History News Issue.344 October 2019
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HISTORY NEWS ISSUE.344 OCTOBER 2019 INSIDE THIS ISSUE President’s Report Melbourne Day What’s on HSVG report Heritage report Windows: Cathedral Arcade Bishop James Grant If trees talked Old Melbourne, not old Melburnians Books received and Bookshop Around the Societies Cathedral Arcade President’s RHSV NEWS RHSV Report Volunteerism is vital to Australian consideration in the knowledge that you and five on procedures and guidelines. society, which is replete with hundreds are not alone and will receive assistance There are twenty-six sample forms of thousands of organisations run largely from the RHSV. available too, covering the collection, or entirely by volunteers. The community Our RHSV website contains a plethora photographs, copyright, volunteers, history movement is at the forefront of of advice. Since the 1980s the RHSV OH & S, risk management and so forth. important organisations run by volunteers. has issued three versions of our ‘Guide Please consult this rich resource and as The protection of the stories of our past, to Managing Historical Societies’. It is Molly Meldrum always says: ‘do yourself which lays the basis for our identity and now in digital form on our website at this a favour!’ self-knowledge in the present, and the page. https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/ The Federation of Australian Historical pathways for the future, depends on societies/guide-to-managing-historical- Societies’ website has its own rich veins active local historical societies. In other societies/ to mine for assistance, at https://www. words, the history movement plays its part As you will see from a quick inspection history.org.au/ for social wellbeing. it contains over seventy very helpful Richard Broome Volunteering, while altruistic, also articles. For instance, under ‘Managing the has great benefits for the volunteers Organisation’ it has nine articles, including themselves. Those I talk to at the RHSV policies and procedures, tips on grant are passionate about the job(s) they are applications, and notes for treasurers and doing, whether it is sorting, cataloguing ideas for income generation. This article parts of the collection, compiling lists for is invaluable to overcome the hesitancy a database, working with images, archives to become a treasurer, outlining what and other materials, helping to mount a has to be done and how to do it. On collection, running tours and so forth. We income generation it suggests that ‘one have over a hundred volunteers giving or two major events held annually can their time and labour one day a week, bring considerable revenue directly into sometimes more, on projects. Others an organisation…. Such special events serve on our many committees, which include Book Sales, Annual or Themed manage our collections, publications, Dinners, Competition Nights (history events and exhibitions or make other should not be trivialised), and Dutch contributions. Auctions. The list is endless… care must However, voluntary organisations are not be taken in choice of event and placement Melbourne Day 2019, L to R always straight forward to run. I have some on the locality’s calendar’. Andrew Lemon, Tim Entwistle experience being on the RHSV Council Under the category ‘Involving People’ and Richard Broome since 2013 and being now president. But the Guide has fourteen articles’; under help is at hand, which I will outline below. ‘Developing a Significant Collection’ it So, if you are asked to step up and help at has eleven articles. Sample policies exist your local society as a committee member too, to avoid having to reinvent the wheel. Melbourne Day or an office bearer, please give it serious There are six articles on sample policies at the RHSV An attentive audience listened to Tim Entwistle, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), speak about the history History News of the Gardens, one of Melbourne’s gems, History News is the bi-monthly newsletter of the RHSV on Friday 30 August. His theme was that ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC. the RBG, one of 45 botanic gardens PRESIDENT Richard Broome History House in Victoria, was a symbiosis of Nature, EXECUTIVE OFFICER Rosemary Cameron 239 A’Beckett Street Melbourne 3000 Culture and Science. Tim outlined his ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Pankaj Sirwani Office & Library Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm philosophy of the botanic garden as an COLLECTIONS MANAGER & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Jillian Hiscock Phone: 9326 9288 ongoing and changing project, a process EDITOR Sharon Betridge [email protected] Website: www.historyvictoria.org.au DESIGN & ARTWORK Centreforce Pty Ltd 5975 8600 Email: [email protected] to maintain relevance in the modern MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR Jessica Scott ABN 36 520 675 471 world. He outlined the RBG’s strategic PRINTED BY First Class Mailing 9555 9997 Registration No. A2529 plan for its immediate future, to create Items for publication should be sent to the Editor EMAIL [email protected] COVER a Nature-Science hub to compliment History News Copy closes 16th: January, March, May and July, September, Cathedral Arcade, Melbourne, Australia Melbourne’s Arts and Sports hubs to the November, unless in consultation with the editor, Sharon Betridge 14 February 2007, Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland Garden’s north-west and north-east. The RHSV welcomes submission of articles for inclusion in History News. