DONALD the Heart of Victoria ......... a great place to Stop!


Donald History & Natural History Group

Regular meetings with guest speakers, historical displays, archives for research, publication of members' research,
management of Agricultural Museum, part-management of Police Camp, association with Friends of Jeffcott.

Visitors Welcome

"International Year of Forests"

Monthly meetings:
 February - November

Second Monday of month, 7.30 pm
(except January & December)

Meeting place:
 Donald Court House Centre,
Woods St.,Donald. (Next to Post Office)

Membership : $10 per year

Office Bearers:
President Norm Hollis 5497 1552
Snr. Vice-President Ian Pendlebury 5497 1913
Jnr. Vice-President Les Bower 5497 1243
Secretary Brian Brasier 5497 1019
Treasurer Ray Walker 5497 1693
Acquisitions Officer Beryl Pearse 5497 1596
Asst. Acquisitions Dorothy McKay 5497 1016
Press Correspondent Lil Kirk 5497 1344
Caring Officer Lorraine Pearse 5497 1462

Committee Contacts
Agricultural Museum Peter Pendlebury 5498 5276
Men's Shed : Keith Smith 5497 1647
Court House Museum Lois Davidson 5497 2010
Police Camp Norm Hollis 5497 1552
Publications Lil Kirk 5497 1344

Archives
56-58 Woods St.
Donald. Vic. 3480
Ph/Fax: 5497 2287
Postal Address: P.O. Box 111, Donald. Vic. 3480
Website: http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/dhnhg : Click here: Website
E-mail: dhgnhg@gjr.net.au Click here to send an email
Open whenever "Open" sign is out.
Research Charges
$10 for name search
$2 per page of information provided
Photocopying :
30c per page for Research Clients
10c per page for Members
Archivist Lil Kirk
Photographs Mary Archbold

'The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present' David Thelen

Meeting Syllabus for remainder of 2011

Date

Meeting

Activities

February 14

Speakers: Norm & Beth Hollis

  Capetown to Cairo Supper: Molly Sheridan & Mary Archbold

Have you paid your Membership?

Donald Reunion - R.S.L. Hall, Blackburn

  February 13, from 11.a.m.

March 14

Speaker: Ron Falla

  Post & Telegraph Development in

  The Donald District

Supper: Yvonne Dunstan & L. Pearse

WVAHS Annual General Meeting

  19 & 20 March at Nhill

South-east Australian Naturalists' Ass'n

Campout at Aireys Inlet 25 & 26 March

April 11

Speaker: Jim Murray

  Donald Timberyard History

  Supper: Dot McKay & Janice McArthur

WVAHS Midlands Zone Meeting - April 10 St. John's Anglican Hall, Dunolly

May 9

Speaker: Florence Breed

  The Clan Donald

Supper: Dorothy Warner & P.Pendlebury

Bus Trip to Beaufort

June 13

Speaker: June Strickland

 Memories of a country Pharmacist's Wife

Supper: Beth Hollis & Ida Bourke

Musical Afternoon to be held at Chris & Ian Bailey's home.

July 11

Members Night Show & Tell

  Ken Hibbert Photos

Supper: Ann Dunstan & Dorothy Adams

Bus trip to Golden Dragon Museum

  & Chinese Gardens, Bendigo

August 8

Speakers: Rhonda & John Barbetti

  Farming in the Southern Mallee Supper:Lesley Pendlebury & Marie Bower

 

September 12

Speaker: Leading Senior Constable

  Mark Connell

  Donald Police Past & Present

Supper: Lois Davidson & Margaret Pearse

  Bus Trip to Grampians

October 10

Speaker: Lindsay Ezard

  Local Seed Collection & Use

Supper: Beryl Pearse & Bev.Gilmour

W.V.A.H.S Midlands Zone Meeting

November 14

Annual Meeting - Subs are due.

Supper: Mary Archbold & Beth Hollis

Annual Dinner

 
COURT HOUSE MUSEUM OPEN DAYS - 29th April, 29th July, 30th September

50th Anniversary Donald High School

Note: Those on Supper Duty please bring milk and biscuits. Tea, Coffee & Sugar are provided.

Links:
Donald History & Natural History Group Website
Heritage Australia Website - Donald entry : Webpage

Visitors Welcome

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