Harrietville Historical Society Inc. in Harrietville, Victoria | Museum

Harrietville Historical Society Inc.

Locality: Harrietville, Victoria

Phone: +61 418 462 869

Address: 217 Great Alpine Road 3741 Harrietville, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Harrietville Historical Society features in the Harrietville Primary School Newsletter this month. We are building our capacity to reach out and engage everyone. Thank you Robyn!

24.01.2022 While we are all in lock down, it would be good to have a chronicle or record of what we are doing. Please share photos and say where you are. Videos are OK too. Lists, poetry, music, copies of letters... what do we all do when we are saying safely at home? Is anyone keeping a log ( like a ship’s captain)? Anyone being creative (including creating drive ways? Anyone doing major home transformations- like from minimalist to full of objects or vice versa? Thanks! Post your contribution here. It will be moderated before going public.

23.01.2022 Here is your notice... This will be a great and gentle day.

23.01.2022 Some pics of Harrietville’s successful Australia Day Service 2021, by the Historical Society for the ASC. BIG thank you to everyone involved and to all who braved the rain and attended.

21.01.2022 Harrietville’s Australia Day Service was a great success despite the rain! 96 yr old Harry Bell, who ‘still calls Harrietville home’ after his first 30yrs living here, lay the beautiful wreath indoors at the Hall, but it was later transferred to the Pioneer Monument in Pioneer Park. He said, as he saluted - To all the old Pioneers, I salute you!

19.01.2022 July 2020 HARRIETVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Inc Where Was Auntie Jane’s? Harrietville has had a long and rich history from the golden days of the late 1800s, through to the 2000s. There were at different times, quite large populations. The Rose Thistle and Shamrock mine and later the Tronoh Dredge as just two examples each employed over 60 men on shift work, and our little school once had 300 children.... This means there are many people now scattered all around the country with family associations with our town. Many visitors come to our Museum looking not just at the displays but also searching out family history and locations. Some bring along old family photos and stories to add to our collection and many are looking for the places were their uncles/aunts/grandparents lived. Hence we get queries like Do you know where Auntie Jane’s was? she worked at a boarding house and Uncle Tom was a foreman at the Sambas and I think they picked hops as well and lived up Mill Road. At the same time many current townsfolk are interested in the stories that their own properties could tell if they knew more of the histories. A recent search for the site of the Harrietville Hotel (a double storey weatherboard building) led to this current project which aims to map and document as much of our property history as we can. Using old maps of different scales and different eras in the Museum, and the most valuable memories of past residents - Harry Bell, Bill Curran and Bill Bibby - we now have a base on which to invite everyone from far and wide to contribute their own knowledge and information on any property history they may have. This large project covers the surrounding rural areas as well as the township. It has been broken into six maps covering from Mills View in the north, to the top end of Mill Road. These maps and accompanying property lists (using the Shire’s property numbering system and current owners where known) will be available on line through Harrietville Facebook pages and via email. There are many many blanks on the lists that we would love to see filled in, and any photos would of course be most welcome. Naturally anyone who doesn’t want their details included can just let us know and they will be taken out. To take part and contribute to this project contact the Harrietville Historical Society (see our Facebook Page) or the Project Co-ordinator, Brian Eddy ([email protected]) Robyn Downey, President Harrietville Historical Society Inc. (A couple of interesting things found so far - there was a Footy Ground somewhere north of Newmans Lane on the Tree Farm property; there was a Tennis Club with two courts behind the current Hotel Motel; there was a Temperance Hall behind the Toilets at the Clarrie Keating Reserve; and the Harrietville Hotel was next door to the current Community Hall (north side) and was demolished after the 1917 floods)

18.01.2022 Here's the camera crew today starting to photograph the collection. We had loads of fun. Thank you Cheryl and Brian. And a tiny prize will be given to anyone who can guess what it is they are photographing. Join us next Thursday at 3 pm at the Museum.

14.01.2022 Today grades 3-6 young people from Harrietville and Wandiligong Schools came to the Museum and explored: 1. Life in an old house, making soap suds and getting butter into the right shape 2. Gold mining and how tough it is to crush rocks by hand 3. Examining, describing, measuring, drawing and photographing artefacts to build knowledge and catalogue our collection. Thank you great young people and teachers.

13.01.2022 We had a fabulous AGM today and there were loads of new members and new active committee members too. We farewelled Harry Bell - Harrietville will forever be home. And Joy Daniels came back too. Between the two we have a beautiful snapshot of life as a child in Harrietville when the dredge was operating and the mining was the heart of the village. Four members were awarded Life Membership Joyce Groat, Ian Stapleton, John Bakkum and William (Billy) Jones. Be sure to stay tuned we have some launches this year and that means more learning about our heritage. We are open Saturdays and Sundays 12:00-3:00 pm now until ANZAD Day.

13.01.2022 Great and wonderful news. Craig Dent, the writer in residence at Harrietville Primary School has donated a special gift copy of the book the children have written and published this year. Thank you young people!

12.01.2022 The Museum is closed from 23 March 2020 until further notice. We regret that we are unable to offer access to any visitors or tour groups for the foreseeable future. Please stay safe and well.

11.01.2022 Big thanks to John Bakkum and Krishna Castricum who keep our Museum garden, and centre of town, tidy and mown. This week - ‘Shout out’ to John, Neene and Ed Gardner who raked up almost every single leaf on Friday! Looks fabulous - thanks guys

10.01.2022 We’ve waited 12 months for this!!Finally after Bush fires last Jan and Covid restrictions at Easter, we were able to hold our Harrietville Historical Society Bush Market on Sunday!! Mother Nature blessed us with brilliant NE Alpine Valley weather and hosts of happy faces attest to a great morning had by all. Many thanks to all stall holders, CFA, Alpine Radio and most of all to chief organiser, Brian Fleming and all the HHS volunteers for their tireless efforts.