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SUMMARY:Exhibition launch: The Burying of Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:Robert Pascoe\,\nDean Laureate and Professor Emeritus Victoria University\nPresident of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria\,\ntogether with RHSV Councillors\ninvites you to the launch of our exhibition\nThe Burying of Melbourne\ncurated by Dr David Thompson\ndesigned by Susan Fitzgerald\n \nto be launched by Steven Avery\,\nExecutive Director\, Heritage Victoria\nat 5:30pm on Thursday 4 September\, 2025\nRHSV Gallery\, 239 A’Beckett St\, Melbourne 3000\noffice@historyvictoria.org.au | 03 9326 9288\n  \n\n  \nIn the mid-1850s some areas of the Melbourne CBD were buried under a layer of clay at the direction of Melbourne City Council\, a rather extraordinary event that until recently had been largely forgotten. It is only in recent years that archaeologists carrying out the excavations required prior to developments in the city have uncovered evidence of the clay layer. \nA study commissioned by the Heritage Council of Victoria found that the burying was part of efforts by the City Council to control flooding\, caused largely by the original laying out of Melbourne’s street grid without due consideration of the flow of water over the underlying topography. \nThe depositing of the clay layer\, metres thick in some places\, had a significant effect on the lives and circumstances of those affected but did result in the sealing off of a layer of archaeology stemming from the earliest days of European settlement. \nThis exhibition\, The Burying of Melbourne\, describes events leading up to the burial and looks at some of the archaeology discovered beneath the clay.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/exhibition-launch-the-burying-of-melbourne/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Regional Seminar Event: Making Ourselves Useful
DESCRIPTION:Making Ourselves Useful – historical societies in the community\nWe all would like to think we are valued by our communities\, in one way or another. \nRepresentatives from local history groups including Shepparton\, Kilmore\, Daylesford\, Benalla\, Jeparit\, and Bendigo will present how they define being useful in their community. \nSpeakers will discuss how being useful is important\, and what they have done to win the ‘useful’ tag. The discussion will be illustrated with examples of successes… or failures. \nFeaturing keynote speaker Fiona Kinsey\, Senior Curator\, History & Technology Department\, Museums Victoria. Fiona has worked with community collection custodians and is familiar with the rich collections held in historical societies. \nThe seminar will be followed by an afternoon forum led by Simone Ewenson\, Heritage Collections Officer\, City of Greater Bendigo. Simone will open the discussion up to everyone and provide the opportunity to share usefulness stories with other volunteers. \nThe seminar is kindly supported by the City of Greater Bendigo who are subsidising the registration cost for volunteers and refreshments during the day. \nFor those in Bendigo on the afternoon of Saturday 6 September\, a city centre walk of Quirky Pall Mall will be offered by Bendigo Historical Society. \nMorning tea and lunch provided in registration fee. \nAgenda\n9.00: Registration \n9.30: Welcome and introduction\nEuan McGillivray\, President Bendigo Historical Society \n9.45: Keynote speaker: Fiona Kinsey\, Senior Curator\, Images & Image Making\, Museums Victoria\nFiona has 25 years of experience at Museums Victoria. She currently collects\, researches and interprets material culture relating to the history of the Australian photographic industry\, the practice of commercial and amateur photography\, and the role of the camera in documenting our working lives. Fiona is also researching goldfields history\, lives outside Melbourne and is passionate about engaging with the community\, especially in regional areas. \n10.30: Kym Lovett & Pam Keown\, Bendigo Military Museum\nEnsuring Bendigo’s rich military past and collections are accessible to both local and global audiences through meaningful education and thorough research. \n11.00: Morning tea \n11.30: Kristy Rudd\, Shepparton Heritage Centre.