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Can I Help You? Recognising and Improving Artificial Intelligence as History Maker
State Library of Victoria Entry 3, Village Roadshow Theatre, La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaPlease join the History Council of Victoria's Annual Lecture to be delivered by Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO. The evening will also include the presentation of the History Council of Victoria's major awards: Jane Hansen Prize for History Advocacy Lynette Russell Prize for First Peoples' History in Schools Can I Help You? Recognising and Improving Artificial
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Port Fairy Historical Society: Presenting and Preserving Our Stories
Port Fairy Community House 5 Railway Place,, Port Fairy, Victoria, AustraliaSome insights into the work we need to undertake to bring our untold historical stories to the notice of the general public. Join us to discover the world of historical archives and how to preserve them, present our stories in an engaging and practical way, and how to carefully preserve those records whatever their form.
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Harpsdale – Celebrating 150 years
Harpsdale Homestead 860 Craigieburn Road, Yuroke, Vic, AustraliaThe homestead was built by the pioneering Brodie family in 1875. They arrived in Tasmania in 1823, from Scotland and in 1836 moved to Victoria and settled in the Bulla Bulla area as squatters with 1000 head of sheep. This area of Victoria is heavily influenced by these early Scottish settlers. Harpsdale has been in
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Book launch: Piracy in the Bay – The Great Nelson Gold Robbery
Join us for the launch of Piracy in the Bay – The Great Nelson Gold Robbery, which details the greatest single act of theft in Australian history: In April 1852, the barque, Nelson – Captain Walter Wright commander – lay at anchor in Hobson's Bay, preparing to sail for London with more than 8,000 ounces
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. Jillian has a different topic each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. Bring your questions
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Party Lines and Trunk Calls – A Curated Objects Exhibition
Old Courthouse, Main Street Natimuk, VIC 3409 Australi Main Street, Natimuk, Vic, AustraliaCreated for the Nati Frinj Biennale 2025, this projected is supported by Arapiles Historical Society. Focussing on the history of telephones, this exhibition celebrates the work of the women who were employed in the Natimuk Exchange, made trunk calls or used party lines for private communications from local or remoted properties. Featuring what is now
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Book launch: Black, White + Colour – A biography of Mervyn Bishop, Australia’s First Indigenous Professional Photographer
Avenue Bookstore Elsternwick 351 Glen Huntly Rd,, Elsternwick, Vic, AustraliaJoin us for the launch of the biography of Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer, Mervyn Bishop. Mervyn Bishop and Tim Dobbyn discuss Black, White + Colour, in conversation with Stephanie Armstrong OAM. Born in Brewarrina NSW in 1945, Mervyn Bishop used chance, charm and talent to join the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald at just 17. He won a top news
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Book Launch: Code of Silence by Diana Thorp
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaPlease join us to launch the publication of Code of Silence: How Australian Women Helped Win the War, featuring author Diana Thorp in conversation with Professor Clare Wright Eighty years after the end of World War II, intriguing stories of the crucial contributions of women on the Australian home front are emerging. As war climbed
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The Hon Niel Black and his Butter Factory inheritors
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaIn 1840, Niel Black 'took up country' in the rich lands along Mount Emu Creek at the heart of the Western District. Backed by prominent partners in Scotland, this upstart Scottish farmer survived economic hardship in the 1840s and established a fine sheep and cattle run. During the 1850s, in the partnership's name, he started
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cataloguing collections for historical societies. Jillian has a different topic each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. Bring your questions
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