Avoca & District Historical Society Inc in Avoca, Victoria | History Museum

Avoca & District Historical Society Inc

Locality: Avoca, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5465 3118

Address: 85 High Street 3467 Avoca, VIC, Australia

Website: http://Avocahistory.net.au/

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24.01.2022 Mid-19th Century town water supply at Avoca, alongside the bridge over the Avoca River.

24.01.2022 If any are interested please follow the link to my paper on Major Gus Ebeling DSO a long time Avoca resident.

21.01.2022 Looking for relatives of David Heaton Mather or families who are connected to the property of Archdale. Can anybody help?Looking for relatives of David Heaton Mather or families who are connected to the property of Archdale. Can anybody help?

19.01.2022 From the most recent AGM http://home.vicnet.net.au//presidents-report-to-2018-agm-/

18.01.2022 We need YOU to attend the Avoca Community Bank's 20th Birthday Street Party 5.00pm to 9.00pm Friday February 22nd, to collect your Token and place it in the ADHS Inc Box.

18.01.2022 This is E. Snell's General Store, which formerly occupied the site which is now the Avoca IGA Express. Note that the shop windows went right to the corner. Who can tell us when that section of the premises was rebuilt as a residence?

16.01.2022 2019 AGM will be on 4 November at 3pm: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/2019/08/15/2019-agm-notice/

15.01.2022 Some people from the Avoca district in this photo

15.01.2022 Can anybody tell us where in High Street Avoca the Ebeling Cash Store was situated? Major Gus Ebeling served in the Boer War, again in WW1, and tried to enlist for WW2 but the recruiting people apparently thought he was too old!

14.01.2022 Percydale School November, 1941 pupils & teacher; who can name them?

13.01.2022 From 1 July 2020 the Society’s premises at the Avoca Courthouse may be accessed by researchers BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, until further notice.From 1 July 2020 the Society’s premises at the Avoca Courthouse may be accessed by researchers BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, until further notice.

13.01.2022 A wonderful story, which should be more widely known.

12.01.2022 The Society has a number of interesting publications for sale relating to the Avoca district. The order form includes postage costs. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ad/about/publication-order-form/

09.01.2022 REMINDER OF THIS EVENT THIS COMING SUNDAY - OPEN DAY Help celebrate 150 years of continuous education provision in Talbot (formerly Back Creek). EVENT: 150th a...nniversary of Talbot State School No. 954 Former Common School, later the Prince Alfred School There will be historical displays at the school, which will also include some of the other now-closed schools near Talbot, such as Amherst and Dunach. The day will also be Farmers’ Market Day in Talbot, so why not take the chance to enjoy the atmosphere and fresh produce at the market, as well as visit this historic school. The famous Talbot Provender and Eatery will also be open. The original Common School in the middle of the photograph beneath this building still exists on the same site to the rear of the Talbot State School.

08.01.2022 This is what Snell's site looks like in 2016. It has been suggested that the demolition of the corner section of Snell's store and its replacement by a residence was possibly done by Iles Golder?

08.01.2022 Well Worth A Surf Another addictive website/blog...

07.01.2022 The Courthouse will open on Wednesday 14th April 2021, 10.30am to 3pm. From May it will open on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of the month .The Courthouse will open on Wednesday 14th April 2021, 10.30am to 3pm. From May it will open on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of the month .

07.01.2022 Due to the Australian Government’s direction to cease all non-essential contact with people, the ADHS Inc HQ at the Avoca Courthouse will remain closed until further notice.Due to the Australian Government’s direction to cease all non-essential contact with people, the ADHS Inc HQ at the Avoca Courthouse will remain closed until further notice.

07.01.2022 Early newspapers are one of the major sources of information held about the history of the district. They contain detailed reports of court hearings, council meetings, church services, social occasions, concerts, obituaries, mining, agriculture, viticulture, typhoid epidemics, the need for better quality water supply and drainage to avoid such epidemics, etc. Coverage of such matters was more comprehensive in the early newspapers than is commonly seen today, and they really ...Continue reading

06.01.2022 Hi. I'm a great great granddaughter of an Avoca resident, Edward Leonz Heer. He emigrated from Switzerland in 1855 and lived in the Avoca/Homebush area from 18...55 to about 1875 when he emigrated to New Zealand. My 83 year old father and I are doing the family history at the moment. We have already searched on Ancestry, Family Search and Trove as well as many NZ sources to build up a good chronological history of much of his life. However, before we put it all into a story, we would like to enquire as to whether you have local records that aren't available online that you could share with us? If you are interested, when we have finished writing the story, we would like to give the Society a copy of it for its records and safe keeping...

05.01.2022 I am very sad to advise of the death of Tony O'Shea, the President of the Society. His funeral is on Friday. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/2021/03/25/tony-oshea/

05.01.2022 Ledger from Amphitheater Station near Lexton being conserved by RHSV

05.01.2022 Denis and Tony are in the 2014 picture heading our Facebook page http://home.vicnet.net.au//tribute-to-tony-oshea-from-den/

04.01.2022 Lamplough School with shingle roof, and with corrugated iron roof, ventilation and water tanks.

01.01.2022 We certainly hope this is a once in a lifetime experience https://www.smh.com.au//something-we-ll-never-see-again-mu