Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Writers on Campus series - Writing the Past
2023-03-29 12:30 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | La Trobe University, Plenty Road, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
You’re invited to the next installment in our Writers on Campus series – Writing the Past
‘Good history is a high-wire gravity-defying act of balance and grace,’ Tom Griffiths wrote recently, describing historians as writers who, ‘have to forsake their own world for a period – and then, somehow, find their way back.’ In our first session of Writers on Campus for 2023 we speak with two historians who are adept at walking that high-wire, and at time travel.
Come hear two of La Trobe’s most acclaimed historians, Judith Brett and Katie Holmes, discuss why they do what they do, and how they approach the work and craft of making history, in conversation with Kelly Gardiner
Judith Brett (AM) is an Emeritus Professor of politics at La Trobe University and an award-winning author and frequent media contributor who is committed to engaged political research and bringing the fruits of her enquiry to the general public through books written for a broad readership. Among her publications are Robert Menzies’ Forgotten People and Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class. In 2017 she published The Enigmatic Mr Deakin which won the National Biography Award. Her most recent book was a highly engaging study of Australia’s voting system, From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage. Judith writes regularly for The Monthly on contemporary Australian politics.
Katie Holmes an environmental historian and environmental humanities scholar, internationally known for her work on how individuals interact with their culture, society and environment. Her work has helped transform the field of environmental history in Australia into a mode of understanding the experience of Australian settlement, one shaped by climate and landscape which in turn shapes culture and policy. Some of Katie’s key books include Mallee Country: Land, People which she co-authored in 2020, Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian women, writing and gardens (2011); Reading the Garden: the settlement of Australia’ (co-author, 2008) and Spaces in her Day: Women’s diaries of the 1920s and 1930s (1995). Katie currently holds the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University.
Where: Borchardt Library, Level 1, Seminar Room 1.34, Bundoora Campus, La Trobe University
Bookings: Details and registration
Please share with your networks as everyone is welcome.

Vera Deakin - Search for the Missing by Carole Woods
2023-03-30 14:30 - 16:00 | Multi Cultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
Vera Deakin, daughter of former Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, rallied to the British imperial cause in 1915 by assuming a leadership role in the fledgling Australian Red Cross Society. Aged only 23, she became founding secretary of the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau, first in Cairo and then in London. The bureau’s 32,000 case files on missing soldiers, digitised by the Australian War Memorial, are part of the bedrock of Australia’s archive on World War I. She continued humanitarian service, primarily with the Red Cross, for the rest of her life.
Carole Woods OAM is a Fellow and Hon. Secretary of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. She is a longtime advocate for community history and for 7 years chaired the judges’ panel of the Victorian Community History Awards. Her books include Beechworth: A Titan’s Field, Vision.
Followed by afternoon tea

Oral history interviewing for beginners: training
2023-04-01 09:30 - 16:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Have you always wanted to learn how to create an oral history interview? Perhaps you want to record the memories of elders in your family or community? Are you wondering whether to record interviews remotely or face-to-face? This popular Oral History Victoria two-day online training workshop is for anyone who would like to learn how to prepare, conduct, record and document an oral history interview.
Facilitated by two of Australia’s most experienced oral history trainers, Sarah Rood and Al Thompson, and using Zoom technology, you will learn and practise essential interview techniques and discuss important ethical issues. The workshop will be limited to 16 participants to enable lively discussion and practical work in an online format. Participants will need a computer with Wi-Fi connection – the Zoom link will be provided, along with Zoom instructions.
Feedback from participants on this course 2020-2022:
‘The skills I learnt and the discussions that took place were invaluable’
‘I liked it that our activities really tested our comfort zones. It was just terrific.’
‘Al and Sarah are wonderful educators and facilitators!
‘A wonderful learning experience. I’ve definitely fallen in love with oral history too!’
‘I loved the course – learned so much on so many different levels, far more than I would have expected in 8 hours. Well done on awesome Zoom teaching.’
‘Thanks so much for providing us with such a great course. I have already promoted future courses to my friends.’
Training program and Trainer profiles
The training program can be found on the Event page.
Timing: the workshop takes place over two consecutive Saturdays.
On each workshop day (both Saturday 25 March and Saturday 1 April) the session will go from 9.30 – 4 pm with a lunch break from 12 – 1.15 pm.
Discounted tickets
The discounted member rate is available to current members of Oral History Victoria and other state associations of Oral History Australia. Note that institutional memberships entitle 3 members of an affiliated institution to benefit from the discounted member rate.
Tickets are released first to Victorian members of OHV on 27 January, then to interstate members of OHA affiliated oral history associations on 3 February and finally to non-members one month before the first workshop on 25 February. So get in early!
OHV reserves the right to cancel this event in the case of unforeseen circumstances, in which case a full refund will be made.

