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The Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies Inc. is a group of around 50 Historical Societies.

The member groups have a wide range of interests, all with a historical emphasis. These include such things as:

  • Collecting artefacts to house in Museums
  • Collecting paper records
  • Collecting photographs
  • Some are combined Historical and Genealogical Groups

Most of the groups are willing to allow the public to carry out research or will do so for them at a fee.

The Association allows interchange of ideas and information between groups, relating to such things as:
  • Fund Raising
  • Storage Methods
  • Attracting members
  • Insurance Issues
  • Grants Available
  • Charges made
  • Guest speakers
  • Burglary prevention

A quarterly newsletter, The Western Historian, is produced.

WVAHS Officials

President:
 Ian Ballinger    
15 Jenkinson Avenue Horsham 3402
Phone:
 03 5382 1880    
     
Secretary:
 Helen Curkpatrick    
273 Old Hamilton Road Haven 3401
Phone:
 03 5382 7227    
Email:
 haven273@wimmera.com.au    

WVAHS Meetings

All member groups of the Association meet once a year. This meeting is followed by an dinner in the evening with a guest speaker.

The member groups are divided into three zones and these zone groups meet twice a year. Zone members host these meetings in rotation.

At Zone Meetings each group reports on their recent activities. There is also a chance to discuss issues of concern on a formal and informal basis.

Meeting Timetable

Saturday 27 April 10.00 a.m. Uniting Church Hall, Maryborough Midlands Zone Meeting
  Neill Street, Maryborough  
  Worsley Cottage Southern Zone Meeting
  3 Palmerston Street, Maryborough  
  Worsley Cottage Wimmera Zone Meeting
  3 Palmerston Street, Maryborough  
Saturday 27 April 1.30 p.m. Uniting Church Hall, Maryborough WVAHS Annual General Meeting
  Neill Street, Maryborough  
Saturday 27 April 6.30 p.m Highland Society Dinner
  35 High Street, Maryborough  
Sunday 28 April 9.30 a.m. Worsley Cottage Morning Tea
  3 Palmerston Street, Maryborough  
Sunday 28 April 10.00 a.m. Bus Tour of Maryborough  

 

WVAHS Zone Members

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MIDLANDS ZONE SOUTHERN ZONE WIMMERA ZONE
Barham / Koondrook Camperdown Arapiles
Birchip Casterton Ararat
Boort Cobden Balmoral
Carisbrook Colac Dimboola
Charlton Coleraine Edenhope
Cohuna Dunkeld Halls Gap
Donald Geelong & SW Rail Hopetoun
East Loddon Glenthompson Horsham
Goldfields Hamilton Jeparit
Inglewood Hawkesdale Minyip
Kerang Heytesbury Nhill
Maryborough Midlands Koroit Ouyen
Nullawil Mortlake Rainbow
Pyramid Hill Mount Rouse Rupanyup
St Arnaud Port Fairy Stawell
Swan Hill Portland Warracknabeal
  Terang  
  Warrnambool  
  Woolsthorpe  

Group Subscription

Groups pay $30 membership annually,which includes quarterly newsletter, The Western Historian.

Individual Subscription

The Western Historian is also made available to individuals at a cost of $15 per year

Member Groups of WVAHS

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Arapiles Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Colin Webb    
  Grass Flat 3409
Phone:
 03 5387 0510    
Secretary:
 Valda Hateley    
P.O. Box 34 Natimuk 3409
Phone:
 03 5387 1387    
Ararat & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Trevor Gallahar    
P.O. Box 551 Ararat 3377
Phone:
 03 5352 3117    
Secretary:
 Maxine Berg    
P.O. Box 551 Ararat 3377
Phone:
      
Balmoral & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Judy Brown    
27 Urquhart Street Balmoral 3407
Phone:
 03 5570 1237    
Secretary:
 Denise Raggatt    
19 Cemetery Road Balmoral 3407
Phone:
 03 5570 1196    
Barham-Koondrook Historical Society Inc. Email  
President:
 Allan Tompkins    
P.O. Box 124 Koondrook 3580
Phone:
 03 5453 1181    
Secretary:
 Helen Campbell    
P.O. Box 124 Koondrook 3580
Phone:
 03 5452 1831    
Birchip Historical Society    
President:
 Warren King    
8 Watchem Road Birchip 3483
Phone:
 03 5492 2396    
Secretary:
 Dorothy Reid    
P.O. Box 35 Birchip 3483
Phone:
 03 5399 0564    
Boort Historical Society Email    
President:
 John Nelson      
       
