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SUMMARY:Party Lines and Trunk Calls – A Curated Objects Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Created for the Nati Frinj Biennale 2025\, this projected is supported by Arapiles Historical Society.  \nFocussing on the history of telephones\, this exhibition celebrates the work of the women who were employed in the Natimuk Exchange\, made trunk calls or used party lines for private communications from local or remoted properties. \nFeaturing what is now seen as dinosaur technology\, the selected objects range from wooden wall phones\, 1910 to quirky\, telephone-inspired fashion accessories in 2024. A soundscape brings to life snippets of stories that capture observations about early telephones and the work involved in a telephone exchange. \nA black and white image of 1950/60 women on an exchange has been reproduced with permission from RHSV\, and will be hung in the exhibition. In the image\, the photograph is placed temporarily on the remains of the original Natimuk telephone exchange. This magnificent object is a major feature of the exhibition and is a treasured item in the Arapiles Historical Society collection. \nVisit https://natifrinj.com/ to kick off a great 3-day event.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/party-lines-and-trunk-calls-a-curated-objects-exhibition/
LOCATION:Old Courthouse\, Main Street Natimuk\, VIC 3409 Australi\, Main Street\, Natimuk\, Vic\, 3409\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Black\, White + Colour - A biography of Mervyn Bishop\, Australia’s First Indigenous Professional Photographer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the biography of Australia’s first Aboriginal press photographer\, Mervyn Bishop.\n\nMervyn Bishop and Tim Dobbyn discuss Black\, White + Colour\, in conversation with Stephanie Armstrong OAM.  \nBorn in Brewarrina NSW in 1945\, Mervyn Bishop used chance\, charm and talent to join the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald at just 17. He won a top news photography award but never received the customary pay increase. Disillusioned\, Bishop moved to Canberra as a government photographer and took the iconic photo of Gough Whitlam pouring earth into the hands of traditional owner Vincent Lingiari. \nLearn about the man behind the lens at Avenue Bookstore\, Elsternwick. This event is free. Bookings essential. \n  \nMervyn Bishop was the first Aboriginal press photographer in Australia. Mervyn’s awards include the Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year for 1971 and the Australia Council’s Red Ochre Award in 2000. \nTim Dobbyn is a former journalist who started at Australian Associated Press in 1981 before moving to the United States in 1987 to work for Reuters. After taking a break from daily journalism\, he worked freelance jobs before starting work on the Mervyn Bishop biography in 2018. He and his family have known Bishop since 1962. He lives near Washington D.C. with his wife Sheila and two impossible dogs. \nStephanie Armstrong OAM s a proud Gamilaraay woman from Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay country (north west NSW) and a member of a large extended family. Stephanie knew from a young age she wanted to teach. Her ensuing 40 years as an educator – spanning early childhood\, primary and secondary schools\, universities\, government and not-for-profit organisations – led to her recognition and Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to Indigenous health and education.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-black-white-colour-a-biography-of-mervyn-bishop-australias-first-indigenous-professional-photographer/
LOCATION:Avenue Bookstore Elsternwick\, 351 Glen Huntly Rd\,\, Elsternwick\, Vic\, 3185\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Code of Silence by Diana Thorp
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to launch the publication of Code of Silence: How Australian Women Helped Win the War\, featuring author Diana Thorp in conversation with Professor Clare Wright\nEighty years after the end of World War II\, intriguing stories of the crucial contributions of women on the Australian home front are emerging. \nAs war climbed to a crescendo in the Asia-Pacific\, the Australian government called in a new weapon: women. Within this female arsenal was a group so significant that the women who bravely assumed these roles were sworn to secrecy – a vow that was to outlive the war. \nAs war inched closer to home\, they became a secret weapon\, intercepting enemy messages and passing intelligence between local networks and allies across the globe\, from Bletchley Park to the United States and across the Asia-Pacific. Some information was so sensitive it was burned to ensure its security. \nThey were among the thousands of women\, many still teenagers\, who stepped up to join the army\, the navy and the air force during the war\, taking on unprecedented roles during an international crisis. Victory attained\, they demobilised and returned home. Secret work or not\, their roles have remained largely untold. Until now. \nThis is not just an extraordinary war story\, but a coming-of-age tale for the nation and its women. It is time to write these remarkable women back into our history\, where they belong. \nAbout the author \nDiana Thorp has scaled a pyramid\, excavated a Bronze Age palace and been threatened by a deadly war spy. She also wrote a thesis on forgotten women that almost included a sealed section\, all in pursuit of a good story. A journalist\, historian and teacher\, Diana has worked for The Australian\, including its weekend magazine\, and The Times in London. She has studied Australian history\, with a focus on gender\, at Macquarie University\, and ancient Egyptian literature at Monash University. After lecturing in journalism for many years\, her passion for history inspired her to become a teacher\, and she works at a Melbourne girls’ school. Her work appears widely in Australia and beyond\, and her feature article on Australian World War II spy Nancy Wake\, whose wartime story was then little known\, inspired her interest in this covert field. \nHousekeeping\nRefreshments will be served from 6pm – 6.30pm when the speakers will commence. \nThis event can be attended in-person or online via Zoom. \nAn automated confirmation email is sent to your email address when you book. If this email doesn’t turn up in your inbox please check your Spam or Junk Mail folders. Don’t worry if you cannot find it – there will be a list of names at the door so you will be able to gain entry without your ticket. \nThe RHSV Gallery Downstairs is an accessible venue.