No. 281 JUN-JUL 2009: RHSV Foundation launched p1. The future of the RHSV / Prof. Bill Russell p4.

No. 282 JUL-AUG 2009: History week Oct 25 to Nov 1 p1. RHSV wins award in Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards 2008 p1,3. Nonie and Harcourt Long retire from the RHSV p2. RHSV Foundation starts on a solid footing p2. Great sources of public information: Victorian Parliamentary Papers p5.

No. 283 SEP-OCT 2009: Kate Prinsley awarded Churchill Fellowship p1. Obituary: The Honourable John Harber Phillips AC QC p2. New exhibition: '100 years of collecting' p3. Another grand historical landmark bites the dust [Lonsdale House] / Robin Grow p5. Around the societies p7.

No. 284 NOV-DEC 2009: Centenary garden party in Edwardian style day excursion [to 'Imaretta', Merricks North, home of Weston and Janice Bate 29th Nov.] p1. Obituary: Leslie W. Carver p2. Obituary: Marjorie Tipping p2. Robert Law exhibition Feb-Apr 2010 p3. Photographer unknown: a new exhibition at the Monash University Museum of Art which challenges the historian's discipline of using the photograph as evidence p5.

No. 285 FEBRUARY 2010: RHSV President Andrew Lemon reports on the year ahead p1. Robert Law exhibition 16 Feb - 16 April p3. Letters of a nation / Liz Bath p5.

No. 286 APRIL 2010: History curriculum deserves more ticks / Don Gibb p5.

No. 287 JUNE 2010: News from our AGM p2. Obituary: Jean Uhl 1912-2010 p3. Obituary: Maureen Goldie p3. Helen Broad (poem) / Weston Bate p3.

No. 288 AUGUST 2010: RHSV conference: Facts and fables: making local history - to be held 28-29 August 2010 (insert). An inspiring and rewarding tour: Kate Prinsley reports on her recent six week Churchill Fellowship in the UK and US p5.

No. 289 SEPTEMBER 2010: Fact and fable in local history / Graeme Davison (insert).

No. 290 NOVEMBER 2010.

No. 291 FEBRUARY 2011: Obituaries: Major Dr E.W.O. (Warren) Perry p2. Dr Murray Linton Verso p2. Nicholas Garlick p2. No. 292 APRIL 2011: Obituary: Joyce Thorpe Nicholson 1919-2011 p2. Researching for the stars [Who do you think you are? Television show] / Megan Gibson p5. No. 293 JUNE 2011. No. 293 JUL / AUG 2011. No. 294 SEPT / OCT 2011. No. 295 NOV / DEC 2011.

No. 298 FEBRUARY 2012: Hugh Anderson 85th birthday p1. Obituary: Barbara Nixon OAM FRHSV p2. Award of merit: Wemyss Struss, Stratford Historical Society p3.

No. 299 APRIL 2012: Exhibition: Melbourne theatres in transition: the impact of screen on stage p3. Hugh Anderson 85th birthday p5.

No. 300 JUNE 2012.

No. 301 JULY 2012: Vale: Dr Rod Benjamin OAM p2.

No. 302 SEPTEMBER 2012: New librarian: Jason Odering p2. Cataloguing and collections management p6.

No. 303 NOVEMBER 2012: Exhibition: A history of Brighton: growing history's grass roots p3. Professor Weston Arthur Bate: cause celebre / June Mayo Carolan p5.

No. 304 FEBRUARY 2013: New exhibition and book launch: Fear God and honour the King: HMAS Melbourne (1) 1913-1928. New Australian history research program for prospective postgraduate research students: University of Ballarat p5. Avenues of honour research project.

No. 305 APRIL 2013: History in the national curriculum p7.

No. 306 JUNE 2013: Right Royal exhibition: the legacy of the British monarchy in Victoria part 1 p4.

No. 307 JULY 2013: Right Royal' exhibition part 2 / Dr Jill Evans p4.

No. 308 SEPTEMBER 2013: A state of uncertainty: RHSV and the Drill Hall p2. Legal deposit at the State Library of Victoria p2. How to deal with mould on collection material p8.

No.309 NOVEMBER 2013: Our past need not be written off as history / Professor Stuart Macintyre p5. Melbourne Observatory: 150th anniversary p6. Merton history book launch p7.

No. 310 FEBRUARY 2014: Teaching Australian history: another take / Richard Broome p11.

No. 311 APRIL 2014: Our Nell [Nellie Stewart]: one of the many highlights of the Face2Face Exhibition p3. Writing the history of state secondary education in Leongatha / Lyn Skillern p4. Rebuilding Yackandandah Museum after the 2006 fire / Vin Reynolds p5. Reviewing the curriculum and reviewing the review - 'The Australian curriculum: history' / Dr Rosalie Triolo p7.

No. 312 JUNE 2014: The Romsey Red Cross signature quilt p3. Writing the history of Victorian mechanics' institutes [Pam Baragwanath] p5. Vale: Trevor John Hart MA p6. Ballarat: preserving an historic urban landscape p7.

