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Are you curious about the work our volunteers do behind the scenes? or the wide variety of items we receive from community donations?
West Gate Neighbourhood Fund - Grants recipient
It's exciting to see the new scanner and computer equipment in action!
This equipment has been purchased through grants awarded by the West Gate Neighbourhood Fund to digitise our extensive photographic collection, catalogue our vast collection of artefacts, and make them accessible online through Victorian Collections for research purposes and future generations.
Thanks, West Gate Neighbourhood Fund!
Volunteers update
The team in the workroom has been making steady progress in cataloguing a large number of artifacts that were recently retrieved from storage. They are unpacking, evaluating, cataloguing and re-packing a massive collection that has been acquired over many years and requires attention.
We would love some more volunteers to help review and catalogue our collection. Please let us know if you are available regularly on a Wednesday or any other day and would like to be involved in this activity. Everyone is welcome and we are looking at opening up a second day with the support of more volunteers.
Welcome to our newest volunteers, Pauline and Ross. Thanks for joining us and sharing your skills and knowledge. We look forward to getting to know you.
New donations & acquisitions
The State Library of Victoria has generously donated the architectural plans for the original residence located at 211 Osborne Street. This magnificent home was torn down in the 1970s, making way for a standard 1970s brick structure known as Hazeldene, which serves the Williamstown Hospital. Architect Henry Hardie Kemp designed the house for the prominent horse racing figure H.A. Underwood, who is also the namesake of the Underwood Stakes, a Group 1 Race held at Caulfield.
Recent donations include an original copy of the 'Manual of Swimming', written by Charles Steedman in 1867 and signed by the author. The manual was awarded as a prize for a swimming race. Along with a photo of the winner, this recent addition enriches our collection as we already have the trophy in our collection.
A collection of photographs, prints and paintings of Williamstown and surrounds from Wilckens Roche, Lawyers, Williamstown.
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