The Court House Museum open Sundays
The Moonee Ponds Court House Museum is normally open to the public on Sundays from 2pm until 5pm. However, the Museum will be closed after Sunday December 11 and will […]
Events
Latest EHS Newsletter sent to EHS Members
The Newsletter Issue No. 264 October—December 2022 has been forwarded to members today. The contents include: Jaycees Movement by Bob Chalmers Essendon Jaycees by Alan Murphy OAM Essendon Squash Club […]
Members Meetings held from July to November 2022
JULY 2022: GUEST SPEAKER JULIE SCOTT AND BILLS HORSE TROUGHS Julie first took an interest in Bills Horse Troughs while investigating the horse trough located on the Moonee Ponds Court […]
EHS Annual Dinner with Amelia Mellor
Amelia Mellor, author of The Grandest Bookshop in the World was the guest speaker at our 52nd Annual Dinner, held on Tuesday, 21 June 2022 at the Gannawarra Centre in […]
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 February to May 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 […]
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 […]