Bookings via Eventbrite (bookings open on 27 January for OHV members): https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-training-oral-history-interviewing-for-beginners-tickets-522170133927
Remember that non-Oral-History-Victoria-members will only gain access to booking from 25 February.

Altona Homestead Devonshire Tea
2023-04-02 10:00 - 14:00, 2023-05-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Altona Homestead, 128 Queen Street, Altona, Victoria, 3018, Australia
The Altona-Laverton Historical Society members and volunteers invite you to drop into the Altona Homestead on the first Sunday of the Month (February to December) to enjoy a serve of our famous Devonshire Tea or Cream Tea or Cornish Tea, anyway you look at them they are delicious.
Our Devonshire tea comes with two freshly made scones, home-made mixed berry jam, whipped cream and your choice of a pot of coffee or a pot of tea. We also have fresh lemonade available (and hot chocolate in winter). All in the surrounds of the heritage Altona Homestead building within the beautiful Logan Reserve, Altona

The Altona Homestead provides visitors of all ages the opportunity to take a step back to the time of our early settlers to the region of Altona. Located overlooking the tranquil Logan Reserve in close proximity to the Altona foreshore, the homestead is a unique and treasured part of Altona’s heritage. On display are objects, pictures, paintings and collections that reflect everyday life from 1840 through to the mid 1900s. The property has been used by a number of families as a residence, was used as holiday accommodation, was the council office and meeting place for the Altona Shire before Altona gained city status and moved to new chambers, and was used by a number of community organisations as well as Altona Historical Society.
Restoration works commenced in 1988 and through careful planning and funding provided by the then Altona City Council, ensuring preservation of the homestead for the people of Altona and visitors to enjoy and learn about Altona’s, and the western suburb’s, past.

MARKETING FORUMS
2023-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Christina Browning, the RHSV Marketing Officer, leads these forums which each month tackle a different aspect of marketing for historical societies – they tend to concentrate on social media as it is very available and is free to use, however, Christina will tackle any aspect of marketing which you want to raise. Christina will prepare a topic each month and she welcomes questions and feedback and suggestions for future topics – these sessions are relaxed and interactive. Bring your queries / issues etc. The forums are free and delivered via Zoom. There are always extra documents and links that are sent to you after each forum and it is for that reason we ask attendees to register – otherwise we can’t contact you.
The same Zoom log-in is used for all 1o forums across 2023. Remaining 2023 forums are:

Mon 17 Apr 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEST (Mon 10 is a public holiday)
Mon 8 May 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEST
Mon 5 Jun 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEST (Mon 12 is a public holiday)
Mon 10 Jul 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEST
Mon 14 Aug 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEST
Mon 11 Sep 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEST
Mon 9 Oct 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEDT
Mon 13 Nov 2023, 12noon – 1pm AEDT

