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121 things to do this
History Week and counting!
Issue No. 302 Sept/Oct 2012
NEWSRoyal Historical Society of Victoria
Plans for History Week celebrations are in full swing, with over 120
activities already registered on the History Week website.
Among the many exciting things that
Victorians can do this History Week,
events include:
Among the many events planned for
to celebrate the week (21-28 October),
Victorians can:
• hear some of the 3,000+ stories
behind the headstones at the
Cranbourne Cemetery, exploring the
accomplishments and tragedies of the
district’s early settlers;
• celebrate 100 years of the enchanting
State Library Dome - a magical place
that has inspired writers and artists
since it first opened in 1912;
• come, if they dare, to a spooky and
spine tingling Trick or Treat Fair in
the haunted halls of Barwon Park
Mansion;
• explore one of Melbourne's grand
designs, learning about the construction
and social history of our Old Treasury
building;
• walk down the aisle and admire
a century of wedding dresses and
memorabilia from 1880 to 1980; and
• take a rare tour of our heritage listed
Supreme Court building, hearing
stories from the archives and
discovering judicial robes and wigs.
Make sure your event is included in the
History Week calendar and submit your
details online at www.historyweek.org.au..
Once approved, your event will be included
in the calendar, and you will be provided
with a copy of the History Week logo and
postcards to promote the Week.
For more information on History Week,
visit www.historyweek.org.au or email
info@historyweek.org.au
History Week is generously supported by the
Vera Moore Foundation.
A new addition to the RHSV collections
Sir Macpherson Robertson training a horse.
Recently the RHSV received 200 glass slides from the family of
Macpherson Robertson which greatly add to our Macpherson
Robertson collection. The RHSV images team is currently working
on this collection.
A history making booksale!
Sunday 9 September
From the libraries of the well read. History buffs and
second hand book lovers alike are invited to restock their
bookshelves, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria
(RHSV) presents their 19th Annual Book Sale.
A yearly fundraiser for the RHSV, the Book Sale is being held
on Sunday 9 September from 10am – 4pm and will feature a
treasure trove of pre-loved publications from the libraries of the
well-read.
The selection on offer includes second-hand, signed, rare and/or
out of print editions in every subject imaginable, including:
History, Biographies, Classics, Australiana Fiction, Poetry,
Children’s books, Cooking, Travel, Geography, Politics, Art.
Come and buy some books - please help us make this year the
best ever!!!
Support the RHSV Foundation
It’s on again ….our wine drive.
The RHSV in conjunction with Prospect Wines offers a selection
of five sensational wines at great value for money.
Please continue to support us.
Order form is on the reverse of Whats On or order directly on line
by going to: historyvictoria.org.au
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RHSV NEWS
The Secret Life of a RHSV Volunteer
In delusional ignorance I accepted the challenge of designing a
future exhibition for the RHSV. ‘There is nothing particularly
difficult in that’, I began before plunging into a confrontation
of the complexity of the concepts, structures, shifts, spaces
and time organization that began to materialize. A world of
anxiety awaited in the labyrinth of the resources represented
in the collections. How could this be controlled in a rational
spirit of a united theme? Do I have the capacity to represent a
multi dimensional aesthetic production of interest? In exploring
the actual concrete construction of an exhibition, revising,
deconstructing, and redefining, the mind verges in a general
spirit of madness, but is kept astutely in control by the honesty
of fellow volunteers, who know the nature of the task.
The reward is the perception and knowledge of the cultural life
of Melbourne and Victoria that emerges through the fascinating
images, manuscripts, pamphlets, postcards, ephemera and
objects, that revisit aspects of Victorian attitudes and emotions
since its foundation. Each item represents an interrelationship
between the object and its creator, witness to complex identities,
and proof of the links between the individual and the cultural
environment. Through relentless interrogation a theme has
emerged. The exhibition intends to focus on one aspect of the
past culture of Victoria: a love affair with British Royalty. It
proposes to reveal that the legacy of Royalty is embedded in the
material structure of the state and in our cultural heritage. The
British Monarchy provides one layer in the Victorian identity,
and while many may wish to ignore its influence, it cannot
be displaced. As a cohesive element in the narrative shaping
modern Victorian identity and culture, the past links to Royalty
should be known. The final analysis is yet to come and Right
Royal is planned to open in June 2013.
Dr. Jill Evans
Welcome Jason
The RHSV welcomes Jason Odering in the role of
LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARIAN
Jason brings to the
position a passion for
historical collections and
experience with library
collections. He has worked
at the University of Ballarat,
Victoria University as well as
volunteering at the George
Evans Museum, Sunbury
and with the “Net Help
Program” Hume Global
Learning Centre teaching
computer literacy skills
to adults. He is currently
completing a Master of
Business Information Systems at Monash University.
