Events from May 14, 2018 – October 7, 2018 – Royal Historical Society of Victoria

  • History of Emergency Medicine.

    Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, Australia

    Dr Edward Brentnall OAM joined Box Hill Hospital in 1975 and was a major player in the evolution of emergency medicine following the introduction of Medicare and an increased demand
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    Gold coin donation
  • Sunday Talk with the La Trobe Society

    Mueller Hall, Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Australia

    CHARLES HOTSON EBDEN : VICTORIA'S FIRST AUDITOR-GENERAL Speaker: Carolyn Brown, President Black Rock House Inc. Includes afternoon tea. All welcome. Bookings essentail

    $10
  • Lecture: The Wreck of the Fiji

    RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

    Author and historian, Alan McLean will spin the story of the wreck of the Fiji off Moonlit Head 1891. There will be a corresponding exhibition in the RHSV Library on the items retrieved from the wreck by Heritage Victoria.

    $10 – $20
  • Living on Mallee Country – Deep Time to 1900

    State Library of Victoria Entry 3, Village Roadshow Theatre, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    RHSV President Emeritus Professor Richard Broome is delivering the 2019 History Council of Victoria's Annual Lecture. Mallee country being semi-arid scrub country has made living upon it difficult for humans
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    Free
  • Garden Day at La Trobe’s Cottage

    La Trobe's Cottage cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, Melboiurne, Victoria, Australia

    It is 180 years since the La Trobe family arrived in Melbourne. Join us in a tour of the charming recreated garden and see the heritage plants that La Trobe
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    $5
  • Book launch – No Regard for the Truth

    Public Record Office Victoria 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Please join us as Hazel Edwards OAM launches No Regard for the Truth by Darren Arnott. A rogue army captain. An Italian prisoner of war. A blossoming romance. March 1946.
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    Free