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FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY GROUPS & MUSEUMS

The Shire has a number of Family and History Groups and Museums to assist with your enquiries.

Bealiba Historical Society Inc.

Phone: (03) 5469 1385 or (03)54611416 or (03) 5469 1231
Records held include:
Some cemetery records

                                  Bealiba primary school history

                                  Family histories 
                                  Information pertaining to Bealiba & district.

 
 Bealiba Cemetery Contact ph (03)5469 1214

   

Carisbrook Historical Society Inc.

Carisbrook Town Hall, Bucknall Street, Carisbrook
Contact Phone: (03) 5464 2453
Open by appointment
Records held include: Card Index 10'000 names
                                    Photographs over 1000
                                    School Records 1864-1912 (incomplete)
                                    Cemetery records 1853-1997 (incomplete)
                                    Court records petty sessions 1875-1925

                                    Rate Books (incomplete) 1863-1908
                                    plus many more records & family histories

 

Carisbrook Cemetery Contact ph(03) 5464 2331

   

Goldfields History & Arts Society Inc.

Phone: 5468 1516
Goldfields Museum Broadway Dunolly
Open Sat & Sun 1.30pm-4.30pm or by appt
Museum holds an extensive collection of artifacts and memorabilia
Records held include: Dunolly & Bet Bet Express
                                     Dunolly & Bet Bet Shire rates
                                     Cemetery Index
                                     Dunolly Hospital Index
                                     Church Records
                                     Local References & Maps
Dunolly Cemetery contact ph(03)5468 1212

   
Maryborough Library
Maryborough Resource Centre Cnr Alma & Nolan Streets
Has many books and reference material on local &family history and genealogy.
Opening Hours Mon 9.30am-5pm
                         Tues 12 noon-5pm
                         Wed 9.30am-5pm
                         Thurs 9.30-6pm
                         Friday 9.30am-6pm
                         Sat     10am-12 noon
Contact ph (03) 5461 1950

Maryborough Family History Group

Phone: (03) 5464 2601 Judy Healey (Secretary)
Meetings held  4th Wednesday of Month (Except Dec)
Records held include: Most Local schools (photocopies of originals)
                                    St Augustine's Church, baptisms, marriages & burials
                                    Maryborough Hospital records 1855-1907
                                    Local cemeteries
                                    Maryborough & Tullaroop rate books (microfilm)

                                    International Genealogical Index
                                    England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales
                                    Newsletters, Books & more. 

Website: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mfhg

Email: familyhistorystation@hotmail.com
Maryborough Cemetery contact ph(03)5461 1979

 Maryborough Cemetery mausoleum & Chinese Section

   

Talbot Arts & Historical Museum

Camp Street, Talbot

Phone: 03 5463 2578

Open Sunday 1 pm - 4 pm or by appt.

 Opened in 1984 in the former Primitive Methodist Church (opened 1870), the museum contains a wide range of items of historical interest many or which have been donated by local residents or past residents or their families.
Records held include: Cemetery register Amherst (new & old)
                                     Rate records from 1859 (incomplete)
                                     Card Index Amherst Hospital 1859-1892
                                     Vaccination records
                                     Collection of local family history
                                      School history (incomplete)
                                      Photographs of miners and mine sites
                                      Photographs of members of clubs & organization's.

Talbot Cemetery Ph (03)5463 2397

   

Maryborough - Midlands Historical Society Inc. - 

Worsley Cottage Museum

3 Palmerston Street, Maryborough
Open Tues/Thurs 10am-12 noon Sunday 2pm-4pm

Phone: (03) 5461 2800

Website: www.vicnet.net.au/~mbhs
Email: worscott@bigpond.com

 

Located in Worsley Cottage (1894) a bluestone building that became the home of the Maryborough Midlands Historical Society 1976 and is today a wonderful museum to visit.  It is beautifully furnished with many treasures on display donated by many local people.  In the backyard is a Squatter’s Slab Hut Circa 1844, the oldest known building in the district, with shingle roof & rammed earth floor lined with hessian & canvas. This was donated by Mr Ian Bucknall and moved to Worsley Cottage in 1978.  
Records held include:   Maryborough Cemetery records
                                       Maryborough rate books (incomplete)
                                       Death notices from local paper over 25000
                                       Over 300 pioneer portraits
                                       Wedding Photographs by Wal Richards 1950-1990's
                                       Hospital Admission's 1855-1907


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Last updated May 7 2008