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SUMMARY:Starting Family History
DESCRIPTION:The Genealogical Society of Victoria offers RHSV members & friends an introduction to the resources and skills needed to immerse yourself in family history. \nFor anyone contemplating researching their family this event is key. It is also of great interest for those undertaking more general research as family research skills and resources can be used to create histories for any characters\, not just your family. The GSV has not just an impressive research centre but it hosts a multitude of focused research groups which meet monthly to assist each other with knotty problems. As we all know family research is more than births\, deaths and marriages and good research skills and resources are needed to put flesh on bones. A couple of years ago the RHSV was fortunate to absorb some of the GSV’s library when they downsized and we will be hosting joint workshops and seminars throughout the year. \nThe two speakers will be Jenny Redman (current President) and David Down (immediate Past President) who will cover three topics: \n\nIntroduction to the GSV\nStarting family history\nDNA\n\nand ending with Q&A. \nThis event is limited to 15 so that David & Jenny have time to answer everyone’s questions.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/starting-family-history/
LOCATION:Genealogical Society of Victoria\, Level 1\, 10 Queen Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:What's On
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SUMMARY:RHSV History Writers' Group inaugural meeting
DESCRIPTION:Writing can be a lonely occupation and there are only so many drafts one’s partner is prepared to read!   \nOur RHSV History Writers’ Group will meet monthly at the RHSV to peer-edit and share feedback with other writers of history. It is always helpful to be able to chew the fat with others on the same path and we all want to be better writers. Your writing project might be short or long\, academic history\, family history\, memoir\, community history\, creative non-fiction or even historical fiction. There will be occasional guest speakers who will cover subjects like research\, use of images\, publishing possibilities and professional editing.  \nAt the first meeting we will nut out the nitty-gritty of just how this group will operate and its program for the next few months. Some preliminary reading will be sent out prior to the first meeting. If you’d like to ‘check-it-out’ do register below and come along. Everyone is more than welcome to bring their lunch and we’ll have tea/coffee for all. Meetings will then be on the 4th Tuesday of each month. \nWe are thrilled that Cheryl Griffin will be the convenor. Cheryl has posed questions/issues below that could be discussed at the Writers’ Group: \nRespecting privacy. We gather information from many sources and roll them into a story\, but in doing so\, we may reveal secrets that have been hidden for years or expose ‘shameful’ episodes in a family or community’s lives. How far should we go to tell the ‘real’ story?  I delivered a paper at a Female Convict Research Centre Seminar that touched on this in 2014 – https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/seminars/Journeys_CherylGriffin.pdf \nDealing with culturally sensitive material. Some things will be considered culturally inappropriate in 2020 but were acceptable at the time. I’m thinking of racist\, sexist\, religious utterances. And\, in using this material\, will we be inciting further racism\, sexism etc. Or be seen to endorse the attitudes of the time? I’m working on a project with my niece’s husband relating to his paternal great-grandparents and a journey they made in Northern Rhodesia in 1930/31. We’re trying to decide how to negotiate the ‘minefield’ of the racist comments in his great-grandmother’s account of that journey and stitch together a story that doesn’t shy away from the issue but places the racism of the time into context. It’s a tricky one! \nFinding the extraordinary in the ordinary. There’s a piece of mine on Wikinorthia on my street that might provide an example. I use the historic present tense and speculate and imagine – that might spark some conversation. Don’t mind if it’s ripped apart\, as long as it provides a talking point – https://wikinorthia.net.au/the-extraordinary-in-the-ordinary-the-story-of-piera-street/ And there’s sure to be other work that would provide the same stimulus. \nHonest History. http://honesthistory.net.au/wp/ Now this website and the focus of the Honest Historians would definitely provide a talking point. Or we could go off at a tangent and address the question of how we provide balanced and honest history in the internet age when so many of the local histories\, for example\, were written in the pre-WWW\, pre-TROVE age? \n  \nCHERYL GRIFFIN attended La Trobe University where she majored in history and English. She later completed a Master of Education and a PhD in the field of the history of education. She worked as a secondary teacher for more than thirty-five years. She has wide-reaching historical interests and since her retirement has volunteered at the Female Convict Research Centre in Hobart\, at Coburg Historical Society\, at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and at the GSV. She has written articles and presented papers on a wide variety of historical topics\, contributed to a number of books on the lives of Tasmanian female convicts and in 2017 wrote The Old Boys of Coburg State School Go to War for Coburg Historical Society.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/rhsv-inaugural-writers-group/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gordon Moffatt Room\, 239 A'Beckett St\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Specialist History Tour: Sharing the Universe at Melbourne Observatory
DESCRIPTION:Last year this event booked out in less than 24 hours! It is an RHSV members-only tour.  \nThis is a VIP tour of Melbourne Observatory\, formally acknowledged as a place of outstanding national scientific\, architectural\, historical\, astronomical and cultural significance\, and a potential nomination for UNESCO World Heritage listing. \nHistorians and astronomers of the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV) including past President\, Perry Vlahos\, and Dr Barry Clark will attend and show and guide you in the Melbourne Observatory site. Depending on the weather you may see Venus\, the moon’s craters\,mountains and valleys\, the Orion nebula\, the Cat’s Eyes binary and the beautiful blue and orange colours in the binary star in Canis Major. \nMelbourne Observatory was one of only four nineteenth century observatories in the Southern Hemisphere\, and provided critical infrastructure for the functioning of the colony and the wider scientific world. The Photoheliograph and South Equatorial House were constructed to allow observations to be made of the Transit of Venus in 1874\, part of a concerted\, world-wide project that yielded information new to science. \nIn 1875\, the Astronomer Royal praised the Melbourne Observatory for its production of “the best catalogue of stars of the Southern Hemisphere ever published”. The Observatory also played a vital role in the exploration of Antarctica in the early twentieth century by providing the basis for magnetic surveys. \nDuring the nineteenth century the Great Melbourne Telescope at the Melbourne Observatory generated great community pride and was then a symbol of the city’s sophistication and achievement. In its time it was recognised internationally as one of the best telescopes employed in pursuit of new discoveries in the sky.” \nMelbourne Observatory is now on the National Heritage List (early 2018). \nImportant information about the tour: \n\nEach tour consists of a max of 12 people. If there is sufficient interest we will book two tours which will occur simultaneously.\nThe tour is conducted at night and are not suitable for wheelchairs due to narrow entrances and staircases. This tour includes entry into confined spaces and climbing stairs\, therefore requires a moderate level of physical fitness and mobility\nThe tour will not be cancelled due to overcast or inclement weather conditions. Our guide will conduct an informative tour although the use of telescopes for observation in these conditions will not occur\nThis program is not suitable for children under the age of 8 years. Children 8 years and above must be accompanied by an adult.\n\n\n\nThis is both an indoor and outdoor activity. Please wear appropriate clothing for weather conditions and appropriate footwear.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/specialist-history-tour-sharing-the-universe-at-melbourne-observatory/
LOCATION:Melbourne Observatory\, Birdwood Avenue\, Royal Botanic Gardens\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Box Hill Cemetery Tour
DESCRIPTION:To coincide with the beginning of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March\, our tour will focus on women in Box Hill cemetery. We will visit the graves of a variety of women\, from nurses\, teachers and artists to pioneers of women’s organisations. Come along and learn about the part that some women have played in Victoria’s history.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/box-hill-cemetery-tour/
LOCATION:Box Hill Cemetery\, 395 Middleborough Road\, Box Hill\, VIC\, 3128\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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