Phone:
 03 5455 2255      
Secretary:
 Jennie Weaver      
P.O. Box 54 Boort 3537  
Phone:
 03 5455 2744    
Camperdown & District Historical Society    
President:
 Bob Lambell    
P.O. Box 243 Camperdown 3260
Phone:
 03 5593 2213    
Secretary:
 Heather McDowell    
P.O. Box 243 Camperdown 3260
Phone:
 03 5393 9313    
Carisbrook Historical Society    
President:
 Judith Healey    
19 Bucknall Street Carisbrook 3464
Phone:
 03 5464 2601    
Secretary:
 Alex Stoneman    
19 Bucknall Street Carisbrook 3464
Phone:
 03 5464 2400    
Casterton & District Historical Society Inc.      
President:
 Jan Lier      
P.O. Box 48 Casterton 3311  
Phone:
        
Secretary:
 Ros Coventry      
P.O. Box 48 Casterton 3311  
Phone:
 03 5581 2875    
Charlton Golden Grains Museum    
President:
 Sue Walsh    
P.O. Box 30 Charlton 3525
Phone:
 03 5491 1477    
Secretary:
 Carolyn Olive    
P.O. Box 30 Charlton 3525
Phone:
 03 5491 6225    
Cobden & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Judith Gribble    
29 Gribbles Road Cobden 3266
Phone:
 03 5594 6245    
Secretary:
 Elizabeth Wilson    
P.O. Box 57 Cobden 3266
Phone:
 03 5595 1162    
Cohuna & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Gary Farrant    
30 Augustine Street Cohuna 3568
Phone:
 03 5456 2256    
Secretary:
 Yvonne Church    
P.O. Box 9 Leitchville 3567
Phone:
 03 5456 7332    
Colac & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Gwenyth Knox    
P.O. Box 154 Colac 3250
Phone:
 03 5231 4278    
Secretary:
 Margaret Facey    
8 Pell Street Colac 3250
Phone:
 03 5232 1624    
Coleraine Historical Society
Email
President:
 Nola Gunning    
1356 Coleraine-Edenhope Road Coleraine 3315
Phone:
 03 5575 2461    
Secretary:
 Ken Fitzgerald    
P.O. Box 39 Coleraine 3315
Phone:
 03 5575 2206    
Dimboola & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Dale Conway    
57 Wimmera Street Dimboola 3414
Phone:
 03 5389 1265    
Secretary:
 Evelyn King    
5 Malvern Road Dimboola 3414
Phone:
 03 5389 1358    
Derrinallum & Lismore History Group
Email
President:
 Sandy Gibson    
P.O. Box 25 Derrinallum 3325
Phone:
 03 5596 2062    
Secretary:
 Barbara Roysland    
P.O. Box 25 Derrinallum 3325
Phone:
 03 5568 2672    
Donald History & Natural History Group
President:
 Norman Holllis    
P.O. Box 111 Donald 3480
Phone:
 03 5497 1552    
Secretary:
 Brian Brasier    
P.O. Box 111 Donald 3480
Phone:
 03 5497 1019    
Dunkeld & District Historical Museum Inc.      
President:
 Jeff Nagorcka      
       
Phone:
 03 5572 2964      
Secretary:
 Wendy Williams      
The Four Mile, Glenelg Highway Dunkeld 3294  
Phone:
 03 5577 2386    
East Loddon and District Historical Society    
President:
 John Davidson    
327 Dingee-Serpentine Road Pompapiel 3571
Phone:
 03 5437 8330    
Secretary:
 Elizabeth McGauchie    
P.O. Box14 Mitiamo 3537
Phone:
 0427 840 139    
Edenhope & District Historical Society
President:
 Allan Sambell    
     
