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

  • KALEIDOSCOPE

    RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 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.

  • Out of the Blue: collaborative and community-based history in Australia

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    Professional 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.

  • Colonial Australia Trivia Night

    Online

    Calling 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
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  • Exodus from Vienna

    Victorian Archives Centre 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Following 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.

    Free
  • MARKETING 101

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    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
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    Free
  • Cataloguing Clinics 2022

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    Free 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.

    Free