Warringal Cemetery Walk

World War 1 conscription at Heidelberg

Heidelberg Historical Society Inc. presents "The World War 1 conscription plebiscites: Heidelberg”

Dr Janine Rizzetti will mark the 100^th anniversary of the second referendum by reviewing the campaigns through the eyes and ears of residents in the Heidelberg and Ivanhoe areas.

WHEN:    Tuesday 12 December 2017 at 8 pm

WHERE:  Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon Street, Ivanhoe. To be followed by supper.

To learn more about the issue see The War at Home

Early European Settlers in the Heidelberg District

The next meeting of the Heidelberg Historical Society will be presented by John Noack who has extensively researched the first European squatters to establish holdings on Crown Land in the Heidelberg area, following the arrival of John Batman.

John will focus in particular on the settlers, William Thomas Mollison and Captain Robert Robson in the Port Phillip area from 1835 to 1838 and discuss their establishment as squatters in Heidelberg. John will speak on Tuesday 11 April, 8 pm at the Uniting Church Community Centre, Ivanhoe. More details at Heidelberg Historical Society

The Great War and its impact on Heidelberg

The next meeting for Heidelberg Historical Society will be presented by Dr. Rosalie Triolo.  Senior Lecturer in History Education, Monash University who will speak on the rarely considered impact on the communities and in particular daily school life of students and teachers, caused from the death and wounding of people they knew within the Heidelberg Shire, as a result of the Great War.

This free talk will be held at Uniting Church Community Centre, Seddon Street, Ivanhoe on Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 8 pm.

Exhibition recalls the Shire and City of Heidleberg

Photo: Newly opened Courthouse with lead light windows 1900 Heiidelberg Historical Society in partnership with Yarra Plenty Regional Library

When the new brick court house in Jika Street, Heidelberg opened its doors in 1901, the Shire of Heidelberg had existed for 30 years. The Shire progressed so remarkably over the next 30 years that it was conferred with the status of a City.

The old court house is now the Museum of the Heidelberg HistoricalSociety, which is currently featuring an exhibition celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the proclamation of the City of Heidelberg.

Proclaimed in 1934, the City of Heidelberg had its beginnings in 1840 in the formation of the Heidelberg Road Trust. It was the first municipality to be formed in the Port Phillip District which was then still part of the Colony of New South Wales. A decade later the Colony of Victoria was gazetted and, in 1860, the Heidelberg Road District was proclaimed, taking over from the Trust. The Shire of Heidelberg came into existence in 1871.

Heidelberg Historical Society’s exhibition, ”Heidelberg District: Shire to City – 1871 to 1934  focuses on the civic development of the Shire of Heidelberg from the 1870s through to its proclamation as a City in 1934. This is revealed through photographs, subdivision plans, objects and other material sourced mainly from the Society’s collections.

The exhibition is on until 7 December 2014.

Heidelberg Historical Society Museum is located in the old court house, Jika Street, Heidelberg near the Burgundy Street shopping area. The exhibition is open to the public on Sundays from 2pm to 5pm, or by appointment for groups of 10 or more persons. Admission is $5 per person (aged over 16 years).

Bowling for 100 years

The City of Banyule’s current “Banyule Banner” May – June 2013 features a story on the City of Heidelberg Bowling Club which will celebrate its 100^th birthday in August.  The club began after a meeting in the Heidelberg Presbyterian Church Hall.  Mr. John May, the first President held the position from 1913 to 1949 with a break between 1917 and 1926. In 1914 a pavilion and four rink green was opened, with electricity, telephone, gas and sewerage connected between 1915 and 1922.

The club has grown to 140 members today with modern facilities.

A local history: A history of City of Heidelberg Bowling Club, 1913-1988 was published in 1988.  Unfortunately Yarra Plenty Regional Library does not hold a copy in its local history collection.  If you have a copy you would like to donate to the library please contact the Local and Family History Librarian at localhistorygene@yprl.vic.gov.au

There are a number of references to the club in the Heidelberg News and Greensborough and Diamond Creek Chronicle available online at Trove

Source: Banyule Banner (City of Banyule) May-June 2013 p. 13

Open day for Walter Burley Griffin House in Eaglemont

You are invited to visit the Walter Burley Griffin house at 52 Darebin Street, Heidelberg this Sunday December 6. Part of an Open Day of buildings designed by the architectural partnership of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin.