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

  • Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races

    RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    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.     

  • Peter Brown: Off the Beaten Track

    Bridget McDonnell Gallery 130 Faraday St, Carlton, VIC, Australia

    Photographs  1972-2021. For historians this photographic collection by Peter Brown includes images of the Western Districts taken over the last 50 years. 

  • The Largest Garage in Melbourne: Jas A Munro

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    The Largest Garage in Melbourne: Jas A Munro   The RHSV is delighted to welcome Ian Berg to deliver a talk based on his wonderful book, shortlisted for the Victorian
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    Free
  • Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock

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    Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit Zoom very well. The
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  • A WALK WITH ROBYN ANNEAR

    Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    It is always exciting when Robyn Annear releases another of her captivating books into the wild and her latest book, which releases on the 30th of November, promises to be fabulous. Robyn has devised 7 historic walks around Melbourne and she will be leading a walking tour for RHSV members of one of those walks - around the Queen Victoria Markets and Flagstaff Gardens area. 

    $25