HISTORY NEWS ISSUE.343 AUGUST 2019 INSIDE THIS ISSUE President’s Report Our President’s profi le What’s on HVSG Workshops Destroying our strip shopping centres Halls of Fame: Middle Park Antonio Rodrigues Windows on History W E Standridge Awards Isaac Selby Heritage Initiatives Greater Shepparton Books received and Bookshop Around the Societies NGV International Glass Ceiling A New President brings a New Era President’s Emeritus Professor Richard Broome was born and educated in Sydney, where he graduated with fi rst class honours from UNSW and a PhD from the University of Sydney. RHSV NEWS RHSV Report During his career he has risen to become one of Australia’s leading historians. Richard is the author of fourteen books and numerous articles I am honoured to have assumed the costs of refreshments, staff and the venue. and has edited several journals: including the presidency of the RHSV at this exciting Exciting new things are happening as RHSV’s History News and Victorian Historical and challenging time for our Society. Don well. Rosemary Cameron and I have met Journal. Richard lectured at La Trobe University Garden, the immediate past president, gave for most of the period between 1977 and 2012. with the Chairperson of the National In 2006 Richard was appointed a Fellow of the important service to the RHSV over six Trust, Kristin Stegley and the CEO Simon Academy of the Humanities. He supported the years, overseeing important administrative Ambrose. Together we are planning new History Institute of Victoria for ten years and has change, key projects such as the digitisation partnerships, cross promotion of events been Patron of the History Teachers Association of our collection, and the vision of the Drill and exploring joint ventures. We are of Victoria since 2013. Hall as History House. continuing talks on the Drill Hall as well in In May 2019, at this year’s AGM, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria was very pleased to My challenge is the sustainability of the new and fruitful ways. To encourage new announce the election of Richard Broome to the RHSV to ensure its progress through and younger members into the Society, position of President. Richard’s contributions to the twenty-fi rst century. Change can be we are continuing to off er one-year free the RHSV in recent years have supported the diffi cult, but it also creates opportunities memberships to University postgraduates Society’s development and growth. He has as we respond to challenges, leading (university by university in rotation) and been a Councillor of the RHSV and chair of the Publications Committee since 2013 and served to vibrant new arrangements. I am to history teachers to induce new vitality. as Vice-President from 2014‒17. Richard was endeavouring to meet with staff, Members have responded magnifi cently to the driving force behind the highly successful committees and volunteers as well as the off erings in our new drop-down donor’s Remembering Melbourne and once joked that our Ambassador Professor Bill Russell, to box atop our homepage: help for our although he was accustomed to co-operating with explore how best to facilitate sustainability. a few other authors, this was the fi rst time he had publications, collections, and equipment. co-ordinated one hundred contributors! At present Recently, decisions have been made that Please monitor this drop-down box to see Richard is preparing another RHSV cooperative I am sure you will fi nd reasonable and new options as they emerge; ones you may project, Melbourne’s Twenty Decades, for which I hope you will strongly support. fi nd especially attractive. publication. Our membership fees have risen by the In the next six months we will host a range Richard has been a passionate teacher, not only very small amount of $5 per annum for of university students but also in the secondary of interesting functions: an informative education domain; he has lectured for forty individual and affi liated societies, where and fun wine tasting night (Friday 13 years to secondary school history teachers and it includes digital copies of History News September) hosted by a Victorian wine students and written two texts for VCE students. and the Victorian Historical Journal. If judge and a historian of wine in Australia; Richard’s contributions to the teaching of history you wish to receive posted hard copies the launch of our new venture, the Jessie have been recognized with university, industry and national awards. of the VHJ, or of both publications, Webb Society, to engage more fully with While Richard has written on a wide range of fees will be higher to cover the costs RHSV donors; and a series of lectures on of printing and posting. This accords subjects, it is his work on Indigenous history with early Melbourne to launch our new book, its emphasis on Aboriginal agency and capacity with common practice, which we are Melbourne’s 20 Decades. for negotiation and self-empowerment that belatedly adopting. We have introduced