No. 313 AUGUST 2014: Mystery of 'The Red Cross nurse' (song) p3. Red Cross music making and fund raising during the war p4. Vera Deakin and the Red Cross Enquiry Bureau p5. Portrait of Lenore Frost p7. Time to rally for the Drill Hall! p8. Recovering the West Melbourne Literary Institute / Ken James p12. Mandeville Crescent Gates / Steve Stefanopoulos p15.

No. 314 OCTOBER 2014: History Week p3. Banyule Homestead subdivision: a personal view / Janine Rizzetti p4. The role of Mornington Peninsula's Local History Co-ordinator / Sally Robins p5. RHSV at the crossroads: time to act! [insecurity of tenure at the Drill Hall] / Don Garden p6.

No. 315 DECEMBER 2014: Lake Corrong Homestead p5. Les O'Callaghan: a hero of local history [Warrnambool Historical Society] p8.

No. 316 FEBRUARY 2015: Exhibition: Postcards: stories from the Mornington Peninsula p4. Heritage and preservation in a neo-liberal society [development in Melbourne] / Chips Sowerwine p10. A new date for Australia Day? / Don Garden p12.

No. 317 APRIL 2015: Writing Alfred Howitt p8.

No. 318 JUNE 2015: Nail can to knighthood: the life of Sir Macpherson Robertson [exhibition] p3. The future of the Parramatta Female Factory p8.

No. 319 AUGUST 2015: Opening of the MacRobertson exhibition p2. An insight into the life of Sir Macpherson Robertson / by his grandson David Robertson p5. Moonee Ponds Courthouse restoration p8. Celebrating 50 years: Castlemaine Historical Society p9.

No. 321 DECEMBER 2015: Vale: John David Adams 1935-2015 p2. Now or never: more needed to face increasing threats to heritage / Michael Buxton p6. Imminent demolition of the Princess Mary Club p7.

No. 322 FEBRUARY 2016: Obituary Doug Gunn / Andrew Lemon p2. National Heritage listing of Burke and Wills Sites p3. History of the Supreme Court p4. 'Ngara' The Whitlam House: How not to protect heritage / Don Garden p6. How to conceptualise and understand the problems society wants to forget [talk by Shurlee Swain at the Victorian Community History Awards] p8.

No. 323 APRIL 2016: Tributes to Dr John Hirst / Carole Woods and Diana Phoenix p3. Twenty-six years of partnership-with no regrets [Malvern Historical Society] / Jane Nigro and Ellen Porter p4. Showcasing the RHSV Collection p5. La Trobe's Cottage Garden Recreated p12.

No. 323 APRIL 2016: Tributes to Dr John Hirst / Carole Woods and Diana Phoenix p3. Twenty-six years of partnership-with no regrets [Malvern Historical Society] / Jane Nigro and Ellen Porter p4. Showcasing the RHSV Collection p5. La Trobe's Cottage Garden Recreated p12.

No. 324 JUNE 2016: Two serving members of the RHSV council recognised in the Australia Day honours for 2016 [Don Garden OAM and Jane Coleman] / Andrew Lemon p3. Bridging the Technology Divide [Lilydale historical society collections] p7. Theatre history from rubbish skip to digital display [Theatre Heritage Australia Inc scanning photos] p12.

No. 325 JULY 2016: Essendon Historical Society devestated by fire p3. Phillip Island and District Historical Society cataloguing p5. The Melbourne mansion (part 1) p7. Steiglitz State School / Fiona Gray p11.

No.326 SEPTEMBER 2016: Unveiling of historical monument at Malmsbury Reservoir / Ron Andrew p4. The local history map / Graeme Davison p7. Historic home demolished [Forres, 3 Edward Street Kew] p8. The Melbourne mansion part 2 p11.

No.327 NOVEMBER 2016: Melbourne and suburbs remembered / Richard Broome p4. Obituary Frank Ford 17/4/1927-12/7/2016 p7. Introducing Cheryl Griffin p10.

No.328 FEBRUARY 2017: The many faces of Hector Crawford p3. Helen Coulson OAM honoured p4. Echuca Historical Society excels p5. Vale Peter Holloway 23/8/1943-19/10/16 p8/ Moorabbin Historical Society's WW1 memorial project p9. Remembering Melbourne launched and acclaimed p12.

No.329 APRIL 2017: RHSV Councillor profiles: Dr Rosalie Triolo p4. Australia day honours for RHSV members [Patricia Grimshaw AO and Margaret Birtley AM] p5. Trove here we come [RHSV catalogue going on to Trove] p6. Making history- a winning community event [Red Cliffs & District Historical Society] p7. Duldig Studio documentaries p8. Footscray Historical Society Inc. p9. Melbourne Total Abstinence Society 175th p12.

No.330 JUNE 2017: Vale Hugh Anderson, teacher, scholar and FRHSV p3. Tribulations of an Historical Society [Dimboola and District Historical Society] p5. Genealogical Society collection at RHSV p6. Saving a musical heritage [Australian Jazz Museum] / Mel Forbes p8.

