Speaker: Dr Carolyn Rasmussen
Date: Tuesday 14 July 2009
Place: RHSV, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Time: 5.15 (tea & Coffee) 5.45 (lecture)
Cost: Members free $5.50 Non Members
Professor David Danks - 'the father of clinical genetics in Australia' and founder of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Professor David Danks was the well loved and highly respected pediatrician who was a pioneer in human genetic research in Australia.
He was one of the team who in 1993 discovered the cause of Menkes Syndrome - a disease that affects one in 50,000 children; but he is principally remembered for having established Victoria's first genetics health service, known today as the Murdoch Childrens' Research Institute.
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
RHSV Lecture - Well Rowed University
Speaker: Dr Judith Buckrich
Where: RHSV
When: Thursday 25 June
Time: tea/coffee 12.30 pm lecture 1.00 pm
Cost: Members free - Non members $5.50
Judith Buckrich will speak about her latest book, Well Rowed University: Melbourne University Boat Club - the First 150 Years. Her book is the story of Melbourne and its society, of the University of Melbourne and of the Yarra River. Since the early 1900s MUBC has given Australia many world and Olympic champions.
Where: RHSV
When: Thursday 25 June
Time: tea/coffee 12.30 pm lecture 1.00 pm
Cost: Members free - Non members $5.50
Judith Buckrich will speak about her latest book, Well Rowed University: Melbourne University Boat Club - the First 150 Years. Her book is the story of Melbourne and its society, of the University of Melbourne and of the Yarra River. Since the early 1900s MUBC has given Australia many world and Olympic champions.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
AGL Shaw Lecture - Crime in Port Phillip 1835-1851
This is a combined lecture with the C J La Trobe Society
Speaker: His Honour Paul Mullaly
Date: Tuesday 9 June
Time: 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm (Lecture at 6.45 pm)
Place: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: $20.00
Bookings essential 9326 9288
In his talk His Honour will use some of the crimes committed in the Port Phillip District between 1835 and 1851 to illustrate what was happening in the developing community of that time and how the authorities and legal system coped with those crimes. This will involve some discussion of the reaction of those involved either as victims, criminals or witnesses. The background of those convicted, the sentences imposed and the level of remission of such sentences will also be discussed.
His Honour will talk about the relations between the Aborigines and the white community, particularly where it was alleged that the actions of one group or the other amounted to criminal activity and how the relevant authorities dealt with the criminal activity.
Speaker: His Honour Paul Mullaly
Date: Tuesday 9 June
Time: 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm (Lecture at 6.45 pm)
Place: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: $20.00
Bookings essential 9326 9288
In his talk His Honour will use some of the crimes committed in the Port Phillip District between 1835 and 1851 to illustrate what was happening in the developing community of that time and how the authorities and legal system coped with those crimes. This will involve some discussion of the reaction of those involved either as victims, criminals or witnesses. The background of those convicted, the sentences imposed and the level of remission of such sentences will also be discussed.
His Honour will talk about the relations between the Aborigines and the white community, particularly where it was alleged that the actions of one group or the other amounted to criminal activity and how the relevant authorities dealt with the criminal activity.
Friday, 15 May 2009
RHSV Annual report
The 99th Annual Report of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria can be downloaded from the RHSV website - www.historyvictoria.org.au
The direct link to the online copy of the report is
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/pdf/RHSVannualreport.pdf
The direct link to the online copy of the report is
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/pdf/RHSVannualreport.pdf
RHSV Lunchtime Lecture - William Josiah Hammersley
William Josiah Hammersley: Australia's best known sportsman of the mid nineteenth century
Speaker: Gillian Hibbins
When: Thursday 21 May
Where: Royal Historical Society, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Time: 12.30 pm Tea/coffee 1.00 pm Lecture
Cost: Members - free; Non-members - $5.50
William Hammersley, sporting journalist and 1857 Victorian cricket eleven captain, was a colonial mover and shaker in the 1850s to the 1880s. Generally supporting all the 'manly' sports, Hammersley helped to codify Australian Rules Football, pushed the Albert Park Lagoon as a site for rowing and yachting, first used the term 'test match', advocated the introduction of the totalisator, started the athletics races with his pistol, encouraged the introduction of the Maribyrnong Plate, moved to get the first fence erected around the MCG, and used much ink trying to make horse racing honest and to prevent the professionalism of Australian cricket.
Gillian has published Sport and Racing in Colonial Melbourne which covers the start of many of our sports.
Speaker: Gillian Hibbins
When: Thursday 21 May
Where: Royal Historical Society, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Time: 12.30 pm Tea/coffee 1.00 pm Lecture
Cost: Members - free; Non-members - $5.50
William Hammersley, sporting journalist and 1857 Victorian cricket eleven captain, was a colonial mover and shaker in the 1850s to the 1880s. Generally supporting all the 'manly' sports, Hammersley helped to codify Australian Rules Football, pushed the Albert Park Lagoon as a site for rowing and yachting, first used the term 'test match', advocated the introduction of the totalisator, started the athletics races with his pistol, encouraged the introduction of the Maribyrnong Plate, moved to get the first fence erected around the MCG, and used much ink trying to make horse racing honest and to prevent the professionalism of Australian cricket.
Gillian has published Sport and Racing in Colonial Melbourne which covers the start of many of our sports.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
RHSV Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria will be held on Tuesday 12 May at the RHSV at 5.00pm. For further information see the April issue of History News.
The AGM will be followed by a lecture on A remarkable woman: Jessie Stobo Webb (1880 - 1944) presented by Professor Ron Ridley.
The AGM will be followed by a lecture on A remarkable woman: Jessie Stobo Webb (1880 - 1944) presented by Professor Ron Ridley.
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