Author: Heather A.

  • Make Do To Renew exhibition, Benga House Dandenong, from July 31 2018 to October 7 2018.

    Benga House, Heritage Hill at Dandenong  is hosting the exhibition, Make Do To Renew, that draws on the experiences of grandparents to recycle and reuse. The exhibition includes select works from the Springvale & District Historical Society, Dandenong & District Historical Society and private collections. Exhibition is on from July 31 to October  7, 2018.

    Where: Benga House, 66 McRae Street, Dandnenong. Open Tuesday to Friday, 10.00am to 4.00pm. Free entry.

    For further information please contact 03 9793 4511 or email heritagehill@cgd.vic.gov.au

    http://www.greaterdandenong.com/section/306/heritage-hill

  • Notes from the ‘Stuff you need to know 2’ seminar July 2018

    Our ‘Stuff you need to know’ seminar was Sunday, July 29 2018 at the Narre Warren Mechanics’ Institute Hall, 59 Webb Street.

    Here are some notes from the day. Unfortunately, the session on Community Banking did not go ahead as the guest speaker could not make it, due to unexpected circumstances.

    Digitisation: Turning History into Pixels presented by Murray Adams, Mornington Peninsula Shire Local History Digitisation Officer. As well as giving us lots of practical information on digitising, Murray also talked about George Rose, the founder of the Rose Stereograph Company, who produced the Rose Series postcards.

    Murray Adams Turning history into pixels

    The following sessions were presented by Lynne Bradley, President Narre Warren & District Family History Group and Heather Arnold, Local History Librarian Casey Cardinia Libraries and President, Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society.

    We’ve got a policy for that!  What policies should you have and why.

    We have a policy for that updated Oct 2018

    Where on the Net.  Free local and family history information on the Internet. We also looked at some free creative design tools – Canva and Gimp.

    Where on the Net