Eacham Historical Society

Members of the Society again worked hard to assemble a great stall at the recent Malanda Show.  Following the success of the new display format tried last year, a mix of artifacts and photos was set up again this year but the smaller then usual crowd coming into the pavilion was a disappointment to the volunteers manning the stall.  What has been an enormous success for the Society is the new addition to the groups' computer social media program.  Along with its Facebook site, the group has now started a 'You know you grew up on the Atherton Tablelands when' facebook site which has already had some one thousand viewers sign up as members and is bring out numerous old photos of the district.  The members who volunteer at the Society's museum at Millaa Millaa have also been busy with the concrete floor of the newer section of the museum having been painted and the artifacts in that room been rearranged to produce a better display.  While at the history centre in Malanda, it has been pretty much business as usual with the Society assisting members of several prominent local families who are working on their family stories.