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Insurance certificates vary in amount of information. Some give a list of household furniture and personal property. Others describe the property, farm building etc. For further information contact Research Officer.

The People File
This file is growing all the time. Its contents vary, some hold a lot of information others not so much. Could be obituaries, certificates, marriage notices, cuttings of all sorts. Families are encouraged to put material in there and where they can be contacted, by those also looking for the same family.

The War Index
Covers all wars, has cuttings, photographs, death notices etc. Any one who wishes can add their family member to this collection with what information they would like to put in there.

Gippsland Standard
This newspaper, we hold on film from 1850's to 1940. Some of these have been indexed.
Years indexed:-
1882 -1889
1895 -1906
1909- 1912
1916 -1920 this index has a name index and is being added to as time permits. Other papers can be looked up if there is a date given. Lots of day to day information of your family and how they lived their lives.
This index covers B.D.M.'s Obituaries, events, clearing sales, meetings etc. Council meetings and sporting events are mentioned but not indexed as they are to big.

The records of the Yarram & District Historical Society include the areas and towns of Yarram, Alberton, Tarraville, Port Albert, Woodside, Tarra Valley, Won Wron, Macks Creek, Carrajung, Devon North, Jack River, Alberton West, Alberton East, Gelliondale, Hedley, Stacey's Bridge, Blackwarry, Balook, Baloong, Willung, Binginwarri, Willung South, Calrossie, Hiawatha, Woranga, Wonyip, Darriman and Giffard. The Society has many items of historical interest, large archives of local history, books, photographs, ephemera and other memorabilia covering the Old Alberton Shire.