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SUMMARY:MENTIONS IN DESPATCHES: In Conversation with Dave Sabben MG
DESCRIPTION:Get a fascinating glimpse into day-to-day life during the Vietnam War as Dave Sabben MG uncovers stories from his new book Mentions in Despatches.  \nAppearing in conversation with Shrine Governor and former broadcaster Squadron Leader (Retd) Peter Meehan OAM\, Sabben will share his stories of service collected from letters sent home during his tour of Vietnam. \nFrom arriving in South Vietnam to the Battle of Long Tan\, this talk will reveal in unrivalled detail what life was like for a frontline soldier in a war without front lines. \nAfter the talk\, guests are invited to attend a Last Post Service\, from 4.45pm–5pm\, commemorating Operation Hardihood—a joint US and Australian security operation to clear and seize Nui Dat in 1966. \nCopies of Mentions in Despatches will be available for purchase at the event. \nBook here: https://www.shrine.org.au/mentions-despatches-conversation-dave-sabben-mg \n“A must-read for anyone who aspires to become a worthy leader in the Australian Army\, but equally readable for anyone interested in a grassroots picture of what a soldier endured during a 1960s tour of Vietnam.” \nSgt Dave Morely\, Army Newspaper
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/mentions-in-despatches-in-conversation-with-dave-sabben-mg/
LOCATION:Shrine of Remembrance\, Birdwood Ave\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Labassa open day
DESCRIPTION:Experience the complex richness of Labassa’s architectural and human history. Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa\, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. \nGuided house tours and tower tours operate through out the day\, and the tea room is open 10.30am to 3.30pm. Join us for a guided tour or opt for a self-guided tour.\nGuided House Tour Times:\n11am: Interior House Tour\n12pm: ‘Who’s been living in this house?’ Tour (Note: this tour goes upstairs)\n1pm: Exterior tour\n2pm: Interior House Tour\n3pm: Interior House Tour \nTower tours:\n10:45am\n11.45am\n12.45pm\n1.45pm\n2.45pm\n3.45pm\nThe tower will be open with a limit of 12 people per tour group. Due to the tower’s narrow\, steep steps visitors are advised to wear sensible shoes. \nTea room: 10.30am – 3.30pm\nPlease arrive at least 15 minutes before your intended guided tour time. Capacity will be monitored on the day.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/labassa-open-day-3/
LOCATION:Labassa\, 2 Manor Grove\, Caulfield North\, Victoria\, 3161\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Open Day: Broadmeadows Historical Society
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Australian Heritage Festival\, the Broadmeadows Historical Society are having an Open Day! \nThe Broadmeadows Historical Museum is reopening after extensive redesign of displays\, to become more Broadmeadows and district centric. Enjoy our clean more open display with designated research facilities.  Click here for more info. \nWhere: Broadmeadows Museum\, 21 Pearcedale Parade\, Broadmeadows\, Victoria -The museum is located behind the Youth Central building.\nWhen: 18th May 2024\nTime: 9:00am-4:00pm\nEntry Fee: By donation\nBHS website:http://home.vicnet.net.au/~broadhs \nAs Broadmeadows Historical Society undergoes an exciting revitalization\, they’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers from the local community to be a part of this transformative journey. Whether you have a passion for preserving the past\, love sharing stories\, or simply want to make a difference in your community\, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Sign up today to be a volunteer and become part of history! \nPlease contact BHS for all enquires: secretarybroadmeadowshs@outlook.com
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/open-day-broadmeadows-historical-society/
LOCATION:Broadmeadows Museum\, 21 Pearcedale Parade\, Broadmeadows\, VIC\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:REGIONAL SEMINAR WEEKEND IN MORTLAKE
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled that Mortlake & District Historical Society will be hosting our first HSSC* regional seminar for 2024. \n*HSSC is the RHSV’s Historical Societies Support Committee. \nMortlake is located 216 km west of Melbourne via the Hamilton Highway (2.5-3 hours drive) and 49 km north-east of Warrnambool so it makes a great weekend away and a wonderful starting point for more Western District exploring. It is an historic settlement which lies at the base of Mount Shadwell\, an extinct volcano. The town\, which has a large number of impressive bluestone buildings\, lies in an area of fertile volcanic plains which have produced a rich pastoral and agricultural district. The area is known for its olivine crystal which can be fossicked on Mount Shadwell. \nMortlake and District Historical Society\nLocated at 27 Shaw Street\, the Ark Heritage Centre (mortlakedhs@gmail.com | 0435 508 684)\, Mortlake & District Historical Society collects and preserves material relating to the history of Mortlake and the surrounding district. \nThe RSL Hall in Mortlake will be our Sunday venue – it is a beautiful bluestone building dating from the 1870s. It is the one-time Temperance Hall and has had many uses prior to 1947 including a glove factory during the Second World War.  Mac’s Hotel is also booked for the Saturday dinner (it is even older than the RSL\, dating back to 1859). Mac’s Hotel also has accommodation – check it out here. \n2 DAY PROGRAM \nDAY 1 SAT 18 MAY 2024 \nToday is an optional program. \n3:30pm – 5pm BLUESTONE HERITAGE WALK with a snapshot of Mortlake’s history led by members of Mortlake and District Historical Society (free and open to the public). Meeting point: Soldiers’ Memorial Hall\, Shaw Street\, Mortlake \n4.30pm – 5.30pm The ARK HERITAGE CENTRE open (open to the public). Venue: 27 Shaw Street\, Mortlake. \n6:30pm DINNER at Mac’s Hotel followed by a night stroll along Dunlop Street (almost full moon). Our AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER is Peter Yule whose topic is ‘Western District Vignettes’. \nVenue: Mac’s Hotel\, 90 Dunlop Street\, Mortlake https://www.macshotelmortlake.com.au/ \nPlease reserve a spot at the dinner when you book for the seminar. You can pay for dinner on the night. \nDAY 2: SUN 19 MAY 2024 FULL DAY SEMINAR \nVenue: R.S.L. Hall\, 13 Shaw Street\, Mortlake \nIncludes lunch and morning tea \nPlease note that in every session there is time for questions and answers and sharing of experiences. \n9:00am REGISTRATION tea/coffee and networking \n9:45am – 10am PROGRAM START: Acknowledgement of Country\, welcome\, housekeeping. Rosalie Triolo\, Craige Proctor and Robert McLaren \n10am – 10:45am PRESENTATION 1: Rosalie Triolo\, ‘Your community’s young people as your society’s historians; now and into the future’ \n10:45am – 11:30am PRESENTATION 2: Richard Broome\, ‘”Who’ll Take a Glove?”: Aboriginal Tent Fighters’ \n11:30am – 11:45am MORNING TEA \n11:45am – 12:30pm PRESENTATION 3: Helen Laffin\, ‘Caring and Sharing – Digitising & promoting your collection’ \n12:30pm – 1:30pm LUNCH and mingling/networking \n1:30pm – 2:15pm PRESENTATION 4: Paul Fearon\, ‘Hearts & Minds – Meeting the challenge of managing things and leading people’ \n2:15pm – 2:45pm FORUM DISCUSSION with all speakers \n2:45pm – 3:30pm PRESENTATION 5: Robert McLaren\, ‘The Rev. Kay: Front Row Seat to a Changing World from 1850 to 1880′ \n3:30pm – 3:45pm