 12:00 | VIC
Graham Thorley of the Heidelberg Historical Society will join us to reflect on the changing face of the Banyule municipality via its population, buildings, infrastructure, and ways of life.
Banyule’s rolling hills and valleys, vegetation and grasslands abound with colourful native birds and wildlife attracting pastoralists, investors and settlers.
Properties were established on a grand scale, including Joseph Hawdon’s “Banyule”, townships grew and new cultures were attracted. Within a short period of 35 years, the small village, first known as Warringal and later as Heidelberg, had grown from a few scattered houses into a flourishing community. Heidelberg became a Shire in 1871, then a City in 1934. The City of Banyule was established in 1994.
Presented by Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub,
275 Upper Heidelberg Road, Ivanhoe, Vic.
Image: Heidelberg Road, Looking South Ivanhoe, State Library Victoria

Women in Eltham Cemetery Tour
2022-10-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Eltham Cemetery, Metery Road, Eltham, VIC, 3095, Australia
Stories connect us to our local heritage.
Nestled on high ground, once overlooking the village of Eltham, we will tour part of the cemetery and recognise the contributions of some local women to the Eltham district community and share stories of women now interred in these grounds.
From pioneer women to the first woman in Eltham to attend University, the silent film actress, and the community-spirited politician. From the Post Mistress to the World War One nurse.
Bookings are essential and places are limited.
This event is being hosted by Yarra Plenty Regional Library in partnership with Eltham District Historical Society and Eltham Cemetery Trust.
Eltham Cemetery, 40 Mt Pleasant Road, Eltham. Access car park via Metery Road.

Eltham Courthouse Restoration
2022-10-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Eltham Library
Built in 1860, the Eltham Courthouse is the oldest public building remaining in the Shire of Nillumbik.
In 2021, a restoration project was undertaken to bring new life to this architectural significant building. It was completed in early 2022.
Jim Connor of the Eltham District Historical Society will join us to discuss the original function of the courthouse, the building’s unique features and the project undertaken by Nillumbik Shire Council to fully restore the building.
Presented by Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Eltham Library,
Panther Place, Eltham

Who Do We Think We Are
2022-10-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Deakin Edge Theatre, Federation Square, Federation Suare, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
A show celebrating the diversity of U3A Melbourne City’s members: from first nation, through first fleet, convicts and early settlers to twentieth century refugees. A collection of illustrated personal stories with universal themes of love and war, oppression and adventure, with surprises and misunderstandings along the way, all helping us to learn more about each other and the society in which we live.
Free entry but you must register through Trybooking link

Yarrambat Heritage Museum Open Day
2022-10-09 11:00 - 15:00 | Yarrambat Heritage Museum, 742 Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat, Victoria, 3091, Australia
Open Day for the community at the Yarrambat Heritage Museum, 742 Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat – enter via Yarrambat Golf Course main entry gate. Operational gold Battery, 150+ year old “Len Young Woolshed”, relocated first Yarrambat school classroom , plus vehicles and displays of historical interest. 1 p.m. Community presentations by Year Six students from Yarrambat Primary School. Free entry & free BBQ! . All welcome.

Local History Showcase
2022-10-13 10:00 - 12:30 | Diamond Valley Library
Are you a local history enthusiast? Did you know that there are many local history groups in the Bnayule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea municipalities that you are welcome to join?
These groups gather regularly for guest speakers and excursions. They publish informative newsletters, manage collections and online content, and support wider products such as the production of the Nillumbik Heritage Guide. Some manage museums and exhibitions, publish books, and install heritage markers.
Meet these passionate volunteers in our local history community. Learn about what they do, the benefits that historical societies add to the community, and why they believe in the value of history. Enjoy displays and presentations and take the opportunity to learn about where you live.
The following groups will be represented: Andrew Ross Museum, (Kangaroo Ground), Eltham District Historical Society, Greensborough Historical Society, Heidelberg Historical Society and Nillumbik Historical Society (Diamond Creek).
Local history publications, produced by local history groups will be available for sale (cash only).
Presented by Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Diamond Valley Library
Civic Drive, Greensborough, Vic.

Clan Winter-Irving Gathering
2022-10-15 09:00 - 16:00 | Noorilim Estate, 205 WAHRING-MURCHISON E RD, WAHRING, Victoria, 3608, Australia
Clan Winter-Irving Gathering

Note! Due to current outbreak of COVID + border closures, event has been rescheduled for 2022
This inaugural 1 day event (15/10/2022) will provide an opportunity for descendants of the Winter’s, Winter-Irving’s and the Irving’s of Bonshaw (Scotland) to gather and share their ancestry. Participants are encouraged to bring along family documents, photos, memorabilia and historical items to share with others.
The day will be held at Noorilim, the nostalgic mansion built by William Irving Winter-Irving in 1879 near Nagambie. A spit roast lunch is included in the entry fee.
Guest speakers include:
Rupert Irving – Heir to the Clan Chief Irving of Bonshaw (traveling from Scotland)
John McMaster – The former butler of Noorilim Mansion talking on his experiences
Jennifer F. O’Donnell – Historian speaking on the History of Noorilim
Visit www.winter-irving.com for full details and to RSVP

The Australian Football Card - a collected history
2022-10-15 14:00 - 15:00 | VIC
The footy season might be over, but you can still enjoy some football history!
In this session, Australian Rules Football historian and author Francis Doherty will showcase examples from his Australian Rules football card collection and profile some local men who made their marks in the big leagues.
Presented by Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Rosanna Library,
72 Turnham Avenue, Rosanna

Y Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
2022-10-16 | Rosalie Webb Studio, 1 / 15 Barnett Way, Richmond, VIC, 3121, Australia
Was a country girl ready for the harsh life of the YWCA Richmond?
Doery House, the YWCA hostel at 353 Church Street, Richmond, Victoria, should have been a home away from home for teenage girls from the country residing there in the late 1960s. Alas, this was nowhere near reality. Rosalie Webb, who has written Y Girls Just Wanna Have Fun about her experiences living in the YWCA hostel, will speak at at Richmond & Burnley Historical Society event. As Rosalie’s story unfolds, the villain behind the walls and the hidden secrets become apparent. This book details many of the stories occurring during a three-year period between 1966 and 1969. They are all based on fact. The story is interwoven with daily life in the rag trade, the evolution of Richmond, the politics of the Vietnam War, multiculturalism, the gangland wars, and gender attitudes.
Book for catering purposes: richmondhs@optusnet.com.au or phone 9427 1800
Times probably 2pm – 4pm – please confirm on booking

Off the Drawing Board, a National Archives of Australia presentation
2022-10-17 10:30 - 11:30 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Did you know that the National Archives’ Victoria office holds over 5,000 architectural drawings of public buildings across Victoria? Dating back as early as the 1850s, the drawings document not only famous Melbourne landmarks, but also humbler suburban and rural facilities, such as local post offices and drill halls. This makes these drawings an invaluable resource for anyone researching local history and heritage.
Presented by Patrick Ferry from the National Archives of Australia for History Month.

Image caption: Collingwood Post Office, 1891 – NAA B3712, DRAWER 63 FOLDER 9.
