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23.01.2022 In last week’s Mildura Weekly (14th August, p.14) MDHS members, Raylee Schultz and Bill Bennett, shared their memories of the World War 2 celebrations, particularly in Merbein. Also giving a colourful account of the celebration, was Margaret Boyd (nee Pope) who as a 15 year old, was one of the girls in a white dress on the peace float pictured at Kenny Park.
22.01.2022 If you are tuned into ABC Mildura Swan Hill around 9.35am this morning you’ll hear our president Bernadette talking in Part 2 of the Blandowski story. This time ‘Kick to Kick’ will be discussed. The conversation will focus on a sketch unearthed by the Museum of Victoria. The 1857 sketch depicts a group of aboriginals playing what has been named as ‘kick to kick’.
22.01.2022 Merbein District Historical Society meeting tonight! Tuesday 25 February - 7.30pm MERBEIN - SHARING SHOP STORIES The first monthly meeting will be held in the Society's rooms which are on the corner of O'Bryan and Commercial Streets, Merbein.... Members and visitors will be invited to share their memories of selected early Merbein shops, images of which will be shown on a PowerPoint presentation. For more information please contact 5025 2288. All are welcome to attend.
21.01.2022 Don’t forget tomorrow afternoon the Merbein District Historical Society are celebrating 110 years of the Merbein Irrigated Settlement. The presentation starts at 2.00pm at the Merbein Library Hub. So make sure you are there at 1.45pm for a 2.00pm start. Entry is a gold coin donation and afternoon tea will be served at the conclusion of the presentation. Publications from the society will also be on sale. Looking forward to seeing you there.
21.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who attended this afternoon, it was a great success. We were thrilled that so many of you were interested in the 110 years of irrigated settlement. If you were interested in purchasing a previous publication see details below with the two pictures of our books. If you want to become a member of the society it costs $20 annually. Please contact us on 0439 816 466.
17.01.2022 VALE LEON WAGNER The Merbein District Historical Society sadly acknowledges the passing of member, Leon Wagner, on 16/10/2019. Leon was a worthy MDHS Life Member, our founding president, a continuous and contributing member of the executive, serving as president (1997-2007) and a meticulous treasurer for the last eleven years. We will miss his knowledge, humour, friendship, catering expertise, but most of all his presence.... We extend our heartfelt condolences to Kay, Adrian, Annette and their families.
16.01.2022 The Merbein District Historical Society are celebrating 110 years of an irrigation settlement on Sunday 17 November from 2.00pm - 4.00pm. The show Eleven Decades of The Merbein Irrigation Settlement 1909 - 2019" was created by Bernadette Wells and will be held at the Merbein Library Hub in Main Avenue, Merbein. All are welcome to attend. Members of the Society will narrate the different decades and are excited to be celebrating, with the wider public, Merbein's 110 years i...n a presentation. Many different images of significant Merbein events and buildings will be featured. Most of the images come from the MDHS collection, but there will also be images being shown publicly for the first time. At the conclusion of the show an afternoon tea will be served. Entry is by a gold coin donation. An extensive selection of the Society's publications will also be for sale. Some great ideas for Christmas stocking fillers.
10.01.2022 Don’t forget tonight (Tuesday 22) is our monthly meeting at 7.30pm in the society’s rooms on the corner of Commercial & O'Bryan Streets in Merbein. All are welcome to attend. Tonights speaker is Dan MacFarlane. Dan will be speaking on the topic of RAAF base - No 2 Operational Training Unit (2OTU) at Mildura WW2 and the local plane crashes. Dan was in the RAAF and is now a volunteer at 2OTU. bit.ly/2VXRILM
10.01.2022 Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all Merbein District Historical Society meetings, visits and excursions in the foreseeable future are cancelled. Copies of the current MDHS Merbein Historian, along with copies of the The 80th Anniversary of the Merbein Country Women's Association 1939 2019 are now available at the Merbein Pharmacy in Commercial St. Merbein.
03.01.2022 In case you missed it, the Merbein Historian’s September edition is available. The feature story is Merbein’s Chiselett’s Cordial Factory. Locally you can purchase the edition from the Merbein Pharmacy for $5.00.
02.01.2022 As 2019 draws to a close we would like to reflect on the year that was. As a society we had field trips to learn about the indigenous history on the Merbein Common, visited the restored crane at Wilson’s Salvage Yard, eleven programs including many guest speakers, four editions of the Merbein Historian magazine, supported the writing of the book on the Merbein CWA, acknowledged Ken Orchard’s role in identifying Blandowski’s site, a public event presenting 11 decades of the Merbein irrigation settlement, another edition to the Merbein town plaques project and continued our involvement in the Merbein cluster box mosaic project. What a year!! If you want to join the society, membership is $20 a year and we meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the society rooms at the corner of O’Bryan and Commercial Streets, Merbein.
02.01.2022 The next meeting of the Merbein District Historical Society is on Tuesday September 24th at the Society's rooms on the corner of O'Bryan & Commercial Streets, Merbein at 7.30 pm. MDHS member Liz Knott, will be speaking about her great grandfather’s cousin, Lew Taylor, who was granted Block 81 E (10 acres) in the September 1910 Merbein Homestead Allocation. All are welcome to attend.
01.01.2022 Red Cliffs Centenary 2021 - R.G. Cameron certainly was certainly immersed in the Merbein community 100 years ago. George Bain McDonnell first worked in the Mildura area in 1891 as a ranger and later became involved in fruit growing. He enlisted in Mildura in 1915 served in the Middle East and was discharged in 1918. In 1919, as a soldier settler applicant, he was allocated at Birdwoodton, Block 67. ... He later sold a corner of his property to his son, Frank, who established a General Store and Post Office on the Birdwoodton site. (From Battlefield to Block)
