Denmark Historical Society Inc
Contact
- Street address
- Denmark Historical Museum, Mitchell Street, Denmark 6333
- Postal address
- PO Box 54, Denmark 6333
- Phone
- 08 9848 1539 / 9848 1781 / 9840 9232
- history@denmarkwa.com.au
- Website
- www.denmarkwa.com.au/his
- Enquiries to
- President/Secretary/Research Officer
About
- Officer in charge
- Executive Committee
- Hours & facilities
- Open Sunday & Tuesday 2-4pm; Thursday 10-12 & 2-4pm; other times by appointment. Copying facilities available.
- Access
- Minimum age 12 years. Two weeks' advance notice of visit required. Proof of identity required.
- Acquisition focus
- Acquisition and collection is done via members of historical society. Collection pertains to Denmark area only.
- Quantity
- c 4.5m (40% in-house).
- Major holdings
- Denmark Historical Society: Minutes 1962- ; Photographs 1910- .
- 134 oral histories of the original settler families. 40 of these have been transcribed and copies of both tapes and print-outs have been lodged with the Battye Library.
- Lists of the names and details of the settler groups on the original holdings (almost complete).
- References
- Conochie, IanDenmark - An Outline History. Denmark Historical Society, 1989.
- Historical Society Magazine Koorabup published quarterly.
- Denmark, Western Australia a History to 1905. R.W. Mumford (DHS)
- 100 Years of Chalkdust. Bev McGuinness
- Denmark Cemetery 1910-2001. L.Hamilton, B.McGuinness, W. Wirrell
- Centenary Koorabup No 21 Special Edition Ian Conochie Editor
- We Will Remember Them. Bev McGuinness
Last updated: 22 March 2006