Index to our newsletters 1997 to 2004
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| January 1997 Vol 14 No. 1 |
| Another Heritage Walk |
| Meredith Fletcher guest speaker at our end of year meeting |
| Donation of computer from LaTrobe Shire for our use |
| Invitation Eric Lubcke 80th birthday |
| Australia Post Delivers! |
| Upcoming Kingsford Smith Centenary Celebrations |
| Famous Airman Visits Morwell in "Southern Cross" Advertiser Nov. 3 1932 |
| Returned Soldiers and Citizens meet Sir Chas. Kingsford Smith |
| The Peace Loan Aeroplane Visits Morwell "Advertiser" 12 September 1919 |
| Aeroplane Wrecked at Traralgon - Engine Goes Wrong |
| Papers by Aeroplane "Advertiser" 23 July 1920 |
| March 1997 Vol 14 No. 2 |
| Kingsford-Smith Centenary/President's 80th |
| Glasses and Coffee Mugs screen printed |
| "History of Morwell Open Cut" - donation |
| St Mary's Church open to public |
| Morwell Players - donation of trophies and awards |
| Visit to Traralgon Historical Society |
| The Morwell Players by Perc Mooney |
| Morwell safe for 50 years 1946 |
| St Mary's Church - History |
| Morwell Chamber of Commerce 50th Anniversary 1946 |
| May 1997 Vol 14 No. 3 |
| Office Bearers 1996/97 |
| Our changing display in Subway shop |
| LaTrobe Shire invitation for displays in municipal offices |
| Cataloguing continues with help from Michael Binz |
| Report: Combined Historical Societies Meeting |
| Upcoming Strzelecki Biography - Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki |
| We're Changing our Sign |
| Meet the Computer |
| RHSV - Items of Interest |
| Heritage Trail Proposed - Mr Peter Leslie |
| Advance Morwell "Advertiser" January 6 1928 |
| Upcoming CGS Conference - There's No Place Like Home" |
| July 1997 Vol 14 No. 4 |
| Eric Lubcke resigns |
| Correction from last month's newsletter |
| Our display in the showcase at Morwell Shire Office |
| Strzelecki Festival 200th anniversary of birth of Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki |
| Polish Art Exhibition |
| Morwell Fights the Flu "Advertiser" 14 February 1919 |
| Emergency Hospital - Celebrating its Closing, "Advertiser" August 29 1919 |
| September 1997 Vol 14 No. 5 |
| New president: Stephen Hellings |
| Cataloguing Committee disbanded, Ted/Eric/Bruce/Dot/Joyce |
| Strzelecki Exhibition was impressive |
| Hunt for History on Film for upcoming "Our Century" Herald-Sun 1/8/1997 |
| A Chemist on the Coalfields by Joan Poynter |
| RHSV - Items of Interest |
| Call for compulsory history lessons "Sunday Herald Sun" 23 March 1997 |
| Upcoming CGS Conference - There's No Place Like Home" |
| November 1997 Vol 14 No. 6 |
| Threatened closure of CGS |
| Formation of Latrobe Shire Combined History Group |
| Strzelecki Festival a Success |
| Photos from Tenterfield - Morwell in the 1930s/40s |
| Morwell Bridge crossing - possible site of Cultural Significance |
| Photo: Godridge family outside Morwell Bridge Club |
| January 1998 Vol 15 No. 1 |
| Patrick Morgan receives award |
| Volunteer Michael Farrell start cataloguing |
| One of the Palm Trees vandalised |
| More on Morwell Bridge crossing |
| LaTrobe Shire Combined History Group first meeting |
| Aeroplane Visits Morwell "Advertiser" 19 March 1920 |
| Gippsland Schooldays - Muriel Feehan (nee Williams)/Bruce McMaster, remember |
| Photo: Coleman children off to school |
| Invitation to Commercial Road Primary School 120 years celebrations |
| March 1998 Vol 15 No. 2 |
| Donation: Framed Lodge certificate Mr George Norman Johnson April 1928 |
| Combined History Group Report |
| Our latest display in the foyer of LaTrobe House |
| A Century Ago-The Gippsland Bushfires "A Souvenir History of Morwell" I.T. Maddern |
| Memories of Commercial Road School - Various members remember |
