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2nd PODCAST LAUNCHED

Have you ever delved into the op shop treasures at Retro Star Vintage, strolled through Cathedral Arcade, or savoured...

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS WITH LIBRARY SKILLS

Librarian / Library Technician Jillian Hiscock, our Collections Manager, is always looking for volunteers with library skills and experience. She...

URGENT: PUBLIC RECORDS ADVISORY COUNCIL TO BE ABOLISHED

PROV is facing more than just funding cuts at the moment. A bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly this...

FUNDING FOR VICTORIAN COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARDS & PROV’S LOCAL HISTORY GRANTS

The Royal Historical Society of Victoria has written to The Honourable Gabrielle Williams, Minister for Government Services regarding the faltering...

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HSSC PROGRAM FOR 2024

Great events for everyone involved in an historical society

On 18 & 19 May we are gathering in Mortlake for a terrific seminar - don't miss it. Then on Friday 26 July we are hosting all the leaders of the various networks of historical societies across Victoria for a Professional Learning and Networking Day. And in August we'll be in Gippsland for another seminar

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What's on at the RHSV

CATALOGUING CLINICS 2024
May 2 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join Jillian Hiscock, the RHSV Collections Manager, each month in this informative and easy-going Zoom forum on all aspects of cat...
REGIONAL SEMINAR WEEKEND IN MORTLAKE
May 18 - May 19
We are thrilled that Mortlake & District Historical Society will be hosting our first HSSC* regional seminar for 2024. Why not pla...
RHSV AGM + 2024 Weston Bate Oration: Dr Fiona Gatt
May 28 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The forgotten class? Shopkeepers of nineteenth-century Melbourne Shopkeepers played a vital role in the functioning of nineteenth-...
In Search of the Last Continent: Melbourne and early Antarctic exploration
July 23 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
In 1886 gentlemen from Victoria's Royal Society and Geographical Society formed a joint Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee...

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MELBOURNE'S STORIED LANEWAYS

Curated by David Thompson FRHSV. Designed by Daisy Searls. From 11 April 2024 - end of October 2024 -

We all have our favourite Melbourne laneway and curator David Thompson has chosen a handful of lanes which reveal 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.

Upcoming Victorian History Events

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Gotcha! Concrete Prints from the McEwans Celebrity Pavement
April 17 @ 9:00 am - August 16 @ 5:00 pm
Who remembers the McEwans celebrity pavement? Between 1972 and 1994, scores of celebrities had their hand- and footprints immortal...
Family History Workshops
April 24 @ 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 10:30 am on day Fourth of the month, repeating until October 31, 2024
👩🏽‍👩🏽‍👦🏽‍👦🏽 Family History Workshops hosted by Wendy Eldridge from our Friends of the Library. Do yo...
Leongatha Historical Society Annual ANZAC lunch
April 24 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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 Moj...