\nEmpowering volunteers through community connections — where passion meets purpose by preserving our shared history to inform and inspire future generations in Shepparton. \n12.00: Craige Proctor\, Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum & Jeparit Historical Society\nWorking within the Jeparit community to resurrect a defunct historical society as well as take a much revered but ‘safe’ museum into uncharted waters. \n12.30 Lunch \n1.00: Alan Monger\, Benalla Historical Society\nHeroes and outlaws\, clothing and culture – informing Benalla’s citizens of their heritage and history. \n1.30: Garry Lawrence\, Daylesford Historical Society\nLooking sideways – growing confidence and building resilience through community connections and support. Our ongoing journey of transformation in Daylesford. \n2.00: Barbara Wilson & Liz Dillon-Hensby\, Kilmore Historical Society\nPreserving the memories of WWI volunteers of Kilmore and conserving the fabric of our society through the precious textile collections. \n2.30 Break to set up for Open Forum Discussion \n3.00: Open Forum: Led by Simone Ewenson\, Heritage Collections Officer\, Bendigo Council.\nWhile Simone manages the City’s Heritage Collection\, she also supports a wide range of volunteer history and heritage groups in the wide area of the City of Greater Bendigo. She provides advice and organises specialist workshops for volunteer groups on collection issues such as preservation\, storage and disaster preparedness. \n4.00 Close \nAbout the Presenters:\nKeynote speaker: Fiona Kinsey\, Senior Curator\, Images & Image Making\, Museums Victoria\nFiona has 25 years of experience at Museums Victoria. She currently collects\, researches and interprets material culture relating to the history of the Australian photographic industry\, the practice of commercial and amateur photography\, and the role of the camera in documenting our working lives. Fiona lives outside Melbourne and is passionate about engaging with the community\, especially in regional areas. \nPanel leader: Simone Ewenson\, Heritage Collections Officer\, Bendigo Council\nWhile Simone manages the City’s Heritage Collection\, she also supports a wide range of volunteer history and heritage groups in the wide area of the City of Greater Bendigo. She organises specialist workshops for volunteer groups on collection issues such as preservation\, storage and disaster preparedness – to name few. She is always only a phone call away for advice.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/weekend-seminar-making-ourselves-useful/
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SUMMARY:Rapprochement with China
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted that eminent historian Marilyn Lake AO will deliver the 2025 Hugh Anderson Lecture. \nIn National Life and Character: A Forecast (1893)\, Charles Pearson\, noting that China’s population had already surpassed 400 million\, wrote presciently that with ‘civilisation equally diffused… the preponderance of China over any rival – even over the United States of America – is likely to be overwhelming’. The future would see China take ‘its inevitable place as one of the great powers of the world’. \nPearson’s influential forecast shaped our foundational policy of White Australia: the ‘great white walls’ were erected to keep the Asiatic threat at bay. From the 1960s\, however\, Australians began to forge new ties with China\, forging wide-ranging cultural\, educational\, economic and trade relationships. Asian histories and languages began to be taught in universities. Future diplomats were trained in Asian languages. Under the Whitlam government full diplomatic relations were established with Beijing. \nBy the end of the 1970s\, Hugh and Dawn Anderson had embarked on the first of their numerous trips to China. Hosted by the Chinese Writers Association\, their deep cultural engagement with Chinese authors and literature was a key feature of Australian rapprochement with China. \n  \nMarilyn Lake   D.Litt\, FAHA\, FASSA\, AO \nMarilyn Lake is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in History at the University of Melbourne\, where as an ARC Professorial Fellow between 2013 and 2016 she directed  the ‘Australia in the World’ series of seminars\, lectures and symposia. Prior to this appointment she was Charles La Trobe Professor in History at La Trobe University. Professor Lake has held visiting appointments at ANU\, the University of Sydney\, Stockholm University\, the University of Maryland and between 2001-2 she held the Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University. She has published locally and internationally\, in academic presses and daily newspapers. Her fifteen books include the prize winning Drawing the Global Colour Line: White Men’s Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality (Cambridge University Press\, 2008) and Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and TransPacific Exchange Shaped American Reform (Harvard University Press\, 2019). \n  \nHugh Anderson \n“Hugh Anderson (1927-2017) was a scholar of formidable breadth\, productivity and versatility. While it is as a folklorist that he is arguably best known both