ROUND UP AND CLOSE \n  \n  \nSPEAKERS & ABSTRACTS \nEMERITUS PROFESSOR RICHARD BROOME AM\, FAHA\, FRHSV has published many articles in Australian history and 20 books\, 10 of them in second to fifth editions. He has written about Indigenous History\, and also histories of immigration\, sport and popular culture\, the Mallee\, Coburg\, and several life stories of Lebanese Australians and Nagaland people. He taught at La Trobe University for thirty years\, and has been President of the History Institute in the mid-1990s and is currently President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria 2019+. He co-edits the Victorian Historical Journal and is currently co-author of The Story of Melbourne’s Lanes\, RHSV (in press). \nPart performance\, part brutal reality\, tent fighting was iconic at agricultural shows from 1900 to the 1970s in Victoria and beyond. Were Aboriginal tent fighters exploited by their managers or agents shaping their own lives? Richard Broome will answer that question with special reference to the Western District. Richard began researching tent boxing in Warrnambool in the late 1970s\, which led to several articles and a book Sideshow Alley (1998). He will share his insights\, which will illuminate Australian life and Aboriginal lives in that era. \nROSEMARY CAMERON has been the RHSV’s Executive Officer since 2017. Her entire career has been in not-for-profit membership-based arts management. Overseas she worked for London’s English National Opera and Royal Opera House and Oslo’s Early Music Festival. She is former director of the Melbourne Writers Festival (2005 – 2009) and the Brisbane Writers Festival (2003 – 2005). Rosemary is a judge of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Prize for non-fiction. She was involved in Melbourne’s successful bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature. \nPAUL FEARON FAICD FCPA FIPAA (Vic) joined the RHSV Council in 2022 following a 40-year career in the energy industry\, including government advisor and regulator. He currently holds director roles in two volunteer-based charities and is undertaking a PhD in history. He holds arts\, business and finance degrees and is passionate about leadership training and education. \nIn his engaging session\, Hearts & Minds – Meeting the challenge of managing things and leading people\, Paul will lead a discussion on how we can plan for succession\, attract volunteers and deal with the most common people challenges in any organisation—effective delegation\, giving and receiving feedback\, building teams\, pre-empting team conflict and dealing with difficult personalities. \nHELEN LAFFIN holds a Master of Cultural Heritage\, Deakin University\, and is currently Heritage Collections Co-ordinator at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She is also part of the City of Whitehorse Arts and Culture team which oversees Schwerkolt Cottage Museum Complex and the Whitehorse Artspace. She has a strong interest in local history and collection management and has worked as staff or volunteer at many small and large collections in Melbourne including Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West\, CERES Community Environment Park archives\, and Coburg Historical Society. Helen will share practical knowledge from her experiences in the heritage sector. \nIn ‘Caring and Sharing: Digitising & promoting your collection’ Helen will provide tips on how to start digitising your collection without getting overwhelmed\, using examples from her own experience and others. She will then show how these images can be used to promote the value of your collection within and outside your organisation. She is hoping that those attending with share their experiences as well. \nROBERT MCLAREN grew up at Mortlake in the Western District of Victoria. Although he moved away from the district he has maintained a strong interest in the area. Robert has written four local history books and numerous articles on the people and places around Mortlake and district. He worked as an Accountant and Humanities secondary teacher and recently retired from full time work. Robert is the President of the Mortlake and District Historical Society. \n‘The Reverend Kay: Front Row Seat to a Changing World from 1850 to 1880′  Great stories on people who lived in our local areas are out there waiting for someone to turn the first stone to shed light on them. The Rev. Kay and his wife Caroline Hoste who arrived at the Wickliffe Charge in 1863 are one such story. A photo in the State Library of Victoria\, a Melbourne University scholarship and a large memorial on a grave in the Dunedin cemetery were the catalysts for me to keep searching. The story was to unearth a naval hero\, links to the Royal Family\, a life in rural Scotland\, scandals\, the birth of Italy\, a messy court case and a legacy that continues today. \nCRAIGE PROCTOR a recently retired teacher and university program manager\, is a fifth generation Mortlake resident who joined the first incarnation of the Mortlake and District Historical Society in the 1980s and the re-floated Society in 2000. His passion for storytelling came from listening to his grandparents’ tales and has evolved over more than fifty years\, resulting in town and cemetery tours and co-authoring or authoring five books on the district’s history but managing the Society’s Facebook page since 2011 has taken storytelling in many new and rewarding directions. Beyond Mortlake\, Craige is a committee member of the Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies and the Association’s Newsletter Editor\, a committee member of the Pebble Church Heritage Association at St Arnaud\, Secretary of the Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum at Jeparit where he also lives and is a member of the RHSV’s Historical Society’s Support Committee. In 2022 Craige received an RHSV Award of Merit\, one of his proudest moments \nDr ROSALIE TRIOLO FRHSV is the Chair of RHSV’s Historical Societies Support Committee. She has enjoyed over 40 years in History education\, including multiple\, long-term\, volunteer Victorian and national leadership\, presentation and advocacy roles; teaching Australian history in diverse Victorian rural and city government schools\, including Derrinallum; publishing for general public\, as well as tertiary\, secondary and primary education audiences; and facilitating the development of specialist teachers of History for 25 years at Monash University. \n‘Your community’s young people as your society’s historians; now and into the future’   A local historical society is an excellent setting for encouraging young people’s lifelong love and learning of ‘History’ while nurturing their roles as future carers of their community’s history\, heritage and the society\, itself. This workshop outlines the importance of engaging at present with young people as visitors\, members and volunteers while sustaining a positive\, long-term view to their involvement. While interactions with school groups are a first and important consideration\, there are many more opportunities for events\, programs and resources that specifically welcome individual families with young children\, or groups of families\, as well as members of other ‘young groups’ in the community. This workshop invites sharing of successful activities in the above regards while offering further strategies and resources to locate and support ‘the next generations’. \nDr PETER YULE had the good fortune to marry into an old Warrnambool family and worked for many years at Grayson’s Newsagency and Collins Booksellers. He has written over 30 books including many Western District local histories as well as books on topics ranging from the Collins Class submarine project and Australian National Airways to the Baillieu and Buxton families. Peter is a member of the Warrnambool\, Port Fairy\, Koroit and Mortlake historical societies and a Councillor and Fellow of the RHSV. \nPeter will give an after dinner speech on Saturday evening entitled\, ‘Western District Vignettes’. \n  \n  \nACCOMMODATION \nTry Mac’s Hotel (it dates from 1859) – many of us are staying there. Some photos of Mac’s Hotel courtesy of the Mortlake & District Historical Society. The 3rd photo below is 1920 and fourth photo is 1909.