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Tahbilk Winery: Explorers Way tourist drive launch
2023-04-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Tahbilk Winery, 254 O'Neils Road, Tabilk, Vic, 3608, Australia
The Australian Heritage Festival 2023 is coming to a venue near you!
Tahbilk Winery has generously offered their Wetlands View Restaurant to host the launch of the Explorers Way tourist drive and brochure, a project of Nagambie Historical Society, in collaboration with the Strathbogie Shire.
The event will take place on Tuesday April 18, 11am to 2pm. This is also International Monuments and Sites Day.
The Explorers Way revives the Major Mitchell Bicentennial Trail through the Shire, from Mitchellstown to Violet Town. It then travels, in reverse, the tracks of Hume and Hovell, returning through Euroa and Longwood to Avenel. The drive visits every cairn and memorial to the explorers in those areas, and the map brochure details other points of interest in each town.
Roads less travelled have been used for the drive to highlight the beauty of the Shire, away from the freeways; long arching tunnels of eucalypts, golden pastures with stands of ancient trees, wooden bridges and tree-lined creeks, with the blue of the ranges always in the distance.
Society secretary, Judy Macdonald, explains that “the Major Mitchell Bicentennial Trail was a popular get-away experience in the 1990s as people took a few days to travel through Victoria and experience tiny townships and areas not seen before. However the extensive brochure, available from every information centre on the route, and including field notes of Mitchell, was published by a Government department which became obsolete. The next edition was printed by another department but that also was discontinued. Consequently what was arguably the best tourist attraction to include so much of Victoria has fallen into disuse. Existing roads were used in the first instance so the trail is still there. The finger posts remain in many areas, but the brochure itself has become a rare book!”
The new brochure is a simple foldout but remains true to the directions given in the original.
The theme of the 2023 Festival is shared stories and the Society feels the earliest stories of Europeans in our district are those of these explorers, told from their journals. It is hoped that future grants can provide funds for interpretive panels at Mitchellstown, telling the story of the local indigenous people who were displaced by the consequences of successful exploration.
Two passionate speakers will be the highlight of the launch. Surveyor Gregory Eccleston was instrumental in creating the 1700 km Major Mitchell Long Distance Trail and has written a fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Granville Stapylton Australia Felix 1836: second in command to Major Mitchell, some copies of which will be available on the day. Drone footage will support Greg Eccleston’s talk, showing the party’s approach route, the Crossing Place on the Goulburn River, the camp site of October 8, 1836 on what is now Tahbilk land, and beyond.
The second speaker, Ken McInnes devised the extensive Hume and Hovell trail through New South Wales. Both will give insights into the experiences of these intrepid men as they crossed what is now Strathbogie Shire.
Councillor Reg Dickinson has been asked to launch the drive and brochure.
Bookings are essential click here: Explorers Way launch at Tahbilk Winery Tickets, Wetlands View Restaurant, Tahbilk Winery, Tabilk | TryBooking Australia

WRITING HISTORY GROUP
2023-04-18 11:30 - 13:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Dr Cheryl Griffin leads this group which has been meeting since 2020.
This group is for people who are tackling writing a history project or two and want a sounding board / source of information / guidance and HELP! Each month from February to November Cheryl convenes the group via Zoom for 90 minutes and they will attack a particular aspect of writing history and also be a sounding board for members problems / queries. Cheryl also has guest writers drop in to talk about their work and how they’ve dealt with thorny issues.
This writing group has a cap on the numbers who can join as we don’t want it to get too unwieldy where questions can’t be answered nor feedback given. Ongoing attendance is encouraged. The group dynamic doesn’t work if you can only drop in to a couple of sessions or you don’t have a current project on which you are working.
So, if you are a newcomer and are interested in joining, please RSVP for the Feb session and we’ll let you know if we have reached the limit of the group or not.

