Recipients of the 2020-2021 Local History Grant Program are listed below. Congratulations to all recipients!
All The Queens Men for Geraldine Cook
Dispatches from the Frontline
Awarded $14,000
Arapiles Historical Society Inc.
Purchase & installation of Museum quality protective display cabinets
Awarded $7,470
Australian Cardijn Institute Cooperative Ltd
Documenting Highett YCW History: Cataloguing, Digitising and Oral History
Awarded 1,842.30
Australian Jazz Museum Inc. / Victorian Jazz Archive
Victorian Jazz Musicians Video oral history project 2021
Awarded $6,000
Barham Koondrook Historical Society Incorporated
Preserving Victorian history in Koondrook
Awarded $3,147.80
Beeac Progress Association
Digitisation of Minute Book dating back to 1922
Awarded $490
Beleura House & Garden
Interpreting Beleura's Collection
Awarded $6,400
Benalla Historical Society Inc.
Digitisation of Benalla Standard newspapers 1932 – 1940
Awarded $15,000
Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society Inc.
The Elmore Standard digitisation project 1912-1920
Awarded $5,000
Berriwillock Memory Bank
Significance assessment report for the Berriwillock Memory Bank
Awarded $4,900
The Boîte Vic Inc.
The Boîte Digitisation Project
Awarded $6,622
Brunswick Women's Choir
30 Years of the Brunswick Women’s Choir: Digitising our audio visual archives
Awarded $1,860
Bunyip Historical Society
Bunyip Garfield Express Digitisation
Awarded 11,748.14
Castlemaine Historical Society Inc.
Conservation and preservation of significant historic records and archives
Awarded $2,348
Chewton Domain Society
Chewton People and Places Collection of the 1851 Gold Rush onwards
Awarded $6,050
City of Greater Dandenong
We built this City: a collaborative interpretation project
Awarded $15,000
Coal Creek Community Park and Museum
Small profit and quick returns: The story of Oliver Gilpin's drapery chain.
Awarded $1,538.18
Community Radio Federation/3CR Community Radio
Underfoot: The Facility
Awarded $8,000
Duldig Studio - Museum and Sculpture Garden
Duldig Studio Museum & Sculpture Garden Photography Archive Project
Awarded $6,199.90
Dunmunkle Sump Oilers machinery preservation Inc.
Public Photo Display
Awarded $500
East Loddon Historical Society Inc.
Dingee Bush Nursing Centre Centenary 1923-2023 Digitisation Conservation Project
Awarded $7,722.50
Footscray Primary School
'Tell it Like It Was' Oral History Project
$14,080
Fort Queenscliff Heritage Association Inc.
Fort Queenscliff tour guides portable PA system
Awarded $3,300
Forum on Australia's Islamic Relations
Hosh Bulduk (We are welcomed): A Turkish Migration Story
Awarded $14,750
Friends of Lake Modewarre
A brief history of Lake Modewarre and its environs
Awarded $2,300
Gasworks Arts Park
Gasworks Arts Park Historical Tours
Awarded $9,000
Gippstown Reserve Committee of Management
Horse-Drawn Vehicles Signage
Awarded $2,497
Glen Eira Historical Society
Caulfield Historical Society Newsletter digtisation project
Awarded $500
Golden Plains Shire Council
Golden Plains Stories: Community History Interactive Web Exhibition Project
Awarded $14,822
Heidelberg Historical Society Inc.
Conservation treatment of Heidelberg's Busy Bee Signature Quilt
$7,550
Hopetoun & District Historical Society Inc.
Know the past: Hopetoun's History on View Information succinctly available
Awarded $4,152.9
John Pierce Centre
JPC Deaf Community Victoria Archives Project
Awarded $7,160
Kilmore Historical Society
Transposing Cassette Audio tapes into MP3 format
Awarded $1,536
Maldon Museum & Archives Association Inc.
Mining Maldon's Tarrangower Times
Awarded $11,551
Maryborough Midlands Historical Society
Rosa Outtrim's Album
Awarded $2,860
Mirboo and District Historical Society Inc.
Photographs for Cataloguing Collection
Awarded $879
Mornington and District Historical Society Inc.
Mornington Museum: Interpretive Panels and Vinyl Cut Lettering
Awarded $3,036
Murchison & District Historical Society Inc.
Art Captured : an eBook
Awarded $1,850
Museum of Chinese Australian History
Chinese Australian Whispers: A podcast about Chinese Australian family stories
Awarded $15,000
Nagambie & District Historical Society Inc.
Nagambie Times digitisation project
Awarded $11,408.32
Omeo Historical Society Inc.
Significance assessment, Omeo Courthouse document collection
Awarded $6,000
Palais Arts Fund Inc.
Palais Oral History Project
Awarded $14,904
Red Rock District Progress Association
Cororooke Open Space History Trail descriptive signs and Diprotodon footprints.
Awarded $4,379
Robina Scott Kindergarten
Digitisation of Robina Scott Kindergarten Historic Photographs
Awarded $2,615.36
Selby Community House
Finding the People’s Voice: the Untold History of Selby Community House
Awarded $5,000
Storyscape
Yalinguth mobile app & augmented reality experience
Awarded $15,000
Trentham and District Historical Society
Trentham and District Historical Society website
Awarded $4,682
Victorian Goldfields Railway
Integration of audio into exhibits : VGR Heritage Interpretation Centre
Awarded $5,000
Warracknabeal Cemetery Trust
Warracknabeal Cemetery Public Historical Record
Awarded $6,287.82
Wellsprings for Women
Migrant Women Shaping the Cultural Landscape of Dandenong
Awarded $15,000
Western Bulldogs Heritage Working Group
Bulldog Museum Collection Storage project
Awarded $4,986
Wooragee Landcare Group Inc.
Wooragee Landcare Oral History and Digitisation Project
Awarded $5,952