Mulgrave Shire Historical Society

The effort this group put into their Tea Cosy competition paid off well with about one hundred entries and a similar number of visitors attending the event.  It is hoped to continue with this competition and they are already working on some different categories for the next Tea Cosy event.  Unfortunately, the Society reported the lost of two more of their important members, local historian Clive Morton who wrote a number of books on the sugar industry and Josephine Saffioti who was an untiring worker for the group.  They will be missed.  Now that the part demolition of the town's water tower is complete, two storyboards showing many photos of the tower from the Society's collection has been put in place and the Council is working on restoring the old air raid shelter with fresh murals and upgraded storyboards which will feature information supplied by the Society.  Their Settlers Museum continues to attract a steady flow of visitors and Society members are been kept busy with requests from the many people who are now researching their family history.