Our quarterly newsletter is free to members and $2 a copy to non-members. Past issues have featured the following feature articles as well as current events within the Society, research enquiries etc. These are available for sale by mail order for $2.50 which includes postage and handling. Contributions to the newsletter are welcome.
December 2012
William Crilley 1861-1940 by Laele Pepper
Melbourne General Cemetery Tour
September 2012
An old time rider: Kilmore distinction (Kilmore Free Press 28 March 1935)
Men Poodles (Kilmore Free Press 27 April 1865)
March 2012
Development of local government in Kilmore by Grahame Thom
December 2011
The Life of James Crossley ny Jennifer Penman
The Easter encampment at Kilmore, 1911 (reprinted from The Kilmore Echo 1911 St Jospeh's College school magazine) by Agnes Tobin
September 2011
Kilmore's birth certificate by Francis Payne
June 2011
A. Skehan & Co. Funeral Directors
Tour of Mt William stone axe quarry
Vale Mary Clancy
History on the Net - Australian Newspapers, an update
March 2011
George Wilson (1811-1896) and the Merriang Shire Council by Allan Wilson
The First Inland Town in Victoria - a response by Graham Thom
December 2010
The First inland town in Victoria? Further reflections on the Kilmore claim to primacy by Geoff Hewitt MA
September 2010
James Warren - Watchmaker and pawnbroker c.1833-1877 by Heather Knight
Kilmore Public Cemetery Memorial Garden
June 2010
Glossary of Kilmore Hospital Day Book diagnoses by Francis Payne
March 2010
Kilmore Hospital in the newspapers
The origins of Kilmore Hospital by Laele Pepper
December 2009
Kilmore Public Cemetery - Crane and Hammond by Grahame Thom
National Directory of Victoria Kilmore Alphabetical Directory 1866-1867
September 2009
The Early Church in Kilmore Kilmore Free Press, Thursday 5 February 1914
Subscriptions Paid towards the Rev Father O'Rouke's Monument Names of subscribers Kilmore Free Press 18 October 1866
Kilmore Dairy Company Lyn Boyd
Women and the vote in Victoria
The Missing soldiers of Fromelles Lambis Englezos and Tim Whitford
June 2009
The Semple Family by Barbara Wilson
Matron Mary Mackenzie Finlay by Liz Pidgeon
She Oak Hill to Lighwood Crossing
March 2009
The Old Doctor Dr William Henry Semple by Barbara Wilson
Thomas Vincent Hunt KIlmore's connection to Pheasant Wood, Fromeliles, France
The Willomavin Road Board by Grahame Thom
The medical side of Family History by Liz Pidgeon
December 2008
Lazarus (Jacob) Berlowitz 1827-1902 by Laele Pepper
Private Timothy Leydon 5057 by Barbara Wilson
September 2008
7 Gipps Street - the home of Kilmore cordial by Joanne McFadyen & Maxine Shea
Newspapers on the Web by Elizabeth Pidgeon
June 2008
A Plea for judicial clemency - including signatories to the petiton for clemency for David Gedge 1863, from the Bylands, Kilmore and Wallan Wallan Districts by Anne Hanson
March 2008
Colonial Bank of Australasia - Kilmore Branch : a brief history of the bank at 1 Powlett Street: 1858-1882 by Heather Knight
Finding "lost" ancestors by Ken Joiner
Evans Family by Yvonne Parker
Wallders - Proudly 100 years old
December 2007
Thomas Roberts: resident of Kilmore 1848-1868 by Laele Pepper
Kilmore Directory September 1944
September 2007
What happened to Pretty Sally by Grahame Thom
Kilmore - those that came before amended speech by Heather Knight at the launch of the publication in July 2007
June 2007
Kilmore Town Hall by Bill Hannan
Patrick Hickey's shop and residence - 83 Sydney Street by Heather Knight
March 2007
The Joiner family in Kilmore by Ken Joiner
December 2006
Early Victorian settler Joel Cooper of Kilmore by Jenny Cooper
