Warragul and District Historical Society

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• Newspaper Cutting: Obituary of Sandra Hoskins, Marching Girls Association, Life Memberships in Netball Associations
  Gazette dated 21.02.2023 Obituary of Sandra Hoskins nee cottrell. died 4th december 2022. marching girls Association 1950's and 1960's Life member of Warragul and District Netball Association. Life member of Warragul and District Indoor Netball Association.
• Running Wild in the Scrub Launch Newspaper Cutting
  Gazette 14.07.2015 Article about the launch of the book - Running Wild in the Scrub, photographs of people present at the launch.
• Philips Atlas for Beginners - new and enlarged edition. possibly 1890's
  Book - Philips Atlas for Beginners - new and enlarged edition. possibly 1890's front of each page has the map, the back of the page is unprinted. There is stamped A D Buntine and student name is Jessie Buntine, Port Macquarie.
• Wayne Portelli and Isabella Weir - Tributes in Gazette 14.02.2023
  Gazette 14.02.2023 Obituaries and Tributes to Wayne Portelli - founder of Drypac and Elite Pak, developer of Indoor Cricket. died aged 70. to Isabell Weir ( Ough ) a passionate community worker, shire councillor. died aged 93.
• Trafalgar West and Trafalgar South - about the People, Postal and Telegraph Services. by John Hanley
  Book - Trafalgar West and Trafalgar South - about the People, Postal and Telegraph Services. by John Hanley
• Unveiling Ceremony for Soldiers' Memorial at Warragul in 1923
  Program Unveiling of Soldiers' Memorial at Warragul, Monday 9th April 1923. The back page has listed all those of Shire of Warragul killed in action, 62 names. Died of illness, Died of wounds, Died after returning to australia.
• Walhalla Heyday by G F James and C G Lee
  Book - Walhalla Heyday by G F James and C G Lee Many photographs, plans and surveys.
• Journey to the Eighties in Gippsland ( 1880's ) a Century of family stories. by A A York
  Book - Preface by David Buntine, Tallangatta, September 1981. page 56 the move to Drouin in 1954
• Happy-go-Lucky - A Gipppsland GGold Town 1863-1917 by Dorothy and Marjorie Morgan
  Book - Happy-go-Lucky - A Gipppsland GGold Town 1863-1917 by Dorothy and Marjorie Morgan located Stringers Creek near Walhalla.
• Badges from Various Associations and Orders
  6 Badges: 1 junior Independent Order of Rechabites 1 Independent Order of Rechabites 1 Independent Order of Rechabites for 30 years. 1 Independent Order of Rechabites with a chain. 1 Salvation Army Badge 1 Salvation Army Badge with honoured friend engraved on it. 1 CWA badge
• Heritage Gazette: The Gable Roof Controversy at Lamport Lane Cottage, Brandy Creek
  Gazette dated 07.02.2023 The heritage listed cottage in Lamport Lane at Brandy Creek believed to be one of the oldest in the former Buln Buln Shire has a heritage overlay but Baw Baw Shire has how passed the controversial gable roof as added during restoration in the 1950's.
• Victoria's Central Plan Office Records (2013)
  Article of 4 pages; Information on searching Titles, Property Certificates and Crown land Status through Central Plan Office and Instructions to access the Parish Plans in the Public Records Office of Victoria.
• Kurnai Elders' Address at Warragul Rotary Park Gathering
  Gazette dated 31.01.2023 Survival day gathering acknowledges the past at Warragul Rotary Park held on the 26th January 2025. Members of the Kurnai community met. Kurnai Elder Aunty Cheryl Drayton addressed the gathering.
• Tetoora Road Community Oral History DVD's
  Boxed set of 8 DVD's Tetoora Road Community centre - Centenary 1922 - 2022 Oral histories - running time 8 hours 33 minutes. Created by Christine Webb Committee President - Ann Bullen. Secretary / Treasurer - Margaret McDonald. Oral history by the following: Win Morgan, Mary Cullinan, Jean Long, Val Pratt, Carmel Weller, Adtrian Pratt, Kevin Long, Adrienne Butterworth, Mick Butterworth, Bob Gray, The Harlow sisters - Fay Boag, Wayne Notman, Marriot Family, McDonald family , Thomson Family, the School Boys - Peter Cadby, Angus mcDonald, Ann Bullen, Margaret McDonald, Christine Webb.
