Dromana and District Historical Society Inc.

Collections

Photographs

Come and see the collection of some 3000 Historical Photographs
covering
early development of the Mornington Peninsula.

Transport - (Sea, Road, Rail) - Rural Development - Farming
Leisure - Early Settler Families - Schools - Sport - Beaches

Copies of photographs and pictorial calendars are available for sale

Burrell Collection: permanent display

View our display and purchase your copy of the book
The Burrell Family of the Arthurs Seat Homstead
1851 - 1925

Artifacts

Tools and farm implements: seed spreader, portable forge
Domestic items used by original settlers, utensils, loom
Shire of Flinders: council table, chairs, desk, councillor photographs

Reference Material

Shire of Flinders: heritage study, alienations, various maps, books, newspaper clippings

Microfiche Records

Available only 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month
Victoria Births, Marriages and Deaths
Dromana Cemetery inscriptions
Flinders Cemetery records
Shire of Flinders rate book records to 1920

Miscellaneous

Follow the links from our Welcome page:
Circuit of Local Museums (Visit these museums)
Other web sites (Other sites of interest)
Speakers to the Society over the past nine years(Past Speakers)
Text on plaques around Red Hill, Dromana, Rosebud (Historical Markers)