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Resources: Wellington Shire

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This site is based on extracts from
Finding Your Families:
Genealogical Resources in the Shires of Wellington and East Gippsland
by Linda Barraclough and Debra Squires (Bairnsdale, Kapana Press, 1996).
It is copyright and is posted for private study only.

For further details of records, see
Overview: Wellington Shire and East Gippsland Shire

Full details of books named can be found on the associated bibliography page. A full Bibliography of the Wellington Shire can also be found on the internet.

If you have amendments or additions to this page, please e-mail details to kapana@netspace.net.au

 

Key to Abbreviations

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Airly (near Sale)
A school, registered No. 4169, opened 1923 and remains open.

Alberton
The cemetery records date from 1849. The cemetery records (1862-1990) have been issued on microfiche, and are available from the Yarram Genealogy Group for $12. Locally they are held at YGG, SFHG and EGFHG. Headstones (1842 onwards) are held at PAMM and YGG. There is also a list 'deaths in the district of Tarraville' 1849-1859, of unknown origin, that is sometimes referred to as the Alberton Cemetery records, but differs from other records. This was published in Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 1, and is held at YGG and PAMM in its original form. The Yarram Genealogy Group has published Here They Lie: A Location Guide to Headstones in the Alberton Cemetery, listing names and year of burial. It is available from the Group at $5 plus $1.50 package and post. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

Captain Slade's 1853 Census of Alberton is held at PAMM and was published in Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 5 p.42.

Cases held before the Police Court at Alberton (1845-1852) (VPRS 5905) and Alberton Court Letter Book (1861-1888) (VPRS 285) are held at the Public Record Office. Police Office and Court House files 1845-1852 (also held at the PRO as VPRS 43) and Letters to Commissioner 1852-1854 held at PAMM.

A school, registered No. 1, opened 1858 and is currently open. The records (1884-1990) are held at PAMM and (1903-1969) at YGG. Other records, photos etc. also held at PAMM.

Alberton West
A school, registered No. 2140, opened 1879 and remains open. (Possibly closed 1999).

Bald Hills
An early name for Seaton

Balloong (near Woodside)
A school, registered No. 2408, opened 1881 and closed 1967. The records have not at this stage been identified. The World War I School Honour Roll is on display in the Woodside Hall. To view a transcript, click HERE. A Balloong Road School 3369 also operated 1900 to 1924.

Balook (Bulga) (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 2719, opened 1885 and closed 1966. The records (1914-1965) held at YGG.

Binginwarri (west of Yarram)
A school, registered No. 2863, opened 1888 and closed in 1993. The records (date range not stated) may be held at YGG, and a box of records (but not the registers) at PAMM.

Black Snake Creek
Near Crooked River, and site of the Crooked River school in the 1930s

Blackwarry (north of Yarram)
Hall papers are held at PAMM.

A school, registered No. 3427, opened 1902 and closed 1950. All records were destroyed in the 1939 bushfires, The records (1944-1950) held at YGG. See also Kjergaard.

Boisdale
A school, registered No. 3017, opened 1890 and in 1951 became 6207 Boisdale Consolidated school, which remains open. Records 1907-1971 are held at SFHG and EGFHG.

A transcript of the district WWI Honour Board (KIA and returned) in the Boisdale Hall, is held at EGFHG.

Boisdale Estate
A school, registered No. 4059, opened 1922 and closed 1950. The records 1922-1951are held at SFHG, EGFHG and Boisdale Consolidated School.

Bolgers Road (near Devon North, Yarram area)
A school, registered No. 4003, opened 1919 and closed 1934. The records have not been identified at this time.

Briagolong
The cemetery reserve at Briagolong was gazetted in 1880, records date from 1881 and the earliest headstone is dated 1882. The records (to 1976) and headstones (to 1976) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, SFHG, EGHS, GSV and SAG. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust.

Police Records: The Watchhouse Charge Book (1888-1971) is held at the Victoria Police Historical Unit.

A school, registered No. 1117, opened 1871 and remains open. Records are held from 1927 onwards, with photocopies being available for personal callers to check. Some records 1904-1986 are held at EGFHG.

There is a war memorial in Avon Street that records those who served in World Wars I and II, and an Honour Roll in the Mechanics' Institute for WWI. Click HERE for a transcript of the Mechanics' Institute Honour Roll. Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire include enlistments from here.

Brocket
Also known as Centreville, Big Flat, Eureka Flat. Mining settlement onthe Upper Dargo.

Budgee (south of Dargo)
A school, registered No. 3242, opened 1898 and closed 1902. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Bulldog Junction

Bulga Lower see Macks Creek

Bulgoback (south of Dargo)
A school, registered No. 1619, opened 1874 and closed c. 1884. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Bulltown (Crooked River area, west of Dargo)
A school, registered No. 1533, opened 1875 and closed 1885. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Bundalaguah (between Sale and Maffra)
A school, registered No. 1107, opened 1872 and remains open. Records 1992-1995 held at SFHG, with a possibility of earlier records being held some time in the near future.

There is a war memorial in the primary school grounds for World War 1.

Bushy Park
A rural area (with railway station and post office) on the Avon River between Boisdale and Briagolong. Mainly known as the site of Angus McMillan's main station in Gippsland.

Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire include enlistments from here.

Callignee
Callignee proper is not in the Shire of Wellington, but Callignee South and part of Callignee North appear to be. There was no school at Callignee North, and two schools operated at Callignee South, 3032 and 3673. School records for 3673 1939-1963 are held at the PRO: VPRS 6519.

Calrossie
Near Yarram

Carrajung (south of Rosedale)
Details of about seven known burials (1898-1908) in the cemetery held at YGG. Cemetery minute book (1894-1906) held at PAMM.

Hall papers are held at PAMM.

A school, registered No. 3545, opened 1914 and remains open. The records (1907-1975) held at YGG.

Carrajung East
A school, registered No. 4076, opened 1921 and closed in 1930. The records have not at this stage identified at this stage.

Carrajung Lower
A school, registered No. 4488, opened 1931 and closed in 1945. The records have not at this stage identified at this stage.

Carrajung South
A school, registered No. 3304, opened 1898 and has closed since 1970. The records (1867-1868) held at YGG.