Jason holds a BA (hons) in history and a Graduate Diploma of
Information Management (Library specialisation). Jason will
be working closely with the RHSV collections, improving their
on line access and once he has settled in – supporting historical
societies with cataloguing.
Jason works Mon/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday and can be
contacted on: jasonodering@historyvictoria.org.au
INTRODUCING PayPal & Trybooking
We thank you so much for your prompt payment of
your membership subscriptions.
At long last our PayPal link is now working and members or new
members can pay for their memberships on line.
PayPal now means that it is easy to buy books online. Go to our
web site, click on the publications tab and follow the drop down
to online book shop.
Similarly members are successfully booking our events on line
using TryBooking. Click on the events links on the website to
make your bookings.
Federation Arch
Public celebrations of Federation continued throughout the first half
of 1901. In Melbourne, arches were erected to welcome the Duke and
Duchess of York for the opening of parliament. The RHSV collection
contains many items depicting these celebrations including photos of
the many arches and processions. GN-DGN-006
Certificate of Currency
Historical Societies requesting copies of their certificate of
currency – please email
office @historyvictoria.org.au or call Ged on 9326 9288
The Three Professors.
Professor John Hirst, Professor Bill Russell and Professor John Poynter at our
Melbourne Day lecture presented by John Hirst on the Argus Index Project.
The lecture engaged us all as a snapshot of the history of Melbourne and demonstrated
the limitations of electronic word searching as a tool for indexing. In thanking the
speaker Professor Poynter commented that The Argus Index, which has been compiled
by volunteers is in itself a work of great scholarship.
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RHSV & COMMUNITY NEWS
Please join us for our conference and dinner
Celebrating 50 years of local history in Victoria
16 & 17 November
Over the weekend of 16 & 17 November, The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is holding a celebratory
conference to mark fifty years of local history in Victoria. The starting point for the conference is the work of
Weston Bate, with 2012 marking the 50 th anniversary of the publication of his ground breaking local history
A History of Brighton (MUP) 1962. The aim of the conference is to look at the impact of that work and subsequent
innovations in local history.
The weekend will commence with the
launch of the exhibition Growing
History’s Grass Roots - a look at the impact
of the 1960s on Victoria’s local history
writing and in particular the innovation of
technique and the use of source material
that set new standards with the publication
of the Brighton history.
The opening will be followed by the
prestigious Wolskel Lecture which will be
delivered by Professor Graeme Davison.
The conference Saturday 17 November
will be a combination of panel sessions and
extended papers. Speakers will include Janet
McCalman, Susan Priestley, John Lack,
Don Gibb, Charles Fahey, Rosalie Triolo,
Carole Woods, Andrew Lemon and Darren
Peacock. The theme of the conference will
be innovation and impact - addressing the
significance of the 1960s on local history,
current innovations in local history such as
the work of Janet McCalman, the impact of
the Victorian Community History awards,
and the potential for history in schools – and
finally the future of local history with crowd
sourcing, wikis and social media creating
enormous potential.
The exhibition launch, Wolskel Lecture
and conference will be held at the RHSV
but as if that isn’t enough….the conference
will conclude with a celebratory dinner on
Saturday 17 November at the Savage Club.
Master of Ceremonies will be Michael
Cathcart, host of Books & Arts Daily, Radio
National, and author of many distinguished
histories including The Water Dreamers
which won the Colin Roderick Prize for
best Australian book and was short-listed
for the Prime Minister’s Prize.
Shortly, members will receive an invitation
and booking form but please put the dates
in your diary and we look forward to
welcoming you to our major event for 2012.
Municipal District of Brighton,
1859, with areas and descriptions of
properties based on information in the
Council Ratebook, 1859, reproduced
from Weston Bate A History of
Brighton, (MUP) 1962
Newspapers available on Trove
The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the following new titles which have been added to Digitised
newspapers and more on Trove. Many of these newspapers are currently being added to Trove and further issues will
become available shortly. For space reasons we have listed only VIC and NSW, please contact The National Library for
other states.
