Eacham Historical Society

It has been a reasonably busy couple of months for the Eacham Historical Society, both at the Resource Centre in Malanda and at the museum at Millaa Millaa.  With the tourist season in full swing, the numbers of visitors to the museum have been very pleasing due in part to the 'grey nomads' who pass through town.  The improvement program at the museum is continuing with the concrete floor of the newer section having been painted at last and the room been rearranged.  The volunteers recently gathered to celebrate the 90th birthday of one of their members and the worry over the ageing and health of the volunteers have been relieved a little after a recent public campaign brought three new helpers onto the staff.  Public displays have been high on the Society's agenda recently, with stalls conducted at the annual Malanda Show and the Rocky Creek VP Memorial Day.  Both were quite successful although not as good as those of several years ago.  In order to attract new active members, a promgram of fieldtrips have been put in place with a remarkably successful trip made out about the tin fields and another organized for the Mount Mulligan area.