Castleburn (south of Dargo)
A school, registered No. 3308, opened 1898 and closed 1908. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Centreville
see Brocket

Clydebank (near Sale)
A school, registered No. 1304, opened 1874 and closed 1946. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Cobains (near Sale)
A school, registered No. 4387, opened 1928 and has closed in recent years. Records 1936-1945 (as a photocopy of the original) held at SFHG.

Cobbanah
Localilty at intersection of Freestone Creek Road and Lindenow to Dargo Road. Site of early goldrush and Gees accommodation house, later the Cobbanah Hotel.

Coolungoolung (east of Holey Plain)
A school, registered No. 2306, opened 1880 and closed 1903. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Coongulla
Relatively modern holiday town on shores of Lake Glenmaggie.

Copenhagen
Short-lived mining town south of Dargo on Swamp Creek, also known as Jorgensens Creek, Swamp Creek

Cowa
Surveyed township on site of McMillan's Cuigmungie run near Dargo. Site of Connelly's accommodation house from the 1850s.

Cowwarr
A school, registered no, 1967, opened 1877 and remains open. Records are held at the school (dates not stated), and appointments are necessary for personal callers.

Crooked River (west of Dargo)
A considerable body of mining material is held at the Public Record Office, probably the most significant being VPRS 1332, Register of Claims (1873-1931) 43 volumes. There are also applications for water rights and registers of races and water rights.

A school, registered No. 3606, opened 1909 and closed 1913. It reopened in 1936 and finally closed in 1940. The records have not at this stage been identified, but full details of all students from the second stage of the school were published in Gippsland Heritage Journal Nos. 10 & 11.

Culloden
Locality up the Freestone Creek Road from Briagolong

Dargo
The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1872, records date from 1877 and the earliest headstone is dated 1867. Headstones (to 1976) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, EGHS, GSV and SAG. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust.

Dargo Court Registers (1888-1897) 2 volumes (VPRS 303) are held at the Public Record Office.

Police Records: The Watchhouse Charge Book (1872-1915) is held at the Victoria Police Historical Unit.

A school, registered No. 1081, opened 1870 and remains open. Only a very modern register is held at the school, and the whereabouts of any earlier records is not known, although EGHS holds some records for 1868 to 1870.

Dargo Lower
A school, registered No. 3621, opened 1909 and closed 1914. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Darriman (between Longford and Woodside)
A school, registered No. 3013, opened 1892 and closed in 1970. Records (1950-1970) held at YGG. The school World War I Honour Roll is on display in the Woodside Hall. Click HERE to view a transcript.

Darriman West
A school, registered No. 3070, operated in the 1890s and reopened in 1948, to close in 1954. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Dawson (west of Heyfield)
A school, registered No. 2931, opened 1889 and closed 1891. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Denison see also Wandocka/Denison (between Heyfield and Rosedale)
A school, registered No. 1300, opened 1874 and closed 1932. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Devon North (Yarram area)
A school, registered No. 2703, opened 1885 and remains open. The records (1955-1988) held at YGG. A named school photograph dated 1941 is held at EGHS. See also Stoney Creek/Devon.

There is a war memorial in the primary school grounds for World Wars I and II (KIA and returned). For a transcript, click HERE.

Dogs Grave
Area between Dargo and Omeo

Donnellys Creek
General name for the goldfields that included Store Point and Edwards Reef.

Dulungulong (between Lake Wellington and the Ninety Mile Beach) (exact shire location not known)
A school, registered No. 3063, opened 1890 and closed 1891. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Dutson (east of Longford)
A school, registered No. 2368, opened 1881 and closed 1937. The Pupil Register 1881-1913 is at the Sale Museum.

For a transcript of the WWI Honour Roll, click HERE.

Eaglevale
Rural locality near Crooked River, site of one of Angus McMillan's pastoral runs.

Edwards Reef
Goldfield on Donnellys Creek from 1862. A school, Registered No. 909, operated from 1866 to 1879. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Ellinging (somewhere near Seaspray?)
A school, registered no. 4070, opened in 1921 under the name Latrobe Saw Mill and worked half time with Prospect. It closed in 1937.

Eureka Flat
see Brocket

Fairview see Hiawatha

Flynn
A small section of this rural locality is in the Wellington shire.

Fosterton
Closer Settlement area near The Heart in 1908.

Fulham (between Sale and Rosedale)
A school, registered No. 4283, opened 1926 and closed 1931. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Gelliondale
Rural area on South Gippsland Highway south of Yarram

Giffard West (south of Sale)
A school, registered No. 2979, opened 1889 and has closed and reopened several times over the years. It is now closed.

Gladstone
Short-lived mining field on the Freestone Creek, north of Briagolong

Glencairn see Licola North

Glenfalloch
Pastoral run from 1840s, south of Licola

Glenmaggie
The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1881, records date from October 1881 and the earliest headstone is dated 1885. Headstones (to 1976) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, GSV and SAG. Records (to 1979) are held in the Maffra library Local Collection and SFHG. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust.

A school, registered No. 1576, opened 1875 and closed in recent years. The registers (from 1914) are held at Heyfield Primary School. Some school records (1925-1977) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6380.

For a transcript of WWI and WWII Honour Rolls in the Mechanics' Institute, click HERE. Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire include enlistments from here, with some further details included.

Glenmaggie North (Gravel Hill)
A school, registered No. 1949, opened 1877 and closed 1921. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Glenmaggie Weir
A school, registered No. 4046, opened 1921 and closed 1928, coinciding with the construction period for the weir wall. The registers have not at this stage been identified.

Golden Beach
Relatively modern coastal town on the Ninety Mile Beach between Loch Sport and Seaspray. Area originally known as Letts Beach.

Good Luck Creek
Also known as Stonewall. Mining area in the Crooked River

Goodwood (near Woodside)
A school, registered No. 3825, opened 1914 and closed in 1920. The records not identified at this stage.

Gormandale
Originally known as Gormans Crossing

Cemetery. Enquiries to Mr. Rouse, 440 Lays Rd Extension, Gormandale 3873. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

A school, formerly known as Willung South, registered No. 2482, opened 1882 and in 1996 amalgamated with Gormandale East. School records from 1907 to 1986 can be checked by contacting Mrs. Sheila Rouse, 440 Lays Rd Extension, Gormandale 3873.

