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Recipients of the 2014-2015 Local History Grant Program have been awarded. 

 

3CR Community Radio         

Radical Radio – 40 Years of 3CR        

Awarded: $8,500.00

 

Castlemaine Historical Society Inc  

Fryerstown Court Records      

Awarded: $1,430.00

 

Axedale Our Town – Our Future Inc.           

‘A Town Once Divided, Now United’ – Axedale Historical Loop App 

Awarded: $12,051.60

 

Ballarat and District Genealogical Society Inc       

Taking Ballarat Courier to the world 

Awarded: $7,500.00

 

Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League

Ballarat Base Hospital, School of Nursing Educator Project 1888-1988       

Awarded: $3,300.00

 

Beaumaris Primary School  

Retracing Beaumaris Primary School’s lost history – a preservation, publication and heritage panel project         

Awarded: $10,956.00

 

Bellarine Historical Society Inc.

Digitise Shire of Bellarine Rate and Valuation books           

Awarded: $3,520.00

 

Benalla Historical Society Inc.         

Conservation of Edward Harcourt Paintings  

Awarded: $8,584.40

 

Euroa Agricultural Society Incorporated   

The publication of 130 years of the Euroa Agricultural and Pastoral Society 1885-2015     

Awarded: $6,050.00

 

Yaapeet Community Club    

Yaapeet History Trail Stage 1

Awarded: $4,985.20

 

Birchip Historical Society Inc           

Purchase of archival quality storage products and display cabinets for railway research   

Awarded: $397.10

 

Bruthen & District Citizens Association Inc

Bruthen Heritage Precinct – Development of historic displays         

Awarded: $6,930.00

 

Stratford and District Historical Society    

Tyers Street Walk Book          

Awarded: $1,400.00

 

Korumburra & District Historical Society Inc.        

Digitising the Great Southern Advocate

Awarded: $8,250.00

 

Korumburra Golf Club Inc.   

A History of the first 100 years of the Korumburra Golf Club           

Awarded: $3,000.00

 

Poowong Football & Netball Club Inc.       

Poowong Football & Netball Club – Celebrating 125 Years   

Awarded: $5,500.00

 

Toora Bowls Club      

History of the Toora Bowls Club publication 

Awarded: $2,200.00

 

Wodonga District Girl Guides

The Past, the present and the Future: Protecting & Preserving our History 

Awarded: $3,477.00

 

Yackandandah & District Historical Society Inc.    

Unlocking the Yackandandah Primary School WW1 Memorial Journal         

Awarded: $2,035.00

 

Burke Memorial Museum    

The Early Beechworth Potteries        

Awarded: $2,556.00

 

Chinese Museum      

Cantonese opera in Australia: Bridging communities and cultures  

Awarded: $10,200.00

 

JOY 94.9         

History of JOY 94.9    

Awarded: $14,357.00

 

Melbourne Library Service  

Graeme Butler Heritage Image Collection    

Awarded: $12,632.00

 

Societa’ Isole Eolie    

90th Anniversary Aeolian Commemorative Project   

Awarded: $6,325.00

 

Travellers Aid Australia        

Travellers Aid Australia’s 100th Anniversary

Awarded: $15,000.00

 

Friends of Flagstaff Hill         

Flagstaff Hill Collection cataloguing 

$3,000.00

 

City of Warrnambool Rowing Club 

Warrnambool Rowing Club- 140 years on the Hopkins River

Awarded: $2,812.70

 

Kerang Pony Club Inc           

55 Year History of the Kerang Pony Club       

Awarded: $3,520.00

 

Lalbert Progress Association Inc     

Lalbert Primary School 2990 History Preservation    

Awarded: $1,650.00

 

Nyah District Primary School          

Memories of the Rail School  

Awarded: $5,475.00

 

Pyramid Hill & District Historical Society   

Preservation of fantastic old photographs    

Awarded: $2,411.20

 

Cohuna A. P. & H. Society    

100 Years of Showing Off      

Awarded: $9,159.70

 

Commonwealth Clydesdale Horse Society Victorian Branch       

The Centenary of Clydesdales at the Royal Melbourne Show 1914-2014    

Awarded: $6,930.00

 

Darebin Libraries      

Digitising Darebin – 1980’s Northcote images          

Awarded: $6,700.00

 

Devon Meadows Primary School    

DMPS Centenary Celebrations           

Awarded: $5,500.00

 

Emerald Community House Inc       

Emerald Heritage Walk – Stage 2      

Awarded: $8,680.00

 

Mount Evelyn RSL Sub-branch       

The Vagabond in the Yarra Valley Publication          

Awarded: $6,000.00

 

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum      

Oil Paint and Ochre: The Story of William Barak and the de Purys  

Awarded: $14,080.00

 

Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc          

Oral History Preservation And Access           

Awarded: $5,500.00

 

Upwey Belgrave RSL Inc       

Museum Workshop Archive Project   

Awarded: $2,684.00

 

Gippsland Heritage Park

Cataloguing of Buildings and Collections at Old Gippstown

Awarded: $1,340.00

 

The Committee for Drouin  

‘Stories of Drouin’ from our Local Knowledge Identities       

Awarded: $10,454.40

 

Harrow Bush Nursing Centre           

Pathways to Harrow 2015      

Awarded: $3,238.00

 

Horsham Historical Society Inc.      

Digitise old Films       

Awarded: $1,100.00

 

Horsham Saints Cricket Club           

Horsham Saints Cricket Club Premiership Photos Refurbishment    

Awarded: $931.70

 

Heidelberg Historical Society Inc    

Map Backlog Completion Project      

Awarded: $1,063.70

 

Kew Historical Society Inc   

Survey Maps of Kew   

Awarded: $3,081.10

 

Knox Historical Society Inc  

Audio Recording Digitisation 

Awarded: $2,057.00

 

Multicultural Arts Victoria  

Stories from The Pier

Awarded: $9,956.00

 

Theatre Heritage Australia Inc

Digitising J C Williamson Ltd Scene Books c. 1890s-1930s  

Awarded: $9,894.50

 

North Wangaratta Community Group       

North Wangaratta’s Walking/Bike Trail from Reedy Creek to The Vine – reliving indigenous & early European stories

Awarded: $10,326.00

 

Riddells Creek Social History Group           

Heritage Walk

Awarded: $5,401.00

 

Scout Association – Victorian Branch (Scout Heritage Victoria)  

Digitisation of Australia Jamboree Newspapers/Book Conservation           

Awarded: $4,455.00

 

United Jewish Education Board      

UJEB 120        

Awarded: $4,880.00

 

St Anthony’s Parish  

Preserving the Past    

Awarded: $600.00

 

Toorak College          

Toorak College Archive Image Digitisation Project   

Awarded: $2,076.00

 

Victorian Women’s Cricket Umpires Association Inc        

Victorian Women’s Cricket Umpires Association 80 Seasons 1936/37 – 2015/16   

Awarded: $2,979.90

 

West Gippsland Relic, Mining and Heritage Protection Inc

Aberfeldy Tracks        

Awarded: $5,500.00

 

Yallourn Association

Yallourn – Open Cut Timeline, Countour Lines on Map & Housing   

Awarded: $10,725.00

 

Yarrambat Heritage Museum

Yarrambat Heritage Museum Development

Awarded: $3,520.00

 

Geelong Heritage Centre

Digitising and indexing of the Geelong Valuation and Rate Books Records

Awarded: $9,000.00

 

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