Mulgrave Shire Historical Society

Fishery Falls was the site chosen for the annual Christmas party to end another successful year for the Mulgrave historians.  The highlight of this event was the presentation of Long Service Awards to several of the Society's long-time stewards.  With their museum closed until the end of January, the Society held an informal get together for the museum volunteers which saw a great turn-up.  The group also reported on the value of the recent workshop they conducted to review their Society protocols and recommend other Societies should consider a similar exercise.  The Society has recently been given a large collection of old glass plate negatives and a number of photographic negatives from which the group are now seeking to produce photo images.  They also reported that the group had received a donation of records from the old Hambledon Sugar Mill for their library collection.  At a recent meeting their President, Mr Travis Teske stated that the Mulgrave Shire Historical Society was looking forward to a busy new year as their district will be celebrating a number of centenary events for local community organizations, in particular the Gondonvale Turf Club, the local Scout Group and the town's Ambulance Centre.