For a transcript of the War Memorial (Boer War, WWI, WWII), click HERE.

Gormandale East
A school, registered No. 2877, opened 1888 and amalgamated with Gormandale 2482 in 1996.

Grant (Crooked River area, north of Dargo)
The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1879, there are no formal records and the earliest headstone is dated 1870. The staff at Gippsland Heritage Journal hold details of a number of burials, in preparation for future publication and would appreciate hearing further details of any known burials. The cemetery is cared for by DCNR. Details of headstones are held at the GSV.

A school, registered No. 853, opened 1866 and closed 1890. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Greenmount (near Yarram)
Known burials in Greenmount Cemetery were published in Greenmount 1841-1984. Copies of 1st and 2nd edn held at PAMM and YGG. Headstones (from 1869) held at YGG. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

Hawkhurst
Rural localilty near Crooked River.

Heyfield
The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1874, records date from 2 March 1908 and the earliest headstone is dated 1872. Headstones (to 1919) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, GSV and SAG. Records (to 1984) are held in the Maffra Library Local Collection. Details of records and headstones have recently been published by the Heyfield Family History Group. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust.

Family History Group
Name: Heyfield Family History Group
Location: Heyfield Resource Centre, 5 George St, Heyfield
Postal address: As above
Opening hours: 1pm-9pm Fri, 11am-4pm third Saturday each month.
Membership: $20 per annum plus $5 joining fee, includes posted newsletter. $10 per annum for newsletter only.
Admission: Non-members $2 for use of records.
Research by mail: $3 per hour
Meetings: 10am on the third Sat. of month at the above location.
Contact: R. Belcher (03) 5148 2438 or the Centre on (03) 5148 2100
Description: This group is relatively new and records mainly relate to areas outside of Gippsland, although some cemetery records are held.

Newspapers
Name: Heyfield Herald
   Date range published: 1910?- 1934, 1948?- 1956
   Held where: State Lib. of Vic. Only
   Date range held: 3.2.1910-11.1.1934, 11.11.1948-24.10.1956
Name: Heyfield News
   Date range published: 1927-1944
   Held where: State Lib, of Vic. Only
   Date range held: 8.12.1927-20.4.1944 impf

A school, registered No. 1108, opened 1871 and remains open. School records to 1920 have been indexed and are held at the Heyfield Family History Group.

War Memorial and Honour Rolls
There is a memorial in George Street to those who died in World Wars I and II. Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire include enlistments from here.

Hiamdale
Rural locality near Rosedale

Hiawatha (originally Fairview) (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3555, opened 1906 and closed in recent years. Records have not at this stage been identified.

Hogtown
Short-lived gold mining site on the Crooked River, sometimes included with Bulltown.

Holey Plains
A school, registered No. 2597, opened 1884 and closed 1908. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Hollands Landing (near Meerlieu)
A school, registered No. 3662, opened 1910 and closed in recent years.

Howittville
Short-lived gold mining site on the Crooked River

Hunterston
Near Port Albert

Invermichie (near Stratford)
A school, registered No. 1589, opened 1875 and closed 1917. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Jack River (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 2765, opened 1886 and closed in 1964. The records (1906-1946) held at PAMM and (1946-1956) held at YGG.

Kalladys Road (near Jack River)
A school, registered no. 4118, opened in 1922 and closed in 1928.

Kilmany Park (west of sale)
A school, registered No. 4240, opened 1925 and closed 1956. The school operated in conjunction with the Kilmany Park Boys' Home and attendance records 1925-1956 are held at SFHG and EGFHG. Some school records (1925-1956) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6542, and appear to include the registers.

Kilmany South
A school, registered No. 3792, opened 1914 and was open in 1970, but closed in later years. Records have not at this stage been identified.

Kjergaard (near Bulga)
A school, registered No. 3846 opened in 1914 under the name Blackwarry West, and after a patchy history, closed in 1923.

Langsborough
Outer suburb of Port Albert

Latrobe Saw Mill see Ellinging

Leebrook (near Stratford)
A school, registered No. 3932, opened 1916 and closed 1925. An undated list of students who attended is published in Sap in their Veins: A History of Munro.

Letts Beach
Original name for the Golden Beach/Paradise Beach area between Loch Sport and Seaspray.

Licola
A school, registered No. 3748, opened 1912 and closed 1915. The records for this period have not at this stage been identified. It reopened in 1952 and closed c. 1979. The registers for this period are held at Heyfield Primary School. Some school records (1964-1979) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6524.

Licola North (Glencairn)
A school, registered No. 4610, opened 1943 and closed 1947. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Llowalong (north of Stratford)
A school, registered No. 4007, opened 1919 and closed 1951. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Loch Sport
Relatively modern coastal town on the Ninety Mile Beach.

Longford
A school, registered No. 1694, opened 1876 and remains open.

Louisville
Mining area on the Upper Dargo

Lowngerut
Early name for Munro, changed from Towngerut in 1926, changed officially to Munro in 1952.

Macks Creek (Lower Bulga) (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3357, opened 1901 and closed in 1964. The records (1929-1957) held at YGG.

Madalya (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3482, opened 1904 and closed in 1950. The records (1905-1950) held at YGG.

For a transcript of the Honour Roll for WWI, divided into teachers, students and residents, held at Port Albert Maritime Museum, click HERE.

Maffra
The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1868, records date from 1869 and the earliest headstone is dated 1872. Headstones (to 1984, but excluding the lawn section) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, GSV and SAG. A database incorporating records and headstones is held at the Maffra Historical Society, and details from this are available in the Maffra Library Local Collection. A book with details from Headstones, Records and the Journal has been published, and is available from JJB Publishing. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust.

Church Records: Anglican marriages 1887-1924 held at SFHG, Anglican baptisms 1887-1924 held Maffra Library Local Collection and SFHG. For Presbyterian Records see Stratford.