Phone:
 03 5585 1495    
Secretary:
 Geoff Langsworth    
177 Elizabeth Street Edenhope 3318
Phone:
 03 5585 1795    
Glenthompson History Group    
President:
 Murray Rogerson    
P.O. Box 38 Glenthompson 3293
Phone:
 03 5577 8248    
Secretary:
 Heather Lynch    
P.O. Box 38 Glenthompson 3293
Phone:
 03 5577 4283    
Geelong & South Western Rail Heritage Society Email    
President:
 Michael Menzies      
P.O. Box 1953 Geelong 3220  
Phone:
 03 5221 5342      
Secretary:
 Paul Vincec      
P.O. Box 1953 Geelong 3220  
Phone:
      
Goldfields History & Arts Society    
President:
 John Tully    
P.O. Box 50 Dunolly 3472
Phone:
 0428 178 669    
Secretary:
 Colin Sullivan    
P.O. Box 50 Dunolly 3472
Phone:
 03 5469 1262    
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society Inc. Email  
President:
 Kathy Matic    
P.O. Box 59 Halls Gap 3381
Phone:
 03 5356 4748    
Secretary:
 Kathy McDonald    
P.O. Box 59 Halls Gap 3381
Phone:
 03 5356 4679    
Hamilton History Centre Inc.    
President:
 Ian Black    
P.O. Box 816 Hamilton 3300
Phone:
 03 5572 4933    
Secretary:
 Cheryl Green    
P.O. Box 816 Hamilton 3300
Phone:
      
Hawkesdale Historical Society    
President:
 Robert Whitehead    
434 Goodwood Road Minhamite 3287
Phone:
 03 5569 1507    
Secretary:
 Tim King    
Willawa Carumut 3274
Phone:
 03 5576 6231    
Heytesbury District Historical Society    
President:
 Beryl Garrow    
63 Curdievale Road Timboon 3268
Phone:
 03 5598 3103    
Secretary:
 Gavin Deppeler    
429 Sunday Ridge Road Simpson 3266
Phone:
 03 5594 3499    
Horsham Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Rod Jenkinson    
P.O. Box 1113 Horsham 3402
Phone:
 03 5382 2573    
Secretary:
 Paul Gerdtz    
P.O. Box 1113 Horsham 3402
Phone:
 03 5382 2058    
Hopetoun & District Historical Society Inc. Email    
President:
 Kevin Hatcher      
       
Phone:
 03 5083 7263      
Secretary:
 Ron Wiseman      
33 Toole Street Hopetoun 3396  
Phone:
 03 5083 3240    
Inglewood District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Howard Rochester    
Brooke Street Inglewood 3517
Phone:
 03 5438 3057    
Secretary:
 Lyn Rose    
P.O. Box 1 Inglewood 3517
Phone:
 03 5438 3169    
Jeparit Historical Society    
President:
 Wendy Zanker    
1451 Jeparit-Warracknabeal Rd Jeparit 3423
Phone:
 03 5390 9241    
Secretary:
 Vacant    
     
Phone:
      
