Box Hill Historical Society in Box Hill, Victoria | Community organisation

Box Hill Historical Society

Locality: Box Hill, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9285 4808

Address: 27 Bank Street 3128 Box Hill, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.boxhillhistoricalsociety.com.au/

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24.01.2022 WE NEED YOUR HELP! The Reporter was the first and for many years the only local newspaper in Box Hill. The years from 1889 to 1918 have been digitized and are available for viewing on the National Library’s website Trove. The historical society’s original copies from 1919 to 1930 have developed mould and, for occupational health and safety reasons, cannot be used any more. The cost to digitize the papers for this period, using microfilms held by the State Library, is nearly... $8,000 and while the Whitehorse Council has provided funding for half the amount, and the Society has conducted a number of fundraising activities, we still need to raise nearly $1000 to cover the balance. We welcome donations to help reduce the gap balance and this can be done via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/au/donate/boxhillreporter See more

22.01.2022 Next week is Heritage Week from 12th -19th September. The theme is Healthy Heritage. There will be lots of activities held during this time, so take your pick!

22.01.2022 16th FEBRUARY 2020 MEETING THIS SUNDAY at 2PM. Panaceas and Placebos: A History of Pharmacy in Box Hill. Pharmacist Ian Wood is our first speaker for 2020. His father established a central Box Hill Pharmacy in 1938. Ian joined his father in 1956, and in subsequent years, as a pharmacist in Box Hill, he gained a wealth of experience, as well as many stories about professional practice. Venue: Bert Lewis Meeting Room, 1st floor, Box Hill Library, 1040 Whitehorse Road Box Hill Cost: A gold coin donation to help cover room hire.

21.01.2022 For those who love a good research project, click on through to read the fascinating 'Hidden women of history' article in The Conversation about "Lady Swindler"... Alexandrina Askew... https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-how-lad John Skinner Prout’s 1849 painting of the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, Van Dieman’s Land, where Alexandrina bore an illegitimate child.

17.01.2022 The Box Hill Historical Society has closed their History Room at the Town Hall, until further notice.The Box Hill Historical Society has closed their History Room at the Town Hall, until further notice.

09.01.2022 Open House at Box Hill Town Hall this weekend, Sat 27 and Sun 28 July. The Historical Society has a photo display on Saturday and a Book Sale on Sunday. Check it out and come and get yourself a bargain!

09.01.2022 This year the Whitehorse Heritage Festival is being presented in virtual form.The Society has prepared a slideshow about a few of the many items in our collection. There are a number of events that require booking, but most can be viewed anytime between now and the 17th September. Check it out, you might be surprised! It's well worth a look.

09.01.2022 There's some interesting information on our website about the Pandemic of 1919. Click the link to find out more: https://www.boxhillhistoricalsociety.com.au//1919-Flu-Pand Also, there's an update to our names index. https://www.boxhillhistoricalsociety.com.au/our-collection/

06.01.2022 Box Hill Historical Society will be open for research on Saturday 27th July from 10am to 3pm, and will have a small photographic display of around 100 houses from the Box Hill/Surrey Hills/Burwood area. Digital copies of the photos will be available at a cost of $15 per image, either sent electronically, or on a provided USB. Included in the display are some from a collection of Polaroid photos, taken by a Box Hill Council officer in the 1970s, of houses that were to be demolished after planning applications had been approved. The photos on display are by no means all the house photos we hold, just an interesting sample. Others are recorded in our catalogue. On Sunday 28th July, we have a BOOK SALE from 11am - 2pm. Click image to enlarge

06.01.2022 15th MARCH 2020 MEETING THIS SUNDAY at 2PM. The Changing Face Of Local Government Guest Speaker: Phil Warner, commenced his working life with the City of Box Hill in 1972 as a cadet engineer, and retired from the Whitehorse City Council in 2019 as General Manager of Infrastructure. Phil will speak on the many changes that have occurred over the 47 years he was employed by Council. Date: Sunday 15 March 2020... Time: 2:00 pm Venue: Bert Lewis Room (Meeting Room 1), 1st Floor, Box Hill Library, 1040 Whitehorse Road Box Hill Cost: A gold coin donation to help cover room hire. All Visitors Welcome! See more

05.01.2022 NOVEMBER MEETING Sunday 17th November 2019 Guest Speaker: Mary Sheehan is a professional historian researching the 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic, as part of a PhD at the University of Melbourne. She will speak about the origins of the pandemic and the efforts to treat victims, including locally. A listing of the 372 local residents infected, including a founding member of this Society, will be available for perusal. Date: Sunday 17 November 2019 Time: 2pm Location: Box Hill Library. Bert Lewis Room. Gold coin donation asked to help cover room hire

05.01.2022 AUGUST MEETING Sunday 18th August 2019 at 2pm. 2019 is the Centenary of the Broadhead family’s arrival in Box Hill. Committee member Ian Broadhead will speak on the family and their various activities in Box Hill over the past century. This meeting will be held in Meeting Room 1, first floor, Box Hill Library, 1040 Whitehorse Road Box Hill this venue is two doors east of the Town Hall. Cost: We ask a gold coin donation to help cover the cost of room hire.

05.01.2022 We've just had some new Second Hand Books land in our bookshop... So if you're in the market for some rare, out of print, hard to find or just plain fascinating history books, just click on through http://ow.ly/j7Hz50GzQaC

04.01.2022 Here's where you can find out if you need to BOOK an event or for more Info about Heritage Week 12-19 September 2019 Bus Tour: Pills, Ills, & Hospitals https://www.trybooking.com/BCREY CemeteryTour: Medicos & Misadventures https://www.trybooking.com/BCQGN Trivia Night: What's Up Doc? https:// www.trybooking.com/BCRFE... Heritage Week Talk: History of Emergency Medicine https://www.boxhillhistoricalsociety.com.au/september-meet/ Exhibition: Health and Hygiene, Then and Now https://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au//health-and-hygiene-then See more

03.01.2022 LEAP DAY CEMETERY TOUR! You are invited to a walking tour of Box Hill Cemetery, on 29th February 2020. Take advantage of the extra day in 2020 and book in for a two-hour tour of a range of graves in this historical cemetery. To coincide with the beginning of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day in March, our tour will focus on women in Box Hill cemetery. We will visit the graves of a variety of women, from nurses, teachers and artists to pioneers of women’s org...anisations. When: Saturday 29 February 2020, beginning at 10am Cost: $20 per person, [$15 for BHHS members] Bookings are essential and can be made online through Trybooking, at: https://www.trybooking.com/BIDZG Enquiries: Gary or Helen, 9890 9288 Please note that the tour requires a minimum of five (5) people to proceed.

02.01.2022 HERITAGE WEEK starts next week on Thursday 12th September until the 19th September Click the image below to discover details of all the events and exhibitions being held. Some activities require that you book in, like the Bus Tour, Cemetery Tour and Trivia Night. So many things to see and do!