\nMount Shadwell Hotel and Stables (motel units). Contact through Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Mt-Shadwell-Hotel-The-Stables-Motel-100057078294907/\nAccommodation can be limited so\, if the above two suggestions are fully booked\, please contact Craige Proctor (craige@iprimus.com.au) and he can advise you of alternatives.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/regional-seminar-weekend-in-mortlake/
LOCATION:Mortlake RSL Sub-Branch\, 17 Shaw Street\, Mortlake\, VIC\, 3272\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:Book Launch : The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE FOR CATERING PURPOSES \n— \nHosted by ACAHUCH with Stuart Harrison\, please join us to hear author Warren Andersen and former collaborator for the New Horizons exhibition to discuss his recently released book ‘The Architecture of Iwan Iwanoff’ in the Japanese Room at Melbourne School of Design. \nThere will be copies available to purchase on the night\, and pre-order is available. \n— \nTHE ARCHITECTURE OF IWAN IWANOFF book is a comprehensive review of houses\, commercial buildings\, apartments\, and shop fitouts from 1950 to 1986. \nIwanoff unified international modernism\, Besser block relief\, and innovation with material use and construction to create a unique aesthetic putting Perth\, Western Australia onto the global architecture map. Including historical photography\, drawings\, furniture\, lost structures\, and unbuilt projects\, this book provides a new perspective and authoritative resource. \nUnderpinned by five years of research in university archives in Australia\, Germany\, and Bulgaria\, it examines Iwanoff’s legacy through recollections f his sons\, Michael and Nicolai Iwanoff\, professional architects\, artists\, contractors\, and house owners. \n‘One of the most exciting things was documenting all of the houses\, some of which have never been open to the public. So you can look at bespoke woodwork\, furniture and cabinets which are part of the whole package\, not just the exteriors – Warren Andersen.’ \nThis book takes the reader on a fresh journey through three decades of Iwanoff’s design innovation and influences from California moderne\, geometric besser block\, to Italian sculptural abstraction with a feast of biographical details and archive imagery. \n— \nStuart Harrison is an Australian architect\, good design advocate\, recently appointed senior lecturer in Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture\, Building and Planning\,. He is a specialist in the re-use of buildings and believes in a strong link between history and contemporary practice. He has worked across architectural practice\, teaching and media during the last 20 years. Stuart is director of Harrison and White (HAW)\, has worked in public radio\, television\, academia and has authored three books on housing. He hosted Seasons 2 and 3 of Restoration Australia on ABC-TV. \nWarren Andersen is an urban planning and business management consultant with over 40 years experience in public and private sector. As a heritage advocate\, he initiated the national listing and restoration of the 1906 WA Rowing Club building\, and listing of Timber Town of Jarrahdale. In 2021\, he secured inclusion into the municipal inventory of the City of Fremantle of the 1968 Martin Clark recording studio building designed by Iwan Iwanoff.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-the-architecture-of-iwan-iwanoff/
LOCATION:Japanese Room\, Melbourne School of Design (University of Melbourne)\, Masson Road\, University of Melbourne\, Parkville\, Victoria\, 3010\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Author talk – The Red Witch with Nathan Hobby
DESCRIPTION:The Glen Eira Historical Society has joined with Bentleigh Library (Jasper Rd\, Bentleigh)  to present an author talk by Nathan Hobby on his biography ‘The Red Witch’\, about the writer and activist Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883-1969). Nathan lives in Western Australia and will be presenting via Zoom which you can watch in person at the Bentleigh Library or from home. Nathan will cover the early years of Prichard’s life in the Caulfield area\, some of which didn’t make his book.  \nBookings and more details here –  https://library.gleneira.vic.gov.au/whats-on/events-calendar/author-talk-the-red-witch-with-nathan-hobby
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/author-talk-the-red-witch-with-nathan-hobby/
LOCATION:Bentleigh Library and Youth Hub\, 161 Jasper Road\, Bentleigh\, Victoria\, 3204\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Glen Eira Historical Society":MAILTO:gehs@optusnet.com.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240508T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240508T113000
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SUMMARY:Malvern Walks - An Australian Heritage Festival Event
DESCRIPTION:🏛️ Malvern Walks – An Australian Heritage Festival Event \nBeginning at the base of the clock tower of the Malvern Town Hall\, you will explore the Town Hall\, nearby Police Station and former Court House; St George’s Anglican Parish (church\, hall and vicarage); Stonnington’s only bluestone house; Waiora house; Malvern Square and sculptures; former Malvern Fire Station; former De La Salle College\, Armadale; Malvern Tram Depot; St Joseph’s Catholic Parish (church\, presbytery\, hall and girls’ & boys’ schools); Tower Building (De La Salle College); former site of Kildara College and Brigidine Convent; Northbrook (house\, ballroom and stables); MCG (Malvern Cricket Ground and pavilion); finishing at the former ES&A Bank. \nThe tour will be led by Steve Stefanopoulos OAM\, architectural historian\, former Mayor of the City of Stonnington and former President of the PMI Victorian History Library. \nBookings are essential. \nImage: Stonnington History Catalogue image MP5018
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/malvern-walks-an-australian-heritage-festival-event/
LOCATION:Malvern Town Hall\, Corner High Street and Glenferrie Road Malvern\, Melbourne\, 3144\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Female Convicts Research Centre 2024 Seminar/Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The Femal Convicts Research Centre will host its 2024 Seminar/Webinar ‘Freedom: time served\, moving on’ in Hobart (University of Tasmania) on Sunday 5 May. It is available as an in-person seminar or virtually as a webinar. Our program will focus on the pathways to freedom for convict women in Van Diemen’s Land and will explore the lives they led once they were emancipated. Registrations close on 24 April (Seminar) and 28 April (webinar). Registration is $60 (Seminar – includes morning tea and lunch) or $40 (Webinar).
