History Victoria Support Group Seminar (Euroa)

Euroa Mill

The History Victoria Support Group is heading to lovely Euroa on 16 March for a seminar with some interesting Toolbox Topics:

• Exhibitions on a Shoestring Budget
• The Role of a Volunteer Coordinator
• Social Media for Historical Societies
• Sourcing and Writing Grant Applications.

More at http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/events/history-victoria-support-group-seminar-euroa

The Art of Being Melbourne Talk 19 Feb

If you like history, Melbourne, or art come and hear the 2012 Victorian Community History Award winner Maree Coote talk about her book The Art of Being Melbourne @ the RHSV on Tuseday 19 February.

Speaker:                Maree Coote Refreshments:      5.15pm Lecture:                 5.45pm Cost:                      Members Free, Non Members $10

More information: http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/events/the-art-of-being-melbourne

Listen to the podcast at our Podcasts page.

Picture of the Month - February 2013

“A Typical Victorian Country School” – children tending the garden, c. 1908

This postcard is one of set of 40 recently donated to the RHSV. Titled ‘Victoria – the garden state of Australia’ the set was produced around 1908. The postcards were an advertising tool used by the Victorian Government to encourage migration to Victoria via the Closer Settlement Scheme.     Read more...