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SUMMARY:A G M Michell\, Australia's greatest engineer?
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Engineering Heritage Victoria the RHSV is delighted to offer this Zoom event with Stephen Phillip (based in London). \nAnthony George Maldon (AGM) Michell was undoubtedly one of the greatest Australian engineers. A prolific inventor\, he is best known for his tilting pad thrust bearing. It remains one of the greatest inventions in lubrication science\, and revolutionised ship propulsion – without it\, modern shipping would not be possible. \nThis talk reveals the story of Michell’s fascinating life and astonishing achievements\, and the motivations of the man behind the inventions. It weaves engineering and technology into the history of the early twentieth century. Michell made significant contributions to Australia’s proud engineering heritage\, and is truly one of our unsung heroes. \nStephen Phillip is a mechanical engineer and has an extensive career in product development. Originally from Melbourne\, he is currently living in the UK. His fascination with Michell began while he was a student at Melbourne University. He was surprised to discover that a comprehensive biography of Michell did not exist\, so decided to write one himself. \nThis event will be chaired by Matthew Churchward who is a mechanical engineer and a Senior Curator\, Engineering & Transport\, at Museum Victoria\, where he has been part of the curatorial staff since 1994. Amongst his research interests are the history of Australian engineering\, manufacturing\, mining and transport infrastructure. One of his key curatorial achievements over the past 20 years\, has been the development of an extensive collection of over 65\,000 items of trade literature documenting technological products manufactured and marketed by thousands of Australian companies from the late 19th century. He was been involved for the past 30 years in researching Victoria’s mining history\, concentrating particularly on the impacts of technology and interpretation of historic mining landscapes. \nZoom details are sent 24 hours before the event to all those who have registered.  \nImage of Michell Thrust bearing courtesy of Museums Victoria.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/a-g-m-michell-australias-greatest-engineer/
LOCATION:ZOOM\, Join from anywhere in the world
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:Trove for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:Trove is a National Library of Australia website which provides access to historic newspapers\, photographs\, and much more. Come along to this session to learn what’s available on Trove\, and some tips and tricks to find what you’re looking for. \nRecommended for beginners.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/trove-for-beginners/
LOCATION:Williamstown Library\, 104 Ferguson St\, Williamstown\, VIC\, 3016\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hobsons Bay Libraries":MAILTO:heritage@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210216T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20210216T190000
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SUMMARY:In the Name of the Theatre now by ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:This event will now be a Zoom event as we will be in lockdown again. As a Zoom event it will be free-of-charge and those who have already bought tickets will be refunded. My profound apologies to those who were looking forward to coming back to the Drill Hall for an event – I do hope we can meet in person again soon but its not to be this time. We will email the Zoom link to those attending 24 hours prior to the event. \nWe are delighted that Dr Cheryl Threadgold will be presenting a lecture based on her award-winning history\, In the Name of Theatre. The History\, Culture and Voices of Amateur Theatre in Victoria\, to kick off our lecture series in 2021. The lecture will start at 6pm and we will be serving drinks prior to that from 5:30pm. \nHannie Rayson wrote\, “Her sumptuous book\, In the Name of Theatre\, is a kind of encyclopaedia of the Victorian stage. From the early colonial settlement when entertainment included the viewing of executions or dissections of bodies of the executed\, amateur theatre has come a long way. \nIn the Name of Theatre documents amateur companies from across the state. The Dunolly Theatre Company is here\, along with the Colac Players\, Ferntree Gully’s 1812 Theatre\, the Frankston Theatre Group\, and 147 other groups. All of them created by the sweat and passion of their members. The Mildura group\, for example\, was formed in 1946 by local teachers to present touring performances by Melbourne’s Little Theatre. The founding group worked so hard that the company soon had the skills and the passion to stage productions of its own. \nThe book entertains us with a cavalcade of writers\, directors\, performers\, designers\, set builders\, technicians\, judges\, critics and musos. It is a generous celebration of the ways in which theatre has been the making of so many of us—giving us the courage\, confidence and sometimes the spirit of defiance to be ourselves. You’ll meet some inspiring theatre-makers along the way\, like the amateur playwright Cenarth Fox\, whose plays have been performed in 43 countries. And the veteran performer\, writer and director Eileen Nelson—an astonishingly generous theatre-maker. \nThis book is a celebration of and for theatre lovers across Victoria. It is lit by an inner passion which all of us share.” \nThe citation for this book which won the 2020 Collaborative Community History Award states\, “In his introduction to this book\, Frank Van Straten\, doyen of Melbourne’s theatre history\, writes that amateur theatre with its infectious enthusiasm and ‘homely\, intimate venues’ creates a ‘special form of magic’. It’s this magic that Cheryl Threadgold captures in her book. The colourful cover invites the reader to explore successive periods of amateur theatre in Victoria and reflect on the many people involved in a single production. Numerous famous players\, such as Zoe Caldwell\, have started careers in amateur theatre. \nThe great strength of this book is the second part\, which features representatives of about 150 musical and non-musical amateur companies across Victoria. These theatre enthusiasts\, from Bairnsdale\, Castlemaine\, Dunolly\, Maffra\, and Swan Hill to the many suburbs of Melbourne\, discuss their companies’ history and a cavalcade of productions. Cheryl Threadgold\, herself a longtime participant in aspects of amateur theatre\, conveys a rich community theatrical culture\, usually overshadowed by sport\, in this wonderful collaborative project.”