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/female-convicts-research-centre-2024-seminar-webinar/
LOCATION:UTAS\, Dobson Road\, Hobart\, Tasmania\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240502T120000
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SUMMARY:CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
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 2024\, however\, we do ask you to register each month as this enables Jillian to send you extra material / links etc after each session. \nThe remaining 2024 Cataloguing Clinics will be held at \n\nThu 2 May 11am – 12noon (AEST) * this is a week later than normal because of Anzac Day\nThu 23 May 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 27 Jun 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 25 Jul 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 22 Aug 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 26 Sep 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 24 Oct 11am – 12noon (AEDT)\nThu 28 Nov 11am – 12noon (AEDT)\n\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYqcO-hqD8uH92SLyLFy8RywYTvMs4EraaZ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGqqTwsE9KRtByORpwQB4_CM_PwpilbgvoPrzP8LwZKOjHvIdt2JJ9sRP3C \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82776964459?pwd=NmNXVVpVSWxTejRpUDBQUnpNaEQxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 827 7696 4459\nPasscode: 142102 \nIf joining by phone: \nOne tap mobile\n+61370182005\,\,82776964459#\,\,\,\,*142102# Australia\n+61731853730\,\,82776964459#\,\,\,\,*142102# Australia \nDial by your location\n• +61 3 7018 2005 Australia\n• +61 7 3185 3730 Australia\n• +61 8 6119 3900 Australia\n• +61 8 7150 1149 Australia\n• +61 2 8015 6011 Australia \nMeeting ID: 827 7696 4459\nPasscode: 142102 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdh0GPiJW \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/cataloguing-clinics-2023-2023-03-16-2023-04-20-2024-03-21-2024-04-25/
LOCATION:ZOOM\, Join from anywhere in the world
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240501T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240501T193000
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SUMMARY:Trivia Night: Celebrating 170 years of the PMI Victorian History Library
DESCRIPTION:📚 Trivia Night: Celebrating 170 years of the PMI Victorian History Library \nWe’re absolutely thrilled to share the news that our beloved library is turning a remarkable 170 years old this year. And to celebrate we are hosting a trivia night! With questions covering our library history\, and elements of Victoria’s history like\, nature\, sport\, social history and more. There will be something for everyone. \nWe have amazing prizes for 1st\, 2nd\, and 3rd place too. So book your ticket and get your thinking caps on! \nWe will also be unveiling our exhibition “The PMI Library: Celebrating 170 Years” on the night. Be sure to read all the descriptions to find out some of the whacky and strange stories that make up our history. \nDress: Smart Casual
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/trivia-night-celebrating-170-years-of-the-pmi-victorian-history-library/
LOCATION:39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC 3181\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library":MAILTO:library@pmi.net.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240425T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240415T060924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T061445Z
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SUMMARY:ANZACs of Coburg Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:The Friends of Coburg Cemetery have something special lined up\, and would love for you to join them! They’re holding a special ANZAC Day tour that’s all about exploring the history and experiences of Australians during wartime. \nANZACs of Coburg Cemetery \nDate: ANZAC Day – 25 April 2024\nTime: 1:30\nLocation: Coburg Cemetery\, Bell/Elizabeth Street\, Preston.\nCost: $10 non-members / $2 members \nDid you know there are over 200 ANZACs resting in Coburg Cemetery? Crazy\, right? This tour is our chance to pay our respects and learn more about the stories of the brave men and women from Coburg/Preston who served our country with courage and selflessness during WWI and WWII. \nThe Friends of Coburg Cemetery will take you on a 90-minute walk filled with captivating tales and heart-wrenching moments as you visit the graves of these brave individuals. It’s a chance to connect with history in a whole new way. \nPlease let them know if you would like to join the tour. Have any questions? Feel free to shoot them a message at focc.group@gmail.com
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/anzacs-of-coburg-cemetery/
LOCATION:VIC
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of Coburg Cemetery":MAILTO:focc.group@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240403T230941Z
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SUMMARY:Chapel Street Walks - An Australian Heritage Festival Event
DESCRIPTION:🏛️ Chapel Street Walks – An Australian Heritage Festival Event \nMeet at the PMI Victorian History Library then step into a charming adventure. Discover the tales of yesteryear’s department stores on Chapel Street\, Prahran. An all-inclusive experience\, perfect for everyone – families\, individuals\, and even your beloved pets! \nThe tour will be led by Steve Stefanopoulos OAM\, architectural historian\, former Mayor of the City of Stonnington and President of the PMI Victorian History Library. \nBookings are essential. \nImage: https://stonnington.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/ARCENQ/59432044/22945613\,1?FMT=IMG
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/chapel-street-walks-an-australian-heritage-festival-event/
LOCATION:39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC 3181\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library":MAILTO:library@pmi.net.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240415T061743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T061743Z
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SUMMARY:Leongatha Historical Society Annual ANZAC lunch
DESCRIPTION:The Society’s annual Anzac lunch will be at the Leongatha RSL at 12 noon on 24 April. The speaker will be Jillian Durance of Mojarra who will talk on the Kongwak Avenue of Honour. Please join us for lunch or come along and hear Jillian speak. Jillian has carried out much research on soldiers from the Kongwak Mojarra area who served in WW1 \nWhen: 24 April 12pm \nWhere: Leongatha RSL\, Crn Smith St & Michael Pl\, Leongatha VIC 3953 \nRSVP: Please contact Lyn 0400249048 if you are able to attend
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/leongatha-historical-society-annual-anzac-lunch/
LOCATION:VIC
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240424T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240403T230840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T222144Z
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SUMMARY:Family History Workshops
DESCRIPTION:👩🏽‍👩🏽‍👦🏽‍👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. \nDo you want some guided help with your family history journey? We can help. Join a friendly and supportive environment while making use of the many resources available at the PMI Victorian History Library. \nOur workshops will cover: \n28 Feb – What you need to know what you Get Started\n24 Apr – What Beginners should do\n26 Jun – Special Guest – Heather Arnold\n28 Aug – Doing your family history using Ancestry\n30 Oct – Doing your family history using Ancestry / Understanding Military Records and Resources \nBookings are essential.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/family-history-workshops/2024-04-24/
LOCATION:39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC 3181\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library":MAILTO:library@pmi.net.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240418T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240418T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240322T032126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240322T032126Z
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SUMMARY:South Yarra Water Works Company (1854 – 1863)