Victoria
Brunswick & Coburg leader (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Digitisation
generously supported by the State Library of Victoria
Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1847 - 1851)
Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856)
Kerang New Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Digitisation generously
supported by the State Library of Victoria
Ouyen Mail (Vic. : 1915 - 1918) Digitisation generously supported
by the State Library of Victoria
Swan Hill Guardian and Lake Boga Advocate (Vic. : 1914 - 1918)
Digitisation generously supported by the State Library of Victoria
Williamstown Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) Digitisation generously
supported by the State Library of Victoria
New South Wales
The Castlereagh (Gilgandra, NSW : 1905 - 1907) Digitisation
generously supported by Gilgandra Shire Council, the Library Council
of NSW, the NSW Government and the State Library of NSW
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta,
NSW : 1888 - 1919) Digitisation generously supported by Auburn City
Council, Blacktown City Council, Campbelltown City Council, Fairfield
City Council, Holroyd City Council Library Service, Hornsby Shire
Council, Liverpool City Council Library, Parramatta City Council,
City of Ryde, The Hills Shire Council and University of Western Sydney
Library.
Nepean Times (Penrith, NSW : 1914 - 1920) Digitisation generously
supported by Penrith City Council
To find out the latest titles which have been added to Trove, subscribe to one of our Web feeds.
For those organisations wishing to digitise a newspaper title, please see our Contributor Guidelines. If you would like any additional
information please email us at andp@nla.gov.au.
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BOOKS RECEIVED
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BOOKS RECEIVED:
We note below relevant items sent to the
Society. Interested groups or authors are
invited to contribute to this valuable service
to members in History News and through
possible deposit in the library. Some items
may later be reviewed in the Victorian
Historical Journal.
John Murdoch, Folly, Fortune, Fate,
The Demise and the Rebirth of the
Right in the Early Federal Parliament,
2 vols, TB Books, PO Box 556, Wallan,
3786, 2 nd edition 2011, first published
2009, pp. 410 + 360, $39-95 each
A long time ago, political history and
biography formed the bulk of publications
in Australian history. The first volume
covers the period 1901-17 and the second
1918-29. They comprise short biographies
of 60 politicians and 20 essays on political
tracts. Among the essays are some of the less
well-known Victorian federal politicians like
Coon, Mauger, Best, McColl. Hans Irvine
and Mathews as well as Deakin, Maloney,
Watt, Hume Cook, Anstey, William Irvine
and Bruce. A very worthy contribution to
our understandings of the personalities,
processes and party practices of the time
before and after the First World War.
Frank Bongiorno, The Sex Lives of
Australians: A History, Black Inc.,
Melbourne, 2012, pp. xv + 352, $32-95
An important addition to Australian social
history, this book provides a systematic
narrative of sex and sexual attitudes from
penal colony to the present, asking many
questions, including those relevant for
current debates. It will be of considerable
value for social historians because of its
wide-ranging coverage in a field where the
writing has been somewhat fragmented
and dispersed. As the blurb suggests: ‘a
thought-provoking story’.
Barry Stone, The Diggers’ Menagerie,
Mates, Mascots, and Marvels – True
Stories of Animals Who Went to War,
ABC Books, Sydney, 2012, pp. 266, $35
During the Boer War and the Great War,
horses were both beasts of burden for
goods and combatants. Camels also played
their part in the Middle East. The author
provides details of the use of pigeons in
New Guinea in World War II and the
current use of dogs for explosives detection
in Afghanistan. In addition, he documents
animals as companions for troops. One
such animal was Horrie the Wog, the much
loved mascot, later extensively publicized
by Ion Idriess. Horrie’s chequered life
brought him back to Australia illegally,
where he was reportedly put down for
breaching quarantine regulations. As Stone
shows, another dog was actually put down,
and Horrie survived. A popular addition to
Australian war histories.
Sylvia Boxshall, They Went to War,
Stories of Men and Women of the
Woodend and Newham District Who
Served in WW1, Woodend & District
Heritage Society, PO Box 124, Woodend,
3442, 2011, pp. 438, $39-70 + postage
A detailed account of 370 men and four
women who served in WW1, meticulously
researched, well-illustrated, well-indexed
and presented. Many communities are
focusing on their involvement in WW1 and
producing valuable books like this one in
the run up to the round of centenaries of
the war. At one level, they say much about
the individuals involved, but they also can
reveal much about their communities’
involvement in the war and the lasting
impact in the area resulting from deaths
and injuries to so many of the young
participants.
Lyn Skillern and others, From Inkwell
to Internet, A Century of State
Secondary Education in Leongatha,
Leongatha Secondary College, Private Bag
1, Leongatha, 3953, 2012, pp. vi + 292
Starting in 1912 as Leongatha Agricultural
High School in the wake of the Fink
Report, the school was one of the earliest
State secondary schools that were almost
all in regional Victoria. These schools
established before 1914 have had or
about to have their centenary years. The
centenary is what often prompts action
to produce a history and Leongatha’s is
one that tells us much about changes in
school education, community involvement,
interaction between students and teachers,
and much else. It might well be a model for
other State secondary schools’ histories.
