Warragul and District Historical Society

Items

• Linen Thread from Millers Factory, 1950s
  6 hanks of linen thread showing the manufacturer "Millers Linen thread" made in Australia. Millers Factory 57 Sutton Street, Warragul.
• Chibby from Brandy Creek
  book - "Chibby from Brandy Creek" author Edna Gaffney "the world still reeled from the 1929 stock market crash when Edna. aka chibby was born. Learn about life in rural Victoria in the 1930's and 40's, the remarkable story of a family devastated first by bushfire and later by grief. Siblings separated by fostering and adoption are miraculously reunited half a century later. also stories of Edna's nursing training 1947 to 1954 and that career. Her marriage and family life. Edna was a long time member of Warragul and District Historical Society.
• Patons Knitting Patterns for Male Fashions, 1920s Era
  Patons Knitting Book No 338 19 pages of all male knitwear fashions patterns. Cost 1/6
• Monash Centre for Medical Students Opens in Warragul
  Gazette, dated 24.09.2019 Page 3. A new Monash Centre for local medical students opened in Warragul Friday 30thn September. The new building is sisituated behind the West Gippsland Hospital and is a demountable so is possible to move if need arises. Vision Australia at Mouritz Street, Warragul is closing. Moving to be "mobile service delivery"
• Closing of Warragul Saleyards: Shock to Farmers and Stakeholders in 2019
  Gazette, dated 24.09.2019 Warragul saleyards will close November 1st 2019. A shock to all farmers and other stakeholders.
• Land Acquisition for Bridgeworks at Allambee Estate Road, Gazette 2019
  Gazette, dated 24.09.2019. Council to acquire land for bridgeworks at Allambee Estate Road.
• Photocopy of John Lardner's Survey Plan, 17th June 1878
  Photocopy of a document, dated 17th June 1878, signed by John Lardner assistant surveyor on the completion of the survey of a plan. Possibly the plan of the Warragul township. A very faint copy.
• Warragul Victoria Photographic Booklet of 1940s
  Warragul Victoria Photographic Booklet of 9 photographs dated 1940's 1. Fern trees, near Warragul 2 Clock Tower, Warragul 3. Soldier's Memorial, Warragul. 4. Baby Health Centre, Queen Street, Warragul. 5. Smith Street, Warragul 6. Panorama of Warragul. 7. Queen Street, Warragul. 8. West Gippsland Hospital 9. The Junction, Princes Highway, Warragul ---- Published for Howells Newsagency, Warragul by the Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Melb. & Sydney. Originally addressed to Mrs A Nicholas, Woodburn, Korumburra.
• Tony Hayes' Address on Mt Worth's Role in Farm Management
  8 pages of the address about Mt Worth and the involvement of the Hayes family. Address by Tony Hayes to the Warragul and District Historical Society, 26.08.2019
• Research on Millers Thread Factory at 57 Sutton Street, Warragul in 2019
  Documents - Research done by WDHS avout Millers Thread Factory at 57 Sutton Street, Warragul
• Thank You Certificate from Warragul Joey's - Australian Scouts, 2019
  A thankyou Certificate from the Warragul Joey's, Australian Scouts, after they had a visit to the museum dated 2019
• Koori Education: Bush Tucker Treats at Nilma Primary School
  Warragul Gazette dated 10.09.2019. "Bush Tucker Treats" Koori Education - elders Linda Mullet, Kayleen McKinnon, Pauline and Sandra Mullet - visiting the Nilma primary school.
• Warragul & District Historical Society Bulletins Collection
  Return of old Warragul and District Historical Society 227,231,234,241,242,247, placed into the spare bulletins box in Vault 1
• U3A Baw Baw's 20-Year Home Memory Book
  Book - Our Home in Our Words. An A5 book size produced by U3A Baw Baw. Celebrating 20 years 1999 to 2019. Index has list of members who contributed articles - their memories of their homes, overseas, Victoria. Mary Howlett, Janny Van Leeuwen, Wenda Edwards, Steve Johnson, Joan Finlay, Geoff Clynes, Anne Connelly, Joy Vikas, Sergio Liat, Mary Gibson, Gerhard Theile, Margaret Theild, Alan Woollard, Roy Wilson, Olive Lyon, Peter Johnson, Susan Johnson, Vera Hartelt, Beverley Russo, Robert Dunlop, Forewards written by Jim Connelly.
