Hastings-Western Port Historical Society Inc. in Hastings, Victoria | Community museum

Hastings-Western Port Historical Society Inc.

Locality: Hastings, Victoria

Phone: +61 490 132 011

Address: Cnr Marine Pde & Skinner St 3915 Hastings, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.hwphs.org.au/

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25.01.2022 The Hastings-Western Port Historical Society Committee and Members Congratulate the newly appointed Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor, Despi O’Connor, and deputy mayor Sarah Race.

22.01.2022 The Hastings-Western Port Historical Society would like to thank Kate Roper for her time as Councillor and the great work she did. Kate’s interest in the local community and the many hours spent in helping and advising the Society is greatly acknowledged. At Kate’s suggestion we were successful in gaining the Placemaking Grant to enable the visual improvement of our museum and her valuable support was much appreciated by the Committee and members. As a resident of Crib Poi...nt I, (Dianne Maloney), think it looks wonderful and inviting with the beautification streetscape of the Crib Point Cellars and the small group of shops. Kate did an amazing job on the many projects that were completed, e.g the beautification of High Street and the Murals in the laneways. The ongoing projects will be a credit to her ability to achieve a good outcome for the community. We wish her well for the future. We take this opportunity of congratulating Lisa Dixon in her new role as Councillor for Cerberus Ward and we look forward to working with Lisa in the future. We are sure you will do a lot for our community as you have done in the past. President and Committee

22.01.2022 Lahy's store at the pier, Hastings. Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. Does anyone remember the store? State Library of Victoria Image H32492/7675

21.01.2022 Beautiful spot!

19.01.2022 Copied from Hastings Community Page: Western Port Secondary College tS1cpohndesored ... What a LEGEND... This is huge WPSC news!!! Congratulations to our Year 11 Achievement Captain Harry Hansen who was last night presented with the ‘Young Legend Award’ at the Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards. The award recognised Harry’s work in the local and school communities in areas such as the Hastings student council, mentoring Year 3 and 4 students to support a successful future transition to Secondary School and representing the school in activities such as the HPV Team. Congratulations again Harry, we are so proud! See more

16.01.2022 Hastings post office and residence - 1914

14.01.2022 A huge shout out to the wonderful people who turned up for the working bee at the historical society on Saturday 28th November. So much work was done and looks great. Still more to be weeded but the majority of the hard work has been done. I would particularly like to thank the following lovely people: Rodney and Jessica who started the big clean up over a week ago which made it easier for the following people to continue the clean up. Lynda, Jackie, Brenda, Michael, John, Ke...n, Sabrina and Lois. It was hard work pulling the weeds out and I really thank them all for their great effort. Santa will be good to them all. The garden will look great when we have finished weeding and spread mulch around. Thank you all, Dianne Maloney

13.01.2022 I am disapointed to note that a wire basket of Australian native orchids has been removed from our garden. It would be appreciated for it's return. We would be very happy to share this with whoever took it. Please return it. Thanks, Dianne Maloney, President.

10.01.2022 Hastings is a bit busier nowadays! But just as nice

10.01.2022 The HWPHS congratulates Hastings the Winner of the Tidy Towns and all to organisations that entered the Tidy Towns event. We are proud of the following: St Josephs Catholic Primary School at Crib Point for ‘The Sea is my Best Friend’ program which was announced as the winner of the Education Award Mornington Peninsula Shire’s ‘Mallacoota Evacuation’ was announced as the winner of the Community Award ... Boomerang Bags Mount Martha ‘ Scrubs for Medical Staff’ received a Highly Commended in the Community Award Category Dolphin Research Institute ‘I see I care’ marine ambassadors was announced as the winner of the Environment Award Josie Jones for her ‘Map of Australia was announced as the winner of the Litter Award A Team - Advance Team from Hastings received a Highly Commended in the Litter Award Category Rye Community House received a Highly Commended in the Waste Category Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Youth Services ‘Rap4Rap’ project received a Highly Commended in the Indigenous Culture Category Westernport Secondary College’s Harrison Hansen was announced a the winner of the Young Legend Award with a perfect score of 10 out of 10 The Shire’s wonderful Jacqueline Salter was announced the recipient of the most prestigious award of the evening the Dame Phyllis Frost Award All of the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s entrants should be thanked for their hard work and wonderful way in which they contribute to make our Shire such a wonderful place to live.

09.01.2022 Beautiful Kananook Creek, Frankston. Photographer: Rose Stereograph Co. State Library of Victoria Image H32492/8548.