| Morwell Post Office |
| Upcoming Exhibition: Victorian Buildings and Builders - Gippsland |
| May 1998 Vol 15 No. 3 |
| Office Bearers 1998/99 |
| Thank You presentation to Eric Lubcke |
| Visitors to the Information Centre |
| Upcoming Hazelwood Cemetery Walk |
| Upcoming excursion to Coal Creek by Traralgon HS |
| Upcoming launch of "Jericho on the Jordan" Gaye Rogers |
| Upcoming Gippsland History Conference |
| We are on the internet |
| Bridle Family home to be restored |
| Photo collection from "Snapping up the Past" donated by Rev. David Pargeter |
| The Wonders of Modern Technology |
| Pa's Rolls Royce by Joyce Cleary |
| The Case of the Misplaced Telegram - visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Morwell 1934 |
| First Church Service in the Morwell District - June 4 1848 |
| July 1998 Vol 15 No. 4 |
| Centre Club Hotel closes to become pizza restaurant |
| Hazelwood Cemetery Walk with Lou Bond |
| 150th anniversary church service at St Luke's Uniting Church |
| Family Life in Yallourn 1956 - Prue McGoldrick |
| From the President's Fact File - Fire Brigade |
| Preserving Our Heritage - several items of interest |
| September 1998 Vol 15 No. 5 |
| Mirboo North-Morwell Railway display |
| Cataloguing progress |
| From the President's Fact File - Mechanics Institute Hall |
| Memories of the Mirboo Line |
| Morwell's Club Hotel |
| Abattoir Closes |
| Photos: Morwell's Club Hotel - Then and Now |
| November 1998 Vol 15 No. 6 |
| Upcoming International Six Day Enduro Championship display |
| Trivia! |
| From the President's Fact File - Morwell's Newspapers |
| Armistice Day |
| Invitation to Mirboo and District HS Armistice Day commemoration |
| Trivia answers |
| January 1999 Vol 16 No. 1 |
| $500 from Hazelwood Power for heritage signage |
| Call for more volunteers for cataloguing |
| $750 from Latrobe Shire for computer upgrade |
| Federation - What do you know about it? |
| Whatever happened to ... Post Office Clock/John Rintoull's Anvil/The Hub/Memorial Oak Tree? |
| A Suburb in the making "Advertiser" 9 December 1937 |
| The New A.P.M. Settlement "Advertiser" 15 February 1940 |
| March 1999 Vol 16 No. 2 |
| More cataloguing by Mick Farrell |
| Central Business District recording group under way |
| Whatever happened to ... some answers |
| Upcoming Heritage Walk through the Rose Garden |
| The Morwell Pottery |
| A Date with Confusion - the new millennium |
| La Trobe v Latrobe |
| May 1999 Vol 16 No. 3 |
| Office Bearers for 1999 |
| FOUND!! John Rintoull's Anvil! |
| Donations - Various |
| Light Horse & Field Museum visit |
| Computer grant of $750 from LaTrobe Shire |
| Working in Morwell - Jean Mooney/Lou Bond |
| July 1999 Vol 16 No. 4 |
| Donation: Gippsland My Home Ground by Father Frank Ruth |
| Donations: Amy's Diaries/Against the Odds/From Melbourne to England - Connie Keat |
| Donation: Garden in the Valley by Jean Galbraith |
| Historic Markers - update |
| RHSV - is moving |
| Deplorable and Disgusting Conditions at Coal Mine! |
| Battle for Australia Commemoration Day |
| "White City" |
| S.E.C. Housing Project "Advertiser" August 24 1950 |
| Working in Morwell District - Lou Bond |
| My Working Years in Morwell - Jean Mooney |
| September 1999 Vol 16 No. 5 |
| Thanks - Gippsland Water/Marion Holding/Flo Lamb/Sheila Moody/ LaTrobe Shire/ member Volunteers |
| Grant application for copying minute and rate books |
| Traralgon HS trip to Lilydale Historical Museum |
| Powerworks Night Tour |
| Traralgon HS web page |
| A Hundred Years Ago - 1899 |
| My Working Years in Morwell - Jean Mooney |
| Working in Morwell District-The Timber Industry - Lou Bond |
| November 1999 Vol 16 No. 6 |
| Short biography of Lou Bond for his 90th birthday |
| Mike Farrell and Kym Tunbridge still cataloguing |
