Following is a list of the recipients of grants through the second group
of the fifth round of the Local History Grants Program, announced in June
2007 by Lynne Kosky MP, the Minister for Arts.
| Australian
Institute Of Genealogical Studies: Bendigo Mining Fatalities
1856 - 2005 |
Book detailing
the biographies of over 1,000 men who have died as a result of mining
accidents in the Bendigo Area |
| Ballarat City Rowing
Club: History of Ballarat Regatta - Australia's Inland
Henley 1862-2002 |
Book that will bring together
the history of the Ballarat Regatta demonstrating the sporting,
social, cultural and financial impact it has had on Ballarat over
140 years |
| Bena Community Group
Inc: Bena and District History |
Collection, collation and recording
of local historic information and in its final publication as a
book and DVD |
| Birchip Historical
Society Inc: Purchase acid-free storage boxes |
Catalogue and store paper documents,
certificates, newspapers, memorabilia, and textiles |
| Bundoora Homestead
Art Centre And Preston Historical Society: Bundoora Homestead:
The Smith Family Era 1899 - 1920 Publication |
Publish the stories of the
people who lived at Bundoora Homestead covering the Smith family
who owned the Homestead and their staff |
| Castlemaine Historical
Society Inc: Newspaper Editorials Index 1862 - 1883 |
Database of editorials from
two Castlemaine Newspapers; "Our Daily News" (1862 - 1869)
and "Castlemaine Leader" (1870 - 1883) |
| Charlton Golden Grains
Museum Inc: Digitisation, Storage and Reproduction of Photographic
Collection |
Scan and archive historical
photo collection. Reproduce photos and display in new albums |
| Civil Aviation Historical
Society: Essendon and Melbourne Airports Historical Photographic
Display |
Produce portable displays,
comprising photographs, maps and text relating to the history of
Essendon and Melbourne Airports |
| Collingwood Historical
Society Inc: Hotels of Collingwood |
Online guide to each of Collingwood's
existing and former hotels |
| Dunkeld And District
Historical Museum: Local Film Collection |
Archiving a collection of films
(approx 300 hours) belonging to a deceased estate, which detail
the social history of the wider Dunkeld district over approximately
75 years |
| Dunolly Hospital History
Group: A 150 Year History of Dunolly Hospital - A Community
Perspective |
Collect historical sources
of the history of the hospital and develop a printed publication |
| Echuca Historical Society
Inc: Echuca 1882 Hospital Theatre exhibit |
Establish an archival museum/history
room in the original 1882 Operating theatre at Echuca District Hospital |
| El Dorado Museum Association
Inc: Photographic Restoration Display & Storage |
Repair and restore from originals
and negatives, several hundred photos depicting El Dorado mining
and social history from the 1850s to the 1950s for archival and
display purposes |
| Friends Of Mount Alexander
Diggings Inc: Mount Tarrengower Interpretive Signage |
Design and construct four enamelled
display boards which will tell the story of the history of the Mount
Tarrengower lookout tower, the operation and history of the fire
lookout, local geology/vegetation etc. |
| Gannawarra Shire Council:
Major Mitchell's Campsite Revisited |
Replace the only Major Thomas
Mitchell Campsite sign in the Shire of Gannawarra |
| Geelong Voices:
Geelong Voices Oral History Project Completion of Audio Archiving |
Archiving of recorded oral
history in the form of over 220 audio tapes of interviews conducted
with a variety of local people on Geelong Community Radio during
the 1990's. They contain fascinating and memorable stories of Geelong. |
| Hopetoun Branch Of
The C.W.A Of Victoria Inc: Hopetoun C.W.A Records Conservation
and Preservation |
Preservation and display of
Hopetoun C.W.A historical records covering the last 70 years of
the district's history |
| Katunga Development
Committee: Local History Panels for Katunga's Memorial
Park |
Design and construct history
panels in the Katunga Memorial Park to complement the already existing
panels commemorating the Soldier Settlers and the History of Irrigation |
| Landsborough and District
Historical Group Inc: Lost Schools of the Pyrenees |
Research the building and correspondence
