MELBOURNE'S LEGAL PRECINCT
NHS member Peter Munro led a group on a trip to Melbourne's law courts on Monday August 9th. Click the link for some PHOTOS
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VICTORIA MARKET AND RHSV EXCURSION
NHS members visited the Victoria Market and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria on 16th July.
The Heritage Tour of the Victoria Market included food stalls, with delicacies such as truffles, and the site of the original Melbourne cemetery. At the Royal Historical Society of Victoria Jenny Davies, the curator of the current exhibition: Beyond the Facade: celebrating 100 years of Flinders Street Station , spoke about former businesses at the station (including the school of dance and the hat shop) and the campaign to find an appropriate current use for the upper levels.
Click the link for some PHOTOS
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AUGUST MEETING 2009 |
August 7th |
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Colin Smith and NHS member Alan Kellock |
THE BOYD FAMILY
Colin Smith, an oral historian who lives in Murrumbeena spoke about the famous artist family of Merric Boyd, who lived in Murrumbeena when it was a country village.. They also spent time on the southern Peninsula.
More detail on the website www.members.optushome.com.au/jpcaine/
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APRIL MEETING 2009 |
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A WALK AROUND LA TROBE'S GARDEN
On April 3rd Helen Botham from the Australian Garden History Society spoke about the garden created by Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe at his home in Jolimont from 1839 to 1854. He had a great range of indigenous and introduced plants for his family's enjoyment. Although the garden no longer exists, and the cottage has been moved to Birdswood Avenue, near the Botanical gardens plans and details are in Helen Botham's book La Trobe's Jolimont in the Sorrento Museum, catalogue 712.5.
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MARCH MEETING |
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HMVS CERBERUS
John Rogers, President of "Save the Cerberus" spoke about the hulk we've all seen off the coast at Sandringham, which in the late 1800s was the mainstay of the Victorian Navy. The ship was brought to Victoria to defend our shores against possible invasion by the Russians.
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THE NOVEMBER MEETING |
7TH NOVEMBER 2008 |
LIMESTONE
On Friday 7 November Lorraine Huddle, the Mornington Peninsula Shire
Heritage Advisor, gave a very interesting and informative talk about
the 'Maintenance and Restoration of Limestone & Architectural
Heritage.'
She stressed the need for sympathetic restoration and care
of the limestone used in the construction of local buildings. As a
consultant she advises clients to read the Burra Charter [a guide to
making correct decisions about heritage buildings] and to do thorough
research and physical investigation of a heritage building before
starting any restoration works.
Photo: Lorraine Huddle and NHS President Dr Robert Barnes
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THE OCTOBER MEETING |
3RD OCTOBER 2008 |
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WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Academic, Dr Judy Smart, spoke at the October meeting about the
'Women's Suffrage Movement'
in conjunction with a special
display at the Museum highlighting the 100 year anniversary of women
gaining the vote in Victoria.
Dr Smart told how in 1891 30,000
signatures were collected for a petition 'Women should Vote on Equal
Terms with Men,' and of the hard fight women had before their
proposal was adopted by the Parliament of Victoria in 1908.
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Dr Judy Smart |
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING |
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LOCAL HISTORY AND FAMILY RESEARCH
Diane Gardner, Community Access Manager at the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV), was the guest speaker at the September meeting of the Nepean historical Society.
Diane spoke about the role of the Public Record Office in supporting local history and family research. This includes a grant programme; research services at the PROV building in North Melbourne and on-line; exhibitions and training.
Her talk was illustrated with photographs and plans of the Nepean area from the collections of the PROV.
The talk gave members ideas on how to make better use of the PROV to assist in the work of the Society.
Photo: Robert Barnes wiith Diane Gardner |
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