Historical Society
Name: link from Maffra and District Historical Society
Postal address: P.O. Box 321, Maffra 3860
Membership: $8 per annum includes posted newsletter
Research by mail: A small donation on initial enquiry is appreciated, $5 minimum if information found, plus copying costs
Meetings: 7:30pm (8pm in daylight saving) on first Monday of the month at the George Gray Centre, Foster Street, Maffra
Contact: (03) 5147 2680 (A/H)
Booklist: To obtain a copy of their list of publications for sale, forward a business-sized SSAE.
Description: The Society does not own a collection as such, it is owned by the Maffra Sugarbeet Museum, the documentary part of this being held in the Maffra Library Local Collection

Library Local collection Name:
Maffra Library Local Collection
Location: Maffra Library, Johnson St, Maffra
Opening hours: 10am-6pm Mon, Wed-Fri, 10am-12noon Sat.
Description: The collection consists of a combined collection with the Maffra Sugarbeet Museum, and is principally made up from manuscript material, photographs, early telephone books, cemetery records and a card index to parish maps. The library also has an extensive collection of published local books on open access. A manuscript collection list is held in the library and individual items must be requested from library staff. Details of holdings are being incorporated in the Wellington Shire History Database.

Museum
Name: Maffra Sugarbeet Museum
Location: McMahon Drive, but signposted as River Street, Maffra
Postal address: P.O. Box 321, Maffra 3860
URL: link from http://www.maffra.net.au/heritage/
Opening hours: 2pm-4pm Sun.
Admission: $1.50
Contact: (03) 5145 1045
Description: The Museum is housed in the former weighbridge and office of the Maffra Sugarbeet Factory, which was moved to its present location and opened in 1985. The collection concentrates on sugarbeet growing, agricultural history and the early history of the surrounding area. A storage shed at the rear contains agricultural tools and equipment. Details of holdings are being incorporated in the Wellington Shire History Database.

Newspaper
Name: Maffra Spectator
   Date range published: 1881-present
   Held where: WLS (Sale)
   Date range held: 1882-1920:m
   Held where: WLS (Maffra)
   Date range held: 1966-1980: bound
   Note: to all intents and purposes this paper was incorporated in the Gippsland Times in 1980.

A school, registered No. 861, opened 1866 and remains open. The records 1932-1954 are held at EGFHG and (1932-1942, 1951-1983, index 1932-1983) are held at SFHG. The Secondary College commenced in the 1920s, and some early records, such as examination results, but not attendance rolls, are held in the Maffra Library Local Collection.

A large and attractive mosaic honour roll in the Maffra Library purports to name all who fell in World War I, but does not do so. Casualties from Glenmaggie are not included, nor are some others from the shire. Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire includes those listed. The Maffra War memorial, now outside the library after being relocated some years ago from the Maffra-Sale Road, merely refers the researcher to the mosaic honour roll in the library. For a transcript of the WWI Honour Roll for St John's Anglican Church, click HERE.

MAFFRA HINT. The coffee shop in Foster Place, just around the corner from the library, is a good spot for a cuppa or a light lunch.

Manns Beach

McGaurans Beach

McLaughlins Beach

Meerlieu
A school, registered No. 2535, opened 1883 and remains open.

A large World War I Honour Roll is on display in the hall (and includes one name from WWII). Click HERE to view a transcript.

Mewburn Park
A rural area between Maffra and Tinamba, site of an early squatting run, the homestead from which remains. Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire include enlistments from here, mainly of WWI Soldier Settlers.

Montgomery (between Sale and Stratford)
A school, registered No. 4480, opened 1931 and closed 1933. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Munro (east of Stratford)
A school, registered No. 3814, opened 1913 and was officially closed in 1993.  The names of students who commenced 1913-1984 are published in Sap in their Veins. A History of Munro. The town apparently began as Towngerut, which was officially changed to Lowngerut in 1926, and then to Munro in 1952. However the railway station was originally known as Yeerung, until chnaged to Munro in 1888.

Myrtlebank (between Sale and Maffra)
A school, registered No. 2207, opened 1880 and closed 1993. Records 1977-1993 held at SFHG.

Nambrok (between Tinamba and Rosedale)
A school, registered No. 3626, opened 1909 and remains open.

Nambrok West
A school, registered No. 3648, opened 1910 and closed in recent years.

Napier
Railway siding between Won Wron and Woodside

Narrang (between Stockdale and Fernbank) (exact shire location unknown)
A school, registered No. 3014, opened 1892 and closed in 1911. Children attending the school in 1889 and 1907 are published in Sap in their Veins: A History of Munro.

Nestor
Rural locality (with post office) near Madalya Rd near Yarram

New Leith
An early name for Port Albert, so early and unused it is unlikely to appear in an official documents.

Newry
A school, registered No. 1145, and another registered 2074, operated as Upper Maffra, until closure in 1951 when Boisdale Consolidated School opened. The records 1942-1950 held at EGFHG and SFHG.

Nuntin see Stratford

Paradise Beach
A relatively modern coastal settlement on the Ninety Mile Beach between Seaspray and Loch Sport. The area was originally known as Letts Beach.

Pearsondale (south of Wurruk, near Sale)
A school, registered No. 4311, opened 1927 and was closed some time after 1970.

Perry Bridge (between Stratford and Meerlieu)
A school, registered No. 2982, opened 1889 and closed about 1972. The registers have not at this stage been located. Some school records (1948-1971) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6463.

Port Albert
Presbyterian baptismal register and communion roll (with Tarraville) 1858-1867 held at PAMM.

District Land Office
The Outwards Letter Book (1859-1874) 1 volume (VPRS 1652) is held at the PRO. Receipts for land payments 1854-1855 held at PAMM.

Museum
Name: Port Albert Maritime Museum
Location: Tarraville Road, Port Albert
Postal address: John O'Callaghan, jack River via Yarram 3971
Opening hours: 2pm-5pm Sun, Pub. hols. and Jan school hols., or by appointment (03) 5184 1312 or 5183 2314
Admission: $2 adults/50c children for museum, $5 per hour/$25 per day for research.
Research by mail: At rates above, for interstate enquiries only.
Meetings: 1:30pm, first Wed of the month, at the museum.
Description: Museum artifacts and research facilities including files and photographs relating to Port Albert and former Alberton Shire. It has a large collection of local histories and family histories. Also letters of inquiry for help with family history research are kept and indexed. Account books, minute books and business records are held and contain names. It also holds the Victorian Government Gazette 1851-1915.
The museum has an extensive range of books for sale, and will forward a list on receipt of a business-sized SSAE.
HINT: The holdings of the Maritime Museum are far too extensive to list here. They have published a detailed list of documentary holdings, price $10, so if you are anticipating a visit from afar, the investment well in advance would be very worthwhile.