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-code-of-silence-by-diana-thorp/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:The Hon Niel Black and his Butter Factory inheritors
DESCRIPTION:In 1840\, Niel Black ‘took up country’ in the rich lands along Mount Emu Creek at the heart of the Western District. Backed by prominent partners in Scotland\, this upstart Scottish farmer survived economic hardship in the 1840s and established a fine sheep and cattle run. During the 1850s\, in the partnership’s name\, he started buying sections of the vast ‘squatted’ acreage. \nIn 1858\, he won election to the Legislative Council thereby becoming ‘Honourable’\, and in 1867 he entertained Prince Alfred at ‘far-famed Glenormiston’\, the treasured homestead he built in 1860\, but had to leave in 1869 when the partnership’s assets were divided. In 1876 he moved back to the District\, into Mount Noorat House\, a mansion he described as ‘the crowning folly of my life’. But Black’s astonishing social rise never earned him the title of gentleman. It was his three sons’ destiny – a destiny their father secured with iron determination – to assume fully the role of Western District gentry alongside contemporaries from other pioneer families. Their firm\, Black Bros\, run by AJ (Ian) and SG (Steuart)\, set out to re-mould their inheritance\, including Glenormiston which they recovered. In 1899\, the celebrated beef herd was sold as they proceeded to improve and subdivide land for dairying. Thereafter they promoted rural industrialisation in the form of co-operative Butter Factories and Creameries with conspicuous success. Among the most potent symbols of their wealth was the creation of Dalvui\, a homestead of splendours and\, ultimately\, broken dreams. \nAbout the presenter\nMaggie Black is a researcher\, writer and editor\, whose career was primarily spent working for international United Nations and non-governmental organisations. Among many books and international reports she wrote or edited are histories of Oxfam and UNICEF: A Cause for Our Times: Oxfam the first 50 years\, (Oxford University Press\, 1992); Children First: The Story of UNICEF\, (OUP 1996); and The World Report on Violence Against Children\, (United Nations\, 2006). Since 2009\, she has turned her attention to her great-grandfather’s pioneering life in embryonic Victoria\, and his own and his sons’ involvement in the emergence of a new settler society. Her primary source is Niel Black’s voluminous archive in the State Library of Victoria\, which is unique in the light it sheds on the process of ‘squatting’\, Aboriginal exclusion\, the skulduggery required to gain proprietorship over vast acreages\, and many other themes of colonial activity in Victoria between 1837-1880. \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 5.30pm – 6:00pm and the Zoom session will start\, as will the lecture\, at 6.00pm. \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.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/the-hon-niel-black-and-his-butter-factory-inheritors/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, 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-2025-2025-11-27/
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SUMMARY:Selected Views of the Mount Alexander Goldfields: Public Lecture by Ken McKimmie
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Castlemaine Society Inc. (CASSOC) \nLocal historian\, teacher and author Ken McKimmie will present a public lecture on early Castlemaine township history at the Northern Arts Hotel on Friday November 28\, 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start. First session on Friday November 21st is SOLD OUT. \nKen McKimmie is an expert of early Mount Alexander township history\, and his historical photographs of Castlemaine are regularly featured in the Castlemaine Mail’s ‘Let’s take a look back’ column. Ken is the author of ‘Chewton Then and Now’. \nIn this lecture a vast trove of early photographs and images are expertly interpreted to demonstrate the development of Castlemaine from the Goldrush through to today. Most photographs will be unknown to the audience. A Q&A session will follow the lecture. \nThis is a rare opportunity not to be missed! \nThis lecture was delivered at ‘The Alchemy of Gold’ May 2025 conference to great acclaim\, and the Castlemaine Society Inc (CASSOC)\, is delighted to host a repeat for the public. \nAll are welcome. Please register for this free event as spaces are limited. A light supper will be provided\, with drinks at bar prices. Gold coin donations welcomed. \nCASSOC – ‘Conserving the Character of Castlemaine’ \nTo find out more about CASSOC visit the website https://castlemainesociety.org.au
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/selected-views-of-the-mount-alexander-goldfields-public-lecture-by-ken-mckimmie/
LOCATION:The Coolroom at Northern Arts Hotel\, 359 Barker Street\, Castlemaine\, VIC\, 3450\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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