Warragul and District Historical Society

Items

• Bakelite Mug Commemorating Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
  The bakelite mug was produced as a souvenir of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11 1953. It has a motif printed on it of the Queen. The mug was bought from Burton Stores of Warragul.
• JohnShannon's Tennis History Notes, 1934-1975
  History notes dating 1934 to 1975. Questionaires completed by JohnShannon, F White, Mrs K Stewart. letters 16.02.1977 Twilight tournament, undated - request from Sutton Street Tennis Club, 10.10.1950 Affiliation fees from ladies and men with names. 1974/75, 1975/76,financial reports, suggested five year plan, Constitution and rules for years of 1948/49 and 1949/50. List of names under headings of President, Secretary, Treasurer, Life Members; 1958 to 1980
• Heritage Study: Warragul Gazette Chronicles
  1. Warragul Gazette dated 19th April 1994 - Release of Heritage Study - took four years of work 2. Gazette dated 21st November 1989 - Buildings show town's history. re heritage study - shows photographs of David Bick and Shire President Brian Davies outside the Old Shire Hall.
• Preserving Heritage: 1988 News on Rural Living and Building Conservation
  1. The Trader dated April 21st. 1988 Titled Rural Living - Protection of Old Buildings. 2. Warragul Gazewtte dated august 16th 1988 - Conservation of buildings using a town plan of historical sites to protect against further planning. 3. The Trader, dated December 15th 1988. Council to contribute funds to have heritage study implemented.
• Warragul's Architectural Heritage Study, Stage 2, 1989
  Shire of Warragul Heritage Study - Preliminary Survey - stage 2. by D V Bick - architectural Historican Conservation Artchitect.
• Baw Baw & Rural City of Warragul Heritage Studies List (July 2005)
  Baw Baw Heritage Study - Potential Heritage Places List but incomplete Dated 26th July 2005 and Rural City of Warragul Heritage Study Places
• Draft Baw Baw Heritage Study Stage 1 Thematic Environmental History
  Draft copy of Baw Baw Heritage Study Stage 1 Thematic Environmental History . Dated 25th July 2025 Aims of study: Purpose, First contact and exploration, Settling the Land, Heritage, Transport and communications, Utilising Natural Resources, Tourism and Recreation and Governance, Building Settlements and Towns, The Environment and nManaging Public Land, Community and Culture.
• " A Time line 1888 - 2024 Warragul and District Hospital to West Gippsland Hospital. by Josephine Dickson Warragul and District Historical Society
  Booklet " A Time line 1888 - 2024 Warragul and District Hospital to West Gippsland Hospital. by Josephine Dickson Warragul and District Historical Society
• Warragul & District Cricket Association Premiership Banner, 1996/1997
  Premiership Banner. WDCA - Warragul and District Cricket Assocation . B Grade Premiers. 1996 / 1997 Nilma Darnum Dusties Cricket Club.
• Celebrating Nancy Tatterson's 102nd Birthday with a Newspaper Cutting from 1948
  Gazette 16.07.2024 Celebration of Nancy Tatterson 102 birthday. 1948 she married Albert Tatterson. they had a dry cleaning business for 29 years. Death of their son Ian Tatterson in a light aircraft crash. Ian Tatterson had been CEO of Springvale City Council.
• Peter Nicholson's Retirement from Sports Store Business
  Gazette 16.07.2024 Retirement from sports store business after 30 years. Mr Peter Nicholson had first been a primary school teacher for 18 years in the local area. His business at Drouin became owned by Xander Vansittart.
• Nancy Tatterson's 102nd Birthday Celebration Newspaper Cutting
  Gazette 16.07.2024 Celebration of Nancy Tatterson - 102 birthday Married 1948 to Albert Tatterson - they had a dry cleaning business for 29 years. Death of their son Ian Tatterson in a light aircraft crash. He had been CEO of Sprinigvale City Council.
• Disability Services Commitment Amid Safety Works in Warragul Gazette
  Gazette 16.07.2024 Scope will need to vacate its home in George Street Warragul for safety works - a large article Scope has given a commitment to retain disability services as negotiations continue with Baw Baw Shire.
• Electrification of the Melbourne-Warragul Line in 1954
  Newspaper cutting dated 1954 Warragul electrified. The Melbourne to Warragul electrified line was officially opened. It is the longest electrified country line in Australia. More thab 2,500 people at the station to see the first electric train. this included 1200 children from Warragul's 3 schools.