Tue 28 Feb, 2023 11:30 – 1pm AEDT
Tue 28 Mar, 2023 11:30 – 1pm AEDT
Tue 18 Apr, 2023 11:30 – 1pm AEST (a week early to avoid Anzac Day)
Tue 23 May, 2023 11:30 – 1pm AEST
Tue 27 Jun, 2023 11:30- 1pm AEST
Tue 25 Jul, 2023 11:30- 1pm AEST
Tue 22 Aug, 2023 11:30- 1pm AEST
Tue 26 Sep, 2023 11:30- 1pm AEST
Tue 24 Oct, 2023 11:30 – 1pm AEDT
Tue 28 Nov, 2023 11:30 – 1pm AEDT
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Law and Order Under La Trobe: The First Prisons of Port Phillip
2023-04-18 17:30 - 19:00 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria, in partnership with the C J La Trobe Society, presents the annual A. G. L. Shaw lecture delivered by Dr Ashleigh Green, the current La Trobe Society Fellow at the State Library of Victoria.
Dr Green’s fellowship topic is very interesting and, until her current work, little researched. Dr Green has investigated the planning and construction of the first purpose-built penal and psychiatric institutions in the Port Phillip District and Colony of Victoria during the La Trobe administration (1839-1854). Her project provides an in-depth history of the construction and early administration of four of these key institutions, and how they set the precedent for the design and construction of gaols, prisons, and asylums in the colony that came after.
Ashleigh is a tutor in classics and archaeology at the University of Melbourne and the author of the book Birds in Roman Life and Myth. She has worked as a volunteer guide for the National Trust at Old Melbourne Gaol, and more recently as an historical tour guide throughout Melbourne and at Old Geelong Gaol. As the 2022 La Trobe Society Fellow at State Library Victoria, she researched the untold stories of the state’s very first penal institutions. She is currently working on a book that explores the prisons and prisoners of Port Phillip from 1835 to 1857.
Alan George Lewers Shaw AO, FAHA, FASSA, FRAHS, FRHSV (1916 – 2012) was a Royal Historical Society of Victoria Councillor from 1965 to 1971, President from 1987 to 1991 and a generous benefactor. A G L Shaw was also President of the C J La Trobe Society and the two organisations have jointly presented the annual A G L Shaw lecture since 2002 as a tribute to a great historian.
There will be catered refreshments served before the lecture from 5:30pm – 6pm.

East Melbourne: The Men who went to War
2023-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 | East Melbourne Library, 122 George St, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia
In 2014, Major-General Mike O’Brien gave us a list of men with a connection to East Melbourne who had volunteered for the 1st World War. As a result of enthusiastic volunteers, we now have an archive of around 600 war records, some of which we would like to share with you at our April meeting.
With Mike O’Brien as compere, five E.M.H.S. members will each tell a story drawn from our archives, of a local man who volunteered to fight and what became of him.

Photo caption: Honour Roll wall plaque Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne Photo : Rev’d Grant Edgcumbe

Thomas Bent, Francis Bradford and electric tramways in Melbourne 1904-1909
2023-04-20 17:30 - 19:00 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
In our first co-presentation for 2023 with Engineering Heritage Victoria, Ken McInnes will speak about the controversies surrounding the electrification of Melbourne’s suburban railway system in the early years of the twentieth century.
In 1904, electrical and mechanical engineer Francis Edwin Bradford (1869-1927), a recognised American electric tramways pioneer, was controversially contracted directly by Thomas Bent, Victorian Minister of Railways, and Premier, to report on and progressively electrify Melbourne’s suburban railway system. But Bent postponed work on the report, and instead requested Bradford design and supervise the construction of an electric tramway from St.Kilda to Brighton, as a first stage of electrifying the railways. Bent’s instructions did not sit well with the Railway Commissioners. After Bradford completed the work, Bent again postponed work on the report, and asked Bradford to operate the system and extend it to Brighton Beach. In 1907 fire destroyed the tramway power plant and rolling stock, and Bent instructed Bradford to restore the works and rolling stock. After successfully restoring the system, he was summarily dismissed by the Railways Commissioners. By then Bent was losing support, and the Railways had instead appointed English engineer Charles Merz to report on electrification. Parliament turned on Bent and Bradford, Bradford successfully sued the government but with his reputation in tatters, left to pursue a different career in England.
This lecture will be a hybrid presentation so you can choose to attend in person or via Zoom. For those attending via Zoom, you will be sent your Zoom log-in details 24 hours prior to the event.
As with all our RHSV events, refreshments are served from 5:30pm – 6pm when the lecture will commence.

