Leongatha Historical Society in Leongatha, Victoria | Museum

Leongatha Historical Society

Locality: Leongatha, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5662 2492

Address: 10 McCartin St 3953 Leongatha, VIC, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Edney's looking from the rail crossing

23.01.2022 The Leongatha Avenue of Honour and place of reflection. One of the Avenues of honour nominated as an historic wonder of South Gippsland

22.01.2022 Road making Inverloch

21.01.2022 McCartin St with Peases'. the Star and the Sports store

19.01.2022 An early home in the partly cleared forest.

17.01.2022 The Milner building 1890s. This was located on the site of the former Electrical Goods store next to the National Bank.

17.01.2022 An interesting view of Leongatha High School old building taken in the 40s. The oak tree is visible on the left

16.01.2022 An early post card showung forest destruction

14.01.2022 The Leongatha Station 70s

14.01.2022 Bair St 1988. The town and Shire centenary.

14.01.2022 On the football theme, the Leongatha team of 1900.

13.01.2022 Christmas Greetings from the Leongatha Historical Society. This card was sent from local Tommy Sangster Snr to his family in Leongatha for Christmas 1941. Tommy died as a POW in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru on 1 July 1942.

12.01.2022 The Leongatha level crossing and Court House 60s or maybe the 70s.

10.01.2022 The Jeetho Hall a nomination for one of the seven historical wonders of South Gippsland see an earlier post for all the nominations

09.01.2022 More photos of Peases and the Star Office McCartin St Leongatha

09.01.2022 Please vote in the online poll for the seven historic wonders of South Gippsland. If you are a member of Gippsland History go to that Facebook Page and vote.

08.01.2022 Congratulations Edney's garage on 100 years in the garage and car sales business

08.01.2022 The most historic commercial building in Leongatha. Hayes store built in 1889 from locally made bricks

07.01.2022 Edney's advertisement 1950s

06.01.2022 McCartin St 1988

05.01.2022 The Leongatha Premiership team 1940. The Captain /Coach Jack Howard in the middle with the ball and Secretary Tom Sangster 4th left back row were to die as POWs in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru on 1 July 1942.

04.01.2022 Another Edney vehicle, the Austin A 40 another great car.

04.01.2022 Edney's advertisement 1967. How good was a Morris 1100.

04.01.2022 Early advertising for Edney's

03.01.2022 Mt Eccles Football team 1903

03.01.2022 Leongatha boy Matt Stevic umpired his 400th AFL game at last night's Richmond/Port Adelaide preliminary final . Matt is a past student of Leongatha Primary School and Leongatha Secondary College. Congratulations Matt. Hope you get a GF role.

03.01.2022 This premiership team from 1934 has Tommy Sangster Jnr as a mascot

03.01.2022 An early farm in the Leongatha area

01.01.2022 Bruce St, the first St Peter's church 20s

01.01.2022 McCartin St Leongastha 1932. You can see a little of the Star office, the former CBC bank and MacNamara's bakery.