Local Directory 1928 (Office bearers of local clubs and institutions)
September 2006
There could not be a better place for making good beer: a history of brewing in Kilmore by Andrew T.T. Bailey
June 2006
Historic Kilmore photographs sold at auction in London
James and Isabella Thom: a Kilmore schoolteacher and his family by Grahame Thom
Kilmore Telephone Exchange List of approx 150 names published in the Kilmore Advertiser April 1928
March 2006
December 2005
Lauriston - a grand old dame by Heather Knight
September 2005
Thomas Huddlestone Slater by Jason Harley
Beavan Alfred Spurzherim : chemist, druggist, printer, journalist and editor by Lyn Nunn
June 2005
William Rutledge 1806-1878 by Liz Dillon-Hensby
March 2005
Fryerstown and its Kilmore connection by Elizabeth Pidgeon
Kilmore road names - updates/corrections by Elizabeth Pidgeon and Heather Knight
Visiting the new Victorian Archives Centre - by Barbara Wilson
British and Scottish wills online by Graham Thom
December 2004
Mitchell's Town - the first inland town in Victoria? by Geoff Hewitt
September 2004
The Reverend William Singleton by Reverend Jennifer Inglis M.A
Little Boy lost : another family myth, blarney or the truth? by Roslyn Livingston-Schubert
June 2004
The Ryan Family : Pioneers Of Pyalong by Elizabeth Pidgeon
March 2004
Reminiscences of Kilmore (probably written about 1920)
Why 1837? (a discussion on Kilmore's settlement) by Grahame Thom
Kilmore: Victoria's Earliest Inland Town by Heather Knight
December 2003
Helms Bros by Harold Ross
Kilmore House
September 2003
Archibald and Elizabeth Thom by Grahame Thom
June 2003
Edward White & the survey of the SA - Vic border by Alan J. Middleton
The murder at Sutton Veny by Peter Burness
The Durkin family of Kilmore by Heather Knight
March 2003
Tantaraboo Selector : the story of William & Caroline Knights by Heather Knight
December 2002
Kilmore in the past : article written for "The Kilmore Advertiser" by Finlay McNab in 1908
Maps on the internet
Dipping into the archives: Victorian benevolence (Kilmore Hospital)
A Walk down Kelly's lane.
Patrick Kelly and Margaret Reddan
September 2002
The Victorian inquest index 1840-1985 : with a glimpse into inquest files.
Dipping into the Archives : in the beginning. The Kilmore Hospital and history of medicine and nursing.
Roderick McLeod: No Godless Goat of Wallan
Richard Cooke (1898-1916) Fallen Soldier Of World War 1. (This article was the basis for a speech presented at the Pyalong Anzac Day Service in 2003.)
Kilmore and District World War 1 Soldiers and Nurses.
Kilmore Rate Book 1901 - Kilmore Division (i.e. the township) - Reproduced from the original book held in the Society's collection.
What's in a name? Origins behind Kilmore's street names.
Roy William Johnston - a short autobiography
Lest We Forget - Kilmore's Adopted Sons: the story of Richard and his son Dick Camm, settlers in Kilmore in the 1930s who were both to perish during WW2, includes extracts of letters from a soldier. (Updated 6th April 2004)
Federation: the birth of our nation
Extracts pertaining to Federation from the The Kilmore Advertiser and Kilmore Free Press.
The Beveridge's of Kilmore and Swan Hill
M. K. Beveridge
Kilmore Research Centre opens in Kilmore Courthouse
The last to leave: Reuben Ernest Knights
A tribute to "Bunny" Harrington
Kilmore Anglican Parish, 1849-1999
The Reverend William Jones Singleton (1806-1875)
The Boer War and the Districts' forgotten soldiers
Kilmore and District Boer War soldiers
Extracts from The Kilmore Advertiser pertaining to the Boer War
St. Patrick's, Kilmore
Gems from The Kilmore Advertiser
Kilmore Historical Society Page Updated 01 December, 2012