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Louise Lovely’s Labassa
Labassa 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaSession 1: 6pm - 7.30pm Session 2: 8pm - 9.30pm Film pioneer Louise Lovely was Australia’s most successful actress in Hollywood’s early silent era and Labassa’s most celebrated resident of the 1930s. Delve into Miss Lovely’s extraordinary life story as a star of stage and screen and learn what her splash of glamour brought to
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The Yallourn Briquette Works, 1925-1971: The Making & Marketing of Bernie’s Heat Nuggets with Matthew Churchward
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaJoin Engineering Heritage Victoria and the RHSV at an illustrated talk to mark the centenary of the Yallourn Briquette Works. Achieving its first commercial production in February 1925, the Yallourn Briquette Works was the third key element of the ambitious state-owned enterprise to harness the immense brown coal resources of the Latrobe Valley. Championed by
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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 (no matter the topic) - this is an interactive space where questions are encouraged. The RHSV does not endorse any particular cataloguing software - we believe it is horses for courses - and Jillian will talk about issues that impact on cataloguing whether you are using cataloguing cards or software.
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The History of Georges of Collins Street
Phyllis Hore Room, Kew Library Civic Drive, Kew, Victoria, AustraliaPlease join us on Thursday April 3rd for our next meeting and talk on GEORGES of Collins Street. Our speaker Justin Maclean will be discussing the store history, and the merchandise they sold. All welcome. Please register your interest in attending via email at antiquecollectorsclubvic@gmail.com or meet us at the Kew Library on meeting night.
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PMI Library Book Sale: April 2025
Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAfter our success last year, we again have market stalls joining us for our bi-annual big book sale! We have 10+ stalls joining us, so you know it will be lively. Stall owners have jewellery, knitted toys, scrapbooking materials, soaps and more to offer you. Make sure to stop by and pick up a treasure
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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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AGL Shaw Lecture: La Trobe, Redcoats and the Mounted Police
RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaOn 1st October 1839, the newly appointed Superintendent of the Port Phillip District, Charles La Trobe, came ashore in Melbourne for the first time. He was greeted by William Lonsdale, who had been sent to the district as de facto superintendent, and Police Magistrate in late 1836. Lonsdale, a recently retired officer of the 4th Regiment (King's Own) had come to Port Phillip with a small 'garrison' of an Ensign and 30 men from the same regiment. He forged a close relationship with La Trobe over the coming years even though La Trobe was distinctly non-military. While neither had direct command of the 'garrison', which reported to HQ in Sydney, the soldiers had an important role in providing the ultimate, mostly symbolic, Imperial underpinning of La Trobe's authority.
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How to Record a Painful History
Prahran Mechanics Institute 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaJoin us for a not-to-be-missed discussion on recording and sharing the truths of a colonial past. Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir and Marguerita Stephens will share their experience of collaborating across cultures to create their ground-breaking work “Years of Terror: Banbu-deen: Kulin & Colonists at Port Phillip 1835-1851.” Why did Billibellary and other Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung clansmen
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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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Launch of restored 1890s map of the Shire of Karkarooc by Hopetoun and District Historical Society
Old Limestone School Austin St, Hopetoun, Victoria, AustraliaJoin the Hopetoun and District Historical Society for their launch of a restored 1890s map of the Shire and Schools of Karakarooc on Sunday 13 April 2025. Hopetoun is located 384km north-west of Melbourne via the Calder Highway (about 4.5 hours drive). For those not local to Hopetoun, this event is a great opportunity to
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