• 1935 Queen Street and Surroundings: A Newspaper Cuttings Collection
  The Leader 24th August 1935 Items of photographic interest: Scene of Queen Street west end showing pyon. Shire Hall, vehicles parked in street Scene looking south from school hill Warragul Victoria Street, Waragul Queen Street, St Josephs Church. Post office, Smith Street. St Pauls Church of England
• Vana Exercise Books from Tetoora Road Community Centre, 1950-74 and 1968-69
  Two Vana exercise books from Tetoora Raod Community Centre 1950 - 1974 and 1968 - 1969 showing names and subscriptions of Tetoora Road Badminton Club. This information has been digitised and held by Tetoora Road.
• Aerial Photographs of Loch Valley Plantation, 1994
  Aerial photographs of Loch Valley Plantation Run 1 - 1 to 13 Run 2 - 148 - 163 Run 3 - 164 - 172
• Australian Historical Monographs Compiled and produced by George Mackaness
  Australian Historical Monographs Compiled and produced by George Mackaness = 44 booklets. /01 Robert Louis Stevenson - His Association with Australia /02 Journal of a Political Exile in Australia - by Leon Ducharme /03 A Chronology of Momentous Events in Australian History (1788 - 1846) /04 Odes of Michael Massey Robinson - First Poet Laureate of Australia (1754 - 1826) /05 Fresh Light on Bligh - Some Unpublished Correspondence /06 Notes of a Convict of 1838 by Francois Xavier Prieur /07 Australian Gold Fields - Their Discovery, Progress and Prospects /08 Murray's Guide to the Gold Diggings /09 A Short Account of the late discoveries of Gold in Australia - John Elphinstone Erskine /10 Captain William Bligh's Discoveries and Observations in Van Diemen's Land /11 Some Proposals for Establishing Colonies in the South East /12 Some Private Correspondence of the Rev.Samuel Marsden and Family - (1794 - 1824) /13 Memoirs of George Sutton F.L.S. Banksia Collector - (1744 - 1859) /14 Recollections of Life in Van Diemen's Land by William Gates Part 1 /15 Recollections of Life in Van Diemen's Land by William Gates Part 2 /16 Narrative of the Overland Journey of Sir John and Lady Franklin and Party from Hobart Town to Macquarie Harbour 1842 by David Burn /17 Some private correspondence of Sir John and Lady Jane Franklin (Tasmania, 1837 - 1845) Part 1 /18 Some private correspondence of Sir John and Lady Jane Franklin (Tasmania, 1837 - 1845 Part 2 /19 George Augustus Robinson's Journey into South-Eastern Australia - 1844 with George Henry Haydon's Narrative of part of the same journey /20 Some Letters of Rev.Richard Johnson, B.A. First Chaplain of New South Wales - Part 1 /21 Some Letters of Rev.Richard Johnson, B.A. First Chaplain of New South Wales - Part 2 /22 Fourteen Journeys Over The Blue Mountains of New South Wales - (1813 - 1841)- Part 1 /23 Fourteen Journeys Over The Blue Mountains of New South Wales - (1819 - 1827) - Part 2 /24 Fourteen Journeys Over The Blue Mountains of New South Wales - (1835 - 1841) - Part 3 /25 The History of Van Diemen's Land from the year 1824 - 1835 inclusive by Henry Melville - Part 1 /26 The History of Van Diemen's Land from the year 1824 - 1835 inclusive by Henry Melville - Part 2 /27 The History of Van Diemen's Land from the year 1824 - 1835 inclusive by Henry Melville - Part 3 /28 The Correspondence of John Cotton Victorian Pioneer, 1842 - 1849 - Part 2 /29 The Correspondence of John Cotton Victorian Pioneer, 1842 - 1849 - Part 3 /30 Slavery and Famine- An account of the Miseries and Starvation at Botany Bay by George Thompson who sald in the "Royal Admiral," May 1792. /31 Account of the Duel between William Bland and Robert Case with Report of the Trial- Rex v Bland, Randall and Fulton /32 A New Song - Made in New South Wales on the Rebellion by Lawrence Davoren /33 Letters from an Exile at Botany Bay to his aunt in Dumfries /34 Michael Howe - The Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land by