Primary contact
Old Woodend Courthouse, Forest Street, Woodend
Postal address: PO Box 124, Woodend, Victoria 3442
, Victoria 3442
Identity area
Identifier
daa/399
Authorized form of name
Woodend and District Heritage Society, Woodend, Victoria
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
- Community
Contact area
Type
Address
Street address
Old Woodend Courthouse, Forest Street, Woodend
Postal address: PO Box 124, Woodend, Victoria 3442
Locality
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3442
Telephone
03 5427 1283 (Wednesdays only: February-November)
Fax
Email form at: http://woodendhistory.com/contact/
Note
Description area
History
The Woodend and District Heritage Society was formed in 1977. The society began computer indexing in 1985 and developed its own software, Heritage I. Also in 1985, the first edition of Heritage News, the Society’s newsletter, was published.
The Woodend Court House was officially handed over to the society as its headquarters in 1989 and in 1993, the society’s collection was moved into the Court House. After a fundraising campaign, and with a grant from Heritage Victoria, in 1997 an extension to the Court House was built to house the growing archive.
Geographical and cultural context
Woodend is a small town in Victoria, in the Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area and is located about halfway between Melbourne and Bendigo.
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Records management and collecting policies
The collection and restoration/ preservation of materials generated within the previous shire of Newham and Woodend, relating to the history of the area.
Buildings
Holdings
The archive contains documents, maps, newspapers and photographs from the district that once formed the Shire of Newham and Woodend (including Ashbourne, Hesket, Campaspe and, until 1886, Rochford). Copies of local newspapers, including the Woodend Star from 1888-1970 have been digitised. Photographs are held of people and places relating to Newham and Woodend dating from the 1870s.
Items held include:
- Cemetery records
- Newspapers
- District maps
- Church records
- Rate books
- Photographs and postcards
- Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Early Shire correspondence
- Detailed family histories
- Oral history tapes and transcripts
- Minute books
- School records and roll books
- Real estate records
Finding aids, guides and publications
Much of the collection has been catalogued, allowing you to look up documents quickly and easily on our computer database.
Access area
Opening times
Wednesdays, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4pm (February-November).
Access conditions and requirements
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
You can search the archive in person or via the society's research service. For further information on steps to take and charges involved, see http://woodendhistory.com/start-here/ and http://woodendhistory.com/research/
Reproduction services
Copying services available.
Public areas
Control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
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Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Education (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)