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/in-the-name-of-the-theatre/
LOCATION:RHSV Officers’ Mess Upstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:Port Phillip Bay: Looking out\, Looking in - Aboriginal and Colonial Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network seminar. The MMHN Board faces the year with a sense of optimism in announcing the first event in our 2021 Program.\nThe Kulin Nation’s presence over millennia around Port Phillip Bay\, the Birrarung/Yarra corridor\, its waterways\, swamps and creeks\, was clearly a primary formative element in the maritime heritage we share today. The MMHN is curating this event to acknowledge the genesis of this shared maritime heritage which is little understood and a source of wonder. It is particularly topical at this time of the year (i.e.\, post Australia/Invasion Day) as we all reflect on our shared heritage.\nOur Panel explores the context when such sightings changed the known world of each group\, forever. Hence the title Looking out\, Looking in (‘out’ from the shores and ‘in’ from ships)\, Aboriginal and Colonial Perspectives. \nWhen: 22 February 2021                    Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm\nWhere: Theatrette\, Library at The Dock\, Docklands.\nDirections: Library at the Dock is located at 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade\, Docklands\, easily accessible via Tram routes 11\, 35\, 48\, 70 and 75. The theatrette is located on the first floor.\nOur Panel:   \n\nHans Bokelund\, Director of Aboriginal Melbourne\, City of Melbourne\nDr Richard Broome\, President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria\nValentina Bydanova\, multidisciplinary curator and arts educator\n\nDue to COVID-19\, numbers are limited. RSVP essential by 19 February: info@mmhn.org.au \nImage caption: ‘Site of the Melbourne Custom House 1839’\, wood engraving published by Ebenezer & David Syme 1872\, State Library Victoria
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/port-phillip-bay-looking-out-looking-in-aboriginal-and-colonial-perspectives/
LOCATION:Library at the Dock\, 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade\, Docklands\, Victoria\, 3005\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:History Writers' Group with Cheryl Griffin
DESCRIPTION:The History Writers’ Group is for RHSV members only. It is led by Dr Cheryl Griffin and meets monthly on the 4th Tuesday of each month from 11:30am – 1pm. These events are hybrid – some people choose to meet at the RHSV and others choose to Zoom in. The capacity of the group is flexible. When we set this group up in early 2020 it was capped at 15 however\, with some Zooming in\, we can increase the cap slightly. It is not a group where you can dip in or out – it really requires commitment to the full year to achieve the most and build rapport and trust within the group. \nThis is a very interactive group which shares information and assists each other with problems they have encountered in their history writing. There are the occasional guest speakers.  Cheryl is not only a respected historian but also a splendid teacher. Her own writing is delightful and she has the rare skill of making history personal and engaging. \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/history-writers-group-with-cheryl-griffin/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gordon Moffatt Room\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:Williamstown Croquet Club - Past\, Present and Future
DESCRIPTION:Come along and learn about croquet’s origins in the 19th century and the history of Williamstown’s own club\, founded in 1926. \nClub president\, Paul Lund\, will also provide information on the club’s operations today including membership\, competitions\, social activities and events. \nThis event will be held online via Microsoft Teams. Bookings are essential so that we can send you a link to join the session. You will be emailed a link prior to the event along with instructions on how to participate.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/williamstown-croquet-club-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hobsons Bay Libraries":MAILTO:heritage@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
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SUMMARY:BOOK FAIR
DESCRIPTION:We have been forced to delay the Book Fair because of the latest lockdown. The updated dates appear below. \nEvery year the RHSV hosts a fabulous second-hand history book fair where we sell history books of every imaginable genre. Victorian and Australian history dominate but you’ll find biographies and memoirs\, military history\, art history\, natural history\, classics\, children’s books\, political and social history\, literary history etc \nThere wasn’t a book fair in 2020 so the Drill Hall is bursting at the seams with accumulated donations of books from members and friends: professional and professorial libraries being downsized\, private\, public and educational libraries deaccessioning and old books making way for new. Books are priced to go – we don’t want any books left behind! A COVID silver-lining has to be that everyone Marie-Kondo’ed their libraries in 2020 and we’ve benefited. \nAt the 2021 Book Fair we are honoured to offer the Les Blake Collection for sale. Leslie Bamford James Blake\, O.B.E.\, B.A. Melb.\, M.Ed. Melb.\, F.A.C.E.\, F.R.S.H.V.\, F.I.B.A. was born at Bendigo (Vic.) on 5 March 1913 and died 4 June 1987 at Karingal. A long-time member of the Victorian Education Department\, during which he was an Inspector of Schools (1958-1972)\, and official historian of the Department (1966-1974)\, after which he became Victoria’s State Historian. He made major contributions to the Australian Dictionary of Biography and served in the Australian Army Signal Corps of the A.I.F. during WWII. He was President of the R.H.S.V. from 1966-1971 and Foundation President of the Western Victorian Association of historical Societies (1963-1964). \nThe Book Fair is open to the public however it kicks off with a Members-only night on Thursday 25th Feb from 5pm – 8pm. The fair then remains open to the public on Friday 26th\, Saturday 27th February and Monday 1st March (9am – 5pm except Saturday which is 10am – 4pm).
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-fair-2/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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