DESCRIPTION:Our first co-presentation with Engineering Heritage Victoria in 2024 will be by Ken McInnes who will explore the history\, the entrepreneurs\, the engineers\, the operations\, the expansion and the demise of the short lived South Yarra Water Works Company (1854 – 1863). \nIn 1854\, 170 years ago\, Yan Yean Reservoir was completed. Over the following ten years water was progressively reticulated to the houses and businesses of Melbourne and its suburbs. \nBefore Yan Yean\, water was supplied from the Yarra River above “The Falls”\, pumped into water carts and delivered around town. A large elevated cast iron tank was also built on Eastern Hill\, filled by a steam pump on the north bank of the Yarra River\, and provided reticulated water around the city area. \nTo provide water to Prahran and South Yarra\, the ‘South Yarra Water Works Company’\, pumped water into water carts\, from the south bank of the Yarra River\, upstream near Chapel Street. Once the Company was incorporated in 1855\, it established a steam pump on Forest Hill and pumped water from the Yarra River to a tank on the corner of Chapel Street and Gardiner’s Creek Road\, South Yarra\, and provided reticulated water to nearby establishments. Later on the scheme was extended with another water tank near St.Kilda Junction. \nThe engineers initially associated with the Company were Alexander Kennedy Smith\, George Holmes and Edward Richardson. The initial local entrepreneurs progressively gave way to later investors. There was lobbying\, intrigue\, and politics over granting land\, financing\,  constructing of its tanks\, laying of pipes in Central Roads Board reserves that later became municipal roads\, ‘scuffles’ over the removal by council of pipes laid in ‘their’ streets.  Once Yan Yean water mains were laid to the suburbs south of the Yarra River\, the demise of the Company was inevitable\, leading to its dissolution in 1863\, and the gradual disappearance of all physical traces of its existence. \nThis presentation will provide a fascinating narrative for all who have an interest in the history of Victoria. \n  \nHOUSEKEEPING \nThis event will be offered in person at the RHSV and via Zoom. Those purchasing a Zoom ticket will be sent the log-in details 24 hours before the event. And the Zoom log-in is for 6pm. \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/south-yarra-water-works-company-1854-1863/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240417T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240816T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240315T024031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T033432Z
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SUMMARY:Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement
DESCRIPTION:Who remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement? \nBetween 1972 and 1994\, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortalised in cement at the entrance of the McEwans hardware store in Bourke Street. Shopping for a hammer or a hair-dryer\, you’d step in the prints of actors\, musicians\, sportspeople\, writers\, dancers\, politicians\, an astronaut\, a racehorse – even an operatic dog. \nCurated by Robyn Annear\, ‘Gotcha!’ presents 40 of the surviving prints from the McEwans pavement\, together with stories of the celebrities who made them and newspaper images that capture the mood of the times. \nNote: enter City Gallery via Customer Relations\nMonday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/gotcha-concrete-prints-from-the-mcewans-celebrity-pavement/
LOCATION:City Gallery\, 110 Swanston Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection":MAILTO:citygallery@melbourne.vic.gov.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240416T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240416T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240304T083515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T021127Z
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SUMMARY:A G L Shaw Lecture. Anti-Slavery and Protection in Port Phillip and NSW: the Curious Colonial Afterlife of the 1837 Select Committee Report on Aborigines
DESCRIPTION:The AGL Shaw lecture has been presented in partnership with the C J La Trobe Society for many years. It is one of the RHSV’s Distinguished Lectures and we are thrilled that\, in 2024\, Professor Penny Edmonds from the Flinders University will be delivering the lecture. \nIn 1838 Quaker James Backhouse posted the 1837 Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes (British Settlements) ‘hot off the press’ from Cape Town to key figures he had met in the Australian colonies\, including missionary George Langhorne\, with instructions for it to be sent to Police Magistrate Foster Fyans and Captain William Lonsdale in Port Phillip. The much-studied 1837 report is often described as the ‘blueprint’ for imperial reform and the protection of Aboriginal peoples in the colonies. Backhouse sent the report to New South Wales including to three men of influence whom he had met in Sydney – the Colonial Secretary Alexander McLeay\, police magistrate Archibald Innes and Reverend John Saunders. These three men would be central to the formation of the Sydney branch of the Aborigines’ Protection Society or the ‘Australian APS’\, suggesting that the report’s distribution was part of a transimperial moment of humanitarian activism. \nIn this lecture\, Penny shines new light on these important networks – stretching from Britain to the Cape Colony and Melbourne – and Backhouse’s precious packages containing the report to show the entanglements of antislavery and protection\, and to offer a nuanced account of the activities and flow of policy during the creation of the Port Phillip protectorate. She will illuminate these networks with new forms of data visualisation. As she argues\, the careers of Governors La Trobe and Arthur of Van Diemen’s Land were embodiments of this shift from antislavery to protection during a complex moment when the establishment of Port Phillip and the invasion of Kulin lands occurred at the same time as the rise in humanitarian sentiment and policy regarding Aboriginal peoples in the British colonies. \nQuaker James Backhouse attached the highest importance to the 1837 report as a means of bringing a moral ‘awakening’ to settlers who had invaded Aboriginal lands and protection to Aboriginal people on violent frontiers. Yet the violent frontier wars across the southeastern colonies at this time continued to frustrate the humanitarian aspirations of La Trobe and others. Despite their efforts\, the notion of a ‘humane colonisation’ was always to be an impossible project. \n  \nProfessor Penelope Edmonds is Matthew Flinders Professor\, History\, in the College of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University\, South Australia. Penny’s research is distinguished by over two decades of creative and interdisciplinary work in the areas of Australian history\, nineteenth-century British Empire and settler colonialism in the Australian and Pacific region\, postcolonial histories\, heritage and museums. She seeks to bring a critical-theory perspective to questions of colonialism\, race\, gender\, reconciliation and redress\, humanitarianism\, slavery and unfreedom in the Australian and Western Pacific region. Penny’s book Settler Colonialism and (Re)Conciliation: Frontier Violence\, Affective Performances\, and Imaginative Refoundings (Palgrave UK\, 2016) was shortlisted for the 2017 Ernest Scott Prize\, University of Melbourne/Australian Historical Association for best book in colonial history. \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. A list of previous lecturers can be viewed here. \n  \nHouse-keeping \nYou will be sent an automatic email confirmation once you book – if this email doesn’t appear in your in-box\, please check your Spam or Junk Mail folder as these automatically generated emails can go astray. \nAs at most RHSV events\, we will be serving refreshments from 5:30pm to 6pm when the lecture starts however\, for the AGL Shaw lecture\, we also serve refreshments after the event and we encourage our members and the members of the C J La Trobe Society to stay a little longer and share our hospitality.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/a-g-l-shaw-lecture-anti-slavery-and-protection-in-port-phillip-and-nsw-the-curious-colonial-afterlife-of-the-1837-select-committee-report-on-aborigines/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240411T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240411T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240206T064956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T225058Z
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SUMMARY:EXHIBITION LAUNCH: MELBOURNE'S STORIED LANEWAYS