| Still More Trivia! |
| My Working Years in Morwell - Jean Mooney |
| Working in Morwell District-Bushfires in the area - Lou Bond |
| From Mrs Lance Rawson's Australian Cook & Laundry Book - 1897 |
| January 2000 Vol 17 No. 1 |
| Our current tenure looks doubtful |
| Combined History Group questions Shire on Heritage Policy |
| Michael Farrell retires from cataloguing - thanks Mick |
| Photographic project - Morwell 2000 - under way |
| Permission granted to erect site signs |
| Donation from Alan and Rosalie Davey |
| Upcoming Traralgon HS excursion to Tarraville |
| Trivia answers |
| Looking Back - Transport, by Lou Bond |
| March 2000 Vol 17 No. 2 |
| $2,500 grant for computer upgrade |
| Excursion to "White City" |
| Heritage Signs |
| Local Involvement in the Boer War |
| Recent Reunions: Church of England Fellowship/ Woolworth's Store |
| Upcoming Celebration of Roses Festival |
| Airlie Bank Homestead to be opened |
| Dedication of Maryvale Memorial Gates "Advertiser" February 12 1953 |
| Trivia |
| May 2000 Vol 17 No. 3 |
| Office Bearers |
| Latest on our Housing Crisis! |
| Upcoming Cemetery Walk |
| Airlie Bank Gallery open |
| Traralgon Historical Society excursion to Protea Farm |
| Airlie Bank |
| Some useful information - old measurements |
| PRO Vic opens in Caseledon Place |
| Centenary of Federation Approaches |
| Some Recipes for you to try-From Mrs Lance Rawson's Australian Cook & Laundry Book - 1897 |
| July 2000 Vol 17 No. 4 |
| Gippsland Heritage Seminar |
| Donation of video on Yallourn Power Station |
| RHS Victoria - 4-day excursion |
| More on our imminent move |
| Three Lives of the "Emden" Steam Whistle |
| Eighty Years Ago - notable events "Advertiser" |
| RHSV - Items of Interest |
| September 2000 Vol 17 No. 5 |
| We have moved to Church Street |
| Kym Tunbridge to call it a day - thanks Kym |
| Opening times under discussion |
| Farewell Valma Plant |
| Donations from SECV: six videos of Yallourn and SEC |
| News from Here and There |
| Yallourn North and District HS taking shape |
| A Trip to the Gippsland Coalfields, 27 June 1874 |
| November 2000 Vol 17 No. 6 |
| Visit by RHSV |
| Sharing our premises with Morwell Art Group |
| Looking Back: Police Wanted at Morwell/Township Improvements |
| Federation - Some Facts |
| When Children went out to play - "Herald-Sun" 10.8.1993 |
| January 2001 Vol 18 No. 1 |
| Vale Jean Mooney |
| Upcoming Centenary of Federation Parade |
| Upcoming display: Celebration of the Women of Gippsland |
| Zenna Rintoull - Morwell's First School Teacher |
| Maryvale Ridge School No. 1939 |
| RHSV - Items of Interest |
| March 2001 Vol 18 No. 2 |
| Upcoming Traralgon HS trip to National Trust's Gulf Station |
| Grades 3&4 visit to our Society |
| Plants of Significance to the Ganai Community |
| Dad's War Stuff - The Diaries |
| Rules for Teachers - 1897 |
| Rules for Teachers - 1915 |
| 200 year Commemoration of Churchill island |
| Fancy a Flying Fox? Recipe from Mrs Lance Rawson's Australian Cook & Laundry Book - 1897 |
| Talkies for Morwell! "Advertiser" July 24 1931 |
| May 2001 Vol 18 No. 3 |
| Centenary of Federation Parade a success |
| Office Bearers for the coming year |
| Upcoming "Celebration of Women's Work" display |
| Morwell Forty Eight Years Ago "Argus" July 2 1953 |
| Would You Buy This Product? - Dosey-Do "Argus" July 2 1953 |
| Little Could go a Long Way |
| July 2001 Vol 18 No. 4 |
| "Celebration of Women" Display a Winner! |
| Collins Street State School No. 4655 |
| Mechanical Vacuum Cleaner |
| Victorian Federation Exhibition |
| September 2001 Vol 18 No. 5 |
| Proposed Heritage Walks brochure |
| Maffra & District HS invitation to Luncheon |
| Hazelwood Power - Preserving the Cultural Heritage |