Newspaper
Name: Gippsland Guardian
   Date range published: 1855-1866
   Held where: CGS, LVRL (Traralgon), EGHS, PAMM, YGG
   Date range held: 5.10.1855-13.7.1866: m
   Held where: Sale Hist. Soc.
   Date range held: 1855-1861: m
   Held where: WLS (Sale)
   Date range held: 16.9.1859-13.7.1866: m

An index to Births, deaths and marriages advertised is held at PAMM and EGHS.

A school, registered No. 490, opened c. 1861 and closed 1994. Records 1912-1963 held at PAMM.

Shipping Records: Turnbull and Co (including various partnerships) 1844-1866, assorted papers including bills of lading, account books, orders to pay (from all over Gippsland), business letters and orders held at PAMM. Buchanan and Co shipping accounts 1848-1849, shipping manifests, passenger lists (mainly for Miranda to/from Sydney) 1852-1854 all on microfiche at PAMM. Passengers to Port Albert 1841-45 held at PAMM and YGG.

Receipt and Pay Office: Licences issued by Govt. for land, immigration, hotels, mining etc 1858-1871 held at PAMM

War Memorial: There are memorial gardens and a cairn, for all conflicts.

Prospect (Seaspray)
A school, registered No. 3938, opened 1916 and closed 1921. The records have not been located at this time. Another school, Prospect Estate, registered No. 4324, opened 1927 and remains open as Seaspray.

Ram Town
see Talbotville

Ramahyuck (between Meerlieu and Stratford)
A cemetery was established on the Ramahyuck Aboriginal Mission and was used for both Aboriginal and non Aboriginal burials. Records for Aboriginal burials date from 1876 to 1906 and were published in Gippsland Heritage Journal No. 17 p44. Headstones for the Baum (1888, 1893) and Hartwick (1897, 1898) families are the only record of non-Aboriginal burials. The cemetery is administered by the East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative. Headstone transcriptions (3) held at EGFHG and SFHG. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

A school, registered No. 1088, opened 1869 and closed 1901. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Riverslea (near Maffra)
A school, registered No. 3667, opened 1910 and closed in 1978. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Robertsons Beach

Rosedale
The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1868, records date from 1867 (but are sketchy until c. 1880) and the earliest headstone is dated 1860. Headstones (to 1985) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, GSV and SAG. Records (to 1964) were published in the Morwell Historical Society Newsletter and copies are held at EGFHG, GSV and SAG. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust.

Historical Society
Name: Rosedale and District Historical Society
Location: King Heritage House, 10 Lyons St, Rosedale Postal address: C/- Post Office. Cowwarr
Opening hours: Not currently open to the public
Membership: $10 per annum
Research by mail: At an appropriate fee
Meetings: 7:30pm (or 8pm in daylight saving) on the first Wed of the month at the Society's rooms.
Contact: (03) 5148 9251
Description: The Society is less than ten years old and has just moved into its first home, where it will be establishing a collection.

Newspaper
Name: Rosedale Courier
   Date range published: 1889-1954
   Held where: CGS, WLS (Sale), LVRL (Traralgon)
   Date range held: 3.8.1889-23.12.1920: m

A school, registered No. 770, opened 1863 and remains open.

There is a cenotaph at the intersection of Prince and Lyons Streets for World Wars I and II.  For details, click HERE. The Rosedale Shire Honour Roll, a magnificent wooden one, is in the former Rosedale Primary School in the Prince Street Reserve.

Ryton (formerly Wonyip Central) (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3586, opened 1908 and closed 1941. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Sale
Collins Bookshop, Raymond Street, Sale, Ph: (03) 5144 6262 attempts to stock all local titles.

The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1857, records date from 1851 (but are sketchy until 1874) and the earliest headstone is dated 1855. Headstones (to 1920) have been transcribed and are held at SFHG, EGFHG, GSV and SAG. A recent update on the headstones transcriptions, to February 1999 (but not including the War Cemetery or Lawn Cemetery) has been prepared by SFHG and is available from them on microfiche, at $15 posted (3 fiche). The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust. They operate an office at the cemetery which is open Monday and Thursday from 1pm to 5pm, phone (03) 5144 2262. They will answer written enquiries to P.O. Box 1418, Sale, 3850, a fee does apply depending upon the information requested. A short history of the cemetery, Monumental Memories: Sale Cemetery, with a walk incorporating over one hundred headstones, has been published, but is currently out of print.

Sale Court of Petty Sessions Registers (1863-1957) 40 volumes (VPRS 346) and Sale Licensing Court Registers (1886-1906) 2 volumes (VPRS 670) are held at the Public Record Office.

District Land Office: The District Surveyor's Letter Book (1855-1856) 1 volume (VPRS 1328) and Correspondence Register (1889-1890) 1 volume (VPRS 1656) are held at the Public Record Office.

Family History Group
Name: Sale and District Family History Group
Location: Former Temperance Hall, 76 Macalister St, Sale (Next door to the Times Office)
Postal address: P.O. Box 773, Sale, 3850
Opening hours: 1pm-4pm Tues, 10am-4pm Fri, 1pm to 4pm first Sat of the month (trial basis)
Membership: $30 per annum, includes posted newsletter.
Admission: Non-members $6 per session.
Research by mail: $15 per enquiry
Reciprocal Rights: The Society does not extend Reciprocal Rights to members of other Societies/Groups
Meetings: 7:30pm second Mon of the month (except Jan.), at the Clubrooms
Contact: (03) 5144 1421
Description: The gem in this Group's collection is a card listing of all birth, death, marriage and funeral advertisements in the Gippsland Times, Gippsland Guardian and Gippsland Mercury to 1900. This index is also available on CD. They also hold an extensive library of local books and records as well as CDs for research throughout Australia and overseas.

The Society is compiling a Pioneer Index for the Sale area to 1900. Further details are available from them on receipt of a SSAE.

(updated 19.6.2005)

Funeral Directors
Index books to the records of Lars Louis Jensen (c. 1866-1950) and Ubergang Funeral Services (later Gippsland Funeral Services) (1934-1991) are held at SFHG. In the case of many of the earlier records this is the only record available. In the case of later records, they may be held at Gippsland Funeral Services, Sale, to whom enquiries should be directed.

