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 […]
Events
Tickets on sale for EHS Annual Dinner with Amelia Mellor
Amelia Mellor, author of The Grandest Bookshop in the World is the guest speaker for our Annual Dinner. The book is based on the Cole’s Book Arcade in Melbourne. Edward […]
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 […]
Members Meetings held in 2022
April 2022: Guest Speaker Anna Lanigan and the Bridges over the Moonee Ponds Creek Anna took the audience on a tour of the bridges that cross the Moonee Ponds Creek […]
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 […]
Anniversaries Galore
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 […]
Last Members Meeting for 2021
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 […]
Annual Dinner 2021
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 […]