It is well-written, based on solid research,
well-illustrated and comprehensive of
the whole period. It also includes lists
of students at the High School, the
shorter-lived Technical School, as well as
the current Secondary College. This is a
welcome addition to Victorian education
history, where so much of the publication
has been about non-government schools.
Anna Schaeche, Dingley, Journey to
the Village, Dingley Village & District
Historical Society, 31B Marcus Road,
Dingley Village, 3172, 2011, pp. vi + 120
This attractive book provides material
about Dingley, past and present. Located
on the fringes of suburban Melbourne,
Dingley is a village with a rich horticultural
and poultry farming history. These are
captured in the book, as well as significant
early local residents, development of a
range of community institutions and
infrastructure, and changes in the way
residents lived and worked.
Ross McMullin, Farewell Dear
People, Biographies of Australia’s
Lost Generation, Scribe,
Melbourne, 2012, pp. viii + 600, $45
This book comprises extensive biographies
of ten young men who died in WW1, a
gifted sample from the massive 60 000
who did not return. McMullin recreates the
lives of some potentially significant young
Australians including several Victorians:
Geoff McCrae, grandson of Georgiana;
Clunes Mathison, already acclaimed as a
brilliant medical scientist; Robert Bage,
important member of Mawson’s Antarctic
expedition, engineer and member of the
Melbourne family that made its mark by
the end of the 19 th century; and George
Challis, the Tasmanian-born Carlton
footballer. All the lives are richly researched
and clearly presented in this extension of
our understandings of the impact of war
and its lost generation.
Jane Mayo Carolan, Serving Church,
A History of Catholic Church
Insurances Limited and Serving
Church, The People of Catholic
Church Insurances Limited, Utber
& Patullo Publishing, Melbourne, 2011,
2 volumes, pp. xvi + 238, pp. xiv + 133
These sumptuous volumes celebrate the
centenary of a remarkable connection
between the church and an insurance
company. They tell an engaging story of
this connection, beautifully illustrated,
extensively researched and written in a
way that interests both a non-Catholic and
insurance-ignorant reader. That is no mean
achievement! The first volume is concerned
with the development of the company
and its interaction with the church and
the second volume focuses on people and
events that made the CCI significantly
different from other institutions in the
insurance business. The Time Line that
charts CCI ‘through the prism of the
Catholic Church’ in the second volume
demonstrates these connections very
succinctly.
Norman Houghton, Closed 50 Years Ago,
The Colac to Beech Forest Narrow
Gauge Railway, Norman Houghton, PO
Box 1128, Geelong, 3220, 2012, pp. 52.
Published as a commemorative booklet
on the 50 th anniversary of the closing
of this once important Otways railway.
Written and collated by the prolific and
knowledgeable historian of the area and
railways, replete with many photos, this is
yet another contribution to the rich history
of the Otways, as well as to railway history.
Eril Tan, The Musical Society of
Victoria, Celebrating 150 Years 1861-
2011, The Musical Society of Victoria, PO
Box 2234, Malvern 3145, 2011, pp. 112
Focused more on the recent history of the
MSV, this celebratory booklet amply shows
that the society has made an important
contribution to musical life especially in
Melbourne through its encouragement
of young performers, its sponsorship of
scholarships and its advocacy. Certainly
worth celebrating!

INNOVATIONS IN LOCAL HISTORY
The National Trust of
Victoria launches the
App: Lost! Melbourne’s
Lost 100
National Trust of Australia (Vic) iPhone App
Consistent with the National
Trust’s educative mission,
the engagement of new audiences
through technology has proven to
be effective in promoting interest
in, and information about, heritage
across Victoria.
The city is not a static space
and the evolution of the city’s
landscape is not something that
is widely known. Understanding
what the city once looked like is
important for the community to
plan what they would like it to
look like in the future. Using the
classification research files of the
National Trust, we have developed
a user-friendly and informative App that will reward users
for their curiosity about their city.
Augmenting their phone’s camera function, the app
superimposes images of buildings that were there over what
is now. The user can then save these pictures to their phone,
email them or upload them to social media.
The App has links to both facebook and twitter so users
can upload their images, stories or comments about the
sites, through the app as they’re using it.
User generated stories are a key aspect of the app with the
number of newly updated stories appearing each time you
enter the app.