T.E.Wells /35 "The Van Diemen's Land Warriors" with an Essay on Matthew Brady /36 Some Fictitious Voyages To Australia /37 Alexander Dalrymple's "A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief Colony at Botany Bay" with a Memoir /38 The Correspondence of John Cotton - Victorian Pioneer, 1842 - 1849 - Part 1, 2,3 /39 Observations on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land on Bass's Strait and its Islands and Part of the coast of New South Wales by Matthew Flinders. /40 Governor Phillip in Retirement by Sir Frederick Chapman late Chief Justice of New Zealand /41 The Australian Journal of William Strutt - 1850 -1862 - Part 1 /42 The Australian Journal of William Strutt - 1850 - 1862 - Part 2 /43 The Discovery and Exploration of Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River -1799 - 1823 - Part 1 /44 The Discovery and Exploration of Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River -1799 - 1823 - Part 2
• Shoulder to Shoulder - a history of the Baw Baw Shire and a record of the Men and Women who served. Boer War, World War 1 World War 2 Korean and Vietnam. Author Ron Blair
  Book - Shoulder to Shoulder - a history of the Baw Baw Shire and a record of the Men and Women who served. Boer War, World War 1 World War 2 Korean and Vietnam. Author Ron Blair
• Jackson's Track - memoir of a Dream Place by Daryl Tonkin and Carolyn Landon
  Book titled Jackson's Track - memoir of a Dream Place by Daryl Tonkin and Carolyn Landon
• Vintage 3D Viewer from the 1890s
  Stereo-viewer to view 3 dimensional stereo-cards
• Angelo's Forests: 38 Stereo Viewing Cards from the Neerim and Noojee Area, 1900s
  38 Stereo viewing cards of forest in dthe Neerim and Noojee area. The photography was by ' Angelo' - Gabriel Knight.
• Gail McCrea's 12th Birthday Party Newspaper Cutting
  The 12th Birthday Party of Gail McCrea, daughter of Rev.and Mrs. McCrea. Guests: Pam Johns, Kaye Letts, Raylene Hollier, Marilyn Allcorn, Dianne McMinn, Judy McLennan, Lorraine Saunders, Margaret Rootes, Lois Marshall, Melva Walter, Kaye O'Brien, Fritha Bloye, Lyn McCrea.
• Invalid Drinking Cup from 1920 Hospitals Collection
  White china invalid drinking cup
• Warragul High School's 1960s Autographs and Leaders' Investiture
  1. Warragul High School Teachers autographs dated 1967 2. Warragul High School House Captains dated 1966;' John Tulloch, Judy McLeish, Bruce Davidson, Jenny Oakes, Graeme Plummer, Diane Titheridge, Ian Keeble, Margaret Oliver. 3. Warragul High School - Leaders invested in office dated 1966; School Captains; Dianne Jones, Ian Hastings. Prefects: Janet Cooke, Pamela Keeble, Gudrun Kulpa, Jenny Oakes, Margaret OIiver, Diane Titheridge, Roslyn McDonald, Ann Russell, Gary Bondfield, Geoffrey Freeman, Graeme Sargent, Ian Symons, Ian Tatterson, John Tulloch. Also a list of Form Captains and House Captains. 4. Performances good at Warragul High School House Sports: John Tulloch, Jenny Oakes, Bruce Davidson. 5. Warragul High School School Leaders as photographed by R.G.Holley Studios 1966. 6. Warragul High School House Captains Invested (see No.2.) 7. Warragul High School Inter-House Sports 1966 Open: Lawrence Smith, Margaret Robins. Under 16: Roslyn McDonald, John Tulloch Under 15: Trevor Smith, Margaret Bradley Under 14: Stephen Rowse Under 13: Robin Nobelius, Diane Reeves 8. Warragul High School Sports Trophies for Winners: Jenny Oakes, Bruce Davidson 9. Warragul High School House Swimming Sports Programme dated Friday, 1st March 1968 10. Warragul Speech Night Programme 55th Year in assembly hall, dated Wednesday, December 14, 1966 includes information for enrolments, buildings and grounds, curriculum and equipment, scholastic achievements, libraries, social service, staff, sport, cadets, clubs, activities. Conclusion: Advisory Council, Parents and Friends Association, 1965 Matriculation results, all with names.