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Labassa Open Day
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaAlthough more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. Come and experience the complex richness of Labassa’s architectural and human history. Young visitors will have fun tracking down all those non-human “critters” who still live at the mansion. Guided house tours and
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Friends of La Trobe’s Cottage Reception
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaLa Trobe Society Members and Friends are invited to attend the Friends of La Trobe's Cottage Reception to meet the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Collette Brennan.
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The rise of public health engineering in Victoria 1925-1940
The rise of public health engineering in Victoria 1925-1940: The Sewerage Districts' Acts 1915, 1925 and 1928, and the consulting engineers who rose to the occasion A century ago, the final 1914 report of the 1898 UK Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal provided an improved scientific knowledge of sewage treatment and an increased awareness of
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Historical Society Network Leaders: Victoria-wide Conference and Networking Day 2025
RHSV, Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe RHSV is delighted to host an opportunity for leaders from the diverse historical society networks throughout Victoria to come together and connect. This event will not be Zoomed as a key aim is for leaders to meet with peers from across Victoria and then to share their findings with their member societies.
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RHSV AGM + 2025 Weston Bate Oration: Professor Emeritus Graeme Davison
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMelbourne from the Air From the balloon to the drone, and from the Exhibition Building viewing platform to Skydeck, Melburnians have thrilled to the spectacle of their city from the sky. They were fascinated by the exploits of hot-air balloonists like the accident-prone Henry L'Estrange. When they could not actually fly above the city, artists
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin 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 each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. Bring your questions
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Curator’s talk: Yarra Birrarung Artists, Writers and the River exhibition
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaJoin the curator, Dr Judith Buckrich, of our current exhibition Yarra Birrarung: Artists, Writers and the River in a behind-the-scenes talk about the exhibition. The exhibition is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the exhibition explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social history.
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Labassa Open Day
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaAlthough more than 700 people have lived at Labassa, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. Come and experience the complex richness of Labassa’s architectural and human history. Young visitors will have fun tracking down all those non-human “critters” who still live at the mansion. Guided house tours and
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CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldJoin 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 each month and is happy to be guided by those who attend as to what they would like covered in upcoming clinics. Bring your questions
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Protesting the Vietnam War and National Service Talk
Library at the Dock 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands, Victoria, AustraliaDuring the Vietnam War, a huge national protest movement grew around the conscription of young Australians ordered to fight in the contentious war. In Victoria, many women were at the forefront of the historic protest movement. These brave women are the focus of the award-winning podcast Women, Conscription, War. Discover this pivotal moment in Australian
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