No.331 JULY 2017: Falsely accused: Westgarthtown Germans during WW1 p3. RHSVs new heritage committee p6. Quiet achiever: Heryfield and Districts Historical Society p7. The fate of Melbourne Hotels: symptom of our heritage in danger p8. James Dixon MBA, B.Com. B.Ed, FCPA, Councillor / Richard Broomes p9.

No.332 SEPTEMBER 2017: Sports' Great War [Bruce Sloss] p3. Halls of Fame [Victoria Hall Colac] p5. Murtoa Railway Station Renaissance p6. Heritage: tragic losses and a partial victoiry [Great Western Hotel, Dodgshun House, Eastern Hill Hotel, Robur Tea House, Queen Victoria Market] / Charles Sowerwine p7. Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre Inc. a big project for a little town p9.

No.333 NOVEMBER 2017: Vale Weston Arthur Bate OAM FRHSV (1924-2017) p3. Halls of fame: one of the best: the Moyarra School p7. Our newest councilor is a lifelong learner [Dr Noel Turner] p8. Belonging: the Victorian Community History Awards 2017 p9. Website review: the invisible farmer project p10.

No.334: FEBRUARY 2018: The very model of a modern-day historian: Donald Menzies Gibb 1937-2017 / Carole Woods p3. From Melbourne to Cape Town and on to Cairo in 1922 [Jessie Webb and Georgina Sweet] / Margaret O'Callaghan p4. Hall of fame going the distance [Olympic games 1956, West Essendon Progress Association Hall and the rubbish tip] p5. Margaret Anderson: service and creative leadership p6. David Thompson: a creative yet grounded volunteer p6. Polish museum in Footscray p9.

No.335 APRIL 2018: Halls of fame: Inverleigh Public Hall and Mechanics Institute- the little hall that grew p6. Another historic hotel in danger: heritage committee acts [Sarah Sands Hotel] p7. Fifty years of steady achievement: the Eltham and District Historical Society p8. Murders in Melbourne-Glenroy p9. A little-known specialist library in Melbourne [Royal United Services Institute] p10. Around the societies [Adam Lindsay Gordon, Balwyn, Bellarine, Camperdown, Carisbrook, Carlton, Coburg, East Melbourne, Eltham, Family History Connections, Friends of Gulf Station, Goldfields, Hastings-Westernport, Heidelberg, Kew, Kilmore, Lilydale, Linton, Mallacoota, Nillumbik, Port Melbourne, St John Ambulance, Wendish Heritage] p11.


No.336 JUNE 2018: Vera Deakin's world of humanity p3. Halls of fame: the Fryerstown Hall-The Burke and Wills Institute p5. Good news on heritage! [Land Titles Office] p8. Bright star for London [Christine Worthingon] / Richard Broome p7. A distinguished and activist councillor [Charles Sowerwine] / Richard Broome p10. Murders in Melbourne-Richmond / Noel Turner p11/. Around the societies [Balwyn, Bright, Brighton Cemetorians, Brunswick Community, Civil Aviation, Cobram, Colac, Hawthorn, Horsham, Malvern, Middle Park, Morwell, Ouyen, Seymour, St John Ambulance, Yarra Glen] / Glenda Beckley p12.


No.337 JULY 2018: Halls of fame: Creswick Town Hall: gold, art and a funeral / Margaret Fullwood p4. Historical societies and local heritage: a call to action / Chips Sowerwine p6. Wide experience and a passion for volunteering [George Fernando] / Richard Broome p7. Murders in Melbourne: Collingwood / Dr Noel Turner p8. One hundred years of Puddin' [100th anniversary of The Magic Pudding] p9. History House Warrnambool p10. Mick Ward's suitcase / Judy Davies p11. Aorunf the societies [Anglesea, Balwyn, Box Hill, Carlton, Coburg, Daylesford, East Melbourne, Eltham, Glen Eira, Inverloch, Kilmore, Learmonth, Malmsbury, Maryboroough, Morwell, Paynesville, Port Melbourne] p14.

No.338 SEPTEMBER 2018: The costume collection [Bryan and Loel Thompson's private museum The Costume Collection] / Marilyn Bowler p3. Halls of fame: Toongabbie Mechanics' Institute p7. A taste of leadership and service [Elizabeth Jackson] / Richard Broome p8. Volunteer brings a range of skills [Chris Manchee] p8. Vale Noel Turner / Richard Broome p9. Murder in Melbourne: Northcote p10. Save the Snowy Rail Bridge p11. Threats to heritage: from Beaumaris and Northcote to Fed Square [27 Mariemont Avenue Beaumaris, London Chartered Banks Northcote, Fitzroy Gasworks site, Federation Square] / Charles Sowerwine p12. Around the societies [Balwyn, Benalla, Bungaree, Fitzroy, Friends of Cheltenham Regional Cemeteries, Friends of Gulf Station, Gisborne and Mount Macedon, Koriot, Leongatha, Lilydale, Nepean, Phillip Island, Port Fairy, Rye, Sandringham, Sunshine, Warracknabeal, Warragul] p13.

