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SUMMARY:Tales from the MacRobertson International Air Races
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Victoria’s centenary in 1934\, Macpherson Robertson sponsored a great air race from England to Melbourne. There were originally 20 entrants of which only 12 arrived in Melbourne. The British winning entrants took a whisker under 3 days\, the last plane to arrive took some 4 months.\nThe Royal Historical Society of Victoria is mounting an exhibition which takes a close look at the entrants in the races (there were two races run concurrently – a speed race and a handicap race) including the Dutch entrant\, the Uiver. The Uiver (stork) is the most famous of the entries even though it came second. It was forced by bad weather to make an emergency landing in Albury where the locals used the town’s lights to spell A L B U R Y in morse code and then created a make-shift aerodrome on the racetrack using car headlights to con the plane down. Macpherson Robertson always maintained that the Uiver\, a commercial KLM flight that went to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies with a little extra hop to Australia\, came closest to his ideal as Robertson sponsored the race to encourage commercial flight not speed. \nThe first aircraft to finish was the De Havilland DH-88 Comet Grosvenor House\, a specially- designed racing aircraft flown by Charles W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black. Both pilots were much feted in Melbourne. Photos show a handsome pair being mobbed by thousands. The adulation didn’t last\, Campbell Black was killed by a plane propeller just 2 years later and Scott suicided. \nHarold Brook was the pilot with the least experience – barely the minimum 100 hours. He had a paying passenger\, the 28-year old Miss Ella Lay\, who knitted her way to Australia. She was a pilot herself and the only woman to travel the full race distance from Mildenhall in England to Melbourne. Ella stayed on in Melbourne\, took up nursing\, and in 1941 enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the very building where the exhibition is being held (the former Army Medical Corps Drill Hall). Ella died in 2005\, aged 99. The Times printed her obituary. \nThe race generated many more fabulous stories including C. J. “Jimmy” Melrose who at 21 was the youngest pilot and one of the few Australians. Jimmy was funded by his mother and his De Havilland Puss Moth was christened My Hildergarde in her honour. He too died\, too young\, just two years later in a plane crash. \nThe last plane to arrive was piloted by Ray Parer and Godfrey Hemsworth and funded by New Guinea miners. Another entry was owned by well-known Australian pioneer aviator Horrie Miller who at the time was managing director of MacRobertson-Miller Aviation. He engaged James Wood and Don Bennett to fly the race however they came unstuck in Aleppo. As Bennett wrote in his autobiography\, they “… hit the ground with a fair wallop and the undercarriage collapsed; down she went and the nose went in as we whipped over on our back. I was in the tail of the machine and my velocity from one end of the cabin to the other was remarkable. Even more astounding was the degree of “concertina-ing” of my body which took place at the far end.” That was the end of their race.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/tales-from-the-macrobertson-international-air-races/
LOCATION:RHSV\, Gallery Downstairs\, 239 A'Beckett Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:LUNCH TIME MARKETING
DESCRIPTION:Social media has become the most influential and important virtual space to network\, build a community\, promote what you do\, find assistance\, sell books and events and connect. Social media networks are open to all and they are free\, giving historical societies a chance to connect with whoever shares their interests. \nFor historical societies it is a volunteer task that will attract younger members and it can be done anywhere\, anytime so doesn’t have time or geographic restraints. \nJess Scott\, the RHSV Marketing Officer\, will lead these marketing conversations\, starting with Facebook on the 9th of August. She will cover other social media channels in coming months. These are casual conversational forums so bring your questions and concerns. We already have a number of historical societies which use social media exceptionally well – creating virtual events as well as promoting what they do – we’ll be calling on them in future sessions to share the expertise too. \nA few facts\, since Jess started with the RHSV in mid- 2019 our bookshop sales have doubled\, we weathered COVID lock-downs exceptionally well because we were still active in the virtual world and our new members are on target to double this year – all in 2 years. \nLunch Time Marketing will be held on the following dates for the remainder of 2021 \n\nMon 11 Oct\, 2021 12 noon – 1pm\nMon 8 Nov\, 2021 12 noon – 1pm\nMon 13 Dec\, 2021 12 noon – 1pm\n\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZUpc-CsrTgsHdUXWND8AGsa8n1nz6rxvFdL/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGpqj8jHteWth6GRpwcBo-gXejztnZdgqdopCjLJ3hyRRD3buwTPKgpAsDG \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81449433671?pwd=SE53aHFFTks5STFrNFNOWlRYeDlydz09 \nMeeting ID: 814 4943 3671\nPasscode: 488811 \n  \nThis is a History Month Event: click on the logo for the full program of events
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/lunch-time-marketing-2021-10-11/
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SUMMARY:EMERGING HISTORIANS
