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SUMMARY:Specialist History Tour: Sharing the Universe at Melbourne Observatory
DESCRIPTION:Last year this event booked out in less than 24 hours! It is an RHSV members-only tour.  \nThis is a VIP tour of Melbourne Observatory\, formally acknowledged as a place of outstanding national scientific\, architectural\, historical\, astronomical and cultural significance\, and a potential nomination for UNESCO World Heritage listing. \nHistorians and astronomers of the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV) including past President\, Perry Vlahos\, and Dr Barry Clark will attend and show and guide you in the Melbourne Observatory site. Depending on the weather you may see Venus\, the moon’s craters\,mountains and valleys\, the Orion nebula\, the Cat’s Eyes binary and the beautiful blue and orange colours in the binary star in Canis Major. \nMelbourne Observatory was one of only four nineteenth century observatories in the Southern Hemisphere\, and provided critical infrastructure for the functioning of the colony and the wider scientific world. The Photoheliograph and South Equatorial House were constructed to allow observations to be made of the Transit of Venus in 1874\, part of a concerted\, world-wide project that yielded information new to science. \nIn 1875\, the Astronomer Royal praised the Melbourne Observatory for its production of “the best catalogue of stars of the Southern Hemisphere ever published”. The Observatory also played a vital role in the exploration of Antarctica in the early twentieth century by providing the basis for magnetic surveys. \nDuring the nineteenth century the Great Melbourne Telescope at the Melbourne Observatory generated great community pride and was then a symbol of the city’s sophistication and achievement. In its time it was recognised internationally as one of the best telescopes employed in pursuit of new discoveries in the sky.” \nMelbourne Observatory is now on the National Heritage List (early 2018). \nImportant information about the tour: \n\nEach tour consists of a max of 12 people. If there is sufficient interest we will book two tours which will occur simultaneously.\nThe tour is conducted at night and are not suitable for wheelchairs due to narrow entrances and staircases. This tour includes entry into confined spaces and climbing stairs\, therefore requires a moderate level of physical fitness and mobility\nThe tour will not be cancelled due to overcast or inclement weather conditions. Our guide will conduct an informative tour although the use of telescopes for observation in these conditions will not occur\nThis program is not suitable for children under the age of 8 years. Children 8 years and above must be accompanied by an adult.\n\n\n\nThis is both an indoor and outdoor activity. Please wear appropriate clothing for weather conditions and appropriate footwear.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/specialist-history-tour-sharing-the-universe-at-melbourne-observatory/
LOCATION:Melbourne Observatory\, Birdwood Avenue\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200229T100000
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SUMMARY:Box Hill Cemetery Tour
DESCRIPTION:To coincide with the beginning of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March\, our tour will focus on women in Box Hill cemetery. We will visit the graves of a variety of women\, from nurses\, teachers and artists to pioneers of women’s organisations. Come along and learn about the part that some women have played in Victoria’s history.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/box-hill-cemetery-tour/
LOCATION:Box Hill Cemetery\, 395 Middleborough Road\, Box Hill\, VIC\, 3128\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Box Hill Historical Society":MAILTO:boxhillhistory@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200307
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200310
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
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SUMMARY:Scoresby Steamfest 2020
DESCRIPTION:A unique experience with demonstrations and exhibits of Australian domestic\, industrial and agricultural heritage. Our engines are impressive to see in action with some of Victoria’s best steam\, diesel and engine displays. These operating engines form only part of over 500 engines and associated exhibits on display during our rally. \nThis event also provides a great opportunity for you to demonstrate and display your exhibits to thousands of our visitors that regularly attend the rally\, and catch up with friends and acquaintances from across the state. A fenced arena will be available for mobile exhibits or fenced compounds can be used if more appropriate. Camping areas and showers are available at rally time for exhibitors\, and complimentary spit roast dinner is offered to exhibitors on Saturday night. There is a new engine run for steam traction engines\, steam rollers and vintage tractors tor provide an extra activity for drivers to put on a spectacular show! \nMore details are available on the website including Exhibitor Registration Forms.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/scoresby-steamfest-2020/
LOCATION:National Steam Centre\, 1200 Ferntree Gully Road\, Scoresby\, VIC\, 3179\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club":MAILTO:melbournesteam@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200310T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200310T140000
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SUMMARY:Up from the vaults: As the River Flows
DESCRIPTION:The changing shape of Birrarung (Yarra River) \nIn the first outing of our ‘Up from the Vaults’ series for 2020\, Dr Liz Dean from the School of Social and Political Sciences will explore the significance of Birrarung (the Yarra River). \nIn 2017 the Victorian Government implemented the landmark Yarra River Protection Wilip-gin Birrarung murron Act 2017; legislation which recognises the Yarra River as a living entity and acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as its traditional custodians\, while also protecting the river for future generations. \n‘Wilip-gin Birrarung murron’ translates as ‘keep the Birrarung alive’ in Woi-wurrung; and significantly\, the act was the first legislation in Australia to be co-titled in a Traditional Owner language. \nWhile largely overlooked\, this Act can promote public discussions about Sovereignty. In granting the rights of the river\, the boundaries of ownership are put into question. It also creates a focus on Indigenous representations of the Birrarung/Yarra River and on Indigenous knowledge of and care for the river\, how rivers shape themselves and how the settler state altered the Yarra River. The early representations of this river help us begin to explore the diverse layers of the river and the spaces it occupies. \nImage: George William Perry ‘Princes Bridge and the Yarra in flood\, December’ 1863 albumen photograph The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Gift of the Russell and Mab Grimwade Bequest 1973
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/up-from-the-vaults-as-the-river-flows/
LOCATION:Old Quadrangle University of Melbourne\, First floor\, Parkville\, VIC\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ian Potter Museum of Art":MAILTO:potter-events@unimelb.edu.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200310T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200310T193000
