VCHA 2013 Entries List - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

2013 Victorian
Community History
Awards
"Woman of the Hill"
http://sovereignhilleducation.wordpress.com/2013/03
/05/household-arts-of-the-1850s-a-personalexperience/
Sovereign Hill Museum Association
In March 2013, volunteer Jenni Fithall spent three days and two nights
living in a re-created 1850's cottage in Sovereign Hill's outdoor museum.
Jenni bathed, cooked and slept as an 1850's woman, watched by 3,800
visitors, including 1,500 school children, and a world-wide audience on
the web. The successful event offered the visiting public significant
insights into women's roles on the Victorian goldfields.
Heritage and Architecture Walking Tours
Esther Sugihto & Shelley Freeman, Melbourne Architours
Melbourne Architours collaborated with the National Trust of
Victoria (NTAV), the State Library of Victoria (SLV), and heritage
architect Janet Beeston, to curate a walking tour that unpacks the
umbrella term 'heritage', illustrating the process of listing and
protection across levels of government. We showcased
demolished buildings, existing buildings and future proposals, as
part of NTAV's heritage festival, and SLV's 150 years of the dome.
Our Farm - Our Life
By the students of Thoona Primary School
A series of interviews by Thoona Primary School students of local
farm families about their life on the land from settlement to current
time. This DVD presentation includes an account of rural life, local
history and a yarn or two.
Links...Creative Writing of Family History memoirs
from 2013
University of Third Age Benalla
"Links..." is a small publication produced by the members of U3A Benalla
2013 course in Creative Writing of Family History. It contains a selection
of the memoirs written as class exercises by senior members of our
community including some who have never written any history
previously.
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