• Vintage 3" Floppy Disc from the 1990s
  A 3� floppy disc, these were used as a back-up on computers in the 1990's.
• St Paul's Students' Acknowledgment Letters from 2019 Museum Visit
  Letters received from St Pauls Anglican Grammar School students of Grade 5 as an acknowlegement for attending the museum on the 30th July 2019. Their main theme was to understand what primary and secondary sources.
• Ted Osler's Talk to Warragul Historical Society, October 2010
  A copy of talk by Ted Osler to Warragul and District Historical Society October 2010 from Bulletin No 430. His experiences and history of the Nilma North Fire Brigade. The bulletin also had an article on the history of Bloomfield / Nilma Primary schools.
• 125 Years of Warragul Primary School Celebrated in 2003 Gazette
  Gazette dated 16.12.2003. Warragul primary school celebrates 125 years. Pictures of some of the people attending: Tony Woolfe, Rosemary Allicia, Peter Greenwell, Robyn Wilson, Nahkita Woolfe, Leigh Borland, Bailey Christopher, Shannon Dawes, Jean Duncan (nee Soutar), Bernice Dimmock, Fred Evans, Margaret Mayne, Kath Davine, Ethel Armstrong, David Steele, Andrew Innes, Cameron McDowell, Artie and Margaret Jones, Gary Green, Lindsay Guest, Hedley Mann, Emily Gorst, Chris Saunders, Jackson Saunders, Lizzie Griggs, John Moore, John Castles, Ossie Elliott, Lee Pattinson, Margaret, Flora and Malcolm Dickson, Joy Wood, John Nielsen, Jan Anderson, Don Cumming.
• Forgotten For Too Long - The Gippslanders in Lark Force 1941 - 42 by Lyn Skillern
  Book - Forgotten For Too Long - The Gippslanders in Lark Force 1941 - 42 by Lyn Skillern Predominantly about Yarram district. Contents: Gippsland and the Militia Battalions Pre-World War 11 War Again, Lark Force in New Britain and surrounds. The Invasion and Escape. The Massacres at Tol and Gasmata. The Loss of the Montevideo Maru. Survivors of "Rabaul the Lakatoi. Other Survivors of Rabaul. The impact of the Loss of lark Force. Has an index.
• Forest old Pastures New - author Sally Wilde
  Book: Forests Old Pastures New, by Sally Wilde
• The School On The Hill - Ninety Years of Secondary Education in Warragul. Dated 2001
  Book: The Schools On the Hill - Ninety years of State Secondary Education in Warragul. 2001
• Warragul Primary School - 125th Anniversary 1878 -2003
  Book: Warragul Primary School - 125th Anniversary 1878 -2003
• Gippsland Shires Infectious Diseases Association Cash Ledger, 1916-1953
  Cash Ledger titled Gippsland Shires Infectious Diseases Association. Contains the Receipts and Expenditure for the 1916 to 1953. 32 pages of the book used out of the 193 pages. A loose note in the book showing the following. Infectious cases from November 1949 to October 1950 Shire of Warragul: Poliomyelitis 10 ( includes 1 death) Scarlet Fever 6 Shire of Narracan: Poliomyelitis 3 Scarlet Fever 1 Meningitis ? 1 taken to the Children's Hospital. Shire of Buln Buln: Poliomyelitis 3 Tuberculosis 1 Scarlet Fever 3 Shire of Berwick: Poliomyelitis 4 Scarlet Fever 1 Shire of Cranbourne: Poliomyelitis 1 Shire of Woorayl: Tuberculosis 1
• Commissioners and Officers of the Warragul Water Works Trust in 1984
  photograph - Commissioners and officers of the Warragul Water Works Trust and Sewerage Authority. dated December 1984 B G Elkin, L J Baxter, J G Harper, M C Davine, G A Palich, A W Randall, V A Rowe, S P Mery, N M Jones.
• 1913-14 Buln Buln Cricket Club Premiers Tarago Association Photograph Presented to Mr and Mrs H Gay
  photograph - Buln Buln Cricket Club Premiers Tarago Association 1913 - 14 Presented to Mr and Mrs H Gay by members as a token of esteem. H.Gay, W Gunstone, W Handley, S Hastings, H Rye, W Ottery, W Handley, P Hawkins, L Murray, W Polkinghorne, E Hawkins, Walt Handley, Miss McKee, J Sheals.