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SUMMARY:RHSV History Bookclub
DESCRIPTION:This will be the inaugural meeting of our History Bookclub. And the first book chosen is Chloe Hooper’s The Arsonist: A mind on fire.  \nThe bookclub will focus on Victorian history but there may be little deviations. It will be moderated at first but it is planned for it to be self-sufficient. We will organise occasional author visits and guest speakers. The group size will be capped. There will be monthly meetings – currently planned for the 2nd Tuesday of each month. A bookclub is\, of course\, focused on the book but the word ‘club’ in the title is there for a reason – we want these gatherings to be fun. \nIf you have queries\, please contact Rosemary / 9326 9288 / rosemary.cameron@historyvictoria.org.au \nThe Arsonist is available through the History Victoria Bookshop at the discounted price of $19 \nThe Arsonist was awarded a Judge’s Special Prize in the 2019 Victorian Community History Awards. The Judges’ citation is: \n“This powerful and suspenseful story of the 2009 bushfires in the Latrobe Valley is told from the perspectives of the police\, the victims\, the alleged perpetrator and his parents. The drama revolves around the accused\, Brendan Sokaluk from Churchill\, a social misfit with a cognitive disability. The author raises the issue as to what extent was he knowingly responsible for the inferno as she reflects on the nature of his disability and pyromania theories. \nThe backdrop is a disadvantaged community that experienced widespread unemployment after privatisation of the State’s energy grid and loss of community facilities at Yallourn and elsewhere owing to obeisance to coal mining. \nHooper uses a novelist’s skills to evoke the savage fury of the fire\, a monster unleashed on a hapless little community\, but her writing is anchored in fact; her sources are primarily the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission and court records. Her creative narrative represents a compelling way of telling the history of a catastrophe.”
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/rhsv-history-bookclub/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gordon Moffatt Room\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200311T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200311T210000
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SUMMARY:2020 McIntyre Lecture: Nigel Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Nigel Lewis is a heritage architect who entered private practice in 1976. Early projects included the first urban conservation projects for many parts of inner Melbourne and rural historic site surveys. As a resident of Kew for a large part of his life\, his knowledge and interest in contemporary architecture is long-standing. \nThe Kew Historical Society’s 2020 McIntyre Lecture will explore how modern buildings slip through the net due to formulaic application of planning controls. Street presentation of modernist buildings will be a major theme of the lecture.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/2020-mcintyre-lecture-nigel-lewis/
LOCATION:Just Theatre\, Kew Court House\, 188 High Street\, Kew\, VIC\, 3101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kew Historical Society Inc":MAILTO:info@kewhistoricalsociety.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200315T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200315T150000
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SUMMARY:Ceremony to unveil a plaque to the Sparrow family
DESCRIPTION:Tony Wright wrote a terrific article in The Age on Saturday 7 March\, The Sparrows fell\, and the town won’t forget. It tells of the big flood of March 1946 when Hamilton\, Casterton\, Heywood\, Portland\, Port Fairy and Warrnambool and all the villages in between were engulfed by floods. \nOn Sunday 15 March at 2pm a ceremony will be held at the entrance to the Old Sparrow farm on Lake Gorrie Road\, south of Macarthur\, to unveil a bluestone plaque to mark the day when a whole family\, the Sparrows\, drowned. \nOrganised by the Macarthur & District Historical Society. (03) 55761221 \nTony’s article can be read here
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/ceremony-to-unveil-a-plaque-to-the-sparrow-family/
LOCATION:Sparrow Farm\, Lake Gorrie Road\, Macarthur\, VIC\, 3286\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200316T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200316T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
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SUMMARY:Hidden Melbourne: A Photographic Story of Melbourne Through the Ages with Barney Meyer
DESCRIPTION:A Photographic Story of Melbourne Through the Ages looks at two major events which took place in the 1800s: The birth of photography and the birth of Melbourne; the most liveable city in the world. One location in Melbourne is most remarkable from the perspective of the history of the city and of image-making technology. This is illustrated by four panoramic views of the city over 176 years\, as captured from the spire of Scots’ Church on the NW corner of Collins and Russell Streets. \nBarney will take you on a Virtual Tour of Melbourne\, starting at the birth of Melbourne with a highly detailed 360° camera lucida view of the town from the top of the new Scot’s Church in 1841. Visit this site again in 1875 to see a 360° photographic view of Melbourne City from the spire through collodion glass plates. In 1963\, the spire suffered severe lightning damage and was lowered 40 feet. In 1989\, it was rebuilt and restored in height\, at which time\, 11 overlapping views of the city were captured from the spire\, forming a 360° panoramic view. In 2017\, a modern 360° view was captured from the spire by Hidden Melbourne using a CMOS sensor. \nWith Virtual Tour technology\, you are able to stand on the spire as if you were virtually there. Barney will demonstrate Time Travel by allowing you to switch between the stages of Melbourne’s development and to see annotated landmarks. By linking old and new views into a timeline\, this journey will tell the story of Melbourne’s growth and transformation as well as the development of image-making technology. \n10:00am Morning Coffee\n10:45am Talk begins \nBookings essential:\nFriends of MGA $10 | $5 talk only\nNon-members $12| $6 talk only
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/hidden-melbourne-a-photographic-story-of-melbourne-through-the-ages-with-barney-meyer/
LOCATION:Monash Art Gallery\, 860 Ferntree Gully Road\, Wheelers Hill\, VIC\, 3150\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Monash Art Gallery":MAILTO:mga@monash.vic.gov.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200317T171500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200317T190000
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SUMMARY:What the Little Bird didn't tell me
