Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

If you're interested in learning more about family history you might like to try the UK's Family History Federation's new podcast, The Really Useful Podcast .  So far they've discussed occupations and young people.

Here's a great a great activity for the history enthusiast stuck at home: listen to History Victoria's extraordinary back catalogue of history lectures. You can listen to Claire Wright discussing "the Forgotten Rebels of Eureka", Susan Priestley on "The Legacy and Principles of Bush Nursing" or perhaps Paul de Serville's "Observations on the upper classes in Melbourne, 1924-74". There are dozens of lectures and conversations (long and short) on a huge range of topics Historians involved include Gary Presland, Robyn Annear and Richard Broome (just to name a few). Find them at:https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/resources/lecture-podcasts/

One of my library colleagues has recommended the Dead & Buried podcasts , a new series of interviews about all kinds of diverse and intriguing aspects of Melbourne history, including crime, civil disobedience, love and loss.

The State Library of Victoria has made available the lectures and information sessions from the Family History Feast for 2009. Don Grant Lecture 2009, Professor Patricia Grimshaw examines how family history and women's history intersect. Geelong Heritage Centre . Mark Beasley explains how family historians can make use of the unique Geelong Heritage Centre collection. PROV Online. Tara Hossack explains the on-line and in person resources available at the Public Records Office Victoria. Multicultural Australia. Mark Brennan presents immigration records available in National Archives of Australia. Redmond Barry Collections. Vicki Nelson talks about how the collection can assist family history researchers from a social and historical perspective.