DESCRIPTION:EMERGING HISTORIANS\nJoin us for an evening of new ideas and interesting discussion to celebrate History Month in Victoria. “Emerging Historians” is a popular annual event that offers fascinating insights into a wide variety of new history research. \nThis year we present four speakers who will share their research on a variety of topics that showcase how multifaceted history can be. \n\nJoseph Parro will speak on the Far Right in Australia during the interwar period\nKali Myers will explore the representations of health\, exercise\, and the woman’s body in nineteenth-century Australian print culture\nDilhani Dissanayake will discuss her PhD research on ‘Cinnamon and Cinnamon Peelers’ (pictured) and\nRachel Goldlust will share her findings on the environmental history of Australians going off grid since the late 19th Century.\n\nChaired by Andrew Lemon (RHSV) and Bec Carland (PHA (Vic & Tas)) \nProudly presented by the Professional Historians of Australia (Victoria and Tasmania) and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. \nTuesday 12th October at 6pm via zoom \nPHA is recording the RSVPs for this event so please click on this link to register:  https://phavic.wildapricot.org/event-4488878 \nThe event is being delivered on the Zoom platform and those registering above will be sent the link just prior to the event. \n  \nA HISTORY MONTH EVENT. Click on the logo for the full program of events
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/emerging-historians/
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SUMMARY:Who Lived in My House?
DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered who the past occupants of your house were? Or interested in researching your house history? Come along to this Heritage Help session and learn how to use research tools to find the history of houses and properties in Hobsons Bay and Melbourne.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/who-lived-in-my-house/2021-10-13/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hobsons Bay Libraries":MAILTO:heritage@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
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SUMMARY:Who Lived in My House?
DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered who the past occupants of your house were? Or interested in researching your house history? Come along to this Heritage Help session and learn how to use research tools to find the history of houses and properties in Hobsons Bay and Melbourne. \nThis session will run online.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/who-lived-in-my-house-2/
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SUMMARY:The 1789 Smallpox Plague – exhuming the truth
DESCRIPTION:The 1789 Smallpox Plague – exhuming the truth\nIn April 1789 a smallpox plague suddenly broke out at Sydney Cove. It swept around the entire continent and killed up to 70% of the Indigenous peoples in the Sydney area\, but only one colonist. Despite the fact that the First Fleet was well documented\, the cause of the pandemic has remained a mystery. However\, after years of research\, author Jim Poulter believes he has finally cracked the case\, and he believes that it was deliberate genocide. Jim says the key to solving the mystery lay in the identity of the one sailor who died in the plague. In his controversial talk and Powerpoint presentation\, Jim will take you step by step through his research showing how he believes that the Lieutenant Governor\, Major Robert Ross\, hatched\, executed and concealed his genocidal plot. \nJim Poulter is a history author whose family first settled in the Yarra Valley in 1840 and established enduring relationships with the local Aboriginal community. Jim grew up steeped in local oral history\, but it is his professional skill as a forensic investigator that has enabled him put forward a solution to this 230 year old mystery. Jim continues to make a prolific contribution to the sharing of our Aboriginal history and heritage\, and is probably best known for making the link in the early 1980’s between the tribal Aboriginal game of Marngrook and the origins of Australian Football. \nThis event will be delivered by Zoom and is a free event. Zoom details will be sent to all those who register just prior to the event. \nImage: Botany Bay. ‘Sirius & convoy going in: Supply & agents division in the bay. 21 Janry 1788.’ William Bradley\, watercolour from his journal ‘A Voyage to New South Wales’\, 1802+. State Library of New South Wales\, [Safe 1 / 14]. \nTHIS IS A HISTORY MONTH EVENT: click on the logo for the full program of events
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/australias-holocaust-exhuming-the-buried-truth-behind-australias-1789-smallpox-plague/
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SUMMARY:2021 DICKINSON LECTURE
DESCRIPTION:2021 DICKINSON LECTURE\n  \nRECENT ACQUISITIONS FOR THE DECORATIVE ARTS DEPARTMENT AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA\nAmanda Dunsmore\, Senior Curator\, International Decorative Arts & Antiquities \n  \nThe Kew Historical Society is pleased to announce that the annual Dickinson Lecture for 2021 will be presented by Ms Amanda Dunsmore\, of the National Gallery of\nVictoria. The International Decorative Arts & Antiquities Department collection of the NGV includes Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquities\, British and Continental\ndecorative arts from 1200 to 1980\, and North American decorative arts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. \nThe lecture will explore an exciting selection of new additions to the NGV collection including eighteenth-century vases by the Vincennes Porcelain\nManufactory (pictured) to the window designs of Frank Lloyd Wright and Picasso’s ceramics. \nTickets $10 \nTickets – Eventbrite \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/recent-acquisitions-for-the-decorative-arts-department-of-the-ngv-tickets-175237097877?keep_tld=1 \n \nAmanda Dunsmore\, Senior Curator\, International Decorative Arts & Antiquities \nTHIS IS A HISTORY MONTH EVENT
