Heidelberg Historical Society
Recent blog entries
Science Room, Heidelberg Technical School
posted on Saturday, 26th October 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
The Stan Burley Trophy
posted on Friday, 4th October 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Wednesday openings in October
posted on Wednesday, 2nd October 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Happy Wattle Day!
posted on Sunday, 1st September 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
August Meeting: Heidelberg’s Lost Cinemas
posted on Wednesday, 7th August 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Back to School: In the Playground
posted on Monday, 29th July 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Back To School Exhibition Now Open
posted on Wednesday, 17th July 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Garryowen Exhibition 2 June -23 June
posted on Thursday, 6th June 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
The End is Nigh!
posted on Friday, 10th May 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
History of Macleod 1920s-1970s
posted on Monday, 22nd April 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
April Meeting: Heidelberg Choral Society
posted on Monday, 8th April 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
It’s hot! How about an icecream…..
posted on Friday, 8th March 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Lady’s Pen Knife
posted on Tuesday, 27th February 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Congratulations!
posted on Friday, 9th February 2024 by Janine Rizzetti
Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year!
posted on Thursday, 21st December 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Greetings from Heidelberg!
posted on Saturday, 18th November 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Hat Pins
posted on Friday, 10th November 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Signals in Action
posted on Monday, 30th October 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: 1st Ivanhoe Sea Scouts Centenary Badge
posted on Friday, 20th October 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Boer War Ribbon
posted on Friday, 13th October 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Skating outfit
posted on Saturday, 16th September 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Body Building!
posted on Saturday, 9th September 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: A Souvenir from the Orient Theatre
posted on Thursday, 24th August 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Victorian History Showcase
posted on Thursday, 24th August 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: Vacuum Cleaners
posted on Friday, 18th August 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy: A Postcard Album
posted on Tuesday, 15th August 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
August meeting Tuesday 8 August 8.00 p.m
posted on Tuesday, 8th August 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy A Mile Post!
posted on Saturday, 27th May 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Mothers Day at Heidelberg Historical Society
posted on Thursday, 11th May 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eye Spy Exhibition Open
posted on Thursday, 27th April 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
History of the Dunvegan Estate e-book
posted on Thursday, 20th April 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
April Meeting Tuesday 11 April 2023
posted on Saturday, 8th April 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Museum Closed Easter Sunday
posted on Saturday, 8th April 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Eaglemont Market 26 March 2023
posted on Friday, 24th March 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Off to the Carnival One Hundred Years Ago
posted on Saturday, 18th February 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
February 2023 Meeting
posted on Friday, 10th February 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Museum and research room open again
posted on Friday, 3rd February 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
What happened at our last meeting in December 2022
posted on Sunday, 29th January 2023 by Janine Rizzetti
Exhibition open Wednesday 19 October 10.00 - 12.00 noon
posted on Tuesday, 18th October 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Truth Beauty and Utility has been short-listed!
posted on Saturday, 15th October 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Lost Banyule
posted on Monday, 3rd October 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Queen Elizabeth in Heidelberg 1970
posted on Saturday, 10th September 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Author talk on Christian Waller
posted on Friday, 2nd September 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
It’s back! the Eaglemont Walk
posted on Thursday, 28th July 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Open for Open House
posted on Thursday, 28th July 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
June Meeting Tuesday 14 June 2022
posted on Monday, 13th June 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Next Meeting 12 April ‘Out of the Madhouse’
posted on Saturday, 2nd April 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Museum and Research Room open again
posted on Saturday, 5th March 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Training Afternoon Saturday 5 March 2-4 p.m.
posted on Monday, 28th February 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
John Arthur talk on Zoom Wednesday 9th February 2.00 p.m.
posted on Thursday, 3rd February 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Deferred opening of museum - Now opening Sunday March 6!
posted on Thursday, 27th January 2022 by Janine Rizzetti
Eaglemont Market 12 December 2021
posted on Tuesday, 7th December 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Ivanhoe East State School
posted on Saturday, 4th December 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Relaxing on Mount Eagle
posted on Tuesday, 9th November 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Good News! Exhibition open 31 Oct to 28 November
posted on Wednesday, 27th October 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Heidelberg Grows Towards Rosanna- a MYSTERY!!
posted on Wednesday, 13th October 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
AGM and ‘Ivanhoe Reading Circle’
posted on Monday, 4th October 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
A day on the river
posted on Saturday, 18th September 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
HHS receives PROV Local History Grant
posted on Saturday, 4th September 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
The Old Eaglemont Station
posted on Saturday, 4th September 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Museum and Research Room closed again
posted on Saturday, 7th August 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
A socially distanced Olympic Games Village
posted on Monday, 2nd August 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Truth Beauty and Utility Exhibition Open Again
posted on Monday, 2nd August 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Let the Games Begin!