Engaging not only with the buildings but people’s
experiences of them is a vital way of forming a connection
with the past and the ever changing shape of the city itself.
The App itself will be updated annually with more
photos and details on existing buildings as well as new
‘Lost!’ buildings and sites. The updates will be themed,
with Interiors and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage updates
currently being developed.
Historypin is about bringing people together all over
the world, from across families, communities and
different generations, to see and share their history
in a new way.
Everyone has history to share. Some of it stretching back over
decades, passed down and added to over many generations.
Some of it saved up in dusty boxes of old photos under the bed.
Some of it in piles of betamax tapes and audio cassette recordings.
Lots of it buried in memories and old stories. On top of this, there
are millions of archives around the world with incredible collections
of local and national history.
Historypin sets out to make all of this historical archive the subject
of mass-participation – to allow millions of people to see the world
through the amazing lens it provides.
The main hub of the project is historypin.com which allows users
to upload photos, videos, audio recordings, and stories and pin
them to a particular date and time on the Historypin map of the
world. Street level images and videos can be also be overlaid onto
Google Maps Street View on the Historypin site for a fascinating
and nostalgic then-and-now juxtaposition. The content can be
curated into Tours and Collections and gathered around special
Challenges.
Additionally, through the free Historypin Smartphone app
(available for iPhone, Android and Windows devices), users can
become immersed in the history of their current location, submit
a photo, or view collections on the go.
Historypin has been created by We Are What We Do, a non-profit
organization with the mission to put things into the world that
will benefit communities and societies and it strongly believes that
history has a unique power to do this.
Over 170,000 pieces of content have been shared by individuals,
communities and heritage organisations all over the world.
Australia has been a particularly vibrant hub of activity, with
instituions across the country, including the State Library of New
South Wales, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
and the State Library of Queensland, sharing images and clips
from their collections.
The Museum of Victoria has shared over 8,000 photos, the
education team at the State Library of Victoria have run workshops
introducing Historypin to history teachers and Vic Roads has
shared images in preparation of its centenary celebrations in 2013.
Through Historypin Local Projects Historypin goes directly into
neighborhoods to broad, diverse audiences to create community
collections through outreach, support and lots of local partnerships.
It is always interested in exploring new partnerships and projects,
so get in touch via historypin@wearewhatwedo.org.
Visit Historypin.com to find out how to get involved and to start
exploring and sharing our history.
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CATALOGING DEBTAE
Cataloging and Collections Management
Over the past two editions of History News there has been over cataloguing collections.
In this edition Pam Millist from Maxus Australia writes:
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Many historical societies and
small museums have been using
Inmagic TextWorks to catalogue, search
and report on their collections since
the mid 1980s. In addition, since
1998, Maxus has offered and enhanced
the Inmagic software with the Maxus
Collections add-on package for use
by museum and historical collections.
Maxus Collections for Museums, now at
Version 4, has been developed over time
in response to users and in conjunction
initially with the Dept of Arts and later
Museums Australia (Vic). Over this
time, the user base has grown to around
250 historical societies, museums and
galleries (although not all are using the
current version of Inmagic software
and the Maxus Collections add-on
package).*
Based on the DB/Text platform, Maxus
Collections provides a flexible and
powerful database program that lets
you catalogue your collection quickly
and easily using forms and search
screens designed for use based on the
Small Museums Cataloguing Manual
(http://www.mavic.asn.au/assets/Small_
Museums_Cataloguing_Manual_4th.
pdf ) while still conforming to Museums
Australia standards.
Maxus Collections is specifically tailored
to manage a range of items including
objects, books, newspapers, articles,
paintings and photographs. Features
include:
• Quick and easy data entry tailored for
objects, images, books and other printed
items
• Find any item/s in your collection in
seconds
• Display images of colour or black and
white photographs, paintings or original
documents - either on the screen or in
printed reports
• Records can be sorted, displayed and
printed in a range of formats.
The ease of use and scaleability
of DB/TextWorks ensures that the
many historical societies with a single
computer and no internet access
can have access to easy computer
cataloguing and an easy-to-use search
capability for their collection. Using
the free RunTime version of Inmagic
software, search only
versions of their
textbase/s can be made
available on other PCs,
or on CD. Historical
societies, such as
Stonnington History
Centre and the Italian
Historical Society,
use Inmagic Web
Publisher Pro to enable
their databases to be
searchable over the
internet. The Italian
Historical Society
(IHS) uses Inmagic
software for a number
of its collections, which
can be searched from
the IHS web site using
Web Publisher Pro.
The Image collection
is also harvested
by the National
Library of Australia’s
Trove system, which
automatically includes
IHS images in its
National database.
