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 2009
At each meeting we usually have a speaker to tell us about some topic related to local history. Currently planned speakers include:

2009

• Jan 2009 - no general meeting but we will open to the public on Australia Day from 11am - 3pm.
• Thu Feb 26 - Graham Jordan - The story of Melbourne's Trams
• Thu Mar 26 - George Dore - Building Mulgrave to Monash
• Thu Apr 23 - Major General Frank Poke - Darwin WW2
• Sun May 24 - Scott Brown - The Preservation of Old Photographs
• Sun June 28 - No meeting but the Heritage Steam train will run for the 5th year
• Sun July 26 - Prof. Frank Leahy - Burke & Wills
• Sun Aug 23- AGM A time to Remember - An Afternoon at the Flicks
• Thu Sep 24 - Remembering Waverley - A panel of pioneers reflect
• Thur Oct 22 - Dr Fiona Hill - The Essex Heights Estate
• Thur Nov 26 - Christmas Meeting
• Dec - No meeting

Watch this page for updates and further information.

2008 Programme

• Jan 08 - no meeting
• Thur Feb 28 - Ray Peace - Eliza's Vision: The Story of Wattle Park
  .................. Wattle Park's growth from a paddock to a prized oasis in the eastern suburbs
• Thur Mar 27 - Jeff Turnbull - A Pocketful of coins and penny for your thoughts
  .................. Jeff explores some of the interesting coins used during the establishment and growth of Australia
• Thur Apr 24 - Anzac Meeting: Julia Harris - A childhood in a Japanese internment camp
  ................. A young girl's experience during the WW2
• Sun May 25 - Ray Galloway - The history of Ventura Bus Lines
  ................A behind the scenes look at the growth Ventura Bus Lines from a one man business to large fleet
• 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
  ............... The background to Kevin's Book -- "Gun Alley: Murder, Lies, and Failure of Justice, the story behind the 1921 murder of
  ............... Melbourne schoolgirl Alma Tirtschke.
• Sun Aug 24 - AGM "Two on the Aisle" a series of newsreel movies from the 40s and 50s
• Thu Sep 25 - Laurie Burchell - Monash versus Moreland : a comparison
  .............. An interesting comparison of a range of features of two suburbs at similar distances from Melbourne central
  ...............but with a different style of growth over the years
• Thu Oct 23 - Clive Enticott - Melbourne's Missing Mansions
  ............. A fascinating pictorial session of a range of mansions throughout Melbourne & suburbs that have been demolished.
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• Thu Nov 27 - Xmas Meeting format TBA
• Dec - no meeting

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
• Recording of significant plaques in the city of Monash
• History of street names
• Pioneer Biographies
• Bricks & brickworks in the district - research project
• Origin of reserves - research project
• Day trips:
• Membership list and contact details (including other societies)