Casterton & District Historical Society Inc., Victoria, Australia
Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

"Historical Happenings" is the Newsletter of the Casterton & District Historical Society, Victoria, Australia, and copies are available for downloading by clicking on the relevant links below. The newsletters are in either WORD (doc) or ADOBE (pdf) format. NOTE - some of these files are quite large.

2009 Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

  • 2010, March - featuring - "The Roll Call at Merino Downs" - Jack Cleary; Prahran Mechanics Institute $1000 History Prize.
  • 2010, February - featuring - "The Dance Halls and Orchestras of Casterton" Part 3 - Jim Kent; Joseph HUGILL (information request); Calendar of Events.
  • 2010, January - featuring - "The Dance Halls and Orchestras of Casterton" Part 2 - Jim Kent; proposed calendar of events for 2010.

2010 Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

  • 2009, November - featuring - "The Dance Halls and Orchestras of Casterton" - Jim Kent; "Caupaul" Station, Dergholm; Casterton New Cemetery Mapping Project.
  • 2009, October - featuring - "The Life of Dame Mary Gilmore" - Jim Kent [NOTE the following corrections to this article - "John Gilmore was my great uncle and I have quite a number of letters and documents pertaining to him. (1) He died from tuberculosis, not food poisoning. (2) William Gilmore was his uncle, not his brother. (3) Dame Mary died at 97 years of age, not 92 years."]; Victorian History Week in October.
  • 2009, September - featuring - "The Cinemas of Casterton" - Jim Kent; AGM results; "Descendants of German Immigrants" from Nieder-Weisel, Hessen, Germany.
  • 2009, August - featuring - "The Power Station at Casterton", "Training for Volunteers of the Historical Society and the Visitor Information Center", "Do you have historical records, books or photographs at home?".
  • 2009, July - featuring - "JEFFREY Bros. Cordial Factory", "Family History & Research", Cemetery Volunteers.
  • 2009, June - featuring - "Cinema Pure Merino Fandango", "Life of Thomas E McEVOY".
  • 2009, May - featuring Calling for Social History Stories: The Making of Modern Australia, new ABC Project. "A Salute to Our Mechanical Pioneers" by Jim Kent. Chetwynd trip report.
  • 2009, April - featuring Fromelles Red Cross Records from WW1 and O. GILPIN Stores by Jim Kent.
  • 2009, March - featuring MITCHELL family donate local parish maps, move to the Casterton Visitor Centre, Casterton Iron & Brass Foundry (Jim Kent) [Click & read David Grant's correction to the GRANT family mentioned in this story].
  • 2009, February - featuring Calendar of Events for 2009, obituary Mrs Annie JEFFREYS (nee COX) 1939.

2008 Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

  • 2008, December - featuring Calendar of Events for 2009, Delamore William McKAY 1877-1958 (Journalist).
  • 2008, November - featuring Catherine McPHERSON 1777-1889, lost in the bush near Digby in 1881, aged 104y.
  • 2008, October - featuring the launch of the booklet "The Pioneer Suffragettes of Casterton & District".

2007 Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

  • 2007, December - featuring the Henty area, Marching Girls 1957, story "Christmas at Sandy Ridge".
  • 2007, October - featuring William Henry SCOTT 1881-1960, the KOCH family, Grassdale, Paschendale, Tahara, Tahara Bridge, Tahra West schools, 1957 Marching Girls.
  • 2007, September - featuring the Sandford Bridge, Vern McCallum Photographic Exhibition, Wando Vale Post Office, BILSTON, NORRIS & TURLEY in the Chetwynd area.
  • 2007, August - featuring Pte Tom STOCK (Boer War), Kooyang Culture.
  • 2007, July - featuring Nareen district schools, "Memories of Carapook", Muntham School, Sandford School, Chetwynd district schools.
  • 2007, June - featuring "The Albion Revisited", Henty School in the 1930s, Sandford in WW2.
  • 2007, May - featuring the GRANT family "The GRANTs, a short history".
  • 2007, April - featuring the The Western Front in WW1, Vern McCallum Photographic Collection, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 15).
  • 2007, March - featuring "The Casterton Theatre", "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 14), the Sandford Hotels, Casterton Old Cemetery, People of Merino.
  • 2007, February - featuring "Soldier Settlement at Carapook, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 13), "Back-to-Sandford".

2006 Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

  • 2006, November - featuring Casterton Christmas Lights, Merino Township Settlers, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 12).
  • 2006, October - featuring "Glenleg Inn" 100th Anniversary, John RICHARDSON's Golden wedding photograph in 1901. Click this link to download an amended copy of the photograph with the correct names in reference to a photograph in the newsletter which is incorrect.
  • 2006, September - featuring "Physician Heal Thyself", Sandford Timeline, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 11).
  • 2006, August - featuring "People of Casterton" William SHIELS (Pt 2), "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 10), Digby Timeline, Transportation in the Casterton district, "Helen McPherson SCHUTT - Philanthropist 1874-1951" (Pt 4).
  • 2006, July - featuring "July 1906 - Floods!", "July 2006 - Praying for Rain (but not floods!)", "People of Casterton" William SHIELS (Pt 1), "The Early History of Sandford", "Naming of Casterton", "Helen McPherson SCHUTT - Philanthropist 1874-1951" (Pt 3).
  • 2006, June - featuring "The Contribution of the HENTYs", "Helen McPherson SCHUTT - Philanthropist 1874-1951" (Pt 2), "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 10), "A Flash in the Sky".
  • 2006, May - featuring "The WAINES Murder" (Pt 5), "Memories" (Pt 2), "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 9), "About the HENTYs", "Helen McPherson SCHUTT - Philanthropist 1874-1951" (Pt 1).
  • 2006, April - featuring Anzac Day & Gallipoli, "Tom CUE" by Jim Foster, "Memories" (Pt 1), the origin of Casterton, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 8), "The WAINES Murder" (Pt 4).
  • 2006, March - featuring "Indian Hawkers" 1891, Casterton thoroughfares, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 7), "The WAINES Murder" (Pt 3).
  • 2006, February - featuring Dr Charles SMITH & his house, Casterton thoroughfares, Hawkers in Australia.

2005 Newsletters "Historical Happenings"

  • 2005, November - featuring "A History of Christmas", "The WAINES Murder" (Pt 3), Casterton Street Names (Pt 1), "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 7), "Casterton Railway & Station Masters", "J. R. MacPHERSON Esq.", Casterton Street Names (Pt 2).
  • 2005, October - featuring "Casterton Photographers", "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 6), "The WAINES Murder" (Pt 2), Casterton Street Names.
  • 2005, September - featuring "The WAINES Murder" (Pt 1), "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 6), Casterton Street Names, "Extracts from the Minutes".
  • 2005, August - featuring "Georgia and Rebecca McClellan go to England", Casterton Street Names, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 5), Edward HENTY.
  • 2005, July - featuring "History of the Postal Services in Casterton and Strathdownie", Casterton Street Names, "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 4), "John 'Jack The Shingler' Richardson", "Brief History of the Casterton Railway and Minnie Hole" by John Cleary, .
  • 2005, June - featuring "The History of the Casterton Racing Club Inc.", "Dergholm", "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 3), Casterton Street Names.
  • 2005, May - featuring Casterton Street Names, "The Four Castertons", "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 2), "The History of May Day", "Bahgallah", "Harpfields to Wando Vale".
  • 2005, April - featuring Casterton Street Names, "Gallipoli", "The Changes in Time" Des Murphy (Part 1).
  • 2005, March - featuring "Extracts from the 1966 Minutes", "A History of St Patrick's Day".




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