Other Inmagic
textbases include the
Diplomatic Archive and the Internee
database.
David Tuck from Stonnington Local
History Centre (http://www.stonnington.
vic.gov.au/explore-stonnington/history/
local-history-catalogue/) says “We have
enjoyed using DB/TextWorks for many
years. One aspect of using DB/TextWorks
that we really appreciate at the Stonnington
History Centre is the immediacy with which
changes may be made to the database. This
is essential with archives collections such
as ours where we are routinely adding new
information to existing records.”
A new Inmagic product to be released
soon (Presto for DB/Text) will provide
another way for Text Works users to make
their collections web accessible.
With software that is used extensively
by museums and historical societies
throughout Victoria, users can share tips
and discuss catalogue issues with fellow
users. Other useful resources include:
• RHSV Forums - http://www.
historyvictoria.org.au/forums and the
Victorian Local History Database
• National Standards for Australian
Museums and Galleries - http://www.
collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_
item/107
• Museums Australia (Vic) –
Resources http://www.mavic.asn.au/
resources
• Cataloguing Guidelines for
Historical Societies Blog - http://
hscatguide.blogspot.com.au/
• Inmagic Museum User Group
* A survey of all affiliated groups was
conducted by RHSV in 2010 into
information technology used by historical
societies (available at http://www.
tobstar.com.au/client/HistoryVictoria/
wp-content/uploads/2011/08/
information_technology_report_2010.
pdf). The survey included a question
about what computer program is used for
Collection Management. 45% of the 153
respondents to this question reported
that they were using Inmagic DB/Text
works for cataloguing.

AROUND THE SOCIETIES
National Trust Heritage Festival
There’s Nothing Like Australia’s Heritage
Community Milestones
18 April - 19 May 2013
Did you know that Canberra’s design was influenced by Adelaide’s?
And that it was designed by an American?
Or that it will be 100 years next March since the name of
the Australia’s new capital city was announced? And that the
Ngunnawal people have lived in the district for more than 20,000
years?
Join the National Trust in celebrating Australia’s cultural heritage
by registering an event in the 2013 National Trust Heritage
Festival.
And discover how our communities have developed and grown.
Through talks, tours, exhibitions, and events across Australia, the
National Trust invites you to explore our heritage and development,
and find out what has shaped Australia.
Registrations and further information at www.nationaltrust.org.
au or http://www.nattrust.com.au/heritage_festival
Printed Program Festival Events must be registered by Monday
12 November 2012
Digital Program Festival Events must be registered by Monday
01 April 2013
Grants applications now open
2012-13 Grants to Voluntary Environment, Sustainability
and Heritage Organisations (GVESHO) program
Please be advised that applications for 2012-13 grants under the
Grants to Voluntary Environment, Sustainability and Heritage
Organisations (GVESHO) program are now OPEN.
Guidelines and Application forms are now available from the
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population
and Communities’ website: www.environment.gov.au/about/
programs/gvesho.
The Grants to Voluntary Environment, Sustainability and Heritage
Organisations (GVESHO) program helps eligible community
based organisations to value, conserve and protect Australia's
natural environment and historic heritage and to promote
sustainability by assisting with their administrative costs.
Grants provided through the program may be used to assist with
salaries and salary on-costs for executive and administrative staff;
office accommodation rental; electricity, gas, phone and other
similar charges; essential office supplies and equipment; staff and
volunteer training; photocopying and printing costs; and travel
costs incurred on behalf of the organisation.
Please note that the application period for the 2012-13 GVESHO
funding round closes at 5pm AEDST Friday 14 September
2012.
For further information you can contact the GVESHO Program
Team by calling 1800 003 562 or emailing us at gvesho@
environment.gov.au
AROUND the SOCIETIES
This column is compiled by Lenore Frost
on behalf of History Victoria Support Group
using information provided by societies, either
directly or contained in their newsletters. For
the November-December 2012 issue please
send details of forthcoming events by 10
October to lenore10@hotmail.com.
BACCHUS MARSH: The society has
recently reprinted a popular picture history
called Bacchus Marsh: a pictorial chronicle, by
Gwyn Moore and Jean Oomes, first published
in 1986. Now in a softcover edition, the book
is available for $40. Enquiries: 5367 9336 or
enquiries@historicalsocietybacchusmarsh.
org.au.
BALNARRING: The August issue of Snippets
features brief biographies of six women
included on the Honour Roll for World War
2, which is in the foyer of the Balnarring Hall.
CARISBROOK: Members of the society
visited the Creswick HS Museum to look and
learn how a neighbouring society did things,
and possibly adopt procedures for their own
society. Another society excursion was to the
State Library of Victoria where a guide took
them through many sections of the library.
Enquiries: brookhistorical@hotmail.com.
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: The History
Festival for 2012 on the theme of “Childhood
Memories” will be held at St Patrick’s Cathedral
Hall, Dawson St South, Ballarat, commencing
on Sunday 21 October from 10 am to 4 pm.
Exhibitions, workshops, displays and stalls are
available. Entry is $5, children under 14 free.
For the full program see www.chha.asn.au.
DROMANA: The society published a new
history called Dromana@150: A Community
History 1861-2011 by Peter Holloway. It is
available for $15 plus postage. Enquiries:
dromanahs@gmail.com or 5989 9119. The
museum, at Old Shire Office, 359A Point
Nepean Road, Dromana, is open Sundays, and
daily in January, from 2 pm to 4 pm.
EAST GIPPSLAND: The July issue of
The Black Sheep has an article on “The
Photographic Legacy of the Dreier Family”,
illustrated with some extremely good photos.
These and others are on display at the society,
40 Macarthur St, Bairnsdale on Wednesdays,
Saturdays and Sundays, 1 pm to 4 pm.
Admission $4 and children $2. Enquiries:
eghsoc@bigpond.com or 5152 6363.
ELTHAM: The society is seeking early photos
of the Avenue of Honour, the metal strips with
the brass nameplate for each volunteer, a gold
medal from the Welcome Home Committee,
and to know the fate of the Lewis Machine
Gun last seen in the Eltham Primary School.
Contact Harry Gilham, 9439 1175.
FOOTSCRAY: The disruption to traffic in
Footscray by building of the Regional Rail
Link inspired a review in the July issue of the
newsletter of a similar disruption 90 years
ago by the building of the goods line from the
Tottenham rail yards through Kensington to
Melbourne. Enquiries: foothist@bigpond.com
or 9689 3820.
GISBORNE / MT MACEDON: The society
is planning Pictorial Hanging Rock – a journey
through time for publication in November. If
you have any interesting photos that could be
included, please bring them to the Courthouse
Museum on Wednesdays, 10 till 4, or post
copies to P O Box 113 Mt Macedon 3441.
Enquiries: history@gisbornemountmacedon.
org.au.
HORSHAM: Members ran a popular nonstop
picture show of old photos and rare films
as part of the National Trust Heritage Festival
at the Horsham Town Hall, combined with a
bottle and local history book display. From this
weekend came many offers of information and
old family films to convert to DVD. Enquiries:
lwbsmith@netconnect.com.au.
KEW: Leo Blake will speak on the subject
of “Shopkeeping in Kew” at the meeting to
be held on Wednesday 12 September at the
Phyllis Hore Room, rear of Kew Library, Civic
Drive, Kew.
KOO-WEE-RUP: Issue No 338 of the
newsletter has an article entitled “Koo-Wee-
Rup to Strzelecki Railway” by Heather Arnold.
The line opened ninety years ago, in 1922.
To celebrate this, a rail trail walking track
was opened, taking you past the old railway
platform. Enquiries: 5997 1357.
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KORUMBURRA: The annual Cath Ritchie
Memorial Dinner is to be held on Friday
19 October at 6.30 pm at the Showgrounds
Amenities Complex. The speaker will be Clive
Allsop, a Victorian Magistrate who presides
over the courts at Morwell. Enquiries: boston@
dcsi.net.au or 5655 1932.
LORNE: The society received the 2011
Victorian Community Achievement award
for the involvement of the Lorne P-12
with the Lorne HS in their Freezeframe
project. Concerned about Lorne’s changing
demographic and determined to preserve the
history of the small coastal town, Lorne-Aireys
Inlet P-12 College VCAL students restored and
categorised hundreds of archived photographs.
The town’s history has been captured on film
through a short documentary sharing its story.
The society webpage can be found at http://
home.vicnet.net.au/~lornhist/.
MALDON: The newsletter, Maldon Muse, for
July 2012, contains an article about heritage
plaques around Maldon, and queries whether
they are the way of the future, containing a
limited amount of information, plus presenting
a physical intrusion to a building, and suggests
that digital methods will make information
more readily available. Enquiries: secretary@
maldonmuseum.com.au.
MALMSBURY: Come to the Malmsbury
Town Hall on Wednesday 19 September at 7.30
pm to hear noted mining archaeologist, David
Bannear, speaking on the history of mining
at the Mount Alexander Diggings, as well
as the Taradale Mining Division. Enquiries:
malmsburyhistorical@gmail.com.