Historical Society/Museum
Name: Sale Historical Society
Location: Foster St. Sale
Postal address: P.O. Box 724, Sale 3850
Opening hours: 1:30pm to 4:30pm Sun, or by appointment
Membership: $5 per year
Admission: Museum $2, additional $5 per half day research
Research by mail: $5/hour first hour, $3/hour after that.
Meetings: 7:45pm, 2nd Thurs of the month at the museum.
Contact: Peter Synan (03) 5144 2751 (phone/fax) or Fred Schulz (03) 5143 1783
Description: Collection includes municipal records for Sale, extensive photograph collection, biographical information on a number of Sale families. Details of holdings are being incorporated in the Wellington Shire History Database.

The records of the Gippsland Base Hospital (earlier known as the Gippsland Hospital) commence in 1866. Application to view them should be made direct to the Librarian, Gippsland Base Hospital, Sale.

Library Local Collection
Name: Sale Library
Location: Macalister Street, Sale
Opening hours: 10am-6pm Mon. to Fri., 10am to 4pm Sat.
Description: This collection has many local histories and reports not found elsewhere. It also includes an extensive collection of newspapers on microfilm (and a state of the art microfilm reader/printer that is a joy to use) and various state indexes to births, deaths and marriages on CD-ROM. Modern bound volumes of the Gippsland Times can also be found here.

Newspapers
Name: Gippsland Independent
   Date range published: 1861
   Held where: CGS
   Date range held: 1861 (4 issues): bound
Name: Gippsland Times
   Date range published: 1861-present
   Held where: CGS, WLS (Sale)
   Date range held: 16.8.1861-31.12.1900: m
   Held where: EGHS
   Date range held: 16.8.1861-24.9.1884: m
   Held where: LVRL (Traralgon)
   Date range held: 16.8.1861-25.7.1888: m
   Held where: PAMM
   Date range held: c. 867-c. 890: m
   Held where: Sale Hist. Soc.
   Date range held: 1879, 1880: bound
   Held where: WLS (Sale)
   Date range held: 1968-present: bound
PLEASE NOTE: in order to preserve its early copies, the Gippsland Times office at Sale does not allow access to its bound copies of the newspaper.

An index to the Gippsland Times 1861-1900 by Sale historian Peter Synan has been published by the Centre for Gippsland Studies and is now out of print. For limited lookups in the index, e-mail kapana@netspace.net.au . This index does not include the births, deaths and marriages that are held on card in the Sale Family History Group collection.

Police Records: The Prisoners Ration Book (1883-1887) is held at the Victoria Police Historical Unit.

Prison Records: Records for Sale Prison commence in 1887. Nineteen different records series for Sale are listed at the Public Record Office, almost all being closed or only partly open.

A school, registered No. 545, opened c. 1854 and remains open. The records 1916-c.1968 (some of 1921-1926 missing) held at EGFHG in brief, and a full transcription of the same period is held at SFHG. Various private schools have opened over the years, some of which later closed.

Solicitor's Records: An index to clients of Patten and Bancroft (1879-1890) is held at PAMM.

The main war memorial in Sale is in the forecourt of the memorial hall in Macalister Street, recording names from World Wars I and II, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. There is a cenotaph at the primary school, probably to World War I only, and a Boer War Memorial at the intersection of Foster and York Streets (on the Princes Highway). There is a war cemetery adjacent to the Sale Cemetery for deaths at the RAAF Bases at Sale in World War II. For transcripts of various Sale War Memorials and Honour Rolls, click HERE.

Sandy Creek (near Munro, north east of Stratford)
A school, registered No. 2075, opened 1878 and closed c. 1880. The names of parents and anticipated number of children in c. 877 are published in Sap in their Veins: A History of Munro.

Seacombe (on southern shore of Lakes Wellington)
A cemetery is believed to have existed at Seacombe, but no further details of it are known.

A school, registered No. 3178, opened 1893 and closed 1913. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Seaspray see Prospect

Seaton (formerly Bald Hills)
A school, registered No. 838, opened 1866 and closed a short time later. The records for this period have not been identified. It reopened 1876 as registered No. 1649, closed in 1927, reopened in 1933 and finally closed in 1944. A copy of the register for 1876-1944 is held in the Maffra Library Local Collection, and some records are possibly held at Heyfield Primary School.

Names of some Seaton residents from WWII, and possibly WWI, are included on Honour Rolls in the Glenmaggie Mechanics' Institute - for transcripts click HERE.

Snake Island

Staceys Bridge (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3355, opened in 1900 and was open in 1970, but closed some time after that.

Stockdale (north east of Stratford)
A school, registered No. 3712, opened 1912 and closed 1971. Lists of students known to have attended 1912, 1920, 1934, 1937 and 1950 (although some known to have attended at this time are not included) are published in Sap in their Veins: A History of Munro. Some school records (1912-1972) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6521.

Stonewall
see Good Luck Creek

Stony Creek/Devon (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 1662, opened 1876 and closed 1886. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Store Point
Goldfield on Donnellys Creek from 1862 to about 1889 when the Bismark mine closed. A store and hotel were still standing in the 1920s. A school, registered No. 2102 opened half-time with Edwards Reef in 1878, and was full time from 1879. It closed in 1899 and records have not at this stage been identified.

Stradbroke (between Longford and Woodside)
A school, registered No. 1884, opened 1877 and closed some time after c. 1977. Some school records (1903-1977) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6393.

Transcripts of a WWI honour roll (KIA and returned), that is held in storage at Sale Museum, are  held at SFHG. Click HERE for a transcript.

Stradbroke West
A school, registered No. 2754, opened 1886 and closed some time after 1970.

Stratford
This cemetery is officially known as Nuntin Cemetery. The reserve was gazetted in 1863, records date from 1865 and the earliest headstone is dated 1865. Headstones (to 1984) have been transcribed and are held at EGFHG, SFHG, GSV, SAG and Stratford Historical Society Museum. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust. A CD featuring photographs of all headstones and additional material on burials to Oct. 2001 has been released. It is available from the Stratford Cemetery Trust, C/ Post Office Stratford 3862 and from Sale and District Family History Group, P.O. Box 773, Sale 3850 for $40 plus $2.50 package and post.

