Charlie Briglia and Zara Boubouras joined the Royal Historical Society of Victoria as volunteers in April 2024. They applied after… Read more Urban history students volunteer at the RHSV
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Historian Professor Janet McCalman eleborates in The Conversation the issues around why Victoria’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry matters not just for… Read more Births, Deaths and Marriages
Cancer Culture: PhD opportunity in History or Public Health Humanities
PhD opportunity in Public Health Humanities at the University of Melbourne Expressions of Interest are called for a PhD Scholarship… Read more Cancer Culture: PhD opportunity in History or Public Health Humanities
The Women of Little Lon
Congratulations to Dr Barbara Minchinton on her new book The women of Little Lon: sex workers in nineteenth-century Melbourne (Black… Read more The Women of Little Lon
Melbourne Day
“Which Australia city was briefly named Batmania”? If your answer was Melbourne, you would have got your two points in… Read more Melbourne Day
Mrs Bruford’s School for Ladies
The Age reported today on results of an archaeological dig on a site at the corner of King and Little… Read more Mrs Bruford’s School for Ladies
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 11
Episode 11 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast tells the tragic story of Carlton firefighter Christopher Gee. Listen to episode… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 11
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 10
In Episode 10 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Marie Kantharidis goes looking for ex-convict James Patrick Main. Listen to episode… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 10
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 9
In Episode 9 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Henry Reese listens out for Amy Williams, the ‘Lady of the Gramophone’.… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 9
My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 8
In Episode 8 of the ‘My Marvellous Melbourne’ podcast, Ross Karavis explores the city’s old sixpenny restaurants, Nicole Davis talks to… Read more My Marvellous Melbourne: Episode 8