Lake Bolac and District Historical Society Inc

2110 Glenelg Highway, Lake Bolac
Contact Name
Karen McIntyre- -Treasurer

Preservation and Display of historical photos; research as required.

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PO Box 22 Streatham VIC 3351 Australia 19.85 km
Contact Name
Bruce Mckenna
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Station Street, Glenthompson 3293 27.21 km

Our history centre contains memorabilia pertaining to Glenthompson and district, including photographs, newspaper items and cemetery records, etc. Open at the former Glenthompson Railway Station every 3rd Sunday from 12pm-2pm and at other times by calling: Sylvia Wilson on (03) 5577 4352 or Tracey Potatau-Wright on (03) 5577 4215

Founding Date: 4th February 1992

General Information: We will showcase people and places from Glenthompson since the town was established in the mid 1800’s. People are welcome to contribute photos and stories to our page by submitting them to the Secretary via our email address.

Products: We can provide family history searches for a fee.
As at Jan 1 2019 the fees are as follows for all new requests:
search fee: $15 per hr
copy fees for records or information: 20c per A4 pa (20+ pgs 15c per copy).

Please note: We only have a couple of researchers at this time so there may be a delay in attending to your individual request. Thank you

Contact Name
Tracey Potatau-Wright, Secretary
The Ark Heritage Centre, 27 Shaw St, Mortlake VIC 3272 41.08 km

MDHS Inc seeks to collect and preserve documentary material relating to the heritage of Mortlake and district. The Society’s research collection is housed at The Ark Heritage Centre, opened in April 2004.

Contact Name
Craige Proctor, Secretary
PO Box 25, Derrinallum VIC 42.44 km

Local records, visiting local sites of interest & significance.

Contact Name
Avon Buchholz
Wills St, Dunkeld 44.2 km

Social history museum of Dunkeld & District, from Major Mitchell to present day. Includes aboriginal artefacts, history of the wool industry, and a large photographic colleciton of the district.

Contact Name
Joyce Gordon, Secretary
Mongomery Street Skipton Vic 3361 Australia 45.84 km
Contact Name
Mary Bradshaw
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48 Queen Street, Ararat VIC 3377, Australia 48.17 km

The society is interested in local history which is on display in Langi Morgala Museum which includes mining, railways, church, council business, home life, sport, armed services, transport and agriculture.

Old Courthouse, 33 Martin St, Penshurst 3289 51.7 km

Collect items related to Penshurst’s history, and research family history queries.

Contact Name
Dr. Joy Doherty Secretary
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9 Livingstone Street, Beaufort VIC 3373 56.65 km

The Beaufort Historical Society is situated in the former Beaufort Court House, in Livingstone St, next door to the Uniting Church. The society has an extensive collection of family histories, photographs, newspapers, school and cemeteries records, etc.

Suburbs or towns: Beaufort; Chute; Raglan; Trawalla; Shirley; Waterloo; Stockyard Hill; Lake Goldsmith; Nerring; Eurambeen

Postal Address: 9 Livingstone Street, Beaufort VIC 3373

Facebook: Beaufort Historical Society, Victoria, Australia

PO Box 174 Terang VIC 3264 Australia 57.55 km
Contact Name
Bob Mcintosh
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71 Sussex Street, Linton VIC, Australia 63.58 km

The Society holdings include over 3,000 photographs, cemetery, school, church and Shire of Grenville records, Grenville Standard newspapers. The Society forms the Committee of Management for the 1874 Linton Library/Mechanics Institute.

Contact Name
Dr Jill Wheeler
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241 Manifold St, Camperdown VIC, Australia 63.61 km

Volunteer based, non-profit organisation dedicated to Camperdown & district history in the south west of Victoria, Australia.

Postal Address – PO Box 243 Camperdown, VIC 3260

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Woolsthorpe, VIC 3276 63.92 km
WDHS can conduct research of family names & infrastructure

We can do research for you about your family and what they left behind.

School Registers, Cemetery Names, Homesteads and Geographical Maps.

For any enquires please contact: Glenyce McDowell,  glen.ian@bigpond.com.au

 

C/- Snake Valley Post Office Snake Valley VIC 3351 Australia 66.36 km
Contact Name
Noella Young
Cape Clear VIC, Australia 67.5 km

Photos, maps, documents, information, all aspects of life in the gold fields and farming areas surrounding Cape Clear & District Historical Society.

Halls Gap VIC 3381 69.48 km

Photos, etc, of Halls Gap and Grampians.

Contact Name
Kathy McDonald, Secretary

Our organisation’s aim or purpose is collecting and preserving items of local history, including schools, dairy and sheep industries, war memorabilia, etc. We call it “preserving the old and present for the future.” We were established in 1985 at the request of many locals and were helped in this by Heytesbury and Camperdown societies.

Cobden and District Historical Society are also now doing more family research for families from the area. If you are interested please contact them via the email address listed.

Contact Name
Judith Gribble or Jennifer Kripp
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43 Gray Street, Hamilton VIC, Australia 72.15 km

We have a large holding of family biographies, photographs, early history of local hotels, district properties as well as facilities for research. There are also rate records for various shires and we have just completed a project of businesses within the city.

Contact Name
Cheryl Green, Secretary
46 Longfield Street, Stawell VIC, Australia 72.36 km
Contact Name
Jim Melbourne
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c/o POST OFFICE SMYTHESDALE VIC 3351 Australia 74.49 km
The Woady Yaloak Historical Society was formed in 1985.  The society researches the area of the former Woady Yaloak goldfields. We seek to document and preserve the history of the Woady Yaloak Goldfields by the acquisition and presentation of documentation
The general area of interest to the society is the area surrounding the mining district of the Woady Yaloak Creek from Haddon to the Devil’s Kitchen. Settlements in the district included Bunker’s Hill, Sago Hill, Smythe’s Creek, Haddon, Nintingbool, Ross Creek, Smythesdale, Canico, Brown’s Diggings, Scarsdale, Black Hill, Newtown, Brownsvale, Golden Lake, Italian Gully, Staffordshire Reef, Grand Trunk, Happy Valley and Lucky Woman’s
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