• Warragul Shire Municipal History, 1938-1956
  These 2 boxes are identified with green stickers Box 1. Dated July 1955 - September 1956 Warragul Shire Specifications: Bridges, Roads, Drains, Land Transfers Dated 1938 Park Improvements Contracts- Engineering. Box 2. Warragul Shire Specifications and Shire works.
• Warragul Council Vouchers: A Historical Archive
  Warragul Shire Council Vouchers stored in archival boxes numbered as below. Box 7. Dated 1932 - 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943......................................................Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire. Box 8. Dated 1943, 1947, 1948, 1950................................................................Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire. Box 9. Dated 1951, 1952, 1953.........................................................................Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire. Box 10. Dated 1952, Country Roads board 195, 1953...........................................Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire. Box 11. Dated 1950, 1951, Country Roads Board - October 1950, September 1952.Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire. Box 12. Dated 1953, 1954, 1956, Country Roads Board 1954................................Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire. Box 14. Dated 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961................................................................Stored Depot Baw Baw Shire .
• Warragul Shire Outward Correspondence Catalogue
  Warragul Shire Outwards Correspondence and Reports in archival boxes numbered 1 to 31 Each box has a red sticker to make identification easier. Box 1: Dated 1912 - February, March, April, August. October, November, December. 1913 and 1914. Box 2: Dated 1915 and 1916. Box 3. Dated 1919 and 1920 plus Reports of 1920 ( missing January and September ) Box 4. Dated 1941 and 1942 Box 5. Dated 1917, 1918, plus Reports 1917. Box 6. Dated 1921 and 1922 plus Reports 1921 Box 7. Dated 1922, 1924, 1925 plus Reports 1925 Box 8. Dated 1926, plus Reports 1926 Box 9. Dated 1938 plus Reports 1938 ( missing October, November, December ) Box 10. Dated 1937 plus Reports 1937 Box 11. Dated 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946. Box 12. Dated Statements re priority Endorsements for 1941, 1942. Immigration Work applications 1948 - 1952 Dated 1949 Showgrounds. Box 13. Dated 1953 Nilma ........Weights and Measurements 1953, 1954 - 1957, Dated 1936 - 1960 Various schools. Box 14. Dated 14.01.1927 to 9.12.1927 plus Reports dated 14.01.1927 to 11.11.1927 Box 15. Dated 20.01.1928 to Dec 1928 plus Reports dated 14.12.1928 to 13.09.1929 Box 16. Dated 11.01.1929 to 11.09.1929 plus Reports dated 11.01.1929 to 13.09.1929 Box 17. Dated 1933 to 1935 plus Reports 14.09.1933 to 11.09.1935 Box 18. Dated 12.09.1935 to 26.11.1937 plus Reports on Parks and Gardens 1935 to 1937 Box 19. Dated 28.11.1938 to 19.07.1939 Box 20. Dated 12.09.1939 to 18.10.1941 Box 21. Dated 13.02.1941 to 14.03.1944 Box 22. Binder dated 05.09.1944 to 14.10.1945, Binder 1944 to 1946, Binder 14.06.1945 to 19.01.1946 Box 23. Binder dated 19.01.1946 to 11.06.1946, Binder 11.06.1946 to 10.10.1946, Binder June 1946 to August 1948 Box 24. Binder dated 6.02.1947 to 18.06.1948, Binder June to Sept 1947, Binder 10.10.1946 to 6.021947, Folder 1948/49 Box 25. Binder dated 22.09.1947 to Feb 1948, Binder 5.02.1948 to 29.05.1948, Binder 01.06.1948 to 9.11.1948. Box 26. Dated Correspondence 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935. Box 27. Dated 14.01.1936 to 8.12.1936, plus reports 8.10.1935 to 10.12.1935 and 14.01.1936 to 8.12.1936. Box 28. Dated 1430131947 to 9.12.1947, 01.01.1948 to 14.12.1948, 16.01.1949 to 15.12.1949. Box 29. Dated 15.01.1952 to 9.12.1952, 16.01.1951 to 11.12.1951, 17.01.1950 to 12.12.1950 Box 30. Reports dated 1956. Box 31. Dated 17.01.1956 to 10.06.1956, 12.06.1956 to 11.12.1956, 28.07.1947 to 22.12.1949, 21.12.1949 to Dec 1950 and 14.02.1949 to 20.06.1949. .