09.01.2022 Origins of Remembrance Day Why is this day special to Australians? 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 uncondit...Continue reading

07.01.2022 For those interested in watching the service online tomorrow at 11am https://www.shrine.org.au/remembrance-day-2020

06.01.2022 The Hastings-Western Port Historical Society would like to offer our deepest condolences to the Tredwell family. Current Committee member and former President Andy Tredwell passed away this morning. We express our gratitude for the work he has done for the Society over the years. We send much love to his wife Lynda and family at this difficult time.

06.01.2022 https://historymonth.org.au/events/ Still plenty of events on offer until the end of the month

06.01.2022 PLEASE NOTE - IMPORTANT -- UPDATE Due to some technical or other reason, the Society is unable to access emails sent to their email address: [email protected] We can send from this one but not receive. If you need to send us an email please use this temporary one:... [email protected] until Microsoft fix the broken one. Please contact me on 0416 121 791 if it is urgent. Thanks, Di Maloney President

05.01.2022 Do any of our followers have any knowledge of a James Macfarlane in 1902 having a licence or worked at ‘Macfarlane’s Royal Hotel' Hastings? We have had an enquiry but we are unable to find any reference to him in our records or the hotel file. Thank you in advance.

04.01.2022 WE NEED HELP AT THE MUSEUM WORKING BEE 28 NOVEMBER, 2020 The Hastings-Western Port Historical Society is in urgent... need of helpers/volunteers to help restore our Pioneer Cottage garden which has gone wild since Covid19 hit us early this year, preventing our volunteers gardening. The weeds have taken over and our two volunteer member gardeners are struggling to pull it together. We are hoping to organize a working bee on Saturday 28th November 2020 between 9.00am and 3.00pm and invite any persons who would like to help and to donate an hour or two to pull some weeds. If we can get between 5-10 or more people, this would be massive help to us. Covid19 rules will be observed and we are looking at allocating a section per person. The Society will provide refreshments to the helpers. Unfortunately we are not able to facilitate children on the day for safety reasons. If you are able to help please post on our Facebook Page or email us at our temporary email address [email protected] with your details. Text messages can be sent to Dianne: 0416 121 791 or call Lynda: 59 77 4478 See more

04.01.2022 ONLINE EXHIBITION: ‘TREASURES FROM THE SHIRE ARCHIVES’ Treasures from the Shire Archives - Arts and Culture on the Mornington Peninsula (mornpen.vic.gov.au) htt...ps://artsandculture.mornpen.vic.gov.au/treasures-from-t/ The Mornington Peninsula Shire has launched on online exhibition called ‘Treasures from the Shire Archives’. There’s some fascinating material held in the Shire Archives Collection and we’re really pleased we can share with you some of the stories associated with this material. We also encourage you to contribute any stories or memories you may have about the local history of our Shire, which you can do through our Facebook page or by emailing us at [email protected] Your feedback on our exhibition would be greatly appreciated. Please click on the link below to the short online survey: Treasures Exhibition Online Feedback Survey https://culturecounts.cc/s/5Geiow/splash See more

01.01.2022 Copied with permission by Dick Roberts As we are nearing Chistmas again, i couldn't help but think back to how tough last year's was, and as i haven't shared any poems for awhile I'd thought i write one tonight. Christmas Rain "As the ashes fell in silence,... From the mountain sky’s that night The bush kids were playing, All was calm, all was bright. But Christmas Eve would change this year, And Santa he didn’t come, The wind had changed direction, All the families had to run. The smoke filled the valley’s, The sun you couldn’t see, Farm by farm went up in flames, All was lost to memories. We all fought to try and stop it, We all fought so hard in vain, Then all sat down in silence. And started praying for some rain. And didn’t it rain, like no Christmas we’d seen before, it rained in human kindness, The Aussie spirit did it roar. When we thought all was lost, When we couldn’t take no more, Truck loads of mateship, Came knocking at our door. There were those that were so lucky, There were those that just survived There were those that had lost everything, And those that lost their lives. But as we all sit down this Christmas, May we never forget, All those Australians, Those Australians we’d never met. Cause didn’t it rain, like no Christmas we’d seen before, it rained in human kindness, The Aussie spirit did it roar. When we thought all was lost, When we couldn’t take no more Truck loads of mateship, Came knocking at our door. So as the stars shine in silence, In the mountain sky’s this year When all the kids are playing, All full of Christmas cheer, Don’t forget to take a moment, To thank those no longer here, And those we’d never met, That showed up on a prayer" See more