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH OF\nMELBOURNE’S STORIED LANEWAYS\nLaunched by Julian O’Shea\nCurated by David Thompson\nDesigned by Daisy Searls\nThursday 11 April\, 5:30pm – 7pm\n\nWe all have our favourite Melbourne laneway and curator\, David Thompson\, has chosen his favourites which reveal some intriguing Melbourne stories. When we think of today’s gussied-up tourist-friendly laneways like Guilford Lane and Hosier Lane\, it is hard to imagine that a mere 50 years ago the laneways were workaday places full still of small factories and light industry. And earlier still there was the desperation of Little Lon. Today we get just glimpses of those rough and ready laneways that serviced the city and a frisson as the mouths of some still grimy and squalid laneways beckon us deeper in. \nThis exhibition has grown out of the RHSV’s latest publication which is an updated version of  historian Weston Bate’s Essential but Unplanned: Melbourne’s Laneways which came out 30 years ago in 1994. The new laneways book will be launched in a few months. \nJulian O’Shea is a popular online creator with millions of views across YouTube\, Instagram and TikTok. You might have seen him on your For You Page standing in front of a strange piece of urban infrastructure. Julian recently won the 2023 Victorian Community History Award for best Digital Storytelling Award. Julian has performed at Melbourne Fringe and various comedy storytelling events including SciFight Comedy Debate\, and has been a comedy writer for Mad Magazine. He is a regular guest on ABC Radio Melbourne with Charlie Pickering and recently shared stories of the city with Julia Zemiro on Great Australian Walks. His work has been featured in The Age\, Herald Sun\, 3AW and the ABC. Julian has an upcoming show\, M is for Melbourne\, in the Melbourne Comedy Festival (27 March – 7 April). \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/launch-melbournes-storied-laneways/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240404T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240404T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240214T025127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240307T014205Z
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SUMMARY:Welcome home for our Terlecki timber piano front
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to celebrate the restoration and reframing of our glorious carved Terlecki timber piano front. \nThis piano front was donated to us by Keith Kilner representing his wider family and the recent restoration was paid for with a donation from the Boak family. We are enormously grateful to both families for their generosity. \nWe’ll be celebrating in style with a sparkling morning tea at the RHSV premises\, 239 A’Beckett St and we’ll be hosting members of both the Kilner and Boak families. \nA tiny bit of background … \nIn 1862 Joseph Kilner (piano maker) and Joseph Wilkie (piano tuner)\, opened a music and piano saloon at 15 Collins Street in Melbourne Australia and in 1863 established a factory at 174 Queen Street to construct pianos. Driven by Kilner\, the firm soon began experimenting with using Australian blackwood and red gum but also managed to incorporate other local timbers including kauri\, myrtle\, sassafras\, Queensland pine and huon pine in their instruments. \nWilkie\, Kilner and Company pianos won major prizes at home and abroad including a silver medal for best entry in its class at the Centennial International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876 for an upright wooden-framed instrument that had a front panel intricately carved with Australian plants and animals\, plus the words ‘Advance Australia’ beneath a rising sun\, – reminiscent of the Rising Sun badge proudly worn by soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Australian Imperial Force in both World Wars (this is ‘our’ piano front). \nThe elaborate front was carved by Polish immigrant\, Felix Terlecki\, who also produced some of the finest ornamental wood-carvings found in Melbourne’s colonial churches\, banks etc \nHOUSEKEEPING \n\nThe Gallery Downstairs where this event will be held is fully accessible.\nThere will be no Zoom for this event.\nPlease RSVP\, although the event is free\, we do need to know numbers for catering and seating.\nWhen you RSVP you will be sent an automatically-generated email of confirmation – if this email doesn’t pop up in your in-box\, please check your Spam or Junk mail folders.\nThose who RSVP do not need to bring a ticket on the day – your names will be at the door.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/welcome-home-our-terlecki-timber-piano-front/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240404T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240404T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T064127Z
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SUMMARY:Exodus from Vienna
DESCRIPTION:🛄 Exodus from Vienna \nFollowing the 1938 annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany\, many members of Vienna’s vibrant Jewish community sought safe havens overseas to escape growing persecution. Amongst them were Michael and Regine Weiss and their family. Their story\, as told through records held by the National Archives of Australia and other information provided by their descendants\, reveals much about Australia’s attitudes towards Jewish refugees during these dark days. \nPresented by Patrick Ferry\, Assistant State Manager of the Victoria office of the National Archives of Australia. Patrick is an archivist with over 20 years of experience in the field. He is also the author of various local history books and the winner of a Victorian Community History Award in 2020. \nBookings are essential with a gold coin for entry.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/exodus-from-vienna/
LOCATION:39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC 3181\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library":MAILTO:library@pmi.net.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240328T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240328T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20221207T014636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T050129Z
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SUMMARY:CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
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 2024\, however\, we do ask you to register each month as this enables Jillian to send you extra material / links etc after each session. \nThe remaining Cataloguing Clinics in 2024 will be held at \n\nThu 28 Mar 11am – 12noon (AEDT)\nThu 2 May 11am – 12noon (AEST) * this is a week later than normal because of Anzac Day\nThu 23 May 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 27 Jun 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 25 Jul 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 22 Aug 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 26 Sep 11am – 12noon (AEST)\nThu 24 Oct 11am – 12noon (AEDT)\nThu 28 Nov 11am – 12noon (AEDT)\n\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYqcO-hqD8uH92SLyLFy8RywYTvMs4EraaZ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGqqTwsE9KRtByORpwQB4_CM_PwpilbgvoPrzP8LwZKOjHvIdt2JJ9sRP3C \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82776964459?pwd=NmNXVVpVSWxTejRpUDBQUnpNaEQxdz09 \nMeeting ID: 827 7696 4459\nPasscode: 142102 \nIf joining by phone: \nOne tap mobile\n+61370182005\,\,82776964459#\,\,\,\,*142102# Australia\n+61731853730\,\,82776964459#\,\,\,\,*142102# Australia \nDial by your location\n• +61 3 7018 2005 Australia\n• +61 7 3185 3730 Australia\n• +61 8 6119 3900 Australia\n• +61 8 7150 1149 Australia\n• +61 2 8015 6011 Australia \nMeeting ID: 827 7696 4459\nPasscode: 142102 \nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdh0GPiJW \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/cataloguing-clinics-2023-2023-03-16-2023-04-20-2024-03-21-2024-03-28/
LOCATION:ZOOM\, Join from anywhere in the world
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240327T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240407T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
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SUMMARY:M is for Melbourne: The World's Mostly* Liveable City
DESCRIPTION:Melbourne International Comedy Festival show \nDiscount Code: DINGDING (10% off) \nTickets: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/m-is-for-melbourne-the-world-s-mostly-liveable-city \n  \nMelbourne has been named the “world’s most liveable city”\, which makes you wonder if the judges have ever experienced Hoddle Street rush hour traffic or tried to find a cafe open past 4pm. M is for Melbourne takes an A to Z journey through the weird and wonderful parts of the city – from the truck-destroying Montague Street Bridge\, to the Yarra’s mysterious brown colour. \nThis show is for anyone who loves Melbourne or loves to hate Melbourne. Grab some friends\, head into the Free Tram Zone and be prepared to join the movement to take on Vienna and reclaim the title of the “world’s most liveable city”. \nJulian O’Shea is a popular online creator with millions of views across YouTube\, Instagram and TikTok. You might have seen him on your For You Page standing in front of a strange piece of urban infrastructure. Julian has performed at Melbourne Fringe and various comedy storytelling events including SciFight Comedy Debate\, and has been a comedy writer for Mad Magazine. He is a regular guest on ABC Radio Melbourne with Charlie Pickering and recently shared stories of the city with Julia Zemiro on Great Australian Walks. His work has been featured in The Age\, Herald Sun\, 3AW and the ABC.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/m-is-for-melbourne-the-worlds-mostly-liveable-city/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Melbourne\, 270 Flinders St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240326T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240326T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
