Kinglake Historical Society
Anzac Remembrance
On Anzac Day each year, Australians gather in communities across the country to remember those who have served Australia in time of war,...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 263 min
Changing Scenery
Scenery along the Kinglake ridge has changed markedly over the years since the first settlers set up farms in the area. Many current...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Jan 252 min
Kinglake To Lose Heritage Building
The Uniting Church building at Kinglake West is to be sold. Despite requests to the Uniting Church Yarra Yarra Presbytery by the Kinglake...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Dec 10, 20233 min
Enterprising and Resourceful
As we gather more and more of the early history of the Kinglake district, we are continually impressed with the enterprise and...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Nov 10, 20233 min
Did You Know ...... ?
Did you know that the Kinglake ridge of the Great Dividing Range was once the meeting place for indigenous people, the Taungurung from...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Oct 5, 20233 min
A Working Life
For a good example of the energetic and enterprising early settlers of the Kinglake district, we need look no further than Horace and...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Sep 12, 20233 min
Cricket - West v East
The cricket competition between Australia and England for 'The Ashes' is often spoken of as 'friendly rivalry' but players and spectators...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Aug 24, 20232 min
Kinglake Primary School Update
2019 marks the 140th anniversary of the opening of Kinglake Primary School - or Kinglake State School No. 2188 as it was correctly known...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Jul 10, 20232 min
Opening of New Room and Transport Exhibition
The opening day of the new room at the Kinglake Heritage Centre, and the transport display in it, was a very successful and enjoyable...
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Kinglake Historical Society
May 7, 20233 min
The Railway to Kinglake
Articles in early newspapers tell the story about getting a railway line to Kinglake In May 1882, a letter to the editor, signed by...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 11, 20233 min
Remembering Wallaby Creek
A recent conversation with a Whittlesea group interested in collecting stories of Wallaby Creek reminded me that both Whittlesea and...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Jan 7, 20233 min
Getting Along Not So Fine
In 'Oklahoma', the Rodgers & Hammerstein stage musical, the foreground story is about the hero and heroine, Curly and Laurey, but...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Dec 6, 20223 min
Kinglake West Glee Club
The Oxford dictionary gives two definitions for 'glee': 1. lively delight 2. musical composition for several voices. During the 1700s,...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Oct 6, 20223 min
In Isolation
Current residents of the Kinglake district, who commute to work to the city and other places off the mountain, and those who make a day...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Jul 6, 20223 min
The Gold Days in Kinglake
An excursion, organised by the Kinglake Friends of the Forest in 2021, to the site of the old Big Ben gold mine on Mount Robertson has...
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Kinglake Historical Society
May 18, 20223 min
Schools On Stage
In 1910, each of the three Kinglake district schools held a concert. At Kinglake West, on Friday 22 April, after many weeks of practice,...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Apr 4, 20222 min
Marvellous Tank Murals
The tank murals beside the Kinglake West Mechanics Institute and the Kinglake West Primary School have now been now completed and what a...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 5, 20223 min
Schooldays in Kinglake
Come February, the children of the Kinglake district will be back at their respective schools and, hopefully, 2022 will be a more...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 23, 20212 min
The Fun of the Fair. - Our Heritage MM March 2020
With the 2020 Kinglake Country Fair coming up on 22 March, KHS members have been reminiscing about the days of the original Fair, the...
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Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 23, 20213 min
Great Debates - Our Heritage November 2020
By 1900, a large number of selectors had established farms across the Kinglake district plateau from east to west. In 1897, the first...
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