Walking tour: Princes Hill, Carlton
2023-04-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Victoria
Historical Walks in Carlton
These walks are run by the Princes Hill Community Centre in conjunction with the Carlton Community History Group. To register, contact Princes Hill Community Centre: www.princeshill.org.au
Email: enquiries@princeshill.org.au Phone: 9387 7740.
This tour takes you around an interesting and historic part of Carlton to hear its history and the history of iconic places such as Princes Park and the Carlton Football Ground.

Fashion in the Age of Elegance 1840-1900
2023-04-22 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-23 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Villa Alba, 44 Walmer St, Kew, VIC, 3101, Australia
In a foreign climate and environment, how did European women adapt to living in rural Victoria and the emerging suburbs of Melbourne? Explore and delight in the opulent tastes and styles adopted by women through nineteenth century gowns from the fashion and design collection of the Kew Historical Society.
Mary Ann Henty came with her husband, Francis Henty to the Port Phillip District immediately after their marriage in Launceston in 1842. The gown she wore at the ceremony is the centrepiece of a large collection of gowns owned and worn by pioneering Victorian families. A number of our newly acquired costumes in the Henty Collection will join other historic costumes donated by descendants of the Coombs and Weir families.
The exhibition includes silken gowns worn for special events such as weddings and balls as well as examples of day dresses used for entertaining at home and when visiting. It will allow you to view evolving styles of outerwear and undergarments, which only occasionally responded to a new climate and environment.
The exhibition runs for three weekends and will be supplemented by a series of midweek lectures on the activities and tastes of women in colonial Victoria. The formal rooms of the Villa Alba Museum , 44 Walmer Street, Kew, 3101, will form a vivid background to the items exhibited.
Open Saturdays & Sundays 22 April – 7 May, 10am-12pm, 1pm–3pm. Tickets range from $20-$25
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/fashion-in-the-age-of-elegance-tickets-560162139037

Immigrant Women in the Age of Elegance: A lecture by Dr Liz Rushen AM
2023-04-26 12:30 - 15:00 | Villa Alba, 44 Walmer St, Kew, VIC, 3101, Australia
During the 1830s and 1840s, thousands of women were encouraged to migrate to the Australian colonies. Liz will describe how they managed the translocation process and created settled, sometimes elegant, lives for themselves in what were often frontier homes.
Dr Liz Rushen AM is on the Editorial Board of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and a Research Associate in the Faculty of Arts, Monash University. A former Executive Director of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, and former Chair of the History Council of Victoria, Liz is widely published in the field of migration history, women in colonial Australia and the social history of the Port Phillip District (Victoria). Her latest book is Garryowen Unmasked: the life of Edmund Finn (Anchor Books Australia, 2022). In 2021, Liz was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to community history and heritage preservation.
Villa Alba Museum 44 Walmer Street Kew, VIC 3101
Tickets $25
Bookings at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/immigrant-women-in-the-age-of-elegance-a-lecture-by-dr-liz-rushen-am-tickets-611569369447

Pioneer Palaces of Rhyll Bus Tour
2023-04-29 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-04-29 13:00 - 16:00 | Rhyll Mechanics Hall, 54 Lock Road, Rhyll, VIC, 3923, Australia
Phillip Island and District Historical Society in partnership with the Bass Coast Branch of the National Trust and supported by the Bass Coast Shire Council will be holding two guided bus tours of the nine remaining historic cottages of Rhyll.
There will be a choice of morning or afternoon tours on offer with the former commencing at 9am and the afternoon tour starting at 1pm ‒ both from the Rhyll Mechanics Hall. Both tours are expected to run for about 3 hours and include refreshments at one of the cottages.
This yearʼs theme for the annual Heritage Festival is ʻShared Storiesʼ and the stories of the original residents of these cottages will be shared with the participants.
The date is Saturday 29th April and the cost for the tour including a sumptuous morning or afternoon tea is $35 for non-members and discounted to $25 for members.
Please email: prothfield@mac.com for your reservation. Credit card payments will be required for confirm your booking.