Kerang Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Ken Shipp    
105 Victoria Street Kerang 3579
Phone:
 03 5450 3489    
Secretary:
 Sandra Westblade    
12 Leng Street Kerang 3579
Phone:
 03 5452 1129    
Koroit & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Ken Brookes    
43 Mill Street Koroit 3282
Phone:
 03 5565 8405    
Secretary:
 Dianne Gale    
P.O. Box 118 Koroit 3282
Phone:
 03 5565 7994    
Maryborough-Midlands Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Merrin Pemberton    
P.O. Box 265 Maryborough 3465
Phone:
 03 5464 7251    
Secretary:
 Betty Osborn    
P.O. Box 265 Maryborough 3465
Phone:
 03 5461 2800    
Minyip & District Historical Society Inc.
President:
 Joy King    
P.O. Box 24 Minyip 3392
Phone:
 03 5385 7459    
Secretary:
 Shirley Smith    
54 Foundry Street Minyip 3392
Phone:
 03 5385 7491    
Mortlake & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Kelvin goodall    
P.O. Box 116 Mortlake 3272
Phone:
 03 5599 2964    
Secretary:
 Craige Proctor    
774 Bellarine Highway Leopold 3268
Phone:
 03 5599 2047    
Mt Rouse & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Phillip Doherty    
P.O. Box 35 Penshurst 3289
Phone:
 03 5576 6250    
Secretary:
 Val Heffernan    
P.O. Box 35 Penshurst 3289
Phone:
 03 5571 2145    
Nhill & District Historical Society    
President:
 Daryl Deckert    
P.O. Box 170 Nhill 3418
Phone:
 0428 915 245    
Secretary:
 Kay Scott    
P.O. Box 170 Nhill 3418
Phone:
 03 5391 2049    
Nullawil Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Don Cooper    
Post Office Nullawil 3529
Phone:
 03 5493 5271    
Secretary:
 Ian Marquis    
Post Office Nullawil 3529
Phone:
 03 5493 5215    
Ouyen Dist History & Genealogy Centre Inc.    
President:
 Merle Pole    
11 Freeland Lane Walpeup 3507
Phone:
 03 5094 1331    
Secretary:
 Sue Willox    
P.O. Box 131 Ouyen 3490
Phone:
 03 5092 1626    
Port Fairy Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Jan Willey    
P.O. Box 152 Port Fairy 3284
Phone:
 03 5568 1496    
Secretary:
 Judith Kershaw    
P.O. Box 152 Port Fairy 3284
Phone:
 03 5568 2791    
Portland Historical Society    
President:
 Gwen Bennett    
P.O. Box 58 Portland 3305
Phone:
 03 5523 5262    
Secretary:
 Margaret Robb    
P.O. Box 58 Portland 3305
Phone:
 03 5523 3959    
Pyramid Hill & District Historical Society Inc.  
President:
 Arthur Young    
Ottrey Street Pyramid Hill 3575
Phone:
 03 5455 7210    
Secretary:
 Helen Stevens    
P.O. Box 83 Pyramid Hill 3575
Phone:
 03 5455 7031    
Rainbow Archive & Historical Society    
President:
 Dianne Wall    
P.O. Box 2 Rainbow 3424
Phone:
 03 5395 1416    
Secretary:
 Peter Ralph    
P.O. Box 2 Rainbow 3424
Phone:
 03 5395 1107    
Rupanyup Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Marie Ballinger    
P.O. Box 51 Rupanyup 3388
Phone:
 03 5385 5236    
Secretary:
 Michael Woods    
P.O. Box 2 Rupanyup 3388
Phone:
 03 5385 5036    
St Arnaud & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Mervynne Dunstan    
P.O. Box 75 St Arnaud 3478
Phone:
 03 5495 1374    
Secretary:
 Margaret Fyffe    
P.O. Box 75 St Arnaud 3478
Phone:
 03 5495 1296    
Stawell Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Jim Milbourne    
P.O. Box 133 Stawell 3380
Phone:
 03 5358 3789    
Secretary:
 Beryl Cox    
P.O. Box 133 Stawell 3380
Phone:
 03 5358 3789    
Swan Hill Genealogical & Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Shirley Durden    
P.O. Box 1232 Swan Hill 3585
Phone:
 03 5033 0336    
Secretary:
 John Brereton    
P.O. Box 1232 Swan Hill 3585
Phone:
 03 5033 1941    
Terang & District Historical Society Inc.
President:
 Bob McIntosh    
28 Swanston Street Terang 3264
Phone:
 03 5592 1354    
Secretary:
 Kerrie Pollard    
P.O. Box 174 Terang 3264
Phone:
 03 5592 5488    
Warracknabeal & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 John Davies    
P.O. Box 355 Warracknabeal 3393
Phone:
 03 5383 4512    
Secretary:
 Lesley Stephan    
P.O. Box 355 Warracknabeal 3393
Phone:
 03 5398 4208    
Warrnambool & District Historical Society    
President:
 Glenys Phillpot    
P.O. Box 731 Warrnambool 3280
Phone:
 03 5562 7652    
Secretary:
 Rosemary Isaac    
P.O. Box 731 Warrnambool 3280
Phone:
 03 5562 8403    
Woolsthorpe & District Historical Society Inc.    
President:
 Angela Roache    
Hillside R.M.B. Woolsthorpe 3276
Phone:
 03 5561 2685    
Secretary:
 Glenyce McDowell    
14 Station Street Koroit 3282
Phone:
 03 5565 8133    

 

Constitution of WVAHS

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WVAHS Newsletter

Western Historian April 2013
Western Historian February 2013
Western Historian February 2013 Supplement
 

 

 


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