DESCRIPTION:Due to the COVID-19 restrictions we have regretfully decided to postpone this event and our other large events in April. We hope to reschedule later in the year.\nThose who have already booked will receive a full refund.\nTwenty years ago I wrote a book that documented a journey I had been on for over a decade. The book was A Little Bird Told: Family Secrets\, Necessary Lives. This book represented a journey of discovery where I located my Aboriginal ancestors and answered a number of questions that had dogged my family for generations. Along the way\, I discovered a story of secrets and lies\, of madness\, and refuge.  In this talk\, I will reflect on this book nearly 20 years later with a focus on the importance of women as the keepers and tellers of family stories. In so doing I will consider the reasons why I wrote the book\, what impact it had at the time and its ongoing influence. I hope that these reflections might have something to say to other family historians. I want to question whether there are there some family secrets and necessary lies that should never be told? \nProfessor Lynette Russell AM is an award-winning historian and Indigenous studies scholar. In 2020 she is taking up an Australian Research Council’s Laureate Fellowship to examine Global Encounters and First Nations People: 1000 Years of Australian History. \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/what-the-little-bird-didnt-tell-me/
LOCATION:RHSV ZOOM by Invitation\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,What's On
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200322
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SUMMARY:‘Wings of Peace 1920-2020’ Centenary of Australia First Official Air Race\, Serpentine Victoria
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nIn 1920 post WWI\, the small village of Serpentine Victoria was selected to be the starting point of Australia’s first government sponsored aerial derby (as racing was often referred during that era). This was the first of numerous events to follow around the nation in the years after WWI. \nThe 1920 event was part of the promotion of the Second Peace Loan to raise funds to pay for the return\, repatriation and care of the many soldiers and nurses to settle them back into community way of life after the Great European War. \nThe 2020 centenary event is of national significance for the benefit of aviators\, airplane enthusiasts\, historians and families who have an interest in airplanes\, our community\, our history. This event will raise awareness that there are still Veterans in need\, as were First World War Veterans who benefited from money raised one hundred years ago. Legacy will be a beneficiary of the efforts of the ‘Wings of Peace 1920 – 2020’ commemoration to aid their continuing support for service men\, women and their families. \nThe Air Race Centenary Committee will bring the roar of planes to Serpentine again to recreate the atmosphere of 1920. Biplane owners and aviators are invited to participate in a 70 mile air race across the region. Heritage/vintage airplanes are also invited to be part of a fly in and/or fly over with an opportunity to be part of a ground based display of airplanes and other modes of 1920’s transport i.e. vintage cars. Paul Bennet Air Shows will bring you an exciting aerobatics display. \nFurther information see Facebook pages: East Loddon Historical Society and Serpentine Air Race. Find all the days scheduled details and tickets on web page: https://serpentineairrace.com.au/ Come celebrate and commemorate the centenary of Australia first official air race Saturday March 21st 2020\, Loddon Valley Highway\, Serpentine\, Victoria.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/wings-of-peace-1920-2020-centenary-of-australia-first-official-air-race-serpentine-victoria/
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="East Loddon Historical Society Inc.":MAILTO:fly@serpentineairrace.com.au
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SUMMARY:Gippsland Workshop 3: SCANNING FOR BEGINNERS
DESCRIPTION:Bookings for this workshop are closed and it has been postponed until some time later in the year. We will keep our members informed as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. \nThis workshop is the third in a series of six workshops on digitisation and cataloguing to be held at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. If you wish to purchase a discounted ticket to all six workshops click here. \nThis workshop is aimed at those who are new to scanning. It will cover some terminology relating to digital images\, and how to prepare documents for scanning before participants scan some documents using flatbed scanners. Participants will compare the document to the digital image and learn basic image manipulation to have the best possible digitised version. Then\, file naming and storage standards will be applied to the digitised documents. By the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to scan documents confidently. \nThe series of 6 linked workshops (three Saturday morning & afternoons over three months) cover aspects of cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops is progressive\, starting with basic concepts and building in complexity. \nParticipants need to bring their own lap-top. \nAll workshops are limited to 20 participants and will be led by Sophie Shilling\, our digital expert. They are all to be held at the library at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. \nTea and coffee are available throughout the workshop however participants staying for both workshops will need to bring their lunch. \nINDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS (HALF-DAY):\nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $30       \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $45\n(ALL 6 WORKSHOPS (OVER 3 DAYS): \nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $150    \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $225)\nQUERIES: +61 3 9326 9288 / OFFICE@HISTORYVICTORIA.ORG.AU\nCheck out the other workshops: \nWorkshop 1: Computer cataloguing for absolute beginners\nWorkshop 2: Using cataloguing software\nWorkshop 3: Scanning for beginners\nWorkshop 4: Digitising books and photographing objects\nWorkshop 5: Looking after digital files\nWorkshop 6: Making collections accessible
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/gippsland-workshop-3-scanning-for-beginners/
LOCATION:Federation University Gippsland Campus Library\, Northways Road\, Churchill\, VIC\, 3842\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200321T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200321T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
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SUMMARY:Gippsland Workshop 4: DIGITISING BOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPHING OBJECTS