in Australia and abroad\, Anderson’s prolific output also included biography\, bibliography\, history\, school textbooks and documentary collections. His range of interests was very wide: Anderson seemed as comfortable in writing about John Pascoe Fawkner as Squizzy Taylor\, as at home with an Aboriginal gumleaf player and a Sydney street poet as with the exquisite verse of John Shaw Neilson or the stately poetry of Bernard O’Dowd. This lecture will consider Anderson specifically as a historian and biographer. While it should not be pigeon-holed\, Anderson’s historical and biographical writing incorporated many of the materials\, perspectives and insights derived from folklore studies\, and he treated literary creativity as central to telling the Melbourne\, Victorian and Australian stories. Anderson’s boundary-riding between history\, biography\, folklore and literature was remarkably productive for him\, and it was not unusual among writers with his radical-nationalist politics in the middle decades of the twentieth century. I argue in this lecture for the significance of Anderson as a historian and biographer working outside academia and across a diverse cultural domain\, at a time when universities were moving toward a sharper focus on specialised research\, theory and discipline-based knowledge – in ways that both deepened and limited understandings of Australian history and culture.” by Professor Frank Bongiorno AM \n  \nHousekeeping \nThis event will be offered both in person at the RHSV\, 239 A’Beckett St Melbourne 3000\, and on Zoom. At the RHSV refreshments are served from 5:30pm – 6pm and the Zoom session will start\, as will the lecture\, at 6pm. \nAn automatic confirmation of your booking will be sent to you – please check your Spam or Junk Mail folder as these automated emails are often viewed as Junk by your ISP. Don’t panic\, your name will be at the door if you can’t find your ticket. \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/rapprochement-with-china/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:RICHMOND: From cottages to Colosseums – Clements Langford
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Peter Beer \nPeter has published the book: From cottages to Colosseums – Clements Langford – A Melbourne Master Builder’s Lasting Legacy. \nClements Langford is Peter’s great-great grandfather. Clements\, aged 18 moved to Melbourne in 1868 with his family.  His father George became a grocer on the corner of Church and Kent Streets\, Richmond. Clements became apprenticed to David Mitchell in 1879. While working under Mitchell\, Clements would have worked on jobs such as Scots Church in Collins Street (1874) and the Exhibition Buildings in 1880. Clements entered a partnership with Robert and Henry Hutchinson\, a Richmond father and son carpentry and building team.    Clements made significant progress and established his own business in Bridge Road\, Richmond\, with the factory extending around to Church Street. He was very involved in the Richmond community\, the St Stephen’s Church and was responsible for the construction of many significant Richmond and Melbourne landmarks. Incorporated as Clements Langford Pty Ltd in May 1923\, by 1930 it encompassed ‘shop and office fitters\, plumbers\, painters [and] decorators’\, and boasted large joinery\, timber-machining and plumbers’ shops.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/richmond-from-cottages-to-colosseums-clements-langford/
LOCATION:Studio 1\, Former Channel 9 Building\, 15 Barnett Way\, Richmond\, Victoria\, 3121\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Old North Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the publication of Old North Melbourne\, the first comprehensive book on the nineteenth-century history of Hotham/North Melbourne\, by Dr Fiona Gatt.\n‘Like Janet McCalman’s Struggletown this book is destined to become a classic in the genre of Australian urban social history’ – Associate Professor Seamus O’Hanlon. \nThis is the story of the first fifty years of today’s much-loved suburb of North Melbourne. When the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung were first developed by European settlers in 1852\, there were many barriers to its success. A great expanse of barren land lay between it and Melbourne\, a swamp on the west\, open sewerage to the east and undeveloped bushland to the south. But of the thousands of immigrants who flocked to Victoria during the gold rush\, some settled in North Melbourne\, determined to develop an urban town to be proud of. From 1859 to 1887\, it was called Hotham. The town’s businessmen had a booming stake in Melbourne’s meat market\, metal manufacturing and tanneries. It also harboured an unusually high number