• Little Pitchers Have Big Ears - a memory journal. author Joan McGuiness
  Book titled - Little Pitchers Have Big Ears - a memory journal. author Joan McGuiness Family tree, early days, droving, courtship and marriage. The world of my childhood, Buln Buln, war comes home, after the war Love and loss.
• Experimental Agriculture in West Gippsland 1925
  Copy from Trove - West Gippsland Gazette ( Warragul, Vic.: 1898 - 1930 ) - West Gippsland Gazette, dated 13.01.1925 page 2 " Experimental plots - Warragul Agricultural Society Committee " property of Mr Sinclair Adkins at Strezelecki Park. - West Gippsland Gazette, dated 30.06.1925 page 2 Sinclair Adkins, his property ono the outskirts of Warragul - experimental crops being grown. - West Gippsland Gazette, dated 29.12.1925 page 3 Sinclair Adkins, his property on the north boundary of Warragul - his cow suckling 5 baby lambs.
• Athlone Hall Centenary Celebrations Newspaper Cutting
  Gazette 28.12.2022 Celebrations for 100 years of Athlone Hall. Guest speakers Cr. Keith Cook and Bill Smethurst. Plaque unveiled by Tom McNamara and Gwenda Davies. Vote of thanks by Mrs Leesa Williams.
• 1929 Warragul Guardian Newspaper Cutting: High School Speech Day Results and Court Proceedings
  The Warragul Guardian and News. dated 24.12.1929 Warragul High School Annual Speech Day. Includes names of examination results for year of 1928. Leaving Certificate ( Year 11 ) , Intermediate Certificate ( Year 10 ) Merit Certificate ( year 9 ) Teaching scholarships won by B M Wilkinson and T H Matthews. Typewriting, commercial correspondence, commercial law, book-keeping. Examination results for year 1929 - Merit, Intermediate, Honours, Swimming. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warragul Police Court held Tuesday December 17th 1929 before Justice of the Peace Mr J Cromie and A Hiscock. The River latrobe Hydro-Electric Co sued W Vorbach for �6/11.2 with costs of 15/6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Renewal of Real Estate Agent's Licences for C D Burton, W B Gibson, E J Hunter, L L Kimber, G K Prime. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr Wolfe farewelled from ex-student's Social having taught for 10 years and also first president of the Gippsland Secondary Schools' Sports Association.
• RSL Marching in Warragul Centenary Celebrations
  Warragul Gazette 23.02.1982 page 15 The R S L must speak out. Warragul Centenary Celebrations. spectacular R S L marching. Main Names - President Neville Cottrell, Cr Arch Strugnell, Mrs Edna Wells, Mr F Mitchell, Mrs R Penny, Mrs C Walsh.
• Shady Creek Murder: Two Theories from 1968 Warragul Gazette
  Warragul Gazette dated 5.11.1968 pages 17 and 18 Looking Back "Two theories on famous Shady Creek Murder just 100 years ago" The old Drovers Rest Hotel ( burnt in bush fire 1923 ) Cobb and Co mailman William Laughton. Publican Nicol Brown.
• Leisure Centre Upgrade News Cutting - January 2023
  Gazette dated 17.01.2023 The upgrade to the Leisure Centre is projected to be $11million. Two new indoor basketball / netball courts plus spectator seating, lounge viewing, new cafe and kitchen, change rooms, first aid room and storage. Major construction company is Kubale Constructions.
• Centenary Oral History Audio Recordings on Thumb Drive
  The Thumb Drive contains a .pdf file with the text of the audio recordings of the Centenary Oral History Videos.