No.339 DECEMBER 2018: Dr Joan Hunt `944-2018: community historian extraordinaire p3. The Victorian Community History Awards turn twenty p4. Halls of fame: the Yanakie Hall p5. Heritage report [Guildford Lane, Hardware Lane, Southbank Heritage Review, Fishermans Bend Heritage Review, Hoddle Grid Heritage Review, Federation Square, Queen Victoria Market, Corkman Hotel] / Charles Sowerwine p6. Murders in St Kilda / Noel Turner p8. James Lerk's merit award p9. Catherine Ellis: pioneer of Prahran / Vicki Salkin p10. Around the societies [Anglesea, Box Hill, Carlton, Castlemaine, Cranbourne, Friends of St. Kilda Cemetery, Gisborne, Horsham, Malmsbury, Paynesville Maritime, Richmond and Burnley, Shepparton Heritage Centre, St John Ambulance, Trafalgar] p11.

No.340 FEBRUARY 2019: How an old photograph brought a derelict gravestone back to life [Sarah Horn Walhalla cemetery] / Rose Raymen p4. Hall of fame: Kongwak's valley of peace / Jillian Durance p6. Frank and the legendary Chiko Roll [Frances McEnroe] / Suzanne Smith p7. Pankaj Sirwani p8. Journey to the maddest place on earth [mental health in Victoria] / Jill Giese p9. Around the societies [Balmoral, Bendigo, Box Hill, Brighton Cemetorians, East Loddon, Goldfields/Dunolly, Fitzroy, Port Fairy, Port Phillip Pioneers, Stawell, Yarrawonga Mulwala] p10. Broadford and district historical society p12. The Royal Historical Society Victoria's new web site p13.

No.341 APRIL 2019: Bass strait lighthouses and a Japanese reconnaissance flight in 1942 / Rose Raymen p4. Our youngest Councillor [Lucy Bracey] / Richard Broome p6. Hall of fame: Eaglehawk Mechanics' Institute and Free Library / Pam Baragwanath p7. The struggle over local heritage [Queen Victoria Markets, Corkman Hotel and others and heritage overlay] / Chips Sowerwine p8. Capturing the story of art-Art Captured [Murchison and the Hans-Wolter murals] / Kay Ball p9. Around the societies [Australian Garden History, Brighton Cemetorians, Camperdown, Carlton, Civil Aviation, Fitzroy, Friends and Relations of Gulf Station, Geelong Museum, Hotham, Leongatha, Lilydale, Maldon, Malvern, Maryborough, Mornington, Plenty, Uniting Church, Warrnambool, Waverley] p11.

No.342 JUNE 2019: A celebration of community historians at the RHSV's AGM p4. Heritage report: Newport railway workshops p6. Secrets from the Mallacoota bunker: a documentary film p8. Cathy Butcher: new Councillor enriches our skills / Richard Broome p10. Halls of fame: Horticultural Hall, Victoria Street Melbourne / Luke Savage p11. Around the societies [Box Hill, Camperdown, Carlton, Coburg, Echuca, Eltham, Fitzroy, Heidelberg, Lake Bolac and District, Rye, Stawell]

No.343 AUGUST 2019: President's report [new president Richard Broome] p2. History Victoria support group workshops p4. Planning is destroying Melbourne's historic strip shopping centres / Ian Wight p5. Halls of fame: a hidden past [hall in Armstrong St Middle Park: Masonic lode, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, Alfred King Smith, Basil and Jack Flae, Forbes Repertory Players, The Little Theatre South Yarra, Arrow Theatre] / Diana Phoenix p6. Antonio Rodrigues: dancer, musician, sculptor and painter (1930-1986) / Rose Rayman p7. Windows on history [Leonard French's stain glass ceiling at the NGV] / Dr Bronwyn Hughes p8. W.E Stanbridge: a sheep farmer promoting recognition of Indigenous Australians and women's rights / Les Pitt p9. An esteemed Gippsland historian John Murphy OAM FRHSV p10. Heritage initiatives: Greater Shepparton City Council p12. Around the societies [Anglesea and District, Camberwell, Friends of Cheltenham Regional Cemeteries, Glenthompson, Greensborough, Kilmore, Murchison, Kew, Koo Wee Rup, Narre Warren Family, Phillip Island, Polish Museum and Archives, Port Fairy p15.

No.344 OCTOBER 2019: History Victoria support group p4. Threatened local heritage: from Boroondara mansions to inner shopping strips / Charles Sowerwine p5. Vale Bishop James Grant p6. If trees talked: an old pear tree bears witness [The Pines at Moyarra two remnant pear trees from the pioneer era, pioneer photo with the trees] / Jillian Durance p7. Windows on history: Cathedral Arcade p8. The wizard tree: Healesville p9. Old Melbourne: not old Melbourians [Melbourne Grammar school records] / Greg Eccleston p10. Silent lives: my inspiration [women of Warrnambool] / Elizabeth O'Callaghan p11. My Stapylton book p12.

