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

  • OUR STORY: ABORIGINAL CHINESE PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA

    Museum of Australian Chinese History 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Free Public Event: Saturday 9th July 2022, 2pm-4pm. Please join The Chinese Museum at their presentation of recent research findings followed by a panel discussion. RSVP via email to Alex
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  • Antiques and Collectables – an evaluations expo

    Studio 1, Former Channel 9 Building 15 Barnett Way, Richmond, Victoria, Australia

    Similar to the UK Antiques Roadshow, Richmond and Burnley Historical Society, Hawthorn Historical Society and Richmond Community Learning Centre are hosting an evaluation expo where qualified valuers will be able
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  • 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 before seguing into marketing. The forums are low-key and they not recorded. You can bring your questions and problems and you can also ask Christina to tackle some specific issue in a future forum.

    Free
  • Next Steps with Trove

    Online

    Trove is a National Library of Australia initiative providing a single point of entry to a treasure trove of artefacts, curiosities and stories from Australia’s cultural, community and research institutions.
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    Free
  • VICTORIA’S EARLIEST POTTERIES

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

    Victoria’s Earliest Potteries - Lecture and Exhibition Guest Speaker: Gregory Hill, who is recognised as the leading authority on Australian Colonial Pottery and Australian Art Pottery. His book, Victoria’s Earliest
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    $25
  • Acts of Reckoning

    The Wheeler Centre 176 Little Londsale Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    How does Australia's relationship to its settler colonial past shape our shared future? And can we ever achieve true healing if we don't confront history head on? Griffith Review's Acts of Reckoning issue examines some of the complexities at play in Australia's long and fraught journey toward centering First Nations peoples, cultures and knowledges. Join the Wheeler Centre for this special panel event as lawyer, storyteller and Griffith Review contributing editor, Teela Reid, activist and Uluru Statement from the Heart architect, Megan Davis and historian Henry Reynolds (appearing via a video feed) reckon with questions of history, truth-telling and decolonisation. 

  • Australia’s Great Depression

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

    We are thrilled that Joan Beaumont, Professor Emerita of History at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, will deliver our July lecture on her profound history of
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    $10 – $20.00
  • Preserving your memories

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    Do you have old photos, letters, small drawings and/ or documents that you’re worried about preserving safely long term? Learn about the different ways you can save them and save your favourite items.