Huntly & Districts' Historical Society Inc. in Huntly, Victoria, Australia | Community organisation

Huntly & Districts' Historical Society Inc.

Locality: Huntly, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 447 068 016

Address: 624 Midland Highway, 3551 Huntly, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that the Historical Society Rooms are now open again on a Wednesday from 10am till 2pm. The next Meeting will be next Wednesday at 12.30 for anyone to come along and see what we are doing.

25.01.2022 On Wednesday the 8th July after the 10am news on Phoenix fm 106.7 Greta will be talking about some historical facts in the White Hills Cemetery.

24.01.2022 Another school exercise book that we have received. We'd like to be able to return it to family.

22.01.2022 On Wednesday 16th September, our Greta will be on Phoenix radio 106.7 just after the 11am news talking about the Anne Caudle Centre.

22.01.2022 1919 Supporter of Huntly Football Club

20.01.2022 Stunning new mural at the new BP Epsom Fuel Outlet.

19.01.2022 Where do you live? Have you ever wondered where your suburb's name came from? Then check out this list: Armadale - Armadale comes from "Armadale House". This wa...s the residence of politician and real estate agent James Munro. He named "Armadale House" after the Scottish village where he went to school. Chadstone - Chadstone is thought to be named after Chadstone farm. Chadstone farm is named after Chad's stone church near Malvern Hill in England. Glen Iris - Named after the residence of solicitor J.C. Turner, one of the earliest settlers in the district. Hawksburn - Named after Hawksburn House, whose owners in the 1850s thought the nearby creek resembled a Scottish burn. Kooyong - Believed to mean camp or resting place. The name is said to come from Kooyong Koot. Malvern - Named by Sir James Lorimer of the Gardiner Shire Council. Judge Skinner had an estate there, which was named after Malvern in Worcestershire, England. Another report suggests it was named after John Gardiner, who pioneered an overland cattle route from New South Wales to the Port Phillip District in 1836 and established a station on the banks of Kooyongkoot, as Gardiners Creek was then called. The name was changed to Malvern in 1878 Prahran - George Langhorne, who ran a missionary for Aborigines from 1836, called this area "Pur-ra-ran", using local indigenous words believed to mean "land partially surrounded by water". Surveyor-General Robert Hoddle later changed the name to "Prahran" on an 1840 map of the Port Phillip district. South Yarra - So named because of its position south of the Yarra River. When the municipal district of Prahran was proclaimed in 1855, it included the residents of South Yarra on the east side of Punt Rd, while those on the west were included in the City of Melbourne. Besides forming a municipal boundary, the road itself became something of a barrier from the 1940s. Toorak - The suburb is named after Toorak House, built for Melbourne merchant James Jackson on 108 acres he purchased in 1849. After Jackson died at sea in 1850, the house was rented to the first governor of Victoria, Sir Charles Hotham, until Government House was completed. The name is also said to mean "reedy grass". Tooronga - The name given to an early homestead located on Gardiner's Creek in Malvern, Tooronga is believed to be an Aboriginal word for "bulrush" or could mean "modern" or "new". Windsor - Named after Windsor in England. Courtesy Herald Sun

18.01.2022 Another school exercise book from 1932.

16.01.2022 A request from one of our followers. - I am the ggggrandson of Edward Okeefe, Adelaide vale, as well as Jeremiah heffernan fm Victoria hotel. I am looking for any artifices on the family cheese brand ok cheese. Apparently on the way to Bendigo from axedale there used to be a large sign on a storage shed with ok cheese. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thx chris rieniets

16.01.2022 On Wednesday 14th October, our Greta will be on Phoenix radio 106.7 following the10am news and after the CWA report, talking about J.R.Hoskins who was President of the Huntly Shire and also ran a Sawmill.

16.01.2022 Still looking for names for this Goornong Cricket Team c 1950. Bottom Row first on the left maybe Jack Robinson.

15.01.2022 This photo has been found in miscellaneous photos. We would like to put it in the file it belongs to. Possible places would be Fosterville, Huntly or Epsom or somewhere else even.

12.01.2022 Welcome to Bonnie, Ebony, Sara, Billy, Aleisha, Liz, Ross, William, Bruiza, Ulrike, James, Jewelle, Tracy, Megan, Cindy, Michelle, Lyn, Matthew, Annette, Eva, Terence, Lynette, Alan, Ruth, Jodie, Stephen, Susan, Linda, Andy, Haroon, Kathy, Lyndon, Randell, Sheila, Tim, Melinda, Sian, Raine, Joy, Julie, Helen, Michael, Maggie, Saul, Rebecca, Donna, Heath, Sandra, Tammy, Anne and Anna, new 'likers' to our page! We hope you enjoy our 'posts' and look forward to sharing with you.