No.345 DECEMBER 2019: John Francis Waghorn 1936-2019 p3. History Victoria support group p4. Threatened local heritage: social value in heritage [Queen Victoria Market and heritage more generally] / Charles Sowerwine p5. MacGillivray Hall and Bendigo School of Mines p6. The Ferguson and Urie stained glass window at St Paul's Anglican Church, Humffray Street, Bakery Hill, Ballarat, 1862 / Ray Brown p8. The ripple effect: 21 years of the Victorian Community History Awards / Carole Woods p10. The Honourable John William Taverner in London / Eileen Chanin p11. Remembering Alfred Deakin in Fitzroy / Carole Woods p12. From Municipality to city: Chairmen and Mayors of Kew 1861-1994 / Judith Scurfield p12. Around the societies [Australian Gardens, Bacchus Marsh, Benalla, Box Hill, Camperdown, Carlton, Essendon, Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemteries, Keilor, Linton, Middle Park, Monbulk, Mount Evelyn, Port Phillip Pioneers, Williamstown] p15.

No.346 FEBRUARY 2020: If trees talked: a river red gum guards your journey [red gums at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Yingabeal scar tree] / Dr Jim Poulter p4. Heritage report: bush fires and bush heritage [Genoa School House Museum, Mallacoota and District Historical Society, railway trestle bridges, Stony Creek Trestle Bridge, other losses of the black summers bushfires] p5. A hall of fame: the Coburg Taj Mahal p6. History Victoria Support Group p7. A talendted and energetic volunteer [Ashley Smith] / Jillian Hiscock p7. Windows on history: the John Stanton Bell window, St Stephen's Anglican Church Gardenvale / Dr Susan E M Kellett p8. 140 years: congratulations and celebrations [Castlemaine Pioneers and Old Residents Association celebrating 140 years] p9. Smoke night socials [social gatherings where smoking was allowed, usually mens only] / Ashley Smith p10. Around the societies [Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee, Glen Eira, Hastings Western Port, Healesvilles and District, Knox, Morwell, Nillumbik, Phillip Island, Sale, Sandringham, St Kilda, Warrandyte, Wedderburn] p14.

No.347 APRIL 2020: Chadstone: a new era in suburban shopping [60th anniversary of Chadstone] / Rose Raymen p3. Heritage report [COVID affect on local history and heritage] p4. Ardent supporter of regional historical association dies [Christine Evelyn Gray] p5. How the Yarra got its name / Jim Poulter p6. Wheatlands Warracknabeal: vintage machinery rally / Lesley Stephan p7. Windows on history: St George's Presbyterian Church, Geelong / Bronwyn Hughes p8. If trees talked: a conversation with old red [Green Gully Creek Newstead river red gums] / Joan Sartori p9. Around the societies [Civil Aviation, Chelsea and District, Heidelberg, Koo Wee Rup Swamp, Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network, Nepean, Port Melbourne, Queenscliffe Historical Museum, Wodonga] p10. History Support Group / Pauline Hitchins p11. Mistresses of the house in Doveton Street [women of Castlemaine, Yandells and Lavinia Yanell nee Jorgensen and no.14 Doveton Street] / Karen Mather p12. Wedderburn / Daryl Arnott and Alan Mulraney p13.

No.349 AUGUST 2020: President's report [controversy around monuments and statues] / Richard Broome p2. Mountain huts: obsession [Victorian High Country huts] / David Oldfield p3. Heritage report: RHSV protests Minister's short-circuiting heritage listing of GMH site [General Motors Holden site at Fisherman's bend] / Charles Sowerwine p4. A hall of fame: Bendigo Town Hall / Mike Butcher p6. Around the societies [Bright, Daylesford, Fitzroy, Inverloch, Kyneton, Lilydale, Maldon Museum and Archives, Malmsbury, Marysville, Port Fairy, Ringwood, Snake Valley, Terang, Trafalgar, Wandong, Waverley p8. The old lolly shop [Elizabeth and Henry Cohen milk bar 314 Rathdowne Street Carlton North- became the Old Lolly Shop] / Rose Raymen p11. A inconspicuous jar: addendum to Victoria's oldest potteries [salt glazed bung jar for pickles manufactured in Cremorne St Richmond] / Gregory Hill p12. Windows on history: marvellous Melbourne? [Bayview Eden Hotel in Albert Park windows of scenes of Melbourne] / Dr Bronwyn Hughes OAM p14. Gippsland mentor will be missed: Florence Amey Pearce / Pauline Hitchins p16.


No.350 OCTOBER 2020: President's report [COVID and the 1919 pandemic and historical societies] / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report: Juukan Gorge, Mount Buninyong, the Royal Exhibition Buildings: proposed changes to the EPBC Act / Charles Sowerwine p4. Thomas Francis Traynor: jazz musician, trombonist and entrepreneur (1927-1985) / Rose Raymen p5. A hall of fame: Yarram's Regent Theatre / Pauline Hitchins p6. Curtain up on 19th century Victoria [Royal Victoria Theatre and early theatre in Melbourne] / Dr Cheryl Threadgold p8. History Victoria support group / Pauline Hitchins p9. Around the societies [Avoca, Brunswick, Carlton, Eltham, Foster, Friends of Cheltenham Regional Cemetery, Hawthorn, Heidelberg, Horsham, Lancefield, Middle Park, Monbulk Richmond and Burnley, Warragul, Whitehorse] p10. Windows on history: Norwood / Bronwyn Hughes p12. Dance halls and music in west and south Gippsland: the Normans of Jindivick / Wally Notman p14. A 1950s country childhood / Sylvia Morgan p16. It's magic! [magic lanterns] / Dr Bronwyn Hughes p17. City girl, country boy [Ron Bowler growing up in Landsborough and Marilyn Bowler growing up in Elwood] / Marilyn Bowler p18. The Lyric, Prahran: Melbourne's first suburban theatre / Ian Smith p19.