DESCRIPTION:Bookings for this workshop are closed and it has been postponed until some time later in the year. We will keep our members informed as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. \nThis workshop is the fourth in a series of six workshops on digitisation and cataloguing to be held at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. If you wish to purchase a discounted ticket to all six workshops click here. \nIn this intermediate digitisation workshop\, we will introduce participants to best-practice digitisation techniques and procedures. Participants will have the opportunity to digitise books using a book scanner\, and to set up a site for object photography. Then\, we will introduce some image manipulation techniques including making thumbnails and watermarks. This workshop is aimed at those who are comfortable using a flatbed scanner and would like to expand their digitisation and digital image manipulation skills. \nThe series of 6 linked workshops (three Saturday morning & afternoons over three months) cover aspects of cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops is progressive\, starting with basic concepts and building in complexity. \nParticipants need to bring their own lap-top. \nAll workshops are limited to 20 participants and will be led by Sophie Shilling\, our digital expert. They are all to be held at the library at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. \nTea and coffee are available throughout the workshop however participants staying for both workshops will need to bring their lunch. \nINDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS (HALF-DAY):\nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $30       \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $45\n(ALL 6 WORKSHOPS (OVER 3 DAYS): \nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $150    \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $225)\nQUERIES: +61 3 9326 9288 / OFFICE@HISTORYVICTORIA.ORG.AU\nCheck out the other workshops: \nWorkshop 1: Computer cataloguing for absolute beginners\nWorkshop 2: Using cataloguing software\nWorkshop 3: Scanning for beginners\nWorkshop 4: Digitising books and photographing objects\nWorkshop 5: Looking after digital files\nWorkshop 6: Making collections accessible\n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/gippsland-workshop-4-digitising-books-and-photographing-objects/
LOCATION:Federation University Gippsland Campus Library\, Northways Road\, Churchill\, VIC\, 3842\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Back to Hastings
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nWe are planning a reunion of all those people who remember their time in Hastings or those people wishing to socialise with us and reminisce about life in Hastings prior to 1970. \nSnacks provided. Drinks at your cost.\nPlease RSVP with numbers attending and contact details. \nMemorabilia\, newspaper clippings and photos very welcome\, labelled with your name. \nTELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ABOUT THIS EVENT \n  \nImage caption: \nHastings Jetty\, Rose Series Postcard P13936\, c1950 \nCourtesy of Hastings – Western Port Historical Society \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/back-to-hastings/
LOCATION:Hastings Club\, 155 MARINE PDE\, HASTINGS\, VIC\, 3915\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Balnarring & District Historical Society Inc":MAILTO:Glynnstaggard@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200321T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200321T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200314T023722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T221144Z
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SUMMARY:Fishermans Bend: an urban renewal project unlike any other in Australia
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nWant to know more about what’s going on with Fishermans Bend?\nU3A’s Saturday seminar Fishermans Bend: an urban renewal project unlike any other in Australia is on 21 March from 2.30 to 4.00 pm at the Mary Kehoe Centre in Danks St.  Speakers are Janet Bolitho\, Bernadene Voss\, Mayor and Councillor\, and Rob McGuaran\, local resident and director of MGS Architects. The moderator will be Max Nankervis who is with the Middle Park History Group. \nAll are welcome to this free seminar but rsvps are essential to 9696 3495.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/fishermans-bend-an-urban-renewal-project-unlike-any-other-in-australia/
LOCATION:Mary Kehoe Community Centre\, 224 Danks St\, VIC\, Albert Park\, VIC\, 3206\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200327T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200327T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200219T003547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T220525Z
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SUMMARY:Gippsland Art Gallery: tour and talk
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nEnjoy a guided tour of the Gippsland Art Gallery led by Director\, Simon Gregg\, and hear about the learnings and successes of the 2018 redevelopment of the gallery.\nPresented by AMaGA \nAMaGA members free\nNon-members $10\nBookings: www.amagavic.org.au/events\nor call 03 8341 7344 (also call this number for disability access information / assistance)
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/gippsland-art-gallery-tour-and-talk/
LOCATION:Gippsland Art Gallery\, 70 Foster St\, Sale\, VIC\, 3850\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="AMaGA":MAILTO:info@amagavic.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200327T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200327T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200219T004115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T220423Z
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SUMMARY:Designing  a Travelling Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nThis AMaGA workshop\, targeted at small museums and volunteers will look at exhibition development\, design principles\, installation and display techniques for exhibitions that are easily transportable and can be displayed in a range of venues. \nAMaGA members $35\nNon-members $40\nBookings: www.amagavic.org.au/events\nor call 03 8341 7344 (also call this number for disability access information / assistance)
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/designing-a-travelling-exhibition/
LOCATION:Bairnsdale Library\, 22 Service St\,\, Bairnsdale\, VIC\, 3875\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="AMaGA":MAILTO:info@amagavic.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200331T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200331T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200204T221154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T220331Z
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SUMMARY:Teasing women’s stories from the archives
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nIn March the History Council of Victoria celebrates Women’s History Month\, part of the context for annual celebrations of International Women’s Day on 8 March. In this seminar\, three historians share their experience of researching women’s lives\, as biographical dictionaries strive to increase their representation of women. From a medieval countess to Victoria’s female criminals\, the stories uncovered range widely in both time and place\, pointing to the richness the archives can yield ‘with a little more effort and research’. \nThis is a free event but bookings should be made through the HCV website \nThe presenters and their topics are: \nDr Carolyn Rasmussen\, public historian \n‘ “They just need a little more effort and research to track down”: addressing the gender imbalance in the Australian Dictionary of Biography‘ \nThe Australian Dictionary of Biography was\, from its inception\, intended to include representative as well as significant Australians\, but nevertheless women remained in the shadows with only 10 women to 565 men in volume one and 11 women to 596 men in volume two.  