Latest EHS Newsletter sent to EHS Members
The Newsletter Issue No. 262 April – June 2022 has been forwarded to members today. The contents include: Edward William Cole (1832-1918) by Ian Williams Treasures from the E.H.S. Collection […]
About Hayden Williams
Posts by Hayden Williams:
Issy Smith – our Victoria Cross recipient
A new book “Ratbag, Soldier, Saint – The real story of Sergeant Issy Smith VC” has been published. Written by a granddaughter, Lian Knight, this is a great book about […]
War Memorial First Proposed in January 1922
The first suggestion of a public War Memorial in Essendon was raised by W. Basham, one hundred years ago. Walter James Basham operated a Real Estate Business from premises at […]
Why does your suburb have its name – website update
Featured Pic: The Rose and Crown, Essendon Hertfordshire, Bob Chalmers 2013. This website now has Place Names and Local Government pages that can be found on the Local History menu […]
City of Moonee Valley Silver Anniversary?
It could be argued that the City of Moonee Valley was born in 1995, but it was not until three years later that we had a democratically elected Council. Two […]
Members Meetings held in 2022
May 2022: Guest Speaker Julie Scott relives the 2016 fire and the restoration Julie’s presentation firstly was on the history of the Court House and the maintenance that occurred before […]
Steele Creek and the Lady of the Lake
The 2017 Edition of Christine Laskowski’s book has been was reprinted by the Essendon Historical Society. This is a comprehensive, extremely well researched record of an area not well documented […]
The Court House Museum open Sundays
The Moonee Ponds Court House Museum is open to the public on Sundays from 2pm until 5pm. Other aspects of the Essendon Historical Society continue to operate throughout the week, […]
“Same Old” Essendon Football Club returns to Essendon 100 years ago.
The Essendon Football Club is celebrating its 150-year anniversary in 2022. This year also marks 100 years since the football club returned to Essendon in controversial circumstances. On 20 October […]
Maribyrnong Park Band Rotunda turning 100
On 18 February 1922, the Harold Jones Band Rotunda was officially opened by the Essendon Mayor, Cr. John B. Hunt. It was erected by the voluntary efforts of the Essendon […]