files of ten closed schools in the Pyrenees area of Victoria, collect
local information and photographs, and produce a book which will
record the history of these 'lost' schools |
| Latrobe Ladies Probus
Club: Latrobe Ladies |
To make a book from the collected
stories of senior local women living and working in this community |
| Leongatha And District
Historical Society: Leongatha Historical Society Website
Project |
Establish a website for the
Leongatha Historical Society to provide information to the general
public on the society's resources and the history of the region |
| Lifestyle Dookie:
Days of Dance |
The project ‘Days of Dance’
will collate local historical information relating to the dance
halls that were once a major part of the social life of rural communities
in Dookie and District |
| Marysville & District
Historical Society Inc: Conservation and Cataloguing -
Documents and Objects |
Our research material of photographs,
newspapers, reminiscences, profiles and archival materials need
to be preserved. Currently they are stored inadequately; up-to-date
archival preservation systems will be used |
| Merrigum And District
Historical And Education Society Inc: Agriculture, Horticulture
and Pastoral Exhibition |
Enlarge photos of agricultural,
horticulture and pastoral implements, machines and equipment actually
being used |
| Mildura And District
Genealogical Society: Conservation and encapsulation of
parish plans |
The Mildura society's project
is to conserve and encapsulate a set of 80 original Parish plans
mainly from the local area dating from the years 1892 to 1960.
The plans, which are held by the society, can then be more accessible
to the public |
| Mornington Historical
Society Inc: The Peninsula Post Preservation Project (Final
Phase) |
To complete the digitisation
of the unique but fragile 1914-1966 collection of The Peninsula
Post newspaper located at the Mornington and District Historical
Society (M&DHS) by scanning, enhancing and printing copies for
cataloguing on a database |
| Moyhu Lions Club Inc:
Moyhu Community Agricultural Machinery Museum |
Develop interpretative panels
and a website that documents the farm machinery at the Moyhu Community
Agricultural Museum.
Establish this as a project for Year 9 students from the Wangaratta
High School Community Learning Centre |
| Murrabit Promotions
Committee Inc: Murrabit - Bringing our Heritage into our
Future |
Install 4 centrally located
information boards to display and promote the town as a former railway
station on the Kerang - Murrabit - Stony Crossing Railway Scheme.
The information boards will also display and promote the town and
district's heritage. |
| Myrtleford And District
Historical Society Inc: 'A Good Picture Town': The History
and Place of Italian Cinema in the Myrtleford Community |
This project will capture and
communicate the untold story of Italian film screenings in Myrtleford
(occurring regularly from 1950-1970) as a notable, vividly remembered
feature of the cultural and business landscape of the post-war town
and surrounds. |
| Nathalia & District
Historical Society Inc: Computer cataloguing for Nathalia |
It is the desire of the Nathalia
Historical Society members to record the collection of local items
of historic significance at Nathalia Museum onto a quick reference
computer file which would include a photograph and the story behind
the significance of the item. |
| National Trust Of Australia
(Victoria): An oral history of the Melbourne Docks and
associated communities |
The recording and presentation
of oral histories of dock workers, seafarers and associated communities
in the Port of Melbourne and their life on Melbourne's Waterfront |
| Notting Hill Community
Association Inc: Notting Hill Residents History Project |
To document with text, pictures
and memorabilia the history of the residential area of the Notting
Hill suburb - the first purpose-designed housing estate in Melbourne
- and its influence on several generation of residents. The material
will be used to form an exhibit |
| Numurkah And District
Historical Society Inc: Book entitled "Women of the
Settlement" |
Our Society has decided to
publish a book, using stories written by the wives and/or daughters