posted on Monday, 2nd August 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Truth Beauty and Utility Exhibition Open Now
posted on Saturday, 10th July 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Unveiling the Heidelberg War Memorial
posted on Friday, 25th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
We’re open again!
posted on Friday, 25th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
It’s Been Wet!
posted on Monday, 14th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Museum and Research Room Closed Sunday 13 June
posted on Friday, 11th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Cancellation of meeting 8 June 2021
posted on Friday, 4th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Ivanhoe Bowling Club
posted on Friday, 4th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Ekins’ Pharmacy
posted on Friday, 4th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
The Old Courthouse
posted on Friday, 4th June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Closed by COVID (yet again)
posted on Tuesday, 1st June 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Chinese market gardens
posted on Thursday, 15th April 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Curators’ Talks: One Name at a Time
posted on Friday, 26th March 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Things to do in Thomastown March-April 2021
posted on Monday, 22nd March 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Mr May’s Grand Grocery Store
posted on Thursday, 18th March 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Hold on?! Where did that house come from?
posted on Thursday, 4th March 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Re-opening yet again!
posted on Thursday, 25th February 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Closed because of coronavirus (again)
posted on Friday, 12th February 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Opening on Sunday 14 February 2021
posted on Thursday, 28th January 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
Catching the train to Princes Bridge
posted on Monday, 4th January 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
The Heidelberg Lock Up
posted on Monday, 4th January 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
The Centre of Heidelberg?
posted on Monday, 4th January 2021 by Janine Rizzetti
We’re open again!
posted on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Clinton’s Garage
posted on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
An Aerial View of Alphington and Darebin
posted on Monday, 9th November 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The Year of the Tiger!
posted on Monday, 9th November 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Racing in Heidelberg
posted on Sunday, 1st November 2020 by Kim Torney
Spring at Sills Bend
posted on Friday, 16th October 2020 by Kim Torney
Newnham & Son
posted on Friday, 16th October 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Ivalda
posted on Friday, 9th October 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The Battle of Waterdale Road!!
posted on Friday, 9th October 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
1041 Heidelberg Road
posted on Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Moorwatha
posted on Monday, 14th September 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The much-travelled Old Shire Offices
posted on Tuesday, 25th August 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Wounded soldiers at Heidelberg Railway Station
posted on Tuesday, 25th August 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Horsing around behind the Sir Henry Barkly Hotel
posted on Thursday, 13th August 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Sir Henry Barkly Hotel
posted on Friday, 7th August 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Mr Eiseman’s shops
posted on Friday, 24th July 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Dissent on the streets of Macleod!
posted on Wednesday, 15th July 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Gilray Stores Ivanhoe
posted on Friday, 10th July 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Trams! Or not?
posted on Friday, 26th June 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The Darebin Bridge Hotel
posted on Thursday, 18th June 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The now-departed Alphington Hotel
posted on Sunday, 7th June 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Admara Private Hospital
posted on Thursday, 28th May 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The Tower Hotel Alphington - or what’s left of it!
posted on Tuesday, 19th May 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Getting Physical with Prof. Bjelke Petersen
posted on Friday, 8th May 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The Ivanhoe Speedway
posted on Friday, 1st May 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
To Mask or Not To Mask
posted on Thursday, 30th April 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Taking Influenza TO the school 1919
posted on Saturday, 25th April 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Ivanhoe Reading Circle Turns 100!
posted on Saturday, 25th April 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Going Swimming
posted on Tuesday, 21st April 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
1919 Influenza Epidemic: a tip for avoiding contagion?
posted on Thursday, 16th April 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
The Grocers of Heidelberg
posted on Thursday, 16th April 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Mrs Fraser
posted on Friday, 20th March 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Coronavirus Shut-Down
posted on Friday, 20th March 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Banyule Heritage Study
posted on Monday, 24th February 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Ivanhoe Panel Works
posted on Saturday, 22nd February 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Museum Open Again for 2020
posted on Saturday, 22nd February 2020 by Janine Rizzetti
Off to the races!
posted on Saturday, 2nd November 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Bloomin’ roses
posted on Saturday, 2nd November 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Goldfinches
posted on Sunday, 20th October 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Chinese Laundry 1919
posted on Friday, 11th October 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
History Week 2019
posted on Thursday, 10th October 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
When local newspapers were REALLY local
posted on Sunday, 6th October 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
The View from Eagle Mount
posted on Friday, 4th October 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Tigers Celebrate Premiership!!
posted on Saturday, 28th September 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Open House Melbourne - we’re involved!
posted on Monday, 22nd July 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Want to be featured in a book?
posted on Thursday, 4th July 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Lace makers at the Quilt Exhibition
posted on Thursday, 20th June 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Red Queen Walk
posted on Tuesday, 23rd April 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Cemetery Walk Sunday 7 April 2.30 p.m.
posted on Monday, 1st April 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
Speakers 2019
posted on Monday, 1st April 2019 by Janine Rizzetti
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