The RHSV’s 2.6 paid staff, its many has been most infl uential. His book Aboriginal a three-year membership, including a $10 Australians: A History Since 1788, fi rst published volunteer-staffed committees, and discount for each of the three years. in 1982, is now in its 4th fully revised edition and the host of daytime volunteers, are has sold over 60,000 copies in that time. It is the To be sustainable, we must cover the all engaged in numerous projects to most widely read work in this fi eld and Richard is costs of every event we stage. Therefore, enhance the RHSV. We will continue to now preparing a 5th edition. He has also written the wonderful lectures we present, communicate their eff orts to you month Aboriginal Victorians: A History since 1800, accompanied by a glass of juice/wine and published in 2005 and the most comprehensive by month. account available of Aboriginal history since white nibbles, will now cost members $10 per Richard Broome settlement in this state. His history of the Victorian lecture ($20 for non-members) to cover the Aborigines Advancement League, Fighting Hard: The Victorian Aborigines Advancement League, was published in 2015 to document the fi ght against policies of assimilation and the struggle History News for civil rights. In the clarity and accessibility of his writing, his great capacity for story-telling and his History News is the bi-monthly newsletter of the RHSV meticulous research, Richard has opened up the ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC. history of Aboriginal Australians to a much wider public readership than academic historians. His PRESIDENT Richard Broome History House early books include Arriving (1984) and Coburg: EXECUTIVE OFFICER Rosemary Cameron 239 A’Beckett Street Melbourne 3000 Between Two Creeks (1987) and his recent book ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Pankaj Sirwani Offi ce & Library Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm A Naga Odyssey, written with Visier Sanyu, refl ect COLLECTIONS MANAGER & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Jillian Hiscock Phone: 9326 9288 his longstanding interest in the immigration EDITOR Sharon Betridge [email protected] Website: www.historyvictoria.org.au experience. DESIGN & ARTWORK Centreforce Pty Ltd 5975 8600 Email: offi [email protected] Known for his kindness and strong interpersonal MARKETING CO-ORDINATOR Jessica Scott ABN 36 520 675 471 skills, Richard is innovative and entrepreneurial. PRINTED BY First Class Mailing 9555 9997 Registration No. A2529 Items for publication should be sent to the Editor Richard’s ability to bridge the gap between the EMAIL [email protected] COVER academy and the wider community has been a History News Copy closes 16th, September, November, January, March, National Gallery of Victoria, great hallmark of his career as a historian. As president May and July, unless in consultation with the editor, Sharon Betridge hall glass ceiling of the RHSV Richard is keen to acknowledge and Photographer Sailko, 11 March 2009, RHSV welcomes submission of articles for inclusion in History News. continue with its many current strengths while https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ enabling the wider community to understand Publication and editing will be at the discretion of the editor and File:National_Gallery_of_Victoria,_great_ Publications Committee as directed by our Terms of Reference. hall_03.JPG that history is both a ‘creative and truth telling PRINT POST APPROVED PP336663/00011 ISSN 1326-269 enterprise’. As President, Richard’s priorities for the RHSV include developing future multicultural diversity, the importance of tactical efforts to 2 RHSV NEWS AUGUST 2019 generate income, extending its digital imprint and securing a home for this 110-year-old institution. Attendance at any and all RHSV events should be booked through our website: https://www. NEWS RHSV historyvictoria.org.au/rhsv-events/ All events are held at RHSV, 239 A’Beckett St, What’s On Melbourne VIC 3000, unless otherwise stated. WORKSHOP: MAKING VICTORIAN HISTORY SHOWCASE USING CATALOGUING SOFTWARE ARCHIVAL BOXES Friday 16 and Saturday 17 August Friday 6 September Presenter: David Thompson 10.30am -3.30pm 1- 4pm Wednesday 11 September 11am-1pm Prahran Mechanics Institute, 39 St Edmonds RHSV Offi cers’ Mess Upstairs, 239 A’Beckett St RHSV Gallery Downstairs Road, Prahran. $25 / $35 $10 / $20 Gold coin donation. Module 2 in our series of 6 graded workshops Learn how to custom make archival boxes for To celebrate National Family History month covering all you need to know on cataloguing books or objects in your collection. Over the the RHSV will have a table at the PMI’s two and digitisation. This workshop is for small years David and other volunteers have made day family history extravaganza. It is ideal for organisations that are going to start using all the beautiful boxes the RHSV uses to protect students, genealogists and anyone interested cataloguing software.