of the Murray Valley Soldier Settlement, which began in 1947 |
| Powlett Plains And
District Community Centre Inc: A Snapshot of Time - 150
Years of Community |
Purchase large picture frames
and get 100+ Historic photographs copied and put on permanent display
in the Powlett Plains Public Hall. |
| Rainbow Progress Association
Inc: Voices from the Past |
We aim to record on audiotape
and/or DVD/videotape, the stories of local residents so that the
hard copy based current collection can be developed. |
| Ringwood Historical
Society: The 48 Courts of Heathmont |
The 48 Courts of Heathmont
project involves the publication of a booklet of about 150 pages,
featuring the history of each court. The booklet will be launched
mid-November 2007. |
| Rye Historical Society
Inc: History of the Rye Cemetery |
Produce a book on the history
of the Rye Cemetery. The book will detail the early history of Rye
and the lives of the early settlers who are buried in the Cemetery |
| See Yup Society Inc:
See Yup Temple Tablets Documentation Project |
The project will translate
inscriptions on 13,000 wooden memorial tablets of the See Yup members
who have died in Victoria since the 1850s, document the information
and place on the world-wide web |
| South Gippsland Conservation
Society Inc: Gippsland Lady Botanists |
Terri Allen, a member of the
society, has written the biographies of eight Gippsland lady botanists
who greatly influenced naturalists in this area throughout the last
century. Some of them were the first recorders and collectors of
many species that are present in the area |
| St Nicholas Antiochian
Orthodox Church: St Nicholas Church: Cradle of Orthodoxy
in Melbourne |
Write a book and mount an exhibition
featuring the 75 year history of St Nicholas Church, East Melbourne
1932 - 2007. The importance of St Nicholas is that it was the first
and only Lebanese organisation established in Melbourne until the
1950s |
| Tatong Heritage Group
Inc: History of Tatong |
The funding request is to cover
the production of two booklets on specific areas of the history
of Tatong, which will be used in turn to fund consequent booklets |
| The Pyramid Hill And
District Historical Society Inc: Book on the Boer War "All
Back but One" |
Research, print the history
of Pyramid Hill and Durham Ox Victorian Mounted Rifles. Also letters
written by the soldiers who fought in the African War (Boer War) |
| Trust For Nature (Victoria):
When I was on Ned's Corner |
The project will collect the
stories of people who worked on Ned's Corner, located 80 Kilometres
west of Mildura. Ned's Corner, a former pastoral fun, is now owned
by Trust for Nature, a conservation organisation committed to conserving
natural and cultural heritage |
| Upper Goulburn Community
Association Inc: Miners Hut Reserve |
Provide historical information
about the district and gold mining, and about the actual site itself.
All this is now drafted, photos selected |
| Victorian Home Economics
And Textiles Teachers Association: Reflecting the past |
Research an oral history project
(commemorative journal) on fifty years of the Victorian Home Economics
and Textiles Teachers Association |
| Wahgunyah Progress
Association Incorporated: Track Storyboards |
The WPA Inc. has and is developing,
in cooperation with the Shire of Indigo and other volunteer bodies,
approximately 40 kilometres of walking/cycling tracks in the bush
along the Murray River around the town. We intend to place a number
of local history boards along the trail |
| Wandong - Heathcote
Juction Community Group Inc: Wandong-Heathcote Junction
History Recording |
Collate information and publish
a book on the history of Wandong-Heathcote Junction which once had
thriving timber, brick and mining industries. Produce a brochure
to promote the towns mainly focusing on their history and including
our walking trail |
| Wangaratta Historical
Society Inc: Introducing the Pangerang people of Wangaratta |
Publish a book which depicts
the Pangerang Aboriginal Community of Wangaratta from 1836, and
their interaction with the squatters of the time |
| Yackandandah And District
Historical Society Inc: Sifting Through the Ashes |
Conserve, reproduce, transcribe,
retype and catalogue local history documents and photographs damaged
