Williamstown Historical Museum is closing from February 24th 2018 and will be in storage for at least two years whilst the Mechanics Institute building is underpinned and refurbished. We expect that the Historical Society will have an office at the old West Newport kindergarten in Laurie Street
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November 1, 2018
Introducing Steven Webb – New Committee MemberMy Name is Steven Webb. I am honoured to have been elected as a general committee member. Thank You. I have lived in Williamstown since 2001 and despite being a “new” comer to the western suburbs, I can trace my
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November 1, 2018
President’s Report – November 2018Welcome to a new year of our activities – the September Annual General Meeting ‘closed off’ our activities for the past twelve months. At the Annual General Meeting we welcomed Steven Webb to our Committee. With a keen interest in
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September 18, 2018
Message from the Acting President – September 2018Greetings to all our members and friends. Looking towards our 2018 Annual General on 27th September I have been reviewing the past twelve months, which have been very varied as regards the function of the Williamstown Historical Society. The closure
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January 18, 2019
Sons of WilliamstownDuring World War 1, on behalf of the community, William Henderson, Williamstown Councillor from 1916-1928 and Mayor from 1919-1920, collected photographic portraits that would become the Great War Honour Board which hangs in the foyer of the Williamstown Town Hall.
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January 18, 2019
NOW AND THEN WITH STEVEN WEBBGermany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the
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January 18, 2019
Our WW1 Signature QuiltCaptain Stewart Murray Hansen a young architect of Williamstown, enlisted in the AIF in September 1914, one month after war was declared. He was in the fighting at Gallipoli from the first day to the last day of retreat and
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