The Heidelberg Historical Society’s updated website was recently launched at Watsonia Library by Ms Lindy Stagg, a Director of the East Ivanhoe and Heidelberg branches of the Bendigo Bank. The new website includes information about the Society, the Museum, the speakers program, the collection, the newsletter, the history of the district and a page of comprehensive links of local interest including links to Victorian Historical . . . more »

The next meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society will be held at the Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon St Ivanhoe, on Tuesday 9th August at 8.00 p.m. The speaker will be Marion Jones who will present "Rats of Tobruk: readings from a stretcher-bearer's diary". All welcome. Enquiries 9455 2130 (message service)

The award winning "An Invitation to a Ball" exhibition has been extended into December. To read more about it, visit the Heidelberg Historical Society. Their last meeting for the year is on Tuesday December 14 2010 with guest speaker Bev Briese OAM speaking about "Elizabeth Austin: the woman & her legacy 100 years on from her death". The meetings take place at the Unitng Church . . . more »

The Next meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society is a talk entititled Finding Fairy Hills: Using local records for Historical Research by Susan Reidy on Tuesday 8th June 2010, 8pm Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon St, Ivanhoe. Fairy Hills is a small residential place in the south-western corner of Ivanhoe. The name referes to just a few streets above the junction of the Yarra River . . . more »

David Weatherill will be speaking on 'Victorian Local Cemeteries' at the April meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society on Tuesday 13th April 2010 at 8.00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon Street Ivanhoe and visitors are very welcome.

The February meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society will be held on Tuesday 9 February at the Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon Street Ivanhoe at 8.00 p.m. Samantha Vawdrey and Gay Cuthbert from the Heide Museum of Modern Art will speak on “The History of Heide and the Heidelberg Era: Myth or Reality.” Members and visitors welcome. Details 9455 2130 (message service).