of Irish immigrants and some of Melbourne’s most downtrodden residents. This book details the triumphs and struggles of the people of nineteenth-century North Melbourne\, revealing fascinating individuals and the collective story of the emergence of this determined working-class community. \nFiona will be introduced by Professor Andrew May\, who has described the book as ‘Australian urban history at its best’. \nFiona Gatt works on commissioned histories for significant organisations. She has taught history at Deakin and La Trobe universities. Fiona is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Property History at the University of Sydney and Senior Research Officer at the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. \nThis event has received funding from the Centre for Contemporary Histories at Deakin University. \nPre-order the book to collect on the night\nPre-order the book from the RHSV bookshop and choose “Click and Collect” as your shipping method to pick up your copy when you attend the launch. \nHousekeeping\nThis event will be offered both in person at the RHSV\, 239 A’Beckett St Melbourne 3000\, and online via Zoom. \nAt the RHSV refreshments are served from 6pm – 6:30pm and the Zoom session will start\, as will the lecture\, at 6.30pm. \nAn automatic confirmation of your booking will be sent to you – please check your Spam or Junk Mail folder as these automated emails are often viewed as Junk by your email provider. Don’t panic\, your name will be at the door if you can’t find your ticket.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-old-north-melbourne/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Convent
DESCRIPTION:Have you visited the Abbotsford Convent before? It is a beautiful place\, its history\, architecture\, artistry\, and food make it a must visit.  The Abbotsford Convent was a haunted place\, left to languish for years after the last of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd had gone. In its prime it had been a school\, a refuge\, a retreat\, a workhouse and a prison – the single largest charitable institution in the southern hemisphere. In the late 1990s a proposed high-density development threatened the idyllic riverside location\, sparking outrage in the local community and further afield. \nYears of protesting\, negotiating and fundraising followed and the convent\, now on Australia’s National Heritage List\, has started a new life as a vibrant centre for art and culture. The Convent: A City Finds its Heart  written by Stuart Kells tells the story of the site’s rich history and the efforts to preserve it. It is an uplifting tale of community activism – a tangible reminder that the magic of the past can endure and what people-power can achieve. \nJoin us at the PMI Victorian History Library for a night of historical storytelling\, that you wont want to miss.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-convent/
LOCATION:Prahran Mechanics Institute\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
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SUMMARY:CATALOGUING CLINICS 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \nJillian 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. \nThe one-hour clinics are free and the Zoom log-in below is used every month in 2025\, however\, we do ask you to register each month as this enables Jillian to send you extra material / links etc after each session. \n11am (AEDT) Thu 27 Feb 2025 \n11am (AEDT) Thu 27 Mar 2025 \n11am (AEST) Thu 24 Apr 2025 \n11am (AEST) Thu 29 May 2025 \n11am (AEST) Thu 26 Jun 2025 \n11am (AEST) Thu 31 Jul 2025 \n11am (AEST) Thu 28 Aug 2025 \n11am (AEST) Thu 25 Sep 2025 \n11am (AEDT) Thu 30 Oct 2025 \n11am (AEDT) Thu 27 Nov 2025 \nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZ0pcOiuqjItH9JWUaZk1ZrdaP1uA9d1Yqc1/ics?icsToken=DESnOhi_USXAWOo5GQAALAAAAOsufSxu9e_o1VvEoUWUiVuOT3wUceY4gYwdUjlaNrGDW1VrT1KjyEhE0aD9QHm4eoEg_M9GmHYiFwIZujAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=3FhVroEqTuiqU-ygov-0vg \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89471649756?pwd=Q8GKXnfp3lt6u9ar3tx1YW0HeRmM7V.1 \nMeeting ID: 894 7164 9756\nPasscode: 291255 \nIf joining by phone: \nOne tap mobile\n+61871501149\,\,89471649756#\,\,\,\,*291255# Australia\n+61280156011\,\,89471649756#\,\,\,\,*291255# Australia \n— \nDial by your location\n• +61 8 7150 1149 Australia\n• +61 2 8015 6011 Australia\n• +61 3 7018 2005 Australia\n• +61 7 3185 3730 Australia\n• +61 8 6119 3900 Australia \nMeeting ID: 894 7164 9756\nPasscode: 291255 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdoUG5MWlO \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/cataloguing-clinics-2025-2025-09-25/
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