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/2021-dickinson-lecture/
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CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:Heritage Victoria Presentation with Geoffrey B. Austin
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in hearing about how some of the most curious things get on the Victorian Heritage Register? \nJoin Hobsons Bay City Council and like-minded heritage enthusiasts for an evening presentation by Geoffrey B. Austin\, Manager at the Heritage Register at Heritage Victoria\, who will be presenting about some of the remarkable and curious assets of the Victorian Heritage Register. Geoffrey will also discuss how the HMAS Castlemaine recently earned its entry on the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII. \nThis free event will be held online via Zoom. You can join on the day by following the link below at 6.30pm or you can register to learn more and receive a reminder on the day. The presentation will be approximately 20 minutes with a Q and A to follow.\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82522181336?pwd=ZzFkZW5WRmVUYVpZVFRWMjUvdHh4QT09#success \nFollowing the presentation Hobsons Bay Arts\, Culture and Heritage staff\, alongside Hobsons Bay Libraries will discuss how to be involved in the National Trust Heritage Festival in 2022 and will be able available to answer questions about the forthcoming festival in 2022.
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/heritage-victoria-presentation-with-geoffrey-b-austin/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Victorian History Events
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SUMMARY:PIONEER REGISTER SEMINAR
DESCRIPTION:PIONEER REGISTER SEMINAR\nIn partnership with the Genealogical Society of Victoria\, the RHSV is holding a free Zoom seminar on one of the jewels in its crown – the Pioneer Register. This will be of great interest to those interested in family history or wanting to know more about this unique collection and how it can help your research. Jillian Hiscock\, the RHSV Collections Manager will be delivering the seminar. \nThe RHSV has collected and maintained a register of early colonists in the state of Victoria which is of great historical value. It contains more than 2200 forms. \nIn 1909 the Historical Society of Victoria (becoming the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in 1952) was formed by people determined to capture the history of the state of Victoria. This was to be achieved by creating the ‘Register of early colonists who arrived in Victoria before 21st November 1856′\, that captured information about early Victorians. Later this register was broadened to become the ‘Historical Register of Persons Who arrived or were born in Victoria before 1900\, and/or their descendants’. \nPeople were invited to fill in the forms of their relatives and associates in order to capture information about individual colonists as well as their familial relationships. \nInformation requested in the registers included: full name; date and place of birth; name of the parents and their residences; date of arrival in Victoria and name of ship; places of residences in Victoria and with dates; public offices held; literary work\, publications\, inventions or other work of public benefit; date and place of marriage; name of wife in full\, with parents names and place of residence; names of children; portrait if available; signature and relationship of the information provider. \nAlthough not requested\, many people sent in multiple photographs and longer letters outlining their family’s history. An RHSV volunteer\, Val Rohde\, has been working on the Pioneer Register catalogue for over 2 years. Val is enriching the catalogue by linking the Pioneer Register records to other appropriate manuscripts\, maps\, images and books in the RHSV Collection ensuring that researchers can maximise the value of the Register. \nJillian Hiscock has been the Collections Manager at the Royal Historical Society for over 3 years. She qualified as a librarian at Melbourne University after doing a Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University. She has had a career working in public and special libraries\, and managing government department libraries and intranets. She ran the Department of Transport library which supported Heritage Victoria and the Planning portfolio\, this in role particular has given her relevant experience in managing collections that span manuscripts\, ephemera\, books\, images and non-print materials. \nThis free seminar will be offered via Zoom – details will be sent out 24 hours prior to the event. \nThe seminar will be offered on Thursday 14th October at 11am – 12noon and repeated that evening from 7pm – 8pm. \nPlease register your interest in either of the sessions below \n  \nThis is a History Month Event: click on the logo for the full program of events
URL:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/pioneer-register-seminar/
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