On 12 June 2024, the Minister for Government Services announced the projects that will share in $350,000 as part of round 22 of the Local History Grants program run by Public Record Office Victoria to support community and history organisations to preserve, record and share Victoria’s local history.
Congratulations to this year's recipients:
Anglesea RSL Sub-branch Inc.
Anglesea & District War Memorial Website
Awarded $5,650.00
Ballarat and District Genealogical Society Inc.
The Courier (Ballarat) 1886-1894 Digitised and uploaded to TROVE
Awarded $14,278.60
Bendigo Heritage Attractions
Recording Oral Histories: The Story of Bendigo Tramways and Central Deborah Gold
Awarded $9,712.58
Birregurra District Historical Centre
Historic Homes of Birregurra: A digitisation and E-publication initiative
Awarded $6,299.26
Box Hill Historical Society Inc.
Digitizing the Box Hill Reporter 1931-1940
Awarded $5,400.00
Campaspe Shire Council
Port of Echuca Mixed Media Digitisation Project
Awarded $8,539.08
Camperdown P&A Society Inc.
From Boulders and Bracken: 150 years of the Camperdown Showgrounds
Awarded $2,012.90
Casterton and District Historical Society Inc.
Digitisation/Computerisation of CDHS Collection & Catalogue
Awarded $6,880.00
Catholic Diocese of Ballarat
Eureka, Marriages and Births: the earliest Catholic registers in Ballarat
Awarded $3,840.00
City of Ballarat Libraries
From the 1862 Ballarat Library - conserving volumes from before the goldrush
Awarded $10,000.00
City of Melbourne Libraries
Significance Assessment North Melbourne Library Local History Collection
Awarded $11,200.00
Deafblind Victoria
Touching lives: A history of the Deafblind community in Victoria
Awarded $13,465.50
East Gippsland Historical Society Inc.
Fred Whiting Negative Collection Digitisation project
Awarded $11,357.50
Eastern Community Legal Centre
Human Rights; Fairness and Justice - 50 years of Eastern Community Legal Centre
Awarded $15,000.00
Ethnic Community Broadcasting Association of Victoria Ltd
3ZZZ Ethnic Radio Oral Histories
Awarded $14,950.00
Euroa Historical Genealogical Society
Preservation of collections at the Euroa Farmers Arms Museum
Awarded $670.05
Fitzroy Learning Network
The Neighbourhood House and its impact on people and place
Awarded $10,000.00
Gisborne & Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc.
The Horticultural Heritage of Mount Macedon: Charting the rich history
Awarded $13,292.80
Glen Eira Historical Society
Echoes of hooves - 170 years of racehorses around Caulfield
Awarded $8,000.00
Golden Square Fire Brigade
Pioneers refurbishment
Awarded $11,000.00
Hastings-Western Port Historical Society
Textile conservation project
Awarded $2,830.14
Inglewood Eucalyptus Distillery Museum Incorporated
Eucalyptus Story AV Stands
Awarded $2,316.27
Kaniva and District Progress and Action Association
Wiregrass
Awarded $14,882.75
Millgrove Residents Action Group Inc.
Digitising and Publishing Millgrove's History
Awarded $5,500.00
Monash Student Association
Monash Student Community Archive: Oral History Project - (Phase 1)
Awarded $14,900.00
Mount Rouse & District Historical Society Inc.
Digitisation of the Penshurst Free Press
Awarded $4,000.00
Nhill Silo Heritage Project
Nhill Noske Silo Documentation Conservation Project
Awarded $3,334.20
North Richmond Community Health Centre
North Richmond Community Health 50th Anniversary History Project
Awarded $14,909.80
Oral History Victoria
Guide to Creating and Preserving Victorian Community Oral History
Awarded $14,720.00
Otway Districts Historical Society Inc.
Beech Forest Walking Tour Audio & QR Project
Awarded $2,291.00
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
The Peter Mac 75th Anniversary Cataloguing Project
Awarded $9,140.00
Port Fairy Ghost Stories Inc.
Digitization of early Port Fairy (Belfast) newspapers
Awarded $12,586.00
Royal Geelong Agricultural and Pastoral Society
Interpretative Signage for the Vintage Machinery display
Awarded $2,074.22
Save Civic Hall Inc.
The People's Hall: Ballarat's Civic Hall History E-book
Awarded $14,850.00
Taungurung Land and Waters Council (Aboriginal Corporation)
Taungurung Artefact Digitisation and Cataloguing
Awarded $13,545.00
The Rutherglen Gold Battery Community Asset Committee
The Rutherglen and Indigo Gold Diggings Storyboard
Awarded $840.00
Torquay Museum Without Walls Inc.
Memory Lab
Awarded $4,026.36
Wangaratta Family History Society Inc.
Preserving The Past
Awarded $15,000.00
Wangaratta Players Inc.
The Wangaratta Players Archive Project
Awarded $10,115.60
Warrandyte Mechanics Institute and Arts Association Inc.
Preserving the association’s documented history in a bush-fire prone environment
Awarded $3,106.00
West Wimmera Shire Council
A history of Serviceton Railway Station with Les Millikin
Awarded $1,700.00
Wonthaggi & District Historical Society
Black Dust & Community Strength: A digital history of Wonthaggi and district
Awarded $7,150.00
These Local History Grants were supported by the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund.