This publication provides, for our streets, their location, when formed and where possible, how the street names were derived. An example of the listing for Kellaway Avenue: KELLAWAY AVENUE (MP); […]
The contents of the August 2026 issue include: The easiest way to obtain the Newsletter is become an EHS Member. See https://esshissoc.org.au/about/. Memberships cost $20 student, $30 adult and $50 […]
An additional 6336 pages of the Essendon Gazette local newspaper are now accessible online on Trove. This digitisation project from 2 July 1931 to 31 January 1946 supplements our previous […]
The Essendon Historical Society (EHS) is proud to announce that additional years of the Essendon Gazette newspaper are now accessible online on Trove. This digitisation project of the Essendon Gazette […]
The Essendon Historical Society (EHS) has arranged for further digitisation of the Essendon Gazette from 23 August 1888 – December 1913. This project supplements the existing Essendon Gazette World War […]
The Essendon Historical Society (EHS) has arranged for the digitisation of the Essendon and Flemington Chronicle newspaper from 3 March 1882 to 9 March 1894. The 1883 issues are missing, […]
HERBERT WILLIAM RUSHEN (1914-2014) Bert Rushen played a significant role in Intelligence during and after World War II. In May 1942, Bert joined the Special Wireless Group and by July […]
Featured pic: 29th Battery, Australian Field Artillery, 5th Division, thought to have been taken in England during the Great War. EHS 02440. As part of the commemoration of ANZAC Day, […]
Did you know that Ascot Vale was the location of one of Australia’s first World Class research establishments? Opened in 1956, it revolutionized PVC production. The ICI Australia Research Group […]
The Victorian Government acquired the assets of the North Melbourne Electric Tramways & Lighting Company (NMETL) with effect from 1 August 1922. The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (M&MTB) took […]