in a fire, which gutted the bank building of the Bank of Victoria
Museum |
| Yarck Mechanics' Institute
And Public Hall Trustees: Images of Yarck and District
Photographic and memorabilia Exhibition |
Scan, enlarge, caption, print, catalogue and burn
to CD digital images of an estimated 400 historical photographs
and documents, collected May 2007- April 2008, from local families
and other sources, that pertain to Yarck and District |
Following is a list of the recipients of grants through the LHGP 2006/07,
announced by John Thwaites MP, the Minister for Victorian Communities
in October 2006. The 41 organisations that received funding
were:
| Aboriginal Children's
Choir |
Publication
of teaching songs and games in Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta languages |
| Bayswater Bullets
Little Athletics Club |
Bayswater Bullets
Little Athletics Club 40th Anniversary History Project |
| Beaufort Historical
Society Inc. |
Binding of Riponshire
Advocate newspaper. |
| Benjeroop Public Hall
Inc |
Benjeroop &
District Historic Markers |
| Bright & District
Historical Society Inc. |
Buckland Valley
Gold Field Riot Commemoration 1857-2007 |
| Buchan Heritage Group
Inc. |
The Pasture
Seekers - The Stories of Buchan and District Pioneers. |
| Casterton District
Historical Society Inc. |
Purchase of
Microfilm Reader / Printer |
| Charlton Lawn Tennis
Club Inc |
125 Years of
Tennis in Charlton |
| Dandenong and District
Historical Society |
Preservation
of photo collection by scanning |
| Echuca-Moama Family
History Group Incorporated |
Acquire 110
rolls microfilm of the Riverine Herald newspaper |
| Essendon Historical
Society |
Moonee Ponds
Courthouse and Precinct Exhibition |
| Frankston Historical
Society Inc |
The Life &
Times of Ballam Park Homestead |
| Friends Of Box Ironbark
Forests (Fobif) |
Charlie Sanger:
The Last Victorian Bushranger |
| Glen Iris Hartwell
Uniting Church |
Glen Iris Hartwell
Uniting Church Local Community Heritage Project |
| Hastings Western Port
Historical Society Inc. |
Hastings Memories |
| Healesville and District
Historical Society |
A History of
Healesville's Guest Houses |
| Hepburn Shire Council |
Microfilming
of Creswick Advertiser newspaper |
| History Council Of
Victoria |
Promoting Victorian
Community History in Victorian Secondary Schools |
| Hopetown And District
Historical Society |
Digital Copying
of Photos, Documents & Newspaper |
| Inverleigh Historical
Society |
Inverleigh at
War - The Impact of the First and Second World Wars on a Small Victorian
Community |
| Katamatite Historical
Society Inc |
History of Katamatite |
| Linton & District
Historical Society Inc |
Chinese Interpretive
Board |
| Loddon Neighbourhood
House Inc |
Wedderburn and
Districts Historical Memories |
| Longwarry Hall Committee
Of Management Inc. |
Fraser Siding
Historical Display |
| Melbourne's Living
Museum Of The West Inc |
Beautiful Braybrook |
| Mildura Rowing Club
Inc |
The Mildura
Rowing Club - 1923 to 2006 |
| Minyip And District
Historical Society Inc |
Photocopier
and Map Drawer Project |
| Murrayville Liaison
Committee |
History of Murrayville
& District |
| Newstead & District
Historical Society Inc. |
Indexing of
Mount Alexander Mail 1904-1960 |
| Red Cliffs Secondary
College |
Every Day Heroes |
| Royal Historical Society
Of Victoria |
Develop management
tools for local historical societies, published to CD ROM and the
Web. |
| Ruffy Primary School
120 Commemoration Committee |
From Pioneer
to Present and beyond in the Ruffy Tablelands |
| Sandhurst Football
Netball Club |
Sandhurst Football
Netball Club - Towards 150 |
| South Gippsland Conservation
Society Inc |
History of the
South Gippsland Conservation Society |
| Strzelecki Public
Hall Incorporated |
The Spirit of
Strzelecki |
| Sunbury Family History
Society |
Updating Kyneton
Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions to CD |
| Swan Hill Genealogical
And Historical Society |
Copying of Swan
Hill Guardian 1965-1980 |
| Pioneer Settlement,
Swan Hill |
Takasuka 100th
Year Celebration |
| The Museum Of Chinese
Australian History |
Chinatown: After
the Gold Rush |
| Upper Murray Historical
Society Inc |
Digitisation
of Corryong Couriers |
| Wycheproof Historical
Society Inc. |
Did they live
in the Mallee |
