Opening Hours
Our Rooms which are located above the Mt Waverley
Library in Miller Cres. Mt Waverley, are open each Wednesday
(except over the Christmas break) from 1pm to 5pm (and 1pm to
8.30pm on the third Wednesday of each month) or by appointment,
for individual research and working discussion groups.
Meetings
General meetings are held at the WHS Rooms above the Mt.
Waverley branch of the Monash Public Library (41 Miller Crescent,
opposite the Mt. Waverley Railway Station - North side).
Meetings are held at 8pm on the 4th Thursday of February,
March, April, September, October & November; and in the
winter months 2pm on the 4th Sunday of May, June, July, August.
New Members
Prospective new members and visitors are welcome to all
our general meetings and to visit us at our informal sessions on
Wednesday afternoons.
Our Programme 2008
At each meeting we usually have a speaker to tell
us about some topic related to local history. Currently planned
speakers include:
- 2008
- Jan 08 - no meeting
- Thur Feb 28 - Ray Peace - Eliza's Vision: The Story of
Wattle Park
- Thur Mar 27 - Jeff Turnbull - A Pocketful of coins and
penny for your thoughts
- Thur Apr 24 - Anzac Meeting: Julia Harris - A childhood
in a Japanese internment camp
- Sun May 25 - Ray Galloway - The history of Ventura Bus
Lines
- Sun Jun 22 - No meeting but the Heritage Train Shuttle
will operate between Darling and Glen Waverley stations
on 29 June
- Sat Jul 19 - Open Day to the public
- Sun Jul 27 - Kevin Morgan - Murder Most Foul
- Sun Aug 24 - AGM "Two on the Aisle"
- Thu Sep 25 - Laurie Burchell - Monash versus Moreland : a
comparison
- Thu Oct 23 - Clive Enticott - Melbourne's Missing
Mansions
- Thu Nov 27 - Xmas Meeting format TBA
- Dec - no meeting
2009
- Jan 2009 - no meeting
- Thu Feb 26 - Graham Jordan - The story of Melbourne's
Trams
- Thu Mar 26 - George Dore: Building Mulgrave to Monash
- Thu Apr 23 -
- Sun May 24 -
- Sun June 28 - No meeting = Heritage Steam train??
- Sun July 26 -
- Sun Aug 23-
- Thu Sep 24 -
Watch this page for updates and further information.
Current Projects
A number of projects are underway amongst
society members including:
- Cataloguing and indexing of documents and maps
- Indexing of photographs
- Indexing of local newspapers
- History of street names
- Pioneer Biographies
- Bricks & brickworks in the district - research
project
- Origin of reserves - research project
- Day trips: ideas; confirmed plans
- Membership list and contact details (including other
societies)