The proportion has gradually increased to nearly one quarter of those who died between 1991 and 2001\, but the challenge to redress the balance has now been taken up and the number of ‘recovered lives’ is testament to the effort and research of recent years. Plans are in hand to incorporate them into a revised Australian Dictionary of Biography. \nDr Kathleen Neale\, Monash University \n‘Looking for Elizabeth: locating medieval women in the archives’ \nIn response to shifting community expectations\, major biographical dictionaries are moving to include more women among their entries. How can medieval women be located in the archives of institutions from which they were largely excluded in their own time\, and in which later archivists were often uninterested in noticing and listing them where their lives were recorded? This presentation reflects on my experience of researching the biography of one of the daughters of Edward I. \nDr Alana Piper\, University of Technology Sydney \n‘Freeing female prisoners from the archives: understanding “criminality” in context’ \nIn his 1937 memoir about his career as a police detective in Melbourne\, Alfred Stephen Burvett made a seemingly oxymoronic remark when he stated ‘It must be remembered that it is not always criminals who commit offences or crimes’. Historically not every individual who entered the prison system fitted popular conceptions of the ‘criminal’; this seems especially true of women prisoners. Using archival prison records\, this paper will discuss the offending careers of 6\,042 women incarcerated in Victoria between 1860 and 1920 in order to reveal the complexities behind the ‘criminal’ identity imposed upon such women. \nMargaret Anderson\, Director at the Old Treasury Building\, will facilitate the discussion.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/teasing-womens-stories-from-the-archives/
LOCATION:Old Treasury Building\, 20 Spring St\, East Melbourne\, VIC\, 3002\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="History Council of Victoria":MAILTO:info@historycouncilvic.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200401T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200730T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200308T091311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200415T075127Z
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SUMMARY:Our Chinese Community
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nOur Chinese Community Exhibition opens daily from 1st April 11am till 3pm at Echuca Historical Society Museum\, 1 Dickson Street Echuca 3564\nThis exhibition tells the story of some of our earliest residents the Chinese. Find out why our first Chinese residents made Echuca home.\nChinese market gardeners arrived in Echuca in April 1865 and by 1892 there were seventeen different Chinese paying rates on land. Others had experience as bankers\, storekeepers and interpreters\, general labourers and even a river boat owner/captain.\nThere were many marriages between white women and Chinese men on the goldfields and then in towns to where the miners moved when the gold failed. Find out about the burning tower.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/our-chinese-community/
LOCATION:ECHUCA HISTORICAL SCOEITY MUSEUM\, 1 Dickson Street\, Echuca\, victoria\, 3564\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="ECHUCA HISTORICAL SOCIETY":MAILTO:eh.soc@bigpond.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200405T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200405T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200303T045610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T221104Z
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SUMMARY:Heritage Festival & Antiques Sideshow\, Geelong
DESCRIPTION:All are warmly invited to attend SHC’s inaugural Heritage Festival\, featuring an Antiques Sideshow on Sunday 5 April 2020\, 10.00am – 4.00pm. \nLEONARD JOEL – OBJECT VALUATIONS\nWe are excited to have experts from Leonard Joel who will be available for valuations on the day. Leonard Joel\, established 1919\, is Australia’s largest multi-department auction house\, and they will be applying their expertise and specialist knowledge to value objects throughout the day. \nGuests are welcome to bring items to be valued\, at the cost of $5 per item (funds will be donated to the College’s 160th Scholarship program). For large items we request you bring a high definition\, clear photograph\, instead of the item itself. To register your item/s\, please enter via Aphrasia Street (there will be signage). Alternatively\, you can click this link to register your object/s prior to the day: https://www.trybooking.com/BIOJV \nFAMILY TREE WORKSHOPS\nHave you ever wanted to research your family tree\, but were unsure where to start? We will have experts from Ancestry.com and the Genealogical Society of Geelong to help you start investigating your family tree. \nANTIQUES AND VINTAGE WARES MARKET\nThe event will have an antiques and vintage wares market\, with stallholders from the Geelong area and beyond. \nHERITAGE TALKS AND EXPERT PRESENTATIONS\nA variety of presenters will provide expert knowledge on a wide range of heritage topics. Further details will be on the event website shortly. \nRECITALS AND EXPERT TALKS IN THE CHAPEL\nThe College’s Chapel will be filled with the majestic sounds of the beautiful\, 136-year old unaltered Fincham pipe organ\, as renowned organist Frank De Rosso performs two recitals in the afternoon. \nRay Brown\, from Ferguson and Urie (specialists in Colonial Victorian Stained Glass) will address guests on the magnificent David Relph Drape stained glass windows (1874) in the Chapel. \nVINTAGE CARS\nThe Western District Historic Vehicle Club will have their historic motor cars on display. Members of the club will be here to answer questions about their vintage automobiles. \nThere will also be steam machinery on display. \nVILLAGE GREEN\nSit back and relax in our ‘Village Green’\, where you can enjoy a wide variety of food vans. There will also be entertaining live music from talented performers including local Irish Traditional Music/Celtic band Déardaoin. \nREGISTER NOW\nGuests are encouraged to book their free entry tickets online for an opportunity to win a National Trust membership for 2020: TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/BIOJV
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/heritage-festival-antiques-sideshow-geelong/
LOCATION:Sacred Heart College Geelong\, Retreat Road\, NEWTOWN\, VIC\, 3220\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sacred Heart College Geelong":MAILTO:info@shcgeelong.catholic.edu.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200413
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200303T024045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200415T080621Z
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SUMMARY:53RD ANNUAL VINTAGE MACHINERY RALLY WARRACKNABEAL
