Local History Grants Program 2008-09

Recipients

Following is a list of the recipients of grants through the 2008-09 round of the Local History Grants Program, announced on 31 March 2009 by Lynne Kosky MP, the Minister for Arts.

The 87 organisations that received funding are:

3CR - Audio tours of local history
Acheron Mechanics Institute - A short history of Acheron
Alphington Primary School Centenary Committee - Alphington Primary School – 100 Years of Learning
Anglesea and District Historical Society - Computer and Projector
Army History Unit Bandiana - Military History in Victoria: Balcombe and Bonegilla
Association of Turkish Cypriots Abroad - Journey of Hope
Australian Boys Choral Institute (ABCI) - Archiving the Australian Boys Choral Institute historical records.
Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - Diverse lives, diverse images - scrapbook and photograph collection preservation and digitisation.
Australian Red Cross Geelong Barwon Region - Quiet Achievers: Cameos of Red Cross Commitment
Barengi Gadjin Land Council - Barengi Gadjin Creation Story Project
Barham-Koondrook Historical Society, Inc. - Display Stands
Beaufort Historical Society - Riponshire Newspaper
Benalla And District Historical Society Inc - Research Room Displays and Cataloguing Program
Bendigo Art Gallery - Bendigo Community Oral History Project
Bendoc Progress Association Inc. - The North Bendoc Public School Project
Bengworden CWA - Memories of Bengworden
Birchip Historical Society - The preparation and printing of local history books
Buda Historic Home & Garden Incorporated - 'The Levinys of Buda' History Booklet
Casey Grammar School - CASEY SOLDIERS PROJECT
Chetwynd Community Centre - Memories of Chetwynd
Coonara Community House Inc - UPPER GULLY MEMORIES VOL. 2
Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Inc - Single but not alone: A 40 Year History of The Council of Single Mothers and their Children, 1969-2009’
Creswick District Development Association Inc. - Creswick of the Lindsay's Oral History Project
Dandenong and District Historical Society - At bursting point
Darebin Libraries - Capturing the voices
Darebin Parklands Association - Darebin Parklands – A Living History
Donald History & Natural History Group - Donald & District Consolidated Searchable Database & Website
East Keilor Sustainability Street Inc - Milleara Estate
East Loddon Historical Society Inc. - History Research of the East Loddon District
Flinders District Historical Society - Bush Ballads of a Peninsula Pioneer
Foster & District Historical Society Inc. - Oral History of the Fishing Industry and People of Port Franklin (Victoria)
Friends of Coolart Inc. - PRESERVATION OF PLANS, DOCUMENTS & PHOTOGRAPHS - Coolart Wetlands & Homestead
Friends of Wilson Botanic Park - BACK TO BERWICK QUARRY
Friends of Wyperfeld - WYPERFELD NATIONAL PARK - LOOKING BACK
Geelong Scout Heritage Centre - Centenary of Scouting in Geelong
Genoa Town Committee Inc - Reprint of Historical Book "Border Tales"
Gipsy Point Cemetery Trust Inc - Identify nine unmarked graves in a remote rural cemetery & to publish a booklet
Glastonbury Child & Family Services - Cataloguing and Imaging of Early Client Records
Glenelg Shire Council - Cultural Collection Wreck and Rescue
Harcourt Valley Heritage and Tourist Centre Inc - Harcourt Valley Heritage Collection Preservation Project
Hastings - Western Port Historical Society - Oral Maritime Stories of Hastings and Western Port
Heidelberg Historical Society Inc - Digitisation of HHS Microform Collection
Inglewood Development and Tourism Committee - Blue Eucy Oil Booklet
Kariwara District Association - One hundred years of scouting in Footscray
Kerang and District Band Inc - Publication - "Playing in Time: A History of Kerang Band"
Kerang and District Family History Group - "Days Gone Bye, a declaration of our heritage"
Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House — Kinglake Historical Society - Kinglake History Preservation and Conservation
Kongwak Public Hall Inc - Kongwak - Valley of Peace - Update and Reprint
Koroit & District Historical Society Inc. - Conservation of Historical Society Collection
Lancefield Football/Netball Club Inc - Photographic Restoration & Preservation Project
Leongatha and District Historical Society - The Leongatha Historical Society Computer Upgrade
Marysville and District Historical Society - Conservation and cataloguing documents and objects
Melbourne Athenaeum Incorporated - Publication of a social history of the Melbourne Athenaeum (formerly the Melbourne Mechanics Institute and School of Arts)
Meredith Community House, Inc. - Historical Meredith-Education, Preservation, Publication, Continuation
Meriba Service Club of Colac - Register of Colac and District 1891 Petitioners
Merino Progress Association - Interpretive Heritage Street Signs
Minyip and District Historical Society - "Minyip Heritage Plaques"
Nhill and District Historical Society inc - “Importance of our Local Rag”
North Yarra Community Health - North Yarra Community Health History Project
Nullawil Historical Society - Click Go the Years
Old Gippstown - Book on Gippsland's History
Orbost & District Historical Society Inc - Digitisation of Richardson Collection
Paynesville Fire Brigade, Country Fire Authority - Paynesville Fire Brigade - Oral History
Peppers Plain Historical Sites Committee - Peppers Plain Historical Sites
Pyramid Hill and District Historical Society - Cemetery Book record of Pyramid Hill, Durham Ox and Mitiamo Cemeteries.
Raymond Island Community Association Inc. - Raymond Island Ferry Service 1888-2008
Romsey & Lancefield Districts Historical Society Inc - Collection of obituaries 1872-79
Rupanyup Historical Society Inc - State School Signs
Seymour and District Historical Society - Seymour's Wooden Wonder and Other Stories
Skipton and District Historical Society - Proper Storage for a Display of Military Uniforms, Decorations and Memorabilia
Snake Valley and District Historical Society - Digitising and cataloguing of photographic collection into database
St Arnaud Historical Society - Giving our Past a Future
St Kilda Historical Society - The History of St Kilda Volume 3 On-Line
Strathdale (Bendigo) Quilters Inc - Heritage Signature Quilt - 1895 - research and reveal
Strathmerton Community Coordinators - "Small Community, Big Hearts, A History of Strathmerton'"
Sunbury and District Heritage Association Inc - Collecting, conserving and recording the past for the future.
Sunday Creek Dry Creek Landcare Group - She Oak Hill to Lightwood Crossing – The Sunday Creek Dry Creek Local Place name project
Talbot Arts and Historical Museum Inc - Publication of a WW1 diary
Tallangatta and District Heritage Group - Cataloguing the town that moved collection
Terang & District Historical Society Inc. - Pictorial History of Terang & District.
Textile Clothing Footwear Union of Australia (Victorian Branch) - Can you hear the machines?
The Anglican Parish of Footscray - From Sudan to Footscray: Stories of Sudanese refugees
Themla Ross Memorial Uniting Church, Parwan South. - Themla Ross Memorial Church and the history of the Parwan District.
Wangaratta Historical Society - The Wangaratta Story
Woady Yaloak Historical Society Incorporated. - Women of the Woady Yaloak - Their story
Wodonga Family Historical Society Incorporated - Wodonga Cemetery Transcription
Yarram and District Historical Society - Preservation of Yarram and District Historical Society Inc Precious Documents

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