Churches: Presbyterian. The baptismal register of the Rev John Roberts (1865-1915) is held in the Maffra Library Local Collection, and the years 1880-1914 are held at SFHG. The Rev Roberts commenced at the Stratford-Maffra Charge in 1865, and until 1875 his area included Bairnsdale, Lindenow and Bruthen. In 1877 the Maffra and Stratford Charges were divided, and Rev. Roberts continued at Stratford. His records in later years are sparse, as he performed baptisms on only rare occasions.

Stratford Court Registers (1885-1914) 2 volumes (VPRS 1480) are held at the Public Record Office.

Historical Society/Museum
Name: Stratford and District Historical Society
Location: Hobson St, Stratford
Postal address: P.O. Box 145, Stratford 3862
Opening hours: 2pm-4pm last Sun of the month, groups at other times by arrangement (Currently closed for redevelopment)
Membership: includes copy of Newsletter.
Admission: $2
Research by mail: Carried out for an appropriate fee
Meetings: 7:30pm (8pm in daylight saving) on the fourth Monday of the month at the SES rooms, Tyers St, Stratford.
Contact: Brenden Lee (Secretary) (03) 5145 8233
Booklist: To obtain a copy of their list of publications for sale, forward a business-sized SSAE, or see above link.
Description: The Society has an extensive artifact display in the former Methodist church and its research material includes photographs, manuscripts, a map collection and local shop ledgers dating from 1874.

Newspaper
Name: Stratford Progress
   Date range published: 1925-1939
   Held where: State Lib. of Vic. Only
   Date range held: 2.1.1925-30.5.1939 impf
Name: Stratford Sentinel and Briagolong Express
   Date range published: 1911?- 1916
   Held where: State Lib. of Vic. Only
   Date range held: 20.10.1911-1.9.1916

A school, registered No. 596, opened 1860 and remains open. A Catholic school also operates in the town.

There is a war memorial in the park in Tyers Street (Princes Highway) for World Wars I and II. A transcript of the Stratford school Honour Roll for WWI (KIA and returned) is held at EGFHG. For transcripts of the Stratford War Memorial and the Boer War Honour Roll, click HERE

Strathfieldsaye
Strathfieldsaye is a historic homestead complex dating from W.O. Raymond's 1840s homestead, with associated historic garden from the Disher family era (1869-1876). The homestead and gardens are now owned by the University of Melbourne, and remains fully furnished. It is open the last Sunday in March, July and November from 10am to 4pm. Various bed and breakfast and self-catered accommodation options are also available.

Summer Hill
Small mining town of the 1890s in Crooked River in association with the Good Hope mine

Sydney Cottage (south of Rosedale)
A school, registered No. 2312, opened 1880 and closed 1892. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Talbotville (Crooked River area, north of Dargo)
Also known as Ram Town. The cemetery reserve was gazetted in 1883, there are no formal records and the earliest headstone is dated 1879. The staff at Gippsland Heritage Journal hold details of a number of burials, in preparation for future publication and would appreciate hearing further details of any known burials. The cemetery is under the care of DCNR. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

A school, registered No. 1271, opened 1873 and closed c. 1913. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Tarra Valley (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3836, opened 1914, closed in 1926, reopened in 1937 and closed in 1943. The records have not been identified at this stage.

Tarra Valley Upper see Valley View

Tarraville
Index to St Patrick's (Catholic) Tarraville baptismal register (1851-1900) held at PAMM.

Christ Church (C of E) baptismal register 1848-1871 and marriage certificates 1-8 (com. 1859) held at PAMM. The Baptismal Register is that of Rev. Willoughby Bean and others, and in its earliest days was the one for all Gippsland.

Presbyterian baptismal register and communion roll 1858-1867 (with Port Albert) held at PAMM.

A school, registered No. 615, opened 1856 and closed 1987. The records (1906-1987) held at YGG, and are available on microfiche for $5 from YGG.

For a transcript of the school WWI and WWII Honour Rolls, click HERE.

List of names of ladies of Tarraville who signed Mrs Disher's memorial (in the 1860s, some time after 1864) held at PAMM

Residents of Tarraville 1889 held at PAMM.

The whole of Tarraville is currently recognised as Tarraville Living History Museum, with its headquarters in the former Tarraville school.

The Heart (east of Sale)
A school, registered No. 1617, opened 1875 and closed 1934. The records have not at this stage been identified.

The Heart Estate
A school, registered No. 3744, opened 1912 and closed 1950. The records 1912-1950 held at SFHG and EGFHG. Some school records (1912-1950) are held at the PRO: VPRS 6523, and possibly include the registers.

The Honeysuckles
A 1919 subdivision on the Ninety Mile Beach, north-east of Seaspray.

The Springs
Wayside stop (1863-1906) on McEvoy's Track, north of Seaton, site for many years of Mrs Meagher's Springs Hotel.

Thiel Town
Mining settlement on Good Luck Creek, Crooked River

Tinamba
A school, registered No. 1665, opened 1875 and closed 1951. The registers are held at Boisdale Consolidated School and at SFHG for 1930-1950.

Click HERE for a transcript of the WWI Honor Roll, held in the Tinamba hall.

Tinamba West
A school, registered No. 2688, opened 1885 and closed 1902. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Upper Maffra (Newry)
A school, registered No. 1145, opened 1871 and closed 1951. The registers are held at Boisdale Consolidated School.

Upper Maffra East
A school, registered No. 1979, opened 1878 and closed 1905. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Upper Maffra West
A school, registered No. 1940, opened 1877 and closed 1951. The records are held at Boisdale Consolidated School and for 1906-1940 at EGHS.

Valencia Creek (east of Briagolong)
A school, registered No. 1622, opened 1875 and closed 1951. The records are held at Boisdale Consolidated School and at EGFHG for 1885-1950 and at SFHG for c. 1910-1940. The school was earlier known as Wa-de-Lock when it was situated across the river and closer to Boisdale.

Names of WWI Service Personnel from the Maffra Shire include enlistments from here.

Valley View (near Yarram)
A school, originally known as Tarra Valley Upper, registered No. 4053, opened in 1921 and finally closed in 1943. The records have not been identified.

Victoria
Was a town site on the northern boundary of Alberton, On Orr's Special Survey.

