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Coburg Historical Society

Locality: Coburg, Victoria, Australia

Address: Bluestone Cottage Museum 82 Bell St 3058 Coburg, VIC, Australia

Website: https://coburghistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/

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23.01.2022 Always was, Always will be.

22.01.2022 COBURG (MELBOURNE) 1930s Coburg is a northern suburb of Melbourne, about 9kms from the city. This shot looks south over the City of Coburg, with the intersectio...n of Bell Street and Sydney Road at the lower right. The Primary School and Town Hall are on Bell Street (lower middle) with the Coburg Football Club oval (Bridges Reserve) opposite. (Charles Daniel Pratt - Airspy Photo)

22.01.2022 Does anyone have any more information about the history of the Progress Theatre and its current Dance School ?

19.01.2022 Check out this 3D immersive self-guided tour of Pentridge’s B Division. Atalanti Dionysus is one of our members. Congratulations! ... https://captur3d.io/view/atalanti-films/hm-prison-pentridge Copyright 2020 by Atalanti Dionysus All Rights Reserved.

12.01.2022 Created by one of our very creative members Kitty Owens

11.01.2022 Adrian Didlick and Katinka Strolch put together a photo book about Pentridge Prison. Lots and lots of photographic insights from 2010 until now + an introduction and information about all the divisions written by Don Osborne, a former teacher at Pentridge and the author of the book ‘Pentridge: Behind the Bluestone Walls’.

11.01.2022 Tune into Triple R - 3RRR 102.7FM’s The Glasshouse with Bethany Atkinson-Quinton at 1.35pm today to hear about this year’s Monument to Now: MoreArt 2020 progra...m. Moreland City Council’s Public Art Officer and MoreArt curator, Emily Cormack and Artist Timmah Ball will be discussing her extraordinary text about the Lincoln Mills which has been turned into a multi-lingual sound work. MoreArt 2020 opens Next Wednesday, 11 November. https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/the-glasshouse See more

08.01.2022 The Coburg Historical Society elves are busy putting the finishing touches on the December edition of Search - our quarterly journal... We are looking at Christmas in Coburg in all its colours, including the days when Kodak in Elizabeth Street held its annual family day - turning the corner of Elizabeth and Boyne Streets into a temporary amusement park every year Did you ever attend a Kodak Karnival or Christmas event?... Source: Museum Victoria Collection

05.01.2022 Trawling the archives for Christmas content, and found these snaps from our 2005 Christmas party - back in the days when you could congregate in large groups and share food! Does anyone know the now young man identified as a "prospective member for 2020" in the bottom left corner? We can send him a membership form...

05.01.2022 Highly recommended podcast series

04.01.2022 We are very happy to see on this announcement that we are on the 2020 Shortlist for the AMaGA Victoria Museums and Galleries Awards. Archival Survival Award for Volunteer Run Organisations (up to 1 EFT paid staff) Arapiles Historical Society Inc, Digitisation Project... AFI Research Collection, Virtual and Digital Adaptation Coburg Historical Society, Social Media Project Her Place Women's Museum Australia and the Women's Mural Documentation Project for 'Re-imagining the Women's Mural The Kiewa Valley Historical Society Inc, The Power of Water See more

03.01.2022 This year 2.5km of the Upfield line was raised into the air to remove four level crossings, but do you recall the time that the line was proposed for closure all together...? Read all about the short lived Upfield light rail proposal via the link

02.01.2022 This is a historical moment for Victoria... one day we will say 'what was the first thing you did on the 28th of October 2020' What is the first thing you are going to do?

02.01.2022 The owners of 423 Bell Street Pascoe Vale South are trying to establish when the building was built. We are one of five narrow terrace Shop & Dwellings. oldest date they can see on the Land Title is 1927. Can anyone help ?

02.01.2022 Does anyone remember drinking milk at school ?

02.01.2022 Do any of you have any hi-res digital images of older Merlynston area?

01.01.2022 We have just launched a new initiative called #MuseumInMyNeighbourhood. There will be a time when we look back on this period and share again the kindness, new... traditions, and connections we are all experiencing right now. Do you have a personal story about life during coronavirus that you want to be remembered in #Melbourne’s history? Check out the Museum in my Neighbourhood’s webpage to find out more and share your story. www.engage.vic.gov.au/museum-in-my-neighbourhood

01.01.2022 Many of Brunswick's early parks were built on the site of old quarries or claypits. These huge holes in the ground were unsightly and dangerous - residents regu...larly fell in! Parks were one way of beautifying the neighbourhood and solving a public health problem. Check out our new video in a series about Moreland's historic parks, this time focusing on Methven, Fleming and Temple Parks.