No.351 DECEMBER 2020: President's report [teaching Australian history and the curriculum] / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report: in praise of roadside trees / Charles Sowerwine p5. WWI: the missing [film about finding the missing dead after World War I] p5. Sunbury Memorial Hall / Lee Sulkowska p6. The self-taught historians: Arnold Rex Harcourt OAM (1925-2020) and Michael Francis Woiwood (1929-2020) / Andrew Lemon p8. History Victoria Support Group: resilience and tenacity shines through [COVID and bushfires and Genoa School Museum] / Pauline Hitchins p9. Around the societies [Ballan, Box Hill, Camperdown, Cornish, Echuca, Leongatha, Linton, Melbourne Maritime Museum, Mount Evelyn, Narre Warren Family, Rochester, Sandringham, Stawell, Warrandyte, Werribee] p10. Windows on history: Briseis: 1876 Melbourne Cup winner [Ferguson & Urie window commissioned by James Wilson] / Ray Brown p12. The Anglican Historical Society p13. Wodonga though and beyond the Second World War / Bruce Pennay p14. Carlo Catani's vision / Pauline Hitchins p15. The Victorian Community History Awards in challenging times / Carole Woods p17. Tower showcases more Sale history [Sale watertower museum] / Pauline Hitchins p18.

No.352 FEBRUARY 2021: President's report [coming out of COVID] / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report: alert of alarmed? Heritage in 2021 / Charles Sowerwine p4. Hall of fame: an accomplished fact: a brief history of the Montrose Public Hall, 1910-2020 / Deborah Lee-Talbot p6. Protecting local heritage [Heritage Council of Victoria review into the State of Local Heritage] / Pauline Hitchins p7. Women on horseback [Moe Swamp/Yulungah Annie Julia Moulin, Moe Swamp/Trafalgar East Plozza Family] / John Hanley p8. Around the societies [Apollo Bay, Brighton, Brunswick, Camberwell, Colac, Friends of Cheltenham Cemeteries, Gisborne and Mount Macedon, Learmonth, Lilydale, Malvern, Morwell, Nhill, Port Fairy, St Kilda, Warracknabeal] p10. Windows on history: leadlight in Victoria's infant shcools: c1907-1918 / Dr Bronwyn Hughes p13. Mandatory military minors / Dr Daryl Moran p14. 'Spanish' influenza pandemic in Melbourne / Mary Sheehan p16. Royal visits celebrated [Duke of Edinburgh Prince Alfred] / Pauline Hitchins p18.

No.353 APRIL 2021: President's report [RHSV awards of merit] / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report: Australia's world heritage in the spotlight [possible world heritage listing for central Victorian Goldfields] / Charles Sowerwine p4. A hall of fame: the Bundy is reborn [Bundalaguah-Myrtlebank Hall] / Pauline Hitchins p5. History Victoria Support Group [Kyneton Historical Society] / Pauline Hitchins p7. The theatre with the grand-sounding name [Ballarat National Theatre] / Lucinda Horrocks p9. Around the societies [Australian Garden History, Brighton Cemetorians, Castlemaine, Coburg, Echuca, Eltham, Friends of Westgarthtown, Heidelberg, Kilmore, Korumburra, Richmond and Burnley, Ringwood and District, Rochester, Seymour, Whitehorse] p10. Windows on history: the Beaney Stained Glass Window [Melbourne Hospital] / Ray Brown p12. The Italian Ossario Murchison / Kay Ball p14. The Royal Exhibition Building: celebrating 140 years of a Melbourne icon / Rose Raymen p16. When heronies gather: how Florrie Hodges met Jane Duff / John Schauble p17. Vale Margey Missen: 3-1-1927-15-2-21 / Pauline Hitchins p18. Vale Joyce Woodroffe 1932-2021 / Lucille Andel p18.

No.354 JUNE 2021: President's report [new year 12 study design for Australian history] / Richard Broome p3. The Kelly's of Pyramid Hill [farming and blacksmithing family] / Pauline Hitchins p5. Old Tarnagulla in colour [display at Tarnagulla history archive] / David Gordon p6. Dandenong police paddocks reserve [area was pivotal location in associations between traditional owners and policing authorities] / Dr. Gary Presland p7. Windows on history: two cultures, one vision [stained glass window in chapel of Marist-Sion college at Warragul] / Dr. Bronwyn Hughes p8. Returning our ancestors [to rest on country] p12. Ngurai-illum Wurrung: the forgotten people / Tony Ford p13. Welcome Helen Stitt [inaugural collections officer] p14.