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event as we suspect it has been cancelled. \nWorking Vintage Tractors & Machinery \nWheatlands Agricultural Machinery Museum is located on the Henty Highway Warracknabeal and houses the most extensive collection of vintage agricultural machinery\, tractors\, stationary engines and other such equipment in Australia. Over three days of the Easter Rally\, this unique collection is on display\, plus restoration enthusiasts from many parts of Australia\, exhibit their own collections of vintage cars\, engines and machinery. \nFeaturing in 2020 – “Case” & “American Engines” \n* Working vintage tractors and tractor parade \n* Working vintage machinery \n* Stationary engines \n* Steam engine \n* Axe handle lathe \n* Vintage cars \n* Shearing demonstrations \n* Model aeroplanes \n* Craft stalls \n* Vintage and collectible displays \nSPECIAL EVENTS \n* Vintage Street parade down Warracknabeal’s main street on Easter Saturday from 11am \n* Twilight Vintage Tractor Pull held Saturday night \nFUN FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES \n* Hay Bale Maze \n* Easter Egg Hunt \n* Rocker Cover Racing \n* “Wheatlands Walkabout” scavenger hunt \n* Coloring competition \n* Catering available all weekend \n* BBQ\, sandwiches\, cakes\, fruit salad and drinks \nExhibitors Welcome with camping available for exhibitors \nContact Rally Secretary Dale 0429 146 597 \nEntry to our Easter events begin from 10am daily. \nWe look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/53rd-annual-vintage-machinery-rally-warracknabeal/
LOCATION:Wheatlands Agricultural Machinery Museum\, 34 Henty Highway\,\, Warracknabeal\, VIC\, 3393\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Warracknabeal Historical Society":MAILTO:VINTAGERALLY3393@GMAIL.COM
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200414T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200414T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200310T091404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200403T051923Z
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SUMMARY:ZOOM History Bookclub: Truganini
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled that Professor Cassandra Pybus\, author of our book this month\, will be joining our bookclub for a discussion. Start preparing your questions!\nOur History Bookclub is not taking COVID-19 lying down and we will be convening through ZOOM. Unfortunately we cannot pour you a glass of red wine through ZOOM but we can still chat. If you would llike to join us – sign up below and we will send you the link. \nIn normal times the bookclub meets monthly on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 5:30pm – 7pm at the RHSV and we ponder the big issues and the small over a glass of wine and some cheese. But you can start reading our next book in preparation for the temporary situation of ZOOMing in for discussions: \nTruganini Journey through the apocalypse by Cassandra Pybus. \nThe haunting story of the extraordinary Aboriginal woman behind the myth of ‘the last Tasmanian Aborigine’. \n‘For the first time a biographer who treats her with the insight and empathy she deserves. The result is a book of unquestionable national importance.’ – PROFESSOR HENRY REYNOLDS\, University of Tasmania\n\n‘At last\, a book to give Truganini the proper attention she deserves.’ – GAYE SCULTHORPE\, Curator of Oceania\, The British MuseumCassandra Pybus’s ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island\, in south-east Tasmania\, in the 1850s and 1860s. As a child\, Cassandra didn’t know this woman was Truganini\, and that Truganini was walking over the country of her clan\, the Nuenonne.For nearly seven decades\, Truganini lived through a psychological and cultural shift more extreme than we can imagine. But her life was much more than a regrettable tragedy. Now Cassandra has examined the original eyewitness accounts to write Truganini’s extraordinary story in full.Hardly more than a child\, Truganini managed to survive the devastation of the 1820s\, when the clans of south-eastern Tasmania were all but extinguished. She spent five years on a journey around Tasmania\, across rugged highlands and through barely penetrable forests\, with George Augustus Robinson\, the self-styled missionary who was collecting the survivors to send them into exile on Flinders Island. She has become an international icon for a monumental tragedy – the so-called extinction of the original people of Tasmania.Cassandra Pybus is an award-winning author and a distinguished historian. She is author of twelve books and has held research professorships at the University of Sydney\, Georgetown University in Washington DC\, the University of Texas and King’s College London. She is descended from the colonist who received the largest free land grant on Truganini’s traditional country of Bruny Island.\n\nThe following bookclub at a time to be determined will be Jill Giese’s award-winning book\, The Maddest Place on Earth. \nAnd on Tuesday 9 June\, Brenda Niall’s biography\, Mannix.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/history-bookclub-truganini-journey-through-the-apocalypse/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gordon Moffatt Room\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200415T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200415T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200302T022053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200415T080213Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of Mike Rosel's 'A Rat of Tobruk'
DESCRIPTION:Mike’s launch has been cancelled however the book will be in bookshops from early April\, and available at \nhttps://scholarly.info/book/a-rat-of-tobruk-a-diggers-lost-images-of-the-siege/ \nAn invitation to the launch of Mike Rosel’s A Rat of Tobruk by Dr Mark Johnston at the Shrine of Remembrance (Auditorium). \nRSVP: 0407 824 784 by 9 April. \nTo mark the 80th anniversary of the Siege of Tobruk in 2021\, Melbourne writer Mike Rosel has chosen many photographs from his father’s WWII albums\, notably those from Tobruk – many not seen before. \nThe tale of Lt John Rosel MC\, and the 2/24th Battalion‘s odyssey from training in northeast Victoria to Tobruk\, is complemented by never-before-published intimate and frank letters from Tobruk by Private Harry Frazer to his parents in Swan Hill. \n“Lieutenant John Rosel won a Military Cross for displaying ‘calmness and outstanding leadership’ when his platoon became surrounded at a critical point in the siege of Tobruk. He led the defence of several vital outposts against numerous attacks by the troops of General Rommel. His son Mike has written not only a touching tribute to his father’s war service but also a perceptive and stylish account of the soldiering experience of a generation. \nA Rat of Tobruk has many fascinating photographs – mainly taken by John Rosel –and is recommended to anyone interested in the Australian soldiers who risked all while making a substantial contribution to Allied victory in World War II.”\n– Dr Mark Johnston\, historian\,\nand author of 11 books on Australians’ service in WWII
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/an-invitation-to-the-launch-of-mike-rosels-a-rat-of-torbruk/
LOCATION:Shrine of Remembrance\, Birdwood Ave\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Australian Scholarly Publishing":MAILTO:enquiry@scholarly.info
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200418T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200418T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20191210T092151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200408T215424Z
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SUMMARY:GIPPSLAND WORKSHOP 5: LOOKING AFTER DIGITAL FILES
