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 1921, the City of Essendon Council and the Essendon Football Club signed an agreement which gave the Club control of the Essendon Recreation Reserve for […]
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 River League and Mr. Gerald Thos. Fitzgerald. Left: The Foundation Stone was laid on 26 November 1921. The Essendon City Band held monthly recitals in […]
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, and you can contact us by email on esshissoc@mail.com The Court House is located on the corner of Mount Alexander Road and Kellaway Avenue.
The Society, The Newsletter and Court House Featured Pic. As part of the Moonee Valley Festival on 28 Feb 2006, EHS members provided a fashion show paying tribute to Luck and Robotham, Ladies’ Underclothiers. The Essendon Historical Society (EHS) became 50 years old in 2020. The Society was founded on 29 July 1970 by local […]
The Essendon Historical Society held its 2020-21 Annual General Meeting on 23 November 2021. Retiring from the EHS Committee were Mary Cahill, Bill Mundy and Greg Thege. Joining are Darryn Hartnett, Cate Hutchings and Emeritus Prof. Charles Sowerwine. The Meeting discussed future projects and the use of a bequest. We were very grateful to learn […]
The Newsletter Issue No. 260 September – October 2021 has been forwarded to members today. The contents include: Essay on Travancore by Ruth Madden When Street Directories Were Used by Ian Williams Local Street Names Influenced by 19th Century Education by Ian Williams How It All Began by Eve Park Grand Opening of the Court […]
Our 51st Annual Dinner was held on Tuesday, 22 June at the Gannawarra Centre in North Essendon. Our guest speaker was Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison AO. Graeme was educated at Aberfeldie State School and Essendon High School and Melbourne and Oxford Universities. He is Australia’s best known urban historian, a leading social historian and a […]