No. 355 AUGUST 2021: President's report / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report / Charles Sowerwine p4. The dance hall in the bush: Ferny Creek's hall of fame [COVID-19] / John Schauble p6. Post-war Bonegilla arrival and reception records online / Bruce Pennay p8. History Victoria support group / Pauline Hitchins p9. Around the societies [Anglesea, Ballarat, Balwyn, Box Hill, Bright, Castlemaine Pioneers and Old Residents, Civil Aviation and Airways Museum, C.J. La Trobe Society, Doncaster Templestowe, East Melbourne, Kyneton, Maryborough Midlands, Murchison and district, Port Philip pioneers, Ringwood, Romsey Lancefield, Stawell, Wandong] p10. Windows on history: St Andrew's Uniting Church Colac [William Robertson] p12. A glimpse into the past: Australasian Catholic Assurance building / Jennifer McNeice p14. Digitising the Bacchus Marsh local press 1919-1954: a journey / Barb McMillan p16. RHSV collections: You cannot judge a book by its cover / Jillian Hiscock p17. RHSV collections: fruitful collaboration / Helen Stitt p17.

No. 356 OCTOBER 2021: President's report [COVID-19] / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report [MLC building] / Charles Sowerwine p4. The what end of Collins Street?: Visitors' book - Oriental Hotel (1913-20) / Lisa Jacomos p5. A stroll through the historical Castlemaine Botanical Gardens / Alleyne Hockley p6. Melbourne's Rankins Lane [Henry Rankin, fire brigade] p8. Around the societies [Anglican, Brighton Cemetorians, Carlton, Daylesford, Gisborne Mount Macedon, Goldfields Dunolly Museum, Hawthorn, Horsham, Koo Wee Rup Swamp, Koroit, Lilydale, Monash, Nagambie and district, Narre Warren and district family, Philip Island, Rochester, Woady Yaloak] / p10. Windows on history: Fitzroy's fairy windows [St Mark's Anglican Church] / Dr Bronwyn Hughes p13. Sharing Diamond Creek's history [Ellis Cottage, William Ellis] / Pauline Hitchins p14. RHSV collections: you can't judge a book by its cover [rowing regattas, Yarra River] / Jillian Hiscock p15.

No.358 FEBRUARY 2022: Stuart Forbes Macintyre 1947-2021 [scholar and sportsman] p4. Jewish Holocaust Centre: a repository of memory [new construction] p6. Migrants: displaced and interned p7. Appreciating the value of migrants [West Sale Holding Centre] p9. Steam tug Wattle on Port Phillip Bay p13.

No. 357 DECEMBER 2021:
President's report / Richard Broome p3. Heritage Report / Charles Sowerwine p4. Farewell Valerie Rohde / Rosemary Cameron p6. Gwenda Dagmar Marie Jones [obituary] / Richard Aitken p8. History Victoria support group / Pauline Hitchins p9. Around the societies p10. RHSV collections: seeing red - colour and national identity in Melbourne architecture / Dr. Geoffrey A Sandy p13. Windows on history: Eltham / Dr Bronwyn Hughes OAM p15. Book catalogue p16.

No. 359 APRIL 2022: Parliamentary Inquiry on Planning and Heritage and the John Curtin Hotel p4. Robert Menzies institute exhibition / Samantha Rogers p6. Vale Dr Leonie Forster 1928-2022 - Maritime Historian and former RHSV Director / Carole Woods p7. History Victoria support group: adapting to change / Pauline Hitchins p9. Windows on history: "The Faithful Soldier" [MAjor Ernest Gregory] / Bronwyn Hughes OAM p12. Michael Cannon 1929-2022 [journalist] p14. Lawrence "Lawrie" Burchell 1929-2022 [researcher] p15. German migration to Victoria and the establishment of Westgarthtown, not Thomastown and Lalor p16.

No.360 JUNE 2022: President's report [decolonising the collection, Indigenous peoples] / Richard Broome p3. Heritage report: time to put heritage on the agenda? [John Curtin hotel] / Charles Sowerwine p4. Rescuing Australian history [VCE study design book launch] p5. Centenary of the Red Hill railway line / Ilma Hackett p6. Bonegilla registration cards digitised / Bruce Pennay p7. Upper Maffra Mechanics' Institute and Newry Hall / Pauline Hitchins p8. History Victoria support group: researching military personnel / Pauline Hitchins p9. Around the societies [Altona-Laverton, Australian Garden History Society, Ballarat, Hamilton History Centre, Malmsbury, Malvern, Melbourne Tram Museum, Middle Park, Mount Evelyn, Polish Museum and archive, Port Phillip pioneers, Richmond and Burnley, Sandringham, Seymour, St Kilda, Terang, Warragul] p10. Windows on history: 'the four seasons', 'a blast of light' at Kew Library [Alan Sumner] / Bronwyn Hughes p12. Donation news [Covid-19, $100,000 bequest] / Richard Broome p13. Wodonga HS: read all about the Border District on Trove from 1860 to 1949 / Bruce Pennay p14. RHSV collections: the Blind Musicians photo album [Harry Forder, John Tainsh, Charles Bartlett, Maggie Mulvogue, Amy Wilson, Lizette Wotton] / Jennifer Young p17.