MARYBOROUGH / MIDLANDS: The
society will hold a garden party on Thursday
18 October at 4 pm in the grounds of Worsley
Cottage, 3 Palmerston St, Maryborough. For
further details see the society website www.
vicnet.net.au/~mbhs.
MIRBOO NORTH: The Newsletter , No
45, August 2012 includes an article about
“Local Talkies” which were screened at the
old Mechanics’ Institute. It examines the
Prahran mechanics’ institute
victorian history library
Established 1854
Over 25,000 items of Victorian history,
resources for genealogy and much
more available for loan.
www.pmi.net.au
(03) 9510 3393
140 High Street, Prahran VIC
difficulties of the Hall Committee making a
profit during the 1930s Depression, and the
inevitable decline and cessation in the 1950s.
Enquiries: 5664 1209.
MORWELL: The August issue of The Morwell
Post features a “Welcome Home” to Private G
Pettit, returning from the South African War,
from an article in the Morwell Advertiser in
1900. This is followed by a list of the local men
who served in South Africa at various times
between 1899 and 1902. Enquiries: http://
www.morwellhistoricalsociety.org.au/
NAVAL: An article in the July issue of the
Three-Headed Dog, describes the return of a rare
naval artefact from HMAS Cerberus museum
to the RNZN Museum. A small wooden tray,
inlaid with South American butterflies, had
been presented by Uruguay to New Zealand
born Lt D R Davis-Goff, after the Battle of
the River Plate.
PAYNESVILLE: Among publications
available for sale from the society are Exploring
the Gippsland Lakes in 1882, a reproduction of
a rare booklet, for $15, and Ships that sailed the
Gippsland Lakes by Elizabeth de Quincey, for
$5. Contact the secretary on 5156 6494 for
postage costs.
PLENTY: The society is pleased to have
received an Arts and Culture grant of $1000
from the Nillumbik Community Fund.
The funds will be used to prepare and
distribute posters and flyers promoting
the Plenty Centenary 2013 Celebration –
“Earth Plus – Pioneers of Plenty”. See www.
plentyhistoricalsociety.org.au.
ST JOHN AMBULANCE: Terrence King
will present a paper on the history of the
Motorcycle Division of St John Ambulance,
on Thursday 27 September. In 1931 the 1 st
Victorian Motorcycle Patrol became a first
aid outreach service providing prompt service
pending the arrival of a motor ambulance.
Enquiries: museum@stjohnvic.com.au.
History
NEWS
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC.
239 A’BECKETT STREET MELBOURNE 3000
Phone: 9326 9288
Fax: 9326 9477
website: http://www.historyvictoria.org.au
email: office@historyvictoria.org.au
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Office Hours: Monday to Friday
9am to 5pm
RYE: The monthly meeting on Monday
Library Hours: Monday to Friday
24 September, at 8 pm, will be followed
10am to 4pm
by “Bring a Treasure”, in which members
ESTABLISHED 1909
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held in the Rye Primary $200 Local History Historian Jason Odering
School Library – enter
from Collingwood Street.
Enquiries: bernlor@
alphalink.com.au.
STRATFORD: The June
Bulletin has an article on
the Clydebank Condensed
Milk Factory, and the
identification of a photo
of the factory, previously
identified as the Sale
Butter Factory. The society
is still looking for photos
of dairy factories and
creameries in the Shire of
Avon. Enquiries: kapana@
netspace.net.au.
WALHALLA: The League has a new
publication entitled Easter at Walhalla 1912 ,
an account of two men who visited Walhalla in
1912 and noticed the decline of the township.
Available from the Walhalla Corner Store, c/o
Post Office, Walhalla, Vic 3825, or by phone:
5165 6250. The book costs $19.95 plus $4
postage.
WARRACKNABEAL: The August issue
of Warunda Review, the society’s newsletter,
reports that their planned publication on the
history of Warracknabeal’s Lockwood College
is nearing completion, and they hope to have
them on sale very soon. Enquiries: honeywise@
bigpond.com.
WHITEHORSE: Anne Dixon will give a
presentation, “Costume Parade”, on Saturday
13 October at 1.30 pm. Meetings are held at
the Local History Room, Schwerkolt Cottage
and Museum Complex, Deep Creek Road,
Mitcham. Enquiries: whitehorsehistory@
hotmail.com or phone 9873 4946.
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The RHSV acknowledges the support of the Victorian
Government through Arts Victoria
Items for publication should be sent to the
Executive Officer, RHSV
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