DESCRIPTION:Bookings for this workshop are closed and it has been postponed until some time later in the year. We will keep our members informed as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. \nThis workshop is the fifth in a series of six workshops on digitisation and cataloguing to be held at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. If you wish to purchase a discounted ticket to all six workshops click here. \nThis is a basic digital preservation workshop. The workshop will begin with brief project management skills including templates for policies and procedures. We will discuss digital storage\, how to create backups\, and how to check if files are damaged. Participants will learn how to describe an object using Dublin Core so that digital files can be discoverable. \nThe series of 6 linked workshops (three Saturday morning & afternoons over three months) cover aspects of cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops is progressive\, starting with basic concepts and building in complexity. \nParticipants need to bring their own lap-top. \nAll workshops are limited to 20 participants and will be led by Sophie Shilling\, our digital expert. They are all to be held at the library at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. \nTea and coffee are available throughout the workshop however participants staying for both workshops will need to bring their lunch. \nINDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS (HALF-DAY):\nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $30       \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $45\n(ALL 6 WORKSHOPS (OVER 3 DAYS): \nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $150    \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $225)\nQUERIES: +61 3 9326 9288 / OFFICE@HISTORYVICTORIA.ORG.AU\nCheck out the other workshops: \nWorkshop 1: Computer cataloguing for absolute beginners\nWorkshop 2: Using cataloguing software\nWorkshop 3: Scanning for beginners\nWorkshop 4: Digitising books and photographing objects\nWorkshop 5: Looking after digital files\nWorkshop 6: Making collections accessible
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/gippsland-workshop-5-looking-after-digital-files/
LOCATION:Federation University Gippsland Campus Library\, Northways Road\, Churchill\, VIC\, 3842\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200418T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200418T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20191210T093006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200322T025106Z
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SUMMARY:GIPPSLAND WORKSHOP 6: MAKING COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE
DESCRIPTION:Bookings for this workshop are closed and it has been postponed until some time later in the year. We will keep our members informed as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. \nThis workshop is the sixth and final workshop in a series of six workshops on digitisation and cataloguing to be held at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. If you wish to purchase a discounted ticket to all six workshops click here. \nObjects need to be accessible\, whether that is to people managing a collection\, to visitors\, or to the public. This workshop will introduce themes of copyright and privacy that relate to historical collections. Participants will learn how to optimise catalogue records for discovery\, how to write for social media\, and create digital exhibitions. \nThe series of 6 linked workshops (three Saturday morning & afternoons over three months) cover aspects of cataloguing and digitisation. This series of workshops is progressive\, starting with basic concepts and building in complexity. \nParticipants need to bring their own lap-top. \nAll workshops are limited to 20 participants and will be led by Sophie Shilling\, our digital expert. They are all to be held at the library at Federation University’s Gippsland Campus in Churchill. \nTea and coffee are available throughout the workshop however participants staying for both workshops will need to bring their lunch. \nINDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS (HALF-DAY):\nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $30       \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $45\n(ALL 6 WORKSHOPS (OVER 3 DAYS): \nRHSV MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF RHSV AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: $150    \nNON-RHSV MEMBERS: $225)\nQUERIES: +61 3 9326 9288 / OFFICE@HISTORYVICTORIA.ORG.AU\nCheck out the other workshops: \nWorkshop 1: Computer cataloguing for absolute beginners\nWorkshop 2: Using cataloguing software\nWorkshop 3: Scanning for beginners\nWorkshop 4: Digitising books and photographing objects\nWorkshop 5: Looking after digital files\nWorkshop 6: Making collections accessible
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/gippsland-workshop-6-making-collections-accessible/
LOCATION:Federation University Gippsland Campus Library\, Northways Road\, Churchill\, VIC\, 3842\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal Historical Society of Victoria":MAILTO:office@historyvictoria.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200421T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200421T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200219T005114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200415T080103Z
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SUMMARY:Victorian Collections Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nAMaGA presents a hands-on workshop which will guide you through the process of cataloguing on the Victorian Collections system and cover basic principles of collection management\, object handling and digitisation \nAMaGA members $10\nNon-members $20
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/victorian-collections-workshop/
LOCATION:Ballaarat Mechanics Institute\, 117-119 Sturt St\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="AMaGA":MAILTO:info@amagavic.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200421T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200421T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200117T081519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200322T025156Z
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SUMMARY:Law\, Lawyers and La Trobe
DESCRIPTION:Due to the COVID-19 restrictions we have regretfully decided to postpone this event and our other large events in April. We hope to reschedule later in the year.\nThose who have already booked will receive a full refund.\nIn 2020 we are delighted to announce that the A G L Shaw lecturer will be leading legal history scholar\, Dr Simon Smith AM FRHSV\, who recently published Solicitors and the Law Institute in Victoria 1835-2019: Pathway to a Respected Profession.  \nAlan George Lewers Shaw AO\, FAHA\, FASSA\, FRAHS\, FRHSV (1916 – 2012) was an RHSV Councillor from 1965 to 1971 and President from 1987 to 1991. He is also a Benefactor of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He was President of the C J La Trobe Society as well and the two organisations\, the C J La Trobe Society and the RHSV\, have jointly presented the annual A G L Shaw lecture since 2002 as a tribute to a great historian. \n\n\n\n\nSimon Smith is an Adjunct Professor with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University. He was Vice-President of the RHSV in 2009-2011. In 2016 he edited Judging for the People: A Social History of the Supreme Court in Victoria 1841-2016. \nHis other recent published works include Barristers Solicitors Pettifoggers: Profiles in Australian Colonial Legal History (2014) and Maverick Litigants: A History of Vexatious Litigants in Australia 1930-2008 (2009). \nAs a Monash University law undergraduate in the 1970s\, Simon helped establish Australia’s first community legal centre\, the Springvale Legal Service. In that context he was a founding editor of a leading practice text\, the Lawyers Practice Manual (Vic). After completing his legal training in Oxford\, he was admitted to practice in 1975. In 1978 he became the first full-time clinical legal education academic in Australia\, based at Springvale. \nThrough that clinical programme\, for a decade\, he helped introduce Monash undergraduates to the practice of law in a supervised poverty law setting. Over 40 years of that programme\, the power of ‘first impressions’ on those future practitioners has contributed to the better practice of law in Australia. \nIn the 1980s\, Simon was a pioneer in alternative dispute resolution and was the first Ombudsman in the Australian financial services sector. In 1991 he helped establish the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business (SOCAP). He was President in 1996. Later he was Senior Counsel with a top-500 insurance company and a curator of the nationally significant insurance archive\, the Suncorp Insurance Archive\, now in the hands of the State Library of Victoria. \nSimon holds the degrees of B Juris. LL M and PhD from Monash University. In the 2019 Australia Day honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the law particularly in consumer affairs\, to higher education\, and to history.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/law-lawyers-and-la-trobe/
LOCATION:RHSV ZOOM by Invitation\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200423T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200423T163000
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SUMMARY:Art Handling & Installation
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nIn this AMaGA workshop\, join Joseph Dawson from TITLE UNTITLED to gain practical insights from a professional Gallery Technician\, preparing two and three dimensional art works for display\, safe handling of artworks and installation techniques. This event is aimed at curators\, collection managers\, installation staff at small -to-medium organisations and gallery and museum studies students. \nAMaGA members and students $70\nNon-members $130
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/art-handling-installation/
LOCATION:Art Gallery of Ballarat\, 40 Lydiard St North\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200426
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
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SUMMARY:ANZAC DAY
DESCRIPTION:Message from the RSL\nAt 6 am on Anzac Day\, the RSL is asking all Australians to walk outside\, and stand in their yard\, driveway\, or on their balcony and observe a minute of silence in respect of our current service personnel and veterans.\nAustralians are encouraged to take a candle\, a torch or phone with them\, to help Light Up The Dawn and to celebrate that Anzac spirit. \nWe may be physically isolated\, but the Anzac spirit unites us. \nLest We Forget. \nFor those wanting to pay their respects while safely staying at home\, the service from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be broadcast live on the ABC from 5.30 am. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/abc-live-stream \nABC local radio Victoria: Listen to Melbourne’s Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance. The service will begin at 6.10am and finish at 6.30 am.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/anzac-day/
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200429T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200429T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
CREATED:20200219T005819Z
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SUMMARY:AMaGA Masterclass: Inclusive Text
DESCRIPTION:Please contact the organiser before attending this event in case it has been cancelled. \nThis full-day masterclass will explore writing engaging content\, considering diverse audiences and employing inclusive language in all communications – from writing exhibition labels to marketing. \nMembers $135\nNon-members $225
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/amaga-masterclass-inclusive-text/
LOCATION:Heide Museum of Modern Art\, 7 Templestowe Rd\, Bulleen\, VIC\, 3105\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200429T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20200429T194500
DTSTAMP:20260405T010846
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SUMMARY:The Queen Victoria Market\, Yesterday\, Today and Tomorrow: Heritage and Emotion
DESCRIPTION:Sadly\, bookings for this event are  cancelled for the moment due to COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings. It may be rescheduled later in the year. Those who have already booked will receive a full-refund. \nRoyal Historical Society of Victoria\, QVM Stallholders Traders Action Group and Friends of Queen Victoria Market present \nThe Queen Victoria Market \nYesterday\, Today and Tomorrow: Heritage and Emotion \nTwo linked events: \n(1) The Queen Victoria Market: Social Value and Preservation. A conversation between Graeme Davison and Charles Sowerwine  \n5.00-6.30 pm at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria\, 239 A’Beckett Street\, Entry $20 (RHSV Members $10) includes drinks 5:00-5:30. The RHSV is a short 5 min stroll from the Queen Victoria Market. \nGraeme Davison AO is Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor of History\, Monash University\, and a former Chairman of the Heritage Council of Victoria. \nCharles Sowerwine is Emeritus Professor of History\, University of Melbourne\, and Chair of the Heritage Committee of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. \n(2) Presentation by the artists of Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine’s short animation\, Out In The Open\, in the historic sheds of the Queen Victoria Market. \n6:45-7:45 pm at the Queen Victoria Market\, Franklin Street Heritage Box Hire storage shed\, 190 Franklin St\, Entrance from QVM car park between Franklin St car park entrance and Peel St. Entry by gold coin donation. This event has been produced in association with STAG (Stallholders and Traders Action Group). \nOut In The Open is a moving film created as part of a City of Melbourne public art program at the Queen Victoria Market by collaborative duo Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine. Using stop motion animation and sound\, it explores a hidden side of the market and tells the story of a trader’s deep relationship with the market. It raises the question of the emotional and social value of this heritage site. The screening will be introduced by the artists and followed by a short talk about its making and a Q & A session. \nA link to more information on Friends of Queen Victoria Market
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-queen-victoria-market-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow-heritage-and-emotion/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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