The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is a community organisation promoting the history of the state of

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. It functions to promote and research the history of that state after

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, and as an umbrella organisation for more than 300 affiliated societies. It is operated by volunteers, and has a claimed membership of 1200. The Society was founded in 1909 and celebrated its Centenary in 2009. It is responsible for the biannual ''

Victorian Historical Journal The ''Victorian Historical Journal'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the "official journal of record and scholarly publication" of the Royal Historical Society of Vict ...

'' and other publications. Exhibitions, community or government advisory functions and lectures are also its primary activities, and it has research facilities for members and the community. The Society administers the

Victorian Community History Awards The Victorian Community History Awards are held annually to recognise the contributions made by Victorians in the preservation of the State's history, and to recognise excellence in historical research. The effect of the VCHA over the period from ...

in partnership with Public Record Office Victoria, and is a constituent member of the Federation of Australian Historical Societies.

Publications

* ''History News'', ISSN 1326-2696 Six issues per year. This can be downloaded from the RHSV website. RHSV website
Retrieved 23 August 2010. * ''Victorian Historical Journal'', ISSN 1030-7710 Two issues per year.

Fellows

Fellows of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria include *

Marnie Bassett Flora Marjorie (''Marnie'') Bassett (30 June 1889 – 3 February 1980) was an Australian historian, biographer and travel writer. Her writing focussed on women's and family history, with particular attention to people from Australia. Ea ...

Weston Bate Weston Arthur Bate (24 September 1924 – 31 October 2017) was an Australian historian. Bate served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. He studied at the University of Melbourne under Manning Clark, Max Crawford, K ...

Geoffrey Blainey Geoffrey Norman Blainey (born 11 March 1930) is an Australian historian, academic, best selling author and commentator. He is noted for having written authoritative texts on the economic and social history of Australia, including '' The Tyranny ...

* John Lack *

Noel Fulford Learmonth Noel Fulford Learmonth (pronounced LAIR'muth) (1880–1970) was an Australian writer, sheep farmer, naturalist, amateur historian and amateur ornithologist. For most of his life he lived in Portland, Victoria or nearby at Tyrendarra. With oth ...

Andrew Lemon Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived ...

Ian McLaren Ian Francis McLaren (30 March 1912 – 17 April 2000), M.A., Dip. Com., D. Litt., , F.R.H.S.V., was an Australian politician, accountant, businessman, historian, bibliographer and book-collector. Early life He was born at Launceston in Tas ...

John Kinmont Moir John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

Joyce Nicholson Joyce Nicholson (née Thorpe) (1 June 1919 – 30 January 2011) was an Australian author and business woman. The daughter of publisher D.W. Thorpe, Nicholson was born in Melbourne and educated at Methodist Ladies' College and the University o ...

Gary Presland Gary Presland is an Australian archaeologist and writer who studied history at La Trobe University 1973-76, and archaeology at the University of London, 1977-79. He was a staff member of the Victoria Archaeological Survey from 1983 to April 198 ...

Marjorie Tipping Marjorie Jean Tipping MBE (26 March 1917 – 28 September 2009) was an Australian historian and patron of community services. Biography The daughter of John Alexandra McCredie and Florence Amelia Paterson, she was born Marjorie Jean McCredie ...

* A. G. L. Shaw A Fellow of the RHSV is entitled to use the post nominal letters FRHSV.

References

External links

* History of Victoria (Australia) Organisations based in Victoria (Australia) Historical societies of Australia Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage {{Australia-org-stub

Publications

Fellows

See also

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Further reading

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