Events from May 14, 2018 – October 7, 2018 – Page 2 – Royal Historical Society of Victoria

  • Jack Wetherly under the microscope

    RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

    We are delighted to present a talk by Catherine Gill who has been volunteering at the RHSV. Catherine writes, "As part of my recently completed Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation,
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    Free
  • Looking Back, Looking Forward. Summer Fun in Yarra Plenty

    Eltham Library Community Gallery 1 Panther Place, Eltham, Victoria, Australia

    5 December 2019 - 6 January 2020 Historical photographs and original artworks are exhibited side by side in this celebration of all things summer - picnics, swimming, boating, horsing around,
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    Free
  • Launch of A Guide to Historic St Kilda

    Readings St Kilda 112 Acland St, St Kilda, VICTORIA, Australia

    Where was the alpaca paddock? Who has the Palais chandelier? Was there a Banksy painting in a laneway? Join author, David Willis for the launch of his latest book, A
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    Free
  • RHSV Christmas lunch for volunteers

    Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens 380 William St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    For our volunteers and staff to celebrate a wonderful year working together at the RHSV.  

    Free
  • Launch: Locating Australian Literary Memory

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

    Brigid Magner's Locating Australian Literary Memory explores the cultural meanings suffusing local literary commemorations; orientated around eleven authors – Adam Lindsay Gordon, Joseph Furphy, Henry Handel Richardson, Henry Lawson, A. B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson, Nan Chauncy, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Eleanor Dark, P. L. Travers, Kylie Tennant and David Unaipon.

    Free
  • Exhibition launch: The Swamp Vanishes

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

    Before European settlers arrived in the Port Phillip district, a large wetland that lay between the Yarra River and the Moonee Ponds Creek sustained the indigenous people and the cultural traditions of the Kulin nation. While the wetland had initially been described in terms of beauty, within a few short years the swamp was noisome and reviled, and talk began of draining and reclamation. This exhibition traces the how a significant wetland vanished from sight.          

    Free
  • Workshop: Born Digital Documents

    RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

    Presented by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Victorian Collections, this hands-on workshop provides an introduction to the principles of acquiring, storing, cataloguing and caring for born-digital material. This
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    $30 – $50
  • Seminar: EARLY MELBOURNE SUBURBS 1835-1880

    RHSV ZOOM by Invitation , Australia

    The RHSV and the Genealogical Society of Victoria are delighted to co-present this full-day seminar which will give participants a deep understanding of the forces and influences which have shaped
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    $45 – $60
  • PEOPLE AND CHANGES TO TAY CREGGAN

    Tay Creggan Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar 30 Yarra Street, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

    An opportunity to see inside the magnificient Tay Creggan, in Yarra Street, Hawthorn.  This heritage
    home is now Strathcona year 9 campus. Diana Little will be talking about PEOPLE AND CHANGES TO TAY CREGGAN and a book on Yarra Street by Elizabeth Love and Jennifer Bowen, will also be launched on this day.