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25.01.2022 Don't forget our guided Heritage Walk of Travancore leaves at 2pm tomorrow from the gates of Flemington Primary School (corner of Flemington Street and Mount Alexander Road). Tickets are $10. Join us for what promises to be a lovely afternoon!

23.01.2022 Today looks to be a glorious day for our guided Heritage Walk of Travancore! Join us at 2pm at the gates of Flemington Primary School (corner of Flemington Street and Mount Alexander Road). Tickets are $10. Don't forget to be sun smart and bring water.

22.01.2022 It's a glorious day for the 40th Moonee Valley Festival! At the EHS stall, We're selling our publications, including a fire sale of some slightly fire-damaged books at discount prices. We've also got a display on the Courthouse. As soon as you come in through the Cenotaph gate, we're on your left, so come and visit us!

19.01.2022 We’re open for the first time since the 2016 Fire - come and visit us!

16.01.2022 Come and say hi to us at the Moonee Valley Festival today! We’re just by the cenotaph and have our publications for sale.

16.01.2022 Sign up to help shape the future of Trove - for everyone! Trove is seeking volunteers to give feedback and take part in testing activities. This is a great oppo...rtunity to have a say and help improve Trove. https://confirmsubscription.com/h/i/D1107F9505667111 Activities start soon and will continue over the next 6-8 months. More information on this, and your participation, is available at http://help.nla.gov.au/trove/keeping-up-to-date. We're looking for people of all ages and backgrounds - dedicated Trove fans or people who've never used Trove before. So sign up, and please share widely! The Trove team's eternal gratitude is guaranteed! https://confirmsubscription.com/h/i/D1107F9505667111 Image: Public Record Office Victoria. Teacher, Grade 3, Discussing film just seen, 1954, Brunswick East Primary School, VPRS 14514/P1, unit 6. https://flic.kr/p/dryrRG

12.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who visited us at the Moonee Valley Festival. What a wonderful day!

12.01.2022 Tonight is our November Meeting where John Hills will be speaking on the history of the Shrine of Remembrance. Join us at Windy Hill for the meeting at 7:30pm, or in the bistro for dinner beforehand!

11.01.2022 The lovely Eve is enjoying the Moonee Valley Festival with hundred-year-old lollies!

10.01.2022 Tomorrow, the steam train returns to Essendon, with five trips in the historic "City of Melbourne," a 1951 190 tonne steam engine, departing from Essendon Station and journeying across Melbourne and its suburbs. The Rotary Club of Essendon is hosting this event with all profits going towards the recovery of the Moonee Ponds Courthouse since the devastating June fire. More details and tickets are available at ... https://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx See more

10.01.2022 Christmas came early for us! This grant will enable us to complete Stage 1 of the Courthouse restoration to make the building safe and watertight. However, we still need to continue to fundraise to restore the building in Stage 2.

09.01.2022 The Committee of Essendon Historical Society has made the difficult decision to cancel our upcoming events and to close the Moonee Ponds Court House Museum in Mount Alexander Road until further notice. While we are sad to close our doors, especially as we have only just re-opened them following the post-fire restoration of the Court House, our priority is to care for the health and wellbeing of our members and our local community. We will continue to operate online and post a...ny updates here and on the EHS website esshissoc.org.au. If you have any historical inquiries, please complete a research application form which can be downloaded from the EHS website. For any other queries, contact us at [email protected] you for your understanding and continued support. *** This photograph shows Essendon High School (now the Essendon Campus of Essendon Keilor College on Buckley Street) in 1919 when the school closed temporarily to become the City of Essendon Influenza Hospital.

07.01.2022 Join us tomorrow night for our first General Meeting of the year which will be a show & tell and movie night at Windy Hill at 7:30pm.

06.01.2022 This year, the funds raised by the Moonee Valley Australia Day Breakfast will go towards the restoration of the Moonee Ponds Courthouse Museum following the desvasting fire last June. For more details and to book: http://esshissoc.org.au//MV%20Australia%20Day%20Breakfast%

06.01.2022 We're at our street stall on Puckle Street again today! Our publications make for the perfect Christmas gift, including the RSHV's highly popular Remembering Melbourne. Come and find us outside the mall until 4pm.

06.01.2022 Happy New Year from the Essendon Historical Society! We're delighted to start 2017 with a guided Heritage Walk of Travancore which will take in the stunning sights and rich history of the estate. Join us on Sunday, January 22 at 2pm at the gates of the Flemington Primary School (corner of Fleming Street and Mount Alexander Road). Tickets cost $10 and bookings are not required.

05.01.2022 To celebrate our 50th anniversary in 2020, we have created a calendar that blends our local history with the modern-day. Each month contrasts a historic photo of a local landmark the present day. The calendar is A3 in size, spiral-bound and just $15. There is a limited print run of these calendars, so they will sell out. They make the perfect gift at this busy time of year To find out how to purchase a calendar, visit our website: https://esshissoc.org.au/publications/

05.01.2022 We are delighted to announce that the Moonee Ponds Court House Museum will be opening to the public for the first time since the 2016 Fire. Come and see how the building has been restored, and visit the History Reclaimed Exhibition which tells the story of the 1890 courthouse and other local buildings which, like the Court House, have been recovered. The Court House will be open from 2pm until 5pm on the following dates: Saturday, December 7 Sunday, December 8... Saturday, January 11 Sunday, January 12 For more information, please visit: https://esshissoc.org.au/the-courthouse-opens/ Photo: Julie Scott

04.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who rode the rails with us today! Who heard the steam train pass by? Who came along? We're loving see the pictures!

01.01.2022 We’re open again today and tomorrow, 2pm-5pm - come and visit us!

01.01.2022 We're at our street stall on Puckle Street today! We've got our publications for sale which make the perfect Christmas gift, including the Royal Historical Society of Victoria's highly popular Remembering Melbourne. Come and find us outside the mall until 4pm today and tomorrow.

01.01.2022 Come and see the restored Courtroom today until 5pm. Can you spot the surviving part of the ceiling?

Essendon Historical Society | Landmark & historical place