will next meet at 3:30pm on
Monday May 20th
at the Tatong Memorial Hall
all welcome.
(Note the changed time, for earlier winter evenings.)
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Tatong Heritage Group Brochure; right-click to download (612kb)
Chris Hakkeness spoke about Tatong School Pine Plantation, as depicted on the story-board at Stony Creek, 5km South of Tatong.
At the reserve by the bridge just West of Tatong, Les MacLean gave the history of the McCashney mill and the tram-line that once came to that point.
In Tatong, by the CFA shed, Steve Warne described the Hawkers who once camped at that spot.
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Updated!
New research & history added.
"Missing Memories" the Moorngag Cemetery Project booklet
In 2017, a
project to identify the un-marked burial places within the
Moorngag Cemetery
with plaques was completed, in conjunction with the Moorngag
Cemetery Trust
and the Benalla Family Research Group.
Barry O'Connor, who initiated and facilitated the project, has
compiled a booklet which lists those individuals marked, and
some of the information found by the researchers involved.
The
booklet can be download here, as a PDF. 2.2MB
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Commemorating Votes
for Women
In 2008, then THG President Elaine Brogan inspired the Tatong community to engage in a Victorian Government project, commemorating a century of women having the right to vote in Victoria. In 1891 a Monster Petition had collected 30,000 signatures; in 2008, Tatong women and girls were invited to embroider their signature and occupation on the banner. Our thanks to Gerry Hevey who transformed the banner into an artwork with her quilting skills. The colour scheme purple symbolised dignity, white purity and green hope. Pat Manser, President of the Tatong Memorial Hall, has offered that the banner may be displayed in the hall.
In the photo below, Bev
Hakkennes is holding up the banner. Truly!
"Missing
Memories" the Moorngag Cemetery Project booklet
In 2017, a
project to identify the un-marked burial places within the
Moorngag Cemetery
with plaques was completed, in conjunction with the Moorngag
Cemetery Trust
and the Benalla Family Research Group.
Barry O'Connor, who initiated and facilitated the project, has
compiled a booklet which lists those individuals marked, and
some of the information found by the researchers involved.
The
booklet can be download here, as a PDF. 2.2MB.
Hume &
Hovell 190 / 90 Year Commemoration
November 2014 marked 190 years since Hamilton
Hume & William Hovell camped at Fern Hills,
on their way to the Southern coast in 1824.
In 1924 the Hume & Hovell monument was erected at Fern
Hills, near where they are though to have camped. THG had a
Commemoration Day on in November 2014
Photo courtesy the Harrison collection.
Where
were Davy Falls, Tatong?
This
photo listed in Trove shows a scene from c. 1890. W. H.
Ferguson, who was taking a series of photographs of "Gippsland
and the Victorian high country". He took a few of Tatong
district.
Janet Hauptman guesses it may be taken from Mt Pleasant. When
the temperature drops it will be followed up upon - we need the
modern version to compare it with.
Below is a Shrunk version, but the original is very high
resolution - glass plates are wonderful. When the original is
studied in full resolution, the number of fallen & dead
trees is remarkable.
Bev unearthed this old cutting, with the
caption:
2008
is One Hundred Years since Australian women were entitled to
vote in this country's democracy. (More information at 
