Date: Sunday 29 November 2009
Location: Imaretta, Merricks (directions available when booking)
Cost: $35 members or $45 non-members [charabanc party]
$20 members or $30 non-members [private motor]
Weston and Janice Bate are hosts for a stylish garden party and luncheon at Imaretta, Merricks, to round off the centenary year of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Friends are most welcome. A touch of 1909 dress in hats, parasols, floral buttonholes, light colours, etc is recommended for the occasion.
A motor charabanc will leave Frankston Railway Station carpark at 10.30 am with an experienced guide to alert passengers to the pioneers of the spectacular peninsula. It will return to Frankston in time for the 3.52 train to Melbourne. Best morning train departs Flinders Street at 8.58 arriving at Frankston an hour later. Parking for private motors is available at Frankston for those not wishing to take the train.
For those unable to to join the charabanc party, parking is available in Imaretta's spacious cow paddock. Directions will be available on booking. Please ask the chauffeur to arrange arrival from 11 am, and to pack folding chairs.
Bookings essential by Thursday 26 November. Please indicate any special dietary requirements.
Phone: 9326 9288
Email: office@historyvictoria.org.au
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
History Council of Victoria - Annual Lecture
Date: Thursday 5 November 2009
Where: State Library of Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatrette, La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Time: 6pm
Cost: $15 ($10 concession)
Martin Flanagan: A Tasmanian in Victoria
Martin Flanagan and Paul Bateman in conversation
Tasmania and Victoria: two different states; two different histories; two very different psyches.
For more information go to the History Council of Victoria website.
RSVP: Dimity Mapstone: mavic@mavic.asn.au or 8341 7344
Where: State Library of Victoria, Village Roadshow Theatrette, La Trobe Street, Melbourne
Time: 6pm
Cost: $15 ($10 concession)
Martin Flanagan: A Tasmanian in Victoria
Martin Flanagan and Paul Bateman in conversation
Tasmania and Victoria: two different states; two different histories; two very different psyches.
For more information go to the History Council of Victoria website.
RSVP: Dimity Mapstone: mavic@mavic.asn.au or 8341 7344
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Restoring history to the school curriculum - A History Week Event
Speaker: Professor Stuart Macintyre
Place: RHSV, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 27 October
Time: 5.15 pm tea / coffee Lecture 5.45 pm
Cost: Members free - Nonmembers $5.50
History is one of the first four subjects to be developed in the national curriculum being established by the Commonwealth and State governments. This exercise will establish history as a distinct subject from the earliest years of schooling to Year 12.
In the lecture Professor Macintyre will report on the extensive consultations, outline the likely curriculum and discuss its implications.
At present history is not taight systematically in Australian schools. Probably less than half of all students learn history in the compulsory years of schooling and far fewer in Years 11 & 12. The curriculum being developed uses a world approach and how Australian history can be taught through such an approach will be discussed.
Place: RHSV, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 27 October
Time: 5.15 pm tea / coffee Lecture 5.45 pm
Cost: Members free - Nonmembers $5.50
History is one of the first four subjects to be developed in the national curriculum being established by the Commonwealth and State governments. This exercise will establish history as a distinct subject from the earliest years of schooling to Year 12.
In the lecture Professor Macintyre will report on the extensive consultations, outline the likely curriculum and discuss its implications.
At present history is not taight systematically in Australian schools. Probably less than half of all students learn history in the compulsory years of schooling and far fewer in Years 11 & 12. The curriculum being developed uses a world approach and how Australian history can be taught through such an approach will be discussed.
Saturday, 5 September 2009
Workshop - Indexing for Historical Societies
Presenter: John Adams
Place: RHSV 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
When: Friday 30 October 2009
Time: 10 am - 3.00 pm
Cost: $40 Members - $45 Non-members (Fee includes a book and morning tea)
Bookings essential 9326 9288 or office@historyvictoria.org.au
John Adams, a member of the Australian Society of Indexers and a Fellow and honorary indexer of the Victorian Historical Journal, will outline the processes of indexing uncluding the selection of key words and formatting index entries. Particular issues relevant to the peculiarities of indexing non-book items ( periodicals, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs and other non-book materials) will also be discussed. A copy of Indexing for Historical Societies will be provided to each participant.
Place: RHSV 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
When: Friday 30 October 2009
Time: 10 am - 3.00 pm
Cost: $40 Members - $45 Non-members (Fee includes a book and morning tea)
Bookings essential 9326 9288 or office@historyvictoria.org.au
John Adams, a member of the Australian Society of Indexers and a Fellow and honorary indexer of the Victorian Historical Journal, will outline the processes of indexing uncluding the selection of key words and formatting index entries. Particular issues relevant to the peculiarities of indexing non-book items ( periodicals, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs and other non-book materials) will also be discussed. A copy of Indexing for Historical Societies will be provided to each participant.
RHSV Lecture - Les Chandler of Cardross
Speaker: Mary Chandler
Where: RHSV 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 8 September 2009
Time: 5.15 tea/coffe 5.45 Lecture
Cost: Members free Non-members $5.50
Les Chandler was born in 1888 and spent his early life at at The Basin. Later he trained as a jeweller in Melbourne and joined the Bird Observers' Club around 1907/8, the Royal Ornothologists' Union in 1910, the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club shortly after this and co-founded the Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club in 1949 and was an original member and part founder of the Mildura Historical Society.
He was one of Australia's first bird photographers and made the rings as well as carrying out the first bird banding in this country.
