Mornington & District Historical Society

Mornington & District Historical Society Inc

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Publications

The following publications are available for purchase from Mornington Historical Society:

	Mornington This is a facsimile of a 1909 Mornington Progress Association brochure reprinted by the Mornington Historical Society in 2002. It describes in black and white pictures a country town at the beginning of the motor car age. - $3
	A memento of Mornington: the Old Post Office by Joan Patrick. 2004 The Government of Victoria established a postal agency at Snapper Point in 1856. It served a population of two and a half thousand people and brought commercial advantages to the little village and the farms surrounding it. This is a story about the range of services the Post Office provided for the little community at Mornington throughout the nineteenth century. - $5.00
	The Mornington Urban Fire Brigade was formed in 1917 but it was not untill 1920 that the Fire Station was completed due to slow fundraising during the war. This book Ready and Willing - We Strive to Serve, written by Colin Fisher OAM from material gathered from the Brigade archives,local newspapers and the members themselves, commemorates the 90 year history of the Brigade. For just $10.00 plus p&p. this A4 full colour 100 page book is a thundering good read.

NB. Postage included in the above prices

The Mornington & District Historical Society Inc also publishes:

Mornington & District Historical Society Inc. Newsletter distributed to members four times a year.
(Click link for latest copy of newsletter as a pdf.)

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First Day Covers

In 2003, when the Old Post Office Museum building was 140 years old, Australia Post created a special post mark for the museum. It is used on covers printed with a description of the post mark. The post mark cancellation stamp has a life of only ten years so these covers will be rare in years to come.

First Day Covers available:

Mornigton Fire Brigade 90th Anniversary
Cost: $6.00 postage inc.

Commemorative Cover celebrating the sequicentenary (150 years) of Mornington Pier, formerly called "the jetty at Snapper Point". There is an insert in each of the covers. It is a photocopy of the page from the Victorian State Government's Appropriations Bill dated 24th Novmember 1857 allocating 4,000 pounds sterling to build a jetty at Snapper Point. The cancellation stamp on the cover is dated 24 November 2007, 150 years later.
Cost: $10.00 postage inc.

Other items for sale:

	Postcard - $1.50
	Bookmark - $1.00