| Donation: Memories of Yallourn, "Jaberanda & Co ..." by Prue McGoldrick |
| "No Place for a Colony" by Richard Cotter |
| RHSV - Items of Interest |
| November 2001 Vol 18 No. 6 |
| Collins Street SS site marker |
| Collection Management Workshop |
| Koo-wee-rup Swamp HS visitors |
| Combined History Group meeting |
| Request to Council to acquire former National Bank as an Historical Centre |
| A Brief Outline of Hospital Facilities in Morwell to 1980 |
| Memories of Collins Street - Betty Woolley (nee Winchester) |
| Betty recalls the "Karma" and Church Street in the fifties |
| Jan/Feb 2002 Vol 19 No. 1 |
| "Cockies, Townies, Church and the Rest" |
| Book Launch "Digging People Up for Coal" |
| Proposed Extension of Hazelwood Open Cut Coal Field |
| Recent Addition: Biography of Stan Winchester |
| Recent Addition: "Cows and Coal" |
| Recent Addition: Press Records of Hazelwood/Churchill from Mr J. Koedijk |
| Recent Addition: 60 year History of Morwell Caledonian Pipe Band 1939-1999 |
| Recent Addition: Hazelwood Estate School 60th Anniversary Reunion |
| Recent Addition: Photos and Bricks |
| Newspaper cuttings - 1962 |
| March 2002 Vol 19 No. 2 |
| Launch of "Digging People Up for Coal" by Dr Meredith Fletcher |
| Insurance of public and community organizations |
| Fire in Tulloch's Buildings "Advertiser" 22 November 1929 |
| 2002 Victorian Heritage Festival Program |
| May 2002 Vol 19 No. 3 |
| Heritage Celebrations - Tour of Hazelwood Cemetery/ Town Walk and Talk |
| Official Launching of our Website |
| Opening of Old Brown Coal Mine Museum |
| Obituary - George J Elder-Berwick 11 January 1951 |
| Gilbert Memorial Pulpit Dedicated 19 March 1953 |
| July 2002 Vol 19 No. 4 |
| Boer War Anniversary - 100th anniversary |
| Sad Death of Sergeant M.T. McDonald, "Gazette" 19 April 1901 |
| Opening of Alexandra Park - "Advertiser" August 5 1904 |
| Quiz Time |
| September 2002 Vol 19 No. 5 |
| Morwell Players - Return of Bruce Carroll Memorial Plaque |
| Fire - A Narrow Escape "Advertiser" 26 July 1901 |
| Methodist Church Re-opening "Advertiser" November 23 1950 |
| Premiership Ladder 1950 |
| Quiz Corner |
| From Our Historical Diary - September |
| November 2002 Vol 19 No. 6 |
| Annual Dinner Report |
| Grants for Computer Accessories |
| Samples from our Collection of Photographs |
| Mountain Hut Hotel - Information required |
| Hazelwood Ridge School No. 1768 |
| Electric Train Service for Gippsland "Advertiser" 5 March 1953 |
| Morwell Petty Sessions Advertiser" June 20 1901 |
| From the Classifieds ... |
| From Our Historical Diary - November |
| Quiz Corner?? |
| January 2003 Vol 20 No. 1 |
| New Morwell Library |
| Zenna Rintoull (nee McCrory) 1860-1901 |
| Commonwealth Bank opened November 1 1951 |
| From Our Photographic Collection |
| From our Wedding File - Brazel-Donohue "Advertiser" 19 April 1901 |
| The Cricketer's Hotel closed "Advertiser" 9 January 1931 |
| Elizabeth Wilmot pre-School Centre "Advertiser" 3 June 1965 |
| From Our Historical Diary - January |
| Quiz Corner?? |
| March 2003 Vol 20 No. 2 |
| Heritage Activities |
| "Our Boys" Volume 1 |
| Old Green to be Vacated - Morwell Bowling Club "Advertiser" 9 September 1948 |
| Brown Coal Briquettes "Advertiser" March 26 1926 |
| Morwell Shire Presidents - Lou W. Bond |
| Death of Early Resident of Hazelwood - Mr Henry Medew Senr "Advertiser" 20 February 1947 |
| From Our Historical Diary - March |
| Quiz Corner?? |
| May 2003 Vol 20 No. 3 |
| Vale Lou Bond 1909-2003 |
| Death of Mr Hugo Frost-Samuels "Advertiser" January 15 1948 |
| Interesting Bits: Paddle Brothers Shoes/St Vincent's Catholic Church Morwell East |
| Photo of Dot Bartlett |
| From our Wedding File - Gude-Watson "Advertiser" November 5 1926 |
| From Our Historical Diary - May |
| Quiz Corner? |
| July 2003 Vol 20 No. 4 |