Historical Walks in Carlton - Melbourne General Cemetery (Southern Part)
2023-04-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Victoria
These walks are run by the Princes Hill Community Centre in conjunction with the Carlton Community History Group. To register, contact Princes Hill Community Centre: www.princeshill.org.au
Email: enquiries@princeshill.org.au Phone: 9387 7740.
Melbourne General Cemetery is the oldest and most historic of our existing cemeteries. On this tour you will learn about its history, and about some of the interesting or notorious characters who are buried there.

Fashion in the Age of Elegance 1840-1900
2023-04-29 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-06 10:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Villa Alba, 44 Walmer St, Kew, VIC, 3101, Australia
In a foreign climate and environment, how did European women adapt to living in rural Victoria and the emerging suburbs of Melbourne? Explore and delight in the opulent tastes and styles adopted by women through nineteenth century gowns from the fashion and design collection of the Kew Historical Society.
Mary Ann Henty came with her husband, Francis Henty to the Port Phillip District immediately after their marriage in Launceston in 1842. The gown she wore at the ceremony is the centrepiece of a large collection of gowns owned and worn by pioneering Victorian families. A number of our newly acquired costumes in the Henty Collection will join other historic costumes donated by descendants of the Coombs and Weir families.
The exhibition includes silken gowns worn for special events such as weddings and balls as well as examples of day dresses used for entertaining at home and when visiting. It will allow you to view evolving styles of outerwear and undergarments, which only occasionally responded to a new climate and environment.
The exhibition runs for three weekends and will be supplemented by a series of midweek lectures on the activities and tastes of women in colonial Victoria. The formal rooms of the Villa Alba Museum , 44 Walmer Street, Kew, 3101, will form a vivid background to the items exhibited.
Open Saturdays & Sundays 22 April – 7 May, 10am-12pm, 1pm–3pm. Tickets range from $20-$25
Bookings at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/fashion-in-the-age-of-elegance-tickets-560162139037

Memories of Musical Lives
2023-04-29 14:00 - 16:00 | McCrae Homestead, 11 Beverley Rd, McCrae, Victoria, 3938, Australia
Rosemary Richards will speak about her new book Memories of Musical Lives co-edited with Julja Szuster (Melbourne: Lyrebird Press, 2022) during the National Trust Australian Heritage Festival at McCrae Homestead on 29 April at 2 pm.
Please see:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/ahf_event/memories-of-musical-lives/
https://ecommerce.unimelb.edu.au/faculty-stores/lyrebird-press/lyrebird-press-australia

Renowned Gardeners walking tour of St Kilda Cemetery
2023-04-30 13:00 - 16:30 | St Kilda Cemetery, Dandenong Road & Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Vic, Australia
Friends of St Kilda Cemetery
Renowned Gardeners tour led by Claire Barton on Sunday 30 April. The tour is offered at 1.00 pm and again at 3.00 pm.

This event will introduce participants to gardeners who designed many of Melbourne’s famous gardens. Visit the graves and hear the enthralling stories of renowned gardeners: Baron Ferdinand Jacob von Mueller, Joseph Sayce, Ian Higgins and William Sangster.

Among the renowned gardeners is Ina Higgins, the first woman to graduate from Burnley College, and the subject of the Doctoral research of local footpath gardener, Sandi Pullman.
Further details of the walks here.
Tickets are $15 and should be booked here:
gabrielhermes@live.com | 0451831102

Shrine to Sea Masterplan (Middle Park and Albert Park)
2023-05-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Middle Park Primary School, 192 Richardson St, Middle Park, VIC, 3206, Australia
Middle Park History Group has expanded and has become the Middle Park and Albert Park History Group which is a great move – giving coverage to an historic part of Melbourne which had been left out in the cold!
Amy Hidge, Senior Engagement Officer, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, will talk about the new plan that covers the area from the Shrine of Remembrance to Port Phillip Bay.

