VCHA 2013 Entries List - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

2013 Victorian
Community History
Awards
Melbourne, Mt Alexander & Murray River Railway
1852 - 1862 Celebration of 150 years
Castlemaine Historical Society Inc.
The historic research, writing and production of six interpretive panels, to
be hung at the Castlemaine Railway Station and the publication of an
accompanying brochure. To celebrate the construction of the Melbourne,
Mount Alexander and Murray River railway from its concept in 1852 to its
opening in Castlemaine in 1862.
Thompsons "Castlemaine" Employment Records
Castlemaine Historical Society Inc.
Thompsons was the largest pump manufacturer in Australia and possibly
the largest engineering establishment in country Victoria. The digitisation
of 70 years of employee records by the Castlemaine Historical Society
Inc. for use in their local and family history resource centre fills an
enormous gap which has existed in Castlemaine's history.
A Whirr of Many Wheels: Cycling in Geelong: A
chronicle from 1869 to 1914
By Rod Charles
Cycling was born in 1869 and grew into everyday life in Geelong, much
as it did in other towns and cities in the Colony (to 1914). Uses seen in
journals from Europe and America were copied. The 1920's & 30's with
cycling centre stage will follow.
The Monster Meeting, The Great Meeting of Diggers
4pm, 15 December 1851
Chewton Domain Society
The Monster Meeting is an artistic interpretation of the significance of
the 1851 Great Meeting of Diggers on the Forest Creek Goldfield. CD1
has 13 original interpretations by songwriters and CD2 tells the story
through interviews, re-enactment and narration - produced by the
Chewton Domain Society.
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