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

  • A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne

    Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

    Hidden within a suburban Melbourne cemetery lies a remarkable piece of Egyptian-inspired architecture: the tomb of David Syme, one of the world’s first media tycoons and the influential proprietor of The
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  • Harpsdale – Celebrating 150 years

    Harpsdale Homestead 860 Craigieburn Road, Yuroke, Vic, Australia

    The 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
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  • CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025

    ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

    Join 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
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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, Australia

    Created 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
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  • Book Launch: Code of Silence by Diana Thorp

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

    Please 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
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