The Greensborough Historical Society is running one of their Heritage Forums again this Saturday. Speakers include local teacher and historian Felicity Williams who has researched the WW1 diggers of Greensborough. There will also be a speaker on using family history resources. More details at the Greensborough Historical Society blog . . . more »

Fantastic news from TROVE. Victoria’s third newspaper is to the “Hurstbridge Advertiser”. Some pages are already on line with more to come. It is currently focusing from 1922 -1939. The Hurstbridge Advertiser superceded the Evelyn Observor from my understanding. It’s masthead provides a good description of its reporting area: “This paper has a good and increasing circulation throughout the Counties of Evelyn and Bourke, comprising . . . more »

Lots of events happening for the local and family history community in coming weeks. Today – February 7 marks the second anniversary of Black Saturday which severely impacted two municipalities in our Region. Congratulations to the Plenty Historical Society who celebrate their 10th anniversary on February 8. “Remembering 20th Century Melbourne” Bruce McBrien is guest speaker for Heidelberg Historical Society on Tuesday Feb 8. “We . . . more »