WORKSHOP: Volunteer engagement and retention
2023-05-02 11:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM, Join from anywhere in the world
Delivered in partnership with AMaGA, this workshop is designed to provide practical guidance to develop effective volunteer engagement and retention strategies within a collecting organisation. The presentation is divided into three main parts:

Identifying Volunteer Roles: Participants will learn how to identify the types of volunteer roles that their organisation needs to support its mission and operations.
Creating Position Descriptions: Participants will learn and practice how to create position descriptions that clearly define the roles and responsibilities of each volunteer position.
Recruiting and Managing Volunteers: Participants will explore volunteer recruitment and management strategies that promote a positive experience for both the volunteers and the organisation.

Throughout the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, share their experiences, and learn from one another. By the end of the workshop, participants will have the knowledge and tools necessary to effectively identify roles, develop position descriptions, and manage volunteers within their historical society.

The ‘Golden Age’
2023-05-02 17:30 - 19:30 | RHSV Gallery Downstairs, 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’ : LA TROBE’S JOURNEY HOME
Speaker John Botham, Chair of Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage.
The illustrated talk describes La Trobe’s journey home to England on the Paddle Steamer ‘Golden Age’ on the first commercial passage across the Pacific in 1854. He made fifty-eight sketches on the journey. including thirty-seven during a six-day stopover in Tahiti. In Panama the passengers had to travel across the isthmus by mule and train to join the Royal Mail Steamers for the Atlantic crossing.
Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Annual Lecture.
Refreshments from 5.30 pm.
All welcome. Bookings essential.

Historical Walks in Carlton: Jewish and Italian Carlton
2023-05-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Victoria
These walks are run by the Princes Hill Community Centre in conjunction with the Carlton Community History Group. To register, contact Princes Hill Community Centre: www.princeshill.org.au
Email: enquiries@princeshill.org.au Phone: 9387 7740.
This tour takes you through the streets of Carlton to learn something of the two communities that, in the early and mid-twentieth century, made it one of Australia’s first truly multi-cultural suburbs. You will visit the sites of synagogues, churches and iconic businesses, and hear stories of crimes and disputes, of those who prospered and those who struggled.

Return to Labassa
2023-05-07 11:00 - 15:00 | Labassa, 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, 3161, Australia
There will be a Return to Labassa on Sunday 7th May between 11am and 3pm for former owners, residents and their descendants. Come and share your memories and view some of the films, photos and memorabilia that have been collected in recent years. Over 700 people have called Labassa home so please register your interest in attending by 1st May. To register go to Eventbrite.com.au and search for “Labassa”.
To assist with the restoration of Labassa mansion please bring photos of the property prior to National Trust ownership in 1980. The return of any decorative items taken as mementos of a much loved house would also be greatly appreciated.

Back From the Dead: resuscitation and defibrillation
2023-05-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Williamstown Library, 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, 3016, Australia
In the lead-up to National Volunteer Week join us for an afternoon tea with Dr Allan Mawdsley, from St John Ambulance Historical Society, as we launch the latest exhibition at Williamstown Library: Back from the Dead.
From early equipment to the latest technology, see firsthand the progress that has been made in bringing people Back from the Dead through resuscitation and defibrillation.
The launch will include a special presentation on the contribution of St John Ambulance to the local community from as early as 1883 including the tragic West Gate Bridge collapse where St John had 100 volunteers on the ground within an hour. We will also be treated to a virtual tour of St John Museum which covers history going back to the Crusades!
The exhibition is curated by the St John Ambulance Historical Society and is one not to be missed.
The exhibition will run from Tuesday 9 May until Tuesday 25 July.
