Events from May 14, 2018 – October 7, 2018 – Page 3 – Royal Historical Society of Victoria

  • AGL Shaw Lecture: Law, Lawyers and La Trobe

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

    Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV is a leading legal history scholar and he delivers the AGL Shaw Lecture which is co-presented with the C.J. La Trobe Society. The AGL Shaw Lecture, is part of our Distinguished Lecture series and is always a convivial evening.

    $35.00
  • Cataloguing Clinic via Zoom with Jillian Hiscock

    ZOOM Join from anywhere in the world

    Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, started these cataloguing clinics during the early days of COVID and they suit Zoom very well. The clinics run for an hour from 11am
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    Free
  • Finding Families

    Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

    Hobsons Bay Libraries' experienced heritage staff will demonstrate how to search for your ancestors across a variety of online platforms, including Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages records, Ancestry, historic newspapers,
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    Free
  • 1850s Heritage-listed garden in Thomastown: horticulturalist guided tours

    Ziebell's Farmhouse Museum & Heritage Garden 100 Gardenia Road, Thomastown, VIC, Australia

    Described as one of the finest small cottage gardens in Melbourne, Ziebell’s Farmhouse garden features over 70 roses including one planted in the 1860s. It is tangible evidence of the love of beauty and culture that existed at Westgarthtown, which is an historic dairy farming settlement established by German and Wendish emigrants. It is Victoria’s oldest German emigrant building

  • Discover Our Collections: Heritage @ Williamstown Library

    Williamstown Library 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown, VIC, Australia

    Williamstown Library is the home base for Hobsons Bay Libraries Heritage Collection, dedicated to preserving the history of Hobsons Bay from historic maps and photographs to newspaper and local books.
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    Free
  • The history of the Box Hill/Burwood Rotary Club

    Bert Lewis Room, first floor, Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Select one, Australia

    As 2021 is the centenary of the formation of Rotary in Australia, it is fitting to hear about the history of the organisation, both nationally and in our local area.
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    Gold coin donation