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SUMMARY:Doctor\, teacher\, gardener & spy
DESCRIPTION:A doctor\, teacher\, gardener and spy. These are four real-life Australians who attracted the attention of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). But who were they and why was ASIO interested in them? What role did social and political activism have to play in this? Come along to find out more! \nThis will be a hybrid (in-person and online) session presented by the National Archives of Australia in collaboration with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. \nThose who attend in person will also be able to visit the Disrupt\, Persist\, Invent exhibition which is on display at the Victorian Archives Centre until 5 April 2024. \nImage NAA: A432\, 1963/2272 \n  \nHousekeeping \nPlease note that this event is not held at the RHSV but at the Victorian Archives Centre\, 99 Shiel Street\, North Melbourne 3051 \nThe event will also be offered on Zoom. Zoom details will be sent to attendees 24 hours before the event. \nYou will be sent an automatically-generated email confirmation of your booking – if it doesn’t appear in your in-box please check your Junk Mail or Spam Mail folders as often these automatically-generated emails fall foul of ISPs.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/doctor-teacher-gardener-spy/
LOCATION:Victorian Archives Centre\, 99 Shiel Street\, North Melbourne\, VIC\, 3051\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240326T084500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240326T124500
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
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SUMMARY:WESTERN TREATMENT PLANT TOUR
DESCRIPTION:Experience the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee\, and discover the historical and environmental importance of this fascinating site. The Western Treatment Plant was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2021\, recognising its historical\, archaeological and technical significance. The historic Western Treatment Plant in Werribee is a world leader in environmentally-friendly sewage treatment\, and one of Victoria’s most unlikely hidden treasures. \nRoughly the size of Phillip Island (covering an area roughly from Avalon Airport to Werribee Open Zoo)\, the vast site is home to more than just sewage treatment facilities – doubling as a working farm and internationally-recognised bird habitat. Here\, agriculture and biodiversity meet resource recovery\, education and ecotourism\, supporting Melbourne’s renowned liveability. \nThe Western Treatment Plant’s variety of natural habitats provide a refuge for wildlife\, including some of the world’s rarest bird and frog species – such as the critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot and growling grass frog. In 1983\, the site was declared an internationally-significant wetland for waterfowl under the Ramsar Convention. More than 300 bird species have been recorded at the plant\, attracted to the water and food in its permanent wetlands\, making it one of Australia’s best places for birdwatching. \nThe Wadawurrung People lived on the land for thousands of years\, making it a place of spiritual importance. The plant was also key to Melbourne’s early development – established in the early 1890s to combat the spread of disease\, as open sewers emptied into rivers and bays. \nOriginally known as the Werribee Sewage Farm\, the site included the township of Cocoroc (meaning ‘frog’)\, which housed sewage farm workers until the 1970s. Parts of it are still standing today\, and now house our operations\, administration and education facilities. \n  \nFollowing the success of our 2023 sold-out tour of Melbourne’s Western Treatment Plant we have organised a 2nd tour in March 2024. We will have a bigger and more comfortable bus this time.\nThis is a really exciting opportunity. \nWe will have two brilliant guides for the day – firstly\, whilst we drive from the RHSV to Cocoroc\, historian Tony Dingle who has researched and written extensively about Melbourne’s water and sewerage will explain the historical importance of this treatment plant and then we’ll pick up a guide at the Treatment Plant to give us the contemporary information. \nTony Dingle teaches Economic History at Monash University. He has researched and published extensively in Australian and British history and his books include Settling\, volume 2 of The Victorians (1984); Aboriginal Economy: Patterns of Experience (1988); and Vital Connections: Melbourne and its Board of Works (1991). \nTuesday 26th of March\, 2024 \n8:30am – 9am      Gather at RHSV\, 239 A’Beckett Street\, Melbourne. Coffee/tea and pastries served.  \n9am                      Bus departs for Cocoroc and the Western Treatment Plant with Tony Dingle as our on-board historian \n10am                    Arrive Cocoroc and pick up treatment plant guide \n12:00noon              Tour finishes and we depart Cocoroc arriving …          \n12:45pm                back at the RHSV \nImportant information \nThe Western Treatment Plant is a working sewage treatment plant. Before and during the treatment process\, sewage contains many micro-organisms\, including bacteria\, viruses and parasites. \nVisitors to tour sites are asked to strictly follow these safety rules while on-site:\n• Wear long pants and a long sleeved top (Not allowed: shorts\, skirts\, open-toed shoes\, high heels or sandals).\n• Wear flat sole\, enclosed shoes at all times – sandals and thongs are not permitted on-site.\n• While on tour\, stay with your tour guide at all times.\n• Refrain from climbing on and/or over railings.\n• Refrain from touching any machinery or equipment.\n• Refrain from running. \nIt is vital that all visitors:\n• Avoid contact with sewage and sewage related products\, while on-site.\n• Wash your hands before leaving the plant or eating.\n• Refrain from eating or drinking during the tour.\n• Wash any contaminated clothing separate to your normal washing.\n• Ensure that any open wounds are covered.\n• Report any minor cuts or abrasions that occur while onsite to Melbourne Water. \n  \nImage Captions \n\nAerobic lagoons\nHeritage-listed water tank at the historic worker township of Cocoroc\n\n(both photos courtesy of Margaret Donnan from our 2023 tour) \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/western-treatment-plant-tour-2/
LOCATION:Royal Historical Society of Victoria\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240324T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240324T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
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SUMMARY:Artist's Talk - Sculptor Jennifer Mann
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Artist: Jennifer Mann\, Sculptor\nContinuing the Duldig Studio’s commitment to exploring\, experiencing and enjoying sculpture\, join us for an artful afternoon with renowned contemporary sculptor and Forensic Sculptor at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine\, Jennifer Mann. Her most recent public bronze sculpture of Zelda D’Aprano was unveiled outside Trades Hall last May. Jennifer’s sculptures reflect her intense interest in faces and portrait sculpting and focus on engaging the viewer in a uniquely personal way by inciting curiosity on an emotional\, psychological and empathetic level. Discover the inspiration\, materials\, processes\, techniques and challenges of creating portraits of significant people and life size sculptures. Then indulge in some Viennese afternoon tea surrounded by art and view our new exhibition featuring portraits in a range of styles and media.\nFor more information about our guest artist\, please visit the following link: https://jennifermann.com.au/index.html
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/artists-talk-sculptor-jennifer-mann/
LOCATION:Duldig Studio\, 92 Burke Rd\, Malvern East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Duldig Studio Museum & Sculpture Garden":MAILTO:enquiries@duldig.org.au
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240323T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240315T034529Z