After the First World War, Les spent several weeks exploring the Kulkyne area and became a friend of the last surviving member of the Kulkyne tribe, Mary Woorlong. In 1921 he returned to Red Cliffs and joined the Nursery Camp before taking up Block 406. He worked there until his retirement to Red Cliffs township 35 years later. He was a prolific writer and photographer of nature and had his work exhibited throughout the world. He won many prizes including the Kodak medallion for achievement in photography.
As early as the 1930s he was trying to have the Hattah Lakes declared a national park and he worked tirelessly with others to that end until part of the area was declared a park in 1960. Just prior to his death in 1979, he was to see another long-life ambition realised - the rest of the lakes system and the Kulkyne Forest proclaimed the Huttah Kulkyne National Park.
The talk will conclude with a DVD about the early Chandlers, World War I and early Red Cliffs to today.
Where: RHSV 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 8 September 2009
Time: 5.15 tea/coffe 5.45 Lecture
Cost: Members free Non-members $5.50
Les Chandler was born in 1888 and spent his early life at at The Basin. Later he trained as a jeweller in Melbourne and joined the Bird Observers' Club around 1907/8, the Royal Ornothologists' Union in 1910, the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club shortly after this and co-founded the Sunraysia Field Naturalists' Club in 1949 and was an original member and part founder of the Mildura Historical Society.
He was one of Australia's first bird photographers and made the rings as well as carrying out the first bird banding in this country.
After the First World War, Les spent several weeks exploring the Kulkyne area and became a friend of the last surviving member of the Kulkyne tribe, Mary Woorlong. In 1921 he returned to Red Cliffs and joined the Nursery Camp before taking up Block 406. He worked there until his retirement to Red Cliffs township 35 years later. He was a prolific writer and photographer of nature and had his work exhibited throughout the world. He won many prizes including the Kodak medallion for achievement in photography.
As early as the 1930s he was trying to have the Hattah Lakes declared a national park and he worked tirelessly with others to that end until part of the area was declared a park in 1960. Just prior to his death in 1979, he was to see another long-life ambition realised - the rest of the lakes system and the Kulkyne Forest proclaimed the Huttah Kulkyne National Park.
The talk will conclude with a DVD about the early Chandlers, World War I and early Red Cliffs to today.
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Melbourne Day Lecture - Reconstructing the natural history of Melbourne
Speaker: Dr Gary Presland
Where: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
When: Monday 31 August
Time: Tea / coffee 12.30 - Lecture 1.00pm
Cost: Members Free - Non members $5.50
Melbourne is built upon a variety of geological formations ranging in age from more than 400 million years to as little as 5,000 years. It is difficult now to appreciate this diversity of urban setting, which is unusual in itself, but it is even more difficult to recognise that these features have had enduring impacts on the history of this city. The natural landscapes of the Melbourne area have in fact played a dominant role in the siting and subsequent development of this city. In the process of turning John Batman's place for a village into the vastly different place we see today, much about the original environment has been lost.
However it is still possible to see how the city we have built owes something to local natural features. Gary Presland will explain how he went about reconstructing the physical environments encountered by the original white settlers in this area. He will demonstrate how Melbourne was shaped by its natural setting.
Where: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
When: Monday 31 August
Time: Tea / coffee 12.30 - Lecture 1.00pm
Cost: Members Free - Non members $5.50
Melbourne is built upon a variety of geological formations ranging in age from more than 400 million years to as little as 5,000 years. It is difficult now to appreciate this diversity of urban setting, which is unusual in itself, but it is even more difficult to recognise that these features have had enduring impacts on the history of this city. The natural landscapes of the Melbourne area have in fact played a dominant role in the siting and subsequent development of this city. In the process of turning John Batman's place for a village into the vastly different place we see today, much about the original environment has been lost.
However it is still possible to see how the city we have built owes something to local natural features. Gary Presland will explain how he went about reconstructing the physical environments encountered by the original white settlers in this area. He will demonstrate how Melbourne was shaped by its natural setting.
Lecture - 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology
Speaker: Dr David Day
Where: Royal Society of Victoria, 9 Victoria Street, Melbourne
When: Thursday 27 August
Time: 7.00pm
Cost: Members $20 - Non members $25
Bookings essential - 9326 9288
A joint Royal Historical Society of Victoria / Royal Society of Victoria Lecture
For decades meteorologists were derided by cartoonists for getting their forecasts wrong. It was not just the comfort of Australians at stake, it was also their livelihoods and sometimes even their lives. Floods, bushfires and cyclones all took their toll, while pilots and their passengers regularly risked their lives in absence of timely storm warnings.
For most of the twentieth century meteorologists did not dare to make seasonal predictions. That has now changed. Meteorologists now make confident predictions about the weather for the coming week whle climatologists now make hesitant predictions for the coming seasons. The climate records collected over the past century have become a vital tool in assessing the pace and direction of climate change. David Day discusses these and other issues in his talk.
Where: Royal Society of Victoria, 9 Victoria Street, Melbourne
When: Thursday 27 August
Time: 7.00pm
Cost: Members $20 - Non members $25
Bookings essential - 9326 9288
A joint Royal Historical Society of Victoria / Royal Society of Victoria Lecture
For decades meteorologists were derided by cartoonists for getting their forecasts wrong. It was not just the comfort of Australians at stake, it was also their livelihoods and sometimes even their lives. Floods, bushfires and cyclones all took their toll, while pilots and their passengers regularly risked their lives in absence of timely storm warnings.
For most of the twentieth century meteorologists did not dare to make seasonal predictions. That has now changed. Meteorologists now make confident predictions about the weather for the coming week whle climatologists now make hesitant predictions for the coming seasons. The climate records collected over the past century have become a vital tool in assessing the pace and direction of climate change. David Day discusses these and other issues in his talk.
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