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 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 7.30pm on the 4th Thursday of February, April, June, August & November.

History Walks
History walks are conducted on the weekends in various locations within the municipility with an experienced guide who is able to explain the significant features encountered. Although the walks are usually less than a couple of km they may take up to 1.5 hours to complete. Car parking is usually available close to the start location.

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 2013
At each meeting we usually have a speaker to tell us about some topic related to local history. Currently planned speakers include:

• Wed Jan 23 - Open
• Sat Jan 26 - Australia Day - Display Open to the Public
• Thu Feb 28 - John Spencer: CSIRAC The First Computer in Australia
• Sun Mar 17 - History Walk: Starting from Black Flat State School
  (Bookings essential click here and advise - the number of walkers (plus others), the Name, Email and Phone No. of contact person).
• Sun Apr 21 - Wreath Laying Monash City Memorial
• Wed Apr 24 - General Meeting ANZAC theme : Speaker - Lambis Englezos
• Sun May 26 - Visit to the Immigration Museum Melbourne
• Thu Jun 27 - Dr Richard Broome : The Aboriginal Advancement League 1957
• Wed 17 July - Afternoon Tea : Hear about recent activities
• Wed Aug 7 - Open Day: Family History Week (maps, photos, old street directories, street names etc)
• Thu Aug 22 - AGM with A time to Remember - Newsreel footage from the past
• Sun Sep 8 - History Walk: Oswego. Starts from the Holmesglen TAFE carpark Waverley Rd at 1.30. Bookings required.
• Sun Oct 6 - Society's 43rd Birthday Celebration
• Wed Oct 23 - Ray Price: Preserving Past and Presnt for Posterity (bookings essential, Tel 9807 3408.)
• Thur Nov 28 - Christmas Meeting
• 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)

Programme 2012

• Thu Jan 26 - Australia Day - Display Open to the Public
• Thu Feb 23 - Jenny Davies: History of Flinders St Railway Station
• Thu Mar 22- Ted Mason: Caring for Scotchmans Creek
• Thu Apr 26 - Ed Hore: Mt Waverley Volunteers in WWI
• Sun May 27 - Chris Norton : Photos of Melbourne over the last 100 years
• Sun Jun 24 - Max Gilbert: Experiences as a POW
• Sun Jul 22 - Ian Polmear: Historical Aspects of the Royal Botanic Gardens
• Wed Aug 1 - Open Day: Family History
• Sun Aug 26 - AGM with A time to Remember - Newsreel footage from the past
• Thu Sep 9 - History Walk
• Thu Sep 27 - Jack Martin: The Work of the Public Records Office, Victoria
• Wed Oct 24 - Open Day: History Week
• Thu Oct 25 - MarJo Angelico: The History of Scotchmans Creek
• Thur Nov 22 - Christmas Meeting
• Dec - No meeting Last open day Wed 5 Dec 2012, reopen Wed 23 Jan 2013

Programme 2011

• Jan 2011 - no general meeting
• Thu Feb 24 - John Schultz - Schultz Grocery Syndal
• Thu Mar 24 - Ian Munro - History of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade
• Thu Apr 28 - Jack Walker - Visiting the Somme, Anzac Cove & other Australian fields of battle
• Sun May 22 - Ann Robertson - The Waverley Riding School
• Sun June 26 - No meeting but the Heritage Steam train will run for the 81st anniversary. See Steamrail timetable for details.
• Sun July 10 - Bus trip to Williamstown Historical Society
• Sun July 24 - Michael Howes - The Victorian Education Department Readers
• Sun Aug 28- AGM A time to Remember - A look back at our year
• Thu Sep 22 - Judy Price - Researching your family's ancestors - some easy steps
• Sun Oct 23 - Birthday meeting
• Thur Nov 24 - Christmas Meeting
• Dec - No meeting

Programme 2010

• Jan 2009 - no general meeting but we will open to the public on Australia Day 26 Jan from 11am - 3pm.
• Thu Feb 25 - Warwick Woods - Australian Vintage Radio
• Thu Mar 25 - Gerry Kennedy - A nostalgic ramble around some eastern suburbs cinemas
• Thu Apr 22 - Ray Price - My Father's Legacy
• Sun May 23 - Ian Jenkin - Glen Waverley Railway 80 years
• Sun June 27 - No WHS meeting but the Heritage Steam train will run for the the 80th anniversary
• Sun July 25 - Barbara Hawkins - Port Phillip Pioneers Assn - The Melbourne Story.
• Sun Aug 22 - AGM, A time to Remember - An Afternoon at the Flicks
• Sun Sep 26 - Dan Prior - Two-Up schools in Melbourne suburbs
• Sun Oct 24 - David Kemp - History of Syndal Baptist Church
• Thur Nov 25 - Christmas Meeting
• Dec - No meeting

Programme 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

Programme 2008

• 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