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SUMMARY:Old Hawthorn\, Fresh Eyes- Exhibition Launch
DESCRIPTION:“Old Hawthorn\, Fresh Eyes’ by Hawthorn Historical Society \nThis exhibition provides new ways of looking at the historical narrative of Hawthorn and the familiar places around us. There are stories about the lives of people\, or ordinary and extraordinary events\, and of the changing ways of social involvement\, which reflects not only what we were\, but what we are now. We encourage visitors to think\, to participate and share their own social stories. \nWhen: Sunday March 23rd 2024 2pm to 4pm- Official Opening\nRunning from March 20 to May 4 2024 \nWhere: Town Hall Gallery\, 360 Burwood Road\, Hawthorn \nhawthornhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/old-hawthorn-fresh-eyes-exhibition-launch/
LOCATION:VIC
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Hawthorn Historical Society":MAILTO:hawthornhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240320T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240320T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20231030T005700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T040332Z
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SUMMARY:CORNERS OF MELBOURNE: THE GREAT ORANGE-PEEL PANIC AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE STREETS
DESCRIPTION:What better defines a city than its street corners? A corner gives you a starting point\, a destination and a place to turn. It’s furnished with pillar boxes\, newsstands and tram stops\, and lamp-posts for light and lounging. Where would you be likeliest to find a pub? At the corner\, of course. And who better than Robyn Annear to usher you around the corners of Melbourne\, and reveal their bizarre\, baroque and mostly forgotten stories? \nIn this talk\, Melbourne’s favourite historian will introduce you to: \n\nstreet-corner ‘galvanisers’ who offered the thrill of electric shock at threepence a time\nthe rude boys of the Fitzroy back streets who became the original ‘larrikins’\ninfants named for the corners on which they’d been abandoned\ncivic reprobates who discarded orange peel in the streets\, to the endangerment of life and limb\nand a rogues’ gallery of unruly women\, incorrigible men and runaway horses\n\nRobyn Annear’s books include Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne\, Nothing but Gold: The Diggers of 1852\, Nothing New: A History of Second-hand and Adrift in Melbourne. Her podcast ‘Nothing on TV’ presents stories from Trove historical newspapers. Robyn also appeared in the popular 2022 documentary\, The Lost City of Melbourne. \n  \nHouse-keeping \nYou will be sent an automatic email confirmation once you book – please check your Spam or Junk Mail folder as these automatically generated emails can go astray. \nWe will send the Zoom log-in details 24 hours prior to the event \nAs at most RHSV events\, we will be serving refreshments from 5:30pm to 6pm when the lecture starts \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/corners-of-melbourne-the-great-orange-peel-panic-and-other-stories-from-the-streets/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240319T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240319T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20231217T223256Z
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SUMMARY:Women’s humanitarian work is never done: Women humanitarians and war child refugees in the 20th century
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted that Professor Joy Damousi AM FASSA FAHA\, one of Australia’s most distinguished historians and humanities thought leaders\, will deliver the 2023 Women’s History Month Lecture\, part of our Distinguished Lecture series. \nJoy is the Immediate Past President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities\, and a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. \nShe has also served as Chair of the Australian Research Council’s humanities and creative arts panels for Excellence in Research for Australia and on the College of Experts. She is currently the Director of the Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences\, and has held leadership positions as Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies\, Head of School\, Associate Dean (Research) and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne. \nShe was the 2015 Fred Alexander Fellow in History at the University of Western Australia\, and is a holder of the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellowship for “outstanding female researchers in humanities\, arts and social sciences”. \nJoy’s areas of research include Australian social and cultural history\, gender history and memory and the history of emotions. Her current research project is a history of child refugees\, humanitarianism and internationalism from 1920\, for which she was awarded an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. Key publications include The Labour of Loss: Mourning\, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia (1999)\, Living with the Aftermath: Trauma\, Nostalgia and Grief in Post-war Australia (2001)\, a collection of essays edited with Robert Reynolds\, History on the Couch: Essays in History and Psychoanalysis (2003)\, Freud in the Antipodes: A Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in Australia (2005 – winner of the Ernest Scott Prize)\, Colonial Voices: A Cultural History of English in Australia 1840-1940 (2010) and Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia’s Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War (2015). Joy is the co-editor of a four-volume\, Cambridge World History of Violence (2020). Her latest publication is The Humanitarians: Child War Refugees and Australian Humanitarianism in a Transnational World\, 1919-1975 (Cambridge 2022). \n 
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/womens-humanitarian-work-is-never-done-women-humanitarians-and-war-child-refugees-in-the-20th-century/
LOCATION:RHSV Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecturer Series,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:20240317T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240317T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20240303T210137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T210137Z
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SUMMARY:Labassa open day
DESCRIPTION:Experience the complex richness of Labassa’s architectural and human history. Although more than 700 people have lived at Labassa\, it has miraculously survived with most of its opulent Victorian era decoration intact. \nLabassa is open 10:30am to 4pm with last entry at 3:30pm. Pre-purchasing your ticket online is highly recommended. \nGuided house tours on the hour from 11am to 3pm and tearoom available. The tower will be open with a limit of 12 people per tour group. Due to the tower’s narrow\, steep steps visitors are advised to wear sensible shoes. \nJoin us for a guided tour or opt for a self-guided tour. \nGuided Tour Times: \n11am: Interior House Tour\n12pm: ‘Who’s been living in this house?’ Tour (Note: this tour goes upstairs)\n1pm: Exterior tour\n2pm: Interior House Tour\n3pm: Interior House Tour\nTower tours: 10:45am\, 11.45am\, 12.45pm\, 1.45pm\, 2.45pm\, 3.45pm (Limit of 12 people per tour). \nTea room available: 10.30am – 3.30pm. \nPlease arrive at least 15 minutes before your intended guided tour time. Capacity will be monitored on the day. \nPre-bookings are highly recommended to avoid disappointment. Walk up availability is subject to the numbers already in the house.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/labassa-open-day-2/
LOCATION:Labassa\, 2 Manor Grove\, Caulfield North\, Victoria\, 3161\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240316T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240316T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T094028
CREATED:20231206T005959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T215721Z
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SUMMARY:PMI Library Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:🔖 PMI Victorian History Library Book Sale \nStep into a treasure trove of literary delights at our upcoming booksale extravaganza! Get ready to embark on a thrilling exploration through the pages of second-hand classics and unearth hidden gems among our collection of rare books. For all the music aficionados out there\, we’re thrilled to introduce a special addition to this year’s sale—vinyl records. \nCome along and grab treasures you wont find elsewhere!
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/pmi-library-book-sale/
LOCATION:39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC 3181\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library":MAILTO:library@pmi.net.au
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