No.361 AUGUST 2022: Vale Warwick Henry Finlay [Murchison & District Historical Society] p5. The Longwarry and District History Group: historical interpretative boards p6. History Victoria Support Group: Dr Rosalie Triolo p7. Around the societies p8. Windows on history: one tiny jewel ["Beleura" on the Mornington Peninsula, Christian Waller] p10. RHSV collections: Cecil Henry Harper, a quiet achiever [Honorary Librarian, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia] p11. A reflection on local history: Tarnagulla's Victoria Hotel and Theatre p12.

No.362 OCTOBER 2022: A full inquiry: "Victory House": and our portable buildings p4. 'The Collingwood of the Bush': holidays at Mt Evelyn p6. 150 years of public education 1872-2022 p8. Windows on history: 'A Royal and Ancient Game' [golf] p12. Holidays in Monbulk: early 1900s p14. Darwin and Blair holidays p15. RHVS Library: The Jones Collection p16. Shire of Flinders & Kangerong p17.

No.363 DECEMBER 2022: Holidays: Daylesford & District p4. History Victoria Support Group's recommended holiday readings: the RHSV website p6. Head for the hills… holidays in the Dandenong ranges p14.


No.364 FEBRUARY 2023: Vale Mary Kenealy 1938-2922 [author of "The High Way to Heaven: A Story of Marysville and Disctrict"] / Carole Woods p4. HVSG is now HSSC with exciting plans for 2023 [History Victoria Support Group assume a new title: Historical Societies Support Committee] Dr Rosalie Triolo p5. Architecture in the archives: the unbuit dome [a dome considered for Victoria state parliament building] /Patrick Ferry p6. Windows on history: In Vino Veritas [stained glass windows for civic buildings] /Dr Bronwyn Hughes OAM p10. Library collection: marketing postcards for Closed Settlement c1908 /Jillian Hiscock p12.

No.365 APRIL 2023: Heritage report: Legislative Council inquiry into the Planning framework; Robur Tea House, Jack Dyer Stand p4. Old Brown Coal Museum, Yallourn North p7. Campaspe floods [2022] p9. Windows on history: one family's war [St Paul's Anglican Church Myrtleford, Alice Margaret ("Girlie"), Sidney and Letitia O'Donnell] p12. Glover family beach holidays [1920s] p14. Wonthaggi Beach: 1920s p14. BEach holidays in the 1960s and 1970s: Point Lonsdale and Aireys Inlet p15. RHSV collections: time travelling: a history of commercial Melbourne through ghost signs [Kent Watson] / Helen Stitt p16.

No.366 JUNE 2023: Heritage report: High density and future homes… and, some good news [the Koondrook Baptist Church] p4. HSSC: five tips for historical societies and networks p6. Windows on history: the wreck of the Jane Elizabeth [St Paul's Anglican Church at Latrobe Terrace Geelong] p10. Stories from the archives (NAA): marketing 75 years of MAltese assisted migration p12. RHSV collections: Ingra, collection scrapbooks p14.

No.367 AUGUST 2023: Heritage report ["Queen Vic Market replaced by hospitality pods, a clean up for Flinders Street Station underpass] p4. HSSC report: five tips for historical societies and networks p5. Amherst Hospital and contagious diseases p6. Forest Hill Holiday Home and Residential Kindergarten: 1926 to 1991 p8. Windows on history: a warm 'Welcome' [Melbourne's National Gallery Victoria Australia] p12. NAA: architecture in the archives; the Russians are coming [Colonial Victoria's coastal defences] p14. Vale Guy Wilson 1955-2023 [society's volunteer] p15. Vale Pat Grainger OAM 1930-2023 p17.

No.368 OCTOBER 2023: Heritage report: more power to the planning minister or real reform of planning? P4. HSSC report: sharing our regions' riches p6. Constance "Connie" Coleman: artist, consevationist, poet and teacher p7. Windows on history: Let there be light" [Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum]- p10. Library collection: three rare books in the RHSV collection [A Herman Moll atlas 1719, Thomas Forrest's A voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas from Balambagan 1779, La Perouse's voyages 1780s] p12.

No.369 DECEMBER 2023: Heritage report: Bryant & May p4. Architecture in the archives: connecting collections - the North Melbourne town hall p5. HSSC report: succession planning, beginning with the people around you p6. Heathmont Centenary 1923-2023: the most important events in the history of Heathmont p8. Around societies p10. Windows on history: St Katherine's Church at St Helena p12. The Cheese family butchers [Phyllis' family] p14. Of lady demons and cooking with gas [domestic cooking] p16. Highton Rotary and Fyansford's historic Paper Mill p18.


No.370 FEBRUARY 2024: Heritage report: new depredations to be imposed on the QVM p4. HSSC report: succession planning: working with teachers, university educators and students p5. Revitalisations of an historical society p8. Public holidays from the past p9. Windows on history: St Peter's Anglican Church , Mornington p12. RHSV collection: improving image access to First Nation communities p14. Old trades make a return at Bathurst Heritage Trades Hall p16.