| Vale Lorna Williams |
| Youth's Narrow Escape "Advertiser" November 19 1926 |
| Police Officer Honoured "Advertiser" 9 December 1948 |
| "As Time Goes By" The Changing Face of Morwell |
| Another Pioneer Passes, Mrs McMillan "Advertiser "July 30 1926 |
| From Our Wedding File - Beckman-Burney "Advertiser" 14 October 1948 |
| From Our Historical Diary - July |
| Quiz Corner? |
| September 2003 Vol 20 No. 5 |
| Kurnai College Morwell Campus to close in 2004 |
| Morwell's Fire Stations |
| Fire Stations Then and Now |
| Death of Mr John Flewin "Advertiser" August 1946 |
| Mill visit by Sir Dallas Brooks "Advertiser" October 2 1958 |
| Morwell Shire Presidents: Cr Les Hare |
| From Our Historical Diary - September |
| Quiz Corner? |
| November 2003 Vol 20 No. 6 |
| Annual Dinner |
| Pride of Workmanship Award |
| Morwell Church of Christ - Winifred Street |
| Dr. Sutcliffe Crosses the Bar "Advertiser" June 29 1946 |
| The Great Morwell Coal Mine "Gazette" March 22 1901 |
| Wardrops Open in Morwell "Advertiser" October 5 1950 |
| Quiz Corner? |
| February 2004 Vol 21 No. 1 |
| Donation of copies of "A Souvenir History of Morwell" Ivan Maddern |
| Donation of copies of "History of State Education in Victoria" Ivan Maddern |
| From Our Wedding File - Winchester-Benn "Advertiser" 8 August 1935 |
| Fire "Advertiser" 31 May 1929 |
| Offensive Behaviour "Advertiser" 29 August 1935 |
| ANZ Bank "Advertiser" July 17 1958 |
| Obituary - Mr E.W. Poynter "Advertiser" 7 February 1935 |
| Quiz Corner? |
| April 2004 Vol 21 No. 2 |
| Upcoming walks: Hazelwood Cemetery/Morwell's CBD |
| Office Bearers |
| Now available: Changing Landscapes" Linda Kennett and Meredith Fletcher |
| Now available: "History of Morwell High School" I.T. Maddern |
| Bush Fires near Morwell "Advertiser" 25 March 1948 |
| Masonic Service "Advertiser" August 20 1926 |
| Election of Councillors "Advertiser" 23 August 1901 |
| Hero of Ambon W. Doolan "Advertiser" 4 November 1948 |
| Modern premises for E.S. & A. Bank "Advertiser" January 7 1957 |
| "As Time Goes By" Then and Now - La Mode |
| Quiz Time! |
| June 2004 Vol 21 No. 3 |
| Heritage Walks around Hazelwood Cemetery and Morwell CBD |
| From Our Wedding File - Amiet-Willis "Advertiser" 14 June 1929 |
| Advance Morwell "Advertiser" 2 August 1929 |
| Photo: Mr W.E. Wilson's shop |
| Obituary - Mr Brinsmead Snr "Advertiser" 29 August 1935 |
| Yallourn Hospital opened "Advertiser" 18 January 1929 |
| From Our Historical Diary - June |
| Quiz Corner? |
| August 2004 Vol 21 No. 4 |
| Grant from Federal Govt to purchase Video Recorder |
| Upgrade of Hazelwood Ridge SS site |
| Help wanted about identifying bridge site |
| Store Destroyed "Advertiser" 4 March 1927 |
| Obituary - Mrs Nadenbousch Snr "Advertiser" 4 October 1929 |
| Farewell to Dr Mitchell "Advertiser" 17 April 1947 |
| "As Time Goes By" Then and Now - Town Hall |
| Railway Services in Gippsland "Advertiser" 25 April 1935 |
| From Our Historical Diary - August |
| Quiz Corner? |
| October 2004 Vol 21 No. 5 |
| Brigade Life Member "Advertiser" 5 October 1967 |
| Death of Mr J.B. Jones "Advertiser" 4 October 1929 |
| O'Rourke's Coffee Palace Destroyed "Advertiser" 29 April 1927 |
| Skating Carnival "Advertiser" 9 December 1948 |
| Police Choose Morwell as Headquarters "Advertiser" 9 April 1964 |
| Morwell Fact File |
| Quiz Corner? |
| December 2004 Vol 21 No. 6 |
| Significant Events in 2005 |
| Diamond Wedding - Caddaye-Heath "Advertiser" 12 January 1933 |
| Morwell Shire Council 1909 "Advertiser" 3 September 1919 |
| Images of Yesteryear - Hughe's Confectionery 1940s |
| Presentation made to Bank Manager "Advertiser" 28 July 1955 |
| Tragic Death - Clothes Catch Fire "Advertiser" 6 July 1933 |
| Fire at Picture Show "Advertiser" 10 August 1933 |