• Sealed and Delivered – a talk by Patrick Ferry

    110 High Street 110 High Street, Berwick, VIC, Australia

    The Narre Warren & District Family History Group invite you to their Annual General Meeting. The guest speaker is Patrick Ferry. In addition to being an Archivist and local historian Patrick Ferry is also a PhD student at Monash University researching the history of seals (of the wax kind) in Australia. Patrick will showcase some […]

  • Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery tour – Tragedies of the 1930s

    Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery Charman Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia

    Join the Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries on this interesting look at people who died in tragic circumstances in the 1930s and who are buried in the Cemetery. More details to come.

  • Cemetery Walk – Police at the Brighton Cemetery

    Brighton General Cemetery cr North and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield South, VIC, Australia

    Join the Brighton Cemetorians on a walk in the Brighton General Cemetery. The Victoria Police was formally established in January 1853 from an existing  colonial police force of 875 men. Of the large numbers of Irish who joined  the Police Force many were laborers, miners, farm workers and even pardoned convicts. These early policemen worked […]

  • Talk – Dandenong Police Paddocks

    Laurel Lodge 51 Langhorne Street, Dandenong, VIC, Australia

    Dandenong and District Historical Society invite you to their Annual General Meeting. The guest speaker is Julian Dunn.  Julian has undertaken extensive archaeological research into the early buildings at the Police Paddocks for the Bunurong Land Council and he has agreed to share with us his findings: “New insights into historical land use and construction […]

  • Harkaway Cemetery Tour

    Harkaway Cemetery 202 Hessel Road, Harkaway, VIC, Australia

    Join the Narre Warren & District Family History Group on a tour of the Harkaway Cemetery. When: Sunday, 25 October 2026. More details, including confirmation of time, to follow.