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ RHSV’s Drill Hall can become Melbourne’s Publication and editing will be at the discretion of the editor and File:CathredalArcade_9943.jpg Publications Committee as directed by our Terms of Reference. History Hub further to the north. PRINT POST APPROVED PP336663/00011 ISSN 1326-269 Richard Broome 2 RHSV NEWS OCTOBER 2019 Attendance at any and all RHSV events NEWS RHSV should be booked through our website: What’s www.historyvictoria.org.au/rhsv-events/ All events are held at RHSV, 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne VIC 3000, unless otherwise stated. On Queries: [email protected] or (03) 9326 9288 WALKING TOUR: BATMANIA THE GENEALOGICAL LECTURE. FARMING THE MALLEE: Tuesday 15 October and Thursday 17 October, SOCIETY OF VISIONS AND REALITIES 1890-PRESENT 10-11am VICTORIA: AN Speaker Professor Katie Holmes INTRODUCTION From, The former Age building, Tuesday 12 November, 5.15- 7.00pm Friday 18 October, 655 Collins Street $10 / $20 1.00- 2.30pm RHSV researcher, Fiona Graham, has put RHSV Officers’ Mess Upstairs, 239 A’Beckett St Genealogical Society of Victoria, Level 6, together a new guided walking tour of the south- 85 Queen Street western corner of the CBD - today it is a slightly raffish, down-at-heel part of town but back in As part of History Week, the Genealogical 1835 it was where everything was unfolding. Society of Victoria is holding an information Come and learn something new about your city. session especially for RHSV members and friends. For anyone contemplating researching their family this event is key. It is also of great interest for those undertaking more general research as family research skills and BOOK LAUNCH, MALLEE resources can be used to create histories for COUNTRY: LAND, any characters, not just your family. PEOPLE, HISTORY Speaker Tom Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of CELEBRATION OF THE 90TH BIRTHDAY History, ANU OF PROFESSOR JOHN RIDDOCH Performer Gavin Somers, LECTURE: KEY POYNTER AO a Butchulla, Gubbi Gubbi folk roots singer-songwriter EVENTS IN THE Friday 8 November, LIFE OF GEORGE 11.00am-1.00pm Saturday 16 November, HIGINBOTHAM RHSV, Ground Floor, 4.00pm for 4.30-6:00pm Speaker 239 A’Beckett Street, RHSV, Gallery Downstairs, 239 A’Beckett Street Geraldine Moore Melbourne The Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Tuesday 15 October The Royal Historical Monash University Publishing are delighted 15, 5.15pm for 6-7pm Society of Victoria is to invite you to the launch of Mallee Country: $10 / $20 hosting a sparkling Land, People, History by Richard Broome, Charles Fahey, Andrea Gaynor and Katie Officers’ Mess Upstairs morning tea to celebrate the 90th Holmes. Mallee Country will be launched by George Higinbotham birthday of Professor John Riddoch Poynter. Tom Griffiths. With a special performance by was a highly influential politician in colonial We invite the family, friends, colleagues and Gavin Somers who is based in Melbourne Victoria. One of his contemporaries described students of Professor Poynter. him as a man of ‘dash and daring’ who ‘won from privilege and class ground that they BOOK FAIR have never since been able to recover.’ Even Sat 5 Oct 10am - 4pm today debate rages about his character and Gallery Downstairs his legacy. Some see him as a visionary who fought for responsible government free of Colonial Office interference and obstruction by an undemocratically elected Legislative Council. Others see him as a flawed character… Join us at 5.15pm for drinks followed by Enhance your next book with an Index lecture at 6pm. by Terri Mackenzie EXHIBITION, ISAAC SELBY: LECTURER, HISTORIAN, ASSASSIN Until 20 December, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Drill Hall, 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne Professional Back of Book Indexer Member of Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers Honorary Victorian Historical Journal Indexer [email protected] [email protected] RHSV NEWS OCTOBER 2019 3 History Victoria RHSV NEWS RHSV Support Group In the month of August HVSG conducted sent your survey back, please do so, there pleasure to meet with enthusiastic and an online survey of societies in an is still time. interested members of this society who endeavour to gain an overall concept During the past two months, there have wanted to widen their insight into how to of how societies operate. It has been been follow-up visits by groups who catalogue a collection. Their collection pleasing to see so many societies take attended the Castlemaine ‘Storage of had been partially catalogued in the past. the time to return their surveys.