Wa-de-Lock see Valencia Creek

Wandocka/Denison (between Heyfield and Rosedale)
A school, registered No. 4168, opened 1923 and was open in 1993. The records 1923-1993 held at SFHG and EGFHG.

Waranga - see Woranga

Waterford (south of Dargo)
A school, registered No. 2543, opened 1882 and closed c. 1950. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Willung (near Gormandale)
A school, registered No. 2261, opened 1879 and closed some time after 1970.

Willung South
School No. 2482 operated at Gormandale from 1882 to 1893 under the name Willung South. In 1899 school No. 3340 opened at Willung South as Willung South. It was still operating in 1969.

Winchester
Also known as Little London, Rathmines. Short-lived mining town on the Crooked River

Winnindoo (south of Heyfield)
A school, registered No. 1682, opened 1875 and closed 1893. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Womerah (near Yarram)
A school, registered No. 3525. opened 1906 and closed 1933. The records have not at this stage been identified.

Won Wron (between Woodside and Yarram)
A school, registered No. 1957, opened 1877 and remains open.

Wongungarra
Also known as Bandicoot Arms, Spring Hill. Mining area near Crooked River, township map advertised 1865.

Wonnangatta (north west of Dargo)
A private cemetery exists on the Wonnangatta Station site and was in use from about 1878 to 1914. Details were published in East Gippsland Cemeteries. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

Wonyip (near Yarram)
A school, registered no. 3509, opened about 1908, closed in 1927, re-opened in 1940, closed in 1951, reopened in 1953. Records are available at the Foster Museum. A school, registered no. 3586, opened in 1908 under the name of Wonyip Central, but later changed its name to Ryton.

Woodside
The cemetery was gazetted in 1892, although there were earlier burials. Registers disappeared in the 1970s, and are still being sought by the Trust. Details of burials from headstones (approx. 9) for 1873-c.1930 held at YGG. Notes and newspaper clippings held at SFHG. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

A school, registered No. 1176, opened 1873 and remains open. The school World War I Honour Roll is on display in the Woodside Hall. Click HERE to view a transcript.

Woodside Beach

Woodside North
A school, registered No. 4036, opened 1920 and closed in 1932. The records not identified at this stage.

Woranga (near Alberton/Yarram/Tarraville)
A common school, registered no. 686, operated by the Catholic Church, opened at "Waranga" in 1861 and closed at the end of 1870. A school, registered No. 1562, opened 1875 and closed in 1893. Another school, with the same name but registered No. 4203 opened in 1925 and closed in 1943. The records have not been identified at this stage, but a list of students who attended, compiled from memory, for 1925-1943 is held at YGG.

Wurruk (near Sale)
A school, registered No. 2518, opened 1883 and remains open. Records 1886-1896 held at EGHS.

Yarram
A cemetery operated from at least 1873-1906 in the centre of the town, with no records being identified. By the 1880s, 54 burials were known to have taken place. Apparently no headstones survived a fire in 1898, and when the new cemetery opened in 1906 all possible remains were moved there.

The new cemetery reserve was, gazetted c. 1906 and records date from 1906. The registers have been issued on microfiche (available from YGG at $12), and are held at YGG, PAMM, EGFHG. Headstones (to 1992) have been transcribed and are held at YGG. The cemetery is still in use and is administered by a trust. Enquiries should be directed to Gippsland Funeral Services, Yarram 3971. Details of records and/or headstones are held at the GSV.

Yarram Insolvency Court Records (1879-1916) 3 volumes (VPRS 828) are held at the Public Record Office.

Family History Group
Name: Yarram Genealogy Group
Location: Yarram Herd Testing Building, Commercial Road, Yarram.
Postal address: P.O. Box 42, Yarram 3971
Opening hours: 12noon-3pm Fridays, other times by arrangement
Membership: $20 per annum plus once only Life Reader fee of $20. This includes a quarterly newsletter, which is available for $10 per annum plus $2 post for non-members.
Admission: $5 per hour for non-members
Research by mail: $5 per hour plus photocopying and postage costs
Meetings: 8pm on the second Monday of the month at the above location
Contact: Lila (03) 5182 5425, Joy (03) 5182 6032, Melva (03) 5182 5806, Esme (03) 5183 2341
Description: The Group has large local holdings, including cemetery and school records, local immigration records, parish maps and photographs. Local newspapers from the 1970s are currently being bound and indexed. There is a large collection of indexed unrelated certificates, and alphabetical family files and modern obituaries.

Historical Society
Name: Yarram Historical Society
Postal address: C/- 'Greenmount', RMB 6465, Yarram 3971
Membership: $10 per year
Research by mail: $5 per hour
Meetings: 8pm on the third Wed of the month at the Senior Citizens' Rooms, James St, Yarram
Contact: (03) 5182 5146
Description: The Society's collection is housed at the Port Albert Maritime Museum

Newspapers
Name: South Gippsland Chronicle
   Date range published: 1886- 1926?
   Held where: WLS
   Date range held: 6.1.1893-24.12.1900: m, impf
Name: Gippsland Standard
   Date range published: 1875-present (as Yarram Standard News)
   Held where: WLS (Sale), YGG, PAMM
   Date range held: 16.2.1882-28.12.1900: m
Name: Yarram Standard News
   Held where: WLS (Yarram)
   Date range held: 1962-present (1967 missing): bound

The Yarram Police Station Watchhouse Charge Book (1891-1959) VPRS 5695 is held at the Public Record Office.

Registration Records: Index to Births (Yarram district) 1872 to 1950s, index to deaths (Yarram District) 1872 to 1950s held at PAMM.

A school, registered No. 693, opened 1861 and remains open, although the original number now applies to the High School. Yarram Common School register 1867 held at PAMM.

Shire Archives: The Wellington Shire Archives are held at Yarram. For details of access, phone (03) 5182 5100.

There is a war memorial in Commercial Road for World Wars I and II. For a transcript of the war memorial, click HERE. The Yarram Younger Set list of local military from Yarram in World War II with units and places of service is held at YGG and PAMM.

Yeerung (east of Stratford)
A school, registered No. 1868, opened 1877 and closed 1913. The names of parents and anticipated number of children in 1876 are published in Sap in their Veins: A History of Munro.

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