11.01.2022 CAN YOU HELP RESTORE THIS WW1 MEMORIAL? The Beehive Building on Bendigo's Pall Mall has recently been refurbished, with great plans to bring the historic bui...lding back to life. But another, almost forgotten piece of its history has just emerged. Bendigo resident and author Brenda Stevens-Chambers found this memorial to staff at the Beehive building in a local antique shop, a little worse for wear, and would like to restore it - including the four missing photographs. The Beehive has seen many uses since its days as a mining exchange in the 19th century, including a variety of retail outlets and upstairs offices, and any information regarding the staff-turned soldiers honoured in the memorial would be appreciated. The four soldiers with missing photographs are G. Speedy, C. Wood, R.Jenkins and J.A. Williams. Send us a message if you have any information, and we'll pass on the details.

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11.01.2022 On Wednesday 11th November, our Greta will be on Phoenix radio 106.7fm following the10am news and the CWA report, talking about the Nurses in the War.

10.01.2022 If you’re wearing a mask, here’s the most effective way to fasten it to protect yourself and others.

09.01.2022 Wouldn't be allowed to do this now sadly.

08.01.2022 At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns on the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare. The allied armies had driven the German... invaders back, having inflicted heavy defeats upon them over the preceding four months. In November the Germans called for an armistice (suspension of fighting) in order to secure a peace settlement. They accepted allied terms that amounted to unconditional surrender. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month attained a special significance in the post-war years. The moment when hostilities ceased on the Western Front became universally associated with the remembrance of those who had died in the war. This first modern world conflict had brought about the mobilisation of over 70 million people and left between 9 and 13 million dead, perhaps as many as one-third of them with no known grave. The allied nations chose this day and time for the commemoration of their war dead. #remembranceday #remembertoremember

06.01.2022 Another exercise book from 1959. We're wondering if the owners would like these books or they would prefer them to be kept at the Rooms.

06.01.2022 Is anyone able to help Jennifer with information about her Grandfather Thomas Robert/Robin Campbell?

05.01.2022 Leggo of St Just in Penwith 2 The Cornish surname Leggo is a household name in Australia and New Zealand, thanks to the popular Leggo’s products found on superm...arket shelves. As many of these products go into the making of Italian dishes, people mistakenly think Leggo is an Italian name. Leggo’s products take their name from Henry Madren Leggo, who was born on 28 February 1869 at Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia. Henry was the son of William Leggo and Elizabeth Jane Rowe, who married on 3 December 1854 at Pendeen, Cornwall, and were passengers on board the ship Hooghly when it sailed from Plymouth on 2 January 1855 bound for Australia. William and Elizabeth’s first child, a son, was born on the voyage, and ten more children were born in the Bendigo area. William, a miner, died when he fell down a mine shaft on 8 October 1879. Elizabeth died on 22 July 1915. In 1882, Henry Madren Leggo began work as a clerk in Frederick Rickard’s grocery store in High Street, Bendigo. By 1891, he had become a partner in the business, which as Rickard & Leggo was advertising itself at the king of food preservers. Within a few years, Leggo bought the business and renamed it H M Leggo & Co. From its base in Bendigo, the business grew as a successful manufacturer of tomato products, jams, jellies, preserved fruits, pickles and other grocery items. It also exported a wide range of jams and preserves to Java, Egypt, London, South Africa, France and Italy. Henry Madren Leggo died on 1 September 1938 and is buried in Bendigo cemetery with his wife, Edith Susan nee Edwards.

04.01.2022 On Wednesday 19th August, our Greta will be on Phoenix radio 106.7 just after the 11am news talking about Vietnam Veterans Day and the Kangaroo Flat Cemetery.

03.01.2022 We now have a new email address. It is [email protected] For any emails that have been sent to the hotmail address could you please resend as it hasn't been able to be accessed for quite some time. Many thanks.

02.01.2022 Can anyone help Andrew with information about his great grandfather Tom Tussup?

01.01.2022 James Lerk with his latest book "Bendigo's flourishing Tomato Industry". Huntly was a big part of the Tomato Industry.