Past Events
March 2020
Teasing women’s stories from the archives
In this seminar, three historians share their experience of researching women’s lives, as biographical dictionaries strive to increase their representation of women. From a medieval countess to Victoria’s female criminals, the stories uncovered range widely in both time and place, pointing to the richness the archives can yield 'with a little more effort and research'.
May 2020
Victoria’s Native Vegetation: History, Heritage, Politics
In recognition of 2020 as the UN International Year of Plant Health, this History Council of Victoria seminar will illuminate the challenging and contested past, present and future of Victoria’s native vegetation.