Talks for 2015
February26th
Film ‘Mooramong’ to be shown by Diana Allen
March 26th
Robin Spry – ‘Roseville’ her former home in Queenscliff
April 23rd
Maggie Stower – 'WW1 Nurse Sister Violet Duddy of Queenscliff'
at the QueenscliffTown Hall
May 28th
Graham Patterson – Coastal Guide to Nature & History around Port Phillip Bay
June 25th
‘175 years on the same "run" -McArthurs and Coles,as Neighbours and PioneeringPastoralists
Presented by Stewart McArthur AM and Nick Cole
Stewart McArthur and his neighbour Nick Cole belong to two of the oldest pioneering pastoral families in Victoria and together may claim the record for the longest continually occupied neighbouring properties in the state. It is believed that there are fewer than ten Victorian Pioneer families that remain on the original land that they settled.
Since 1839 their families have experienceddroughts, low wool prices, fires, depressions, rabbit plagues, the Soldier Settlement Scheme and death duties.
The 1950s Korean wool boom, frugality and hard work enabled the Cole and McArthur families to survive since day one, even if by a very slender thread at times
July 23rd

Parks & Reserves of Queenscliff & Point Lonsdale -An intriguing Story.
Presented by Diana Sawyer
If you are fascinated by the following questions, you may be interested to knowwhat the research undertaken by Diana Sawyer has confirmed.

  • Who were the most frequent out-of-towners to enjoy the fashionable parks?
  • Can you visualize a photo of Dawn posing at Froggy Hollow? Who was Dawn?
  • What was the first land to be allocated to the public as a public reserve?
  • Any idea how many parks and reserves Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale have today?
  • What sorts of regulations and restrictions applied to swimming and public reserves in the early days?
  • What was the occasion when a former mayor, His Worship, Mr Admans hosted a banquet at the old Adman’s Hotel on May 21, 1879?
  • How football problems in 1920 involved the Chief Commissioner of Police in Russell Street?

Diana will weave these anecdotes into her presentation on the history of the parksand reserves of Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale, emphasising what is on theheritage register, how many of these parks have been preserved, and what are
the key issues facing us all today.
August 27th(click to seereport)
The Queenscliffe Museum’s Collection
President Jocelyn Grant
Sept. 24th
Jim Wilson–Collecting and managing a private collection
On Thursday September 24th Jim Wilson of ‘Puunyart’, Camperdown, now retired and living in Barwon Heads, will be the guest speaker at the Queenscliffe Museum’s monthly ‘Museum Talk’. Jim’s subject is ‘Collecting and Managing a Private Collection. His own collection which he began assembling at the age of 8, is arguably the largest private collection of Australiana in the country. He is not only an authority on this subject but also the founder of the Camperdown Museum, a member of the Royal Historic Society of Victoria, a member of the Lobster Pot in Barwon Heads and a member of the Queenscliffe Museum.
Jim will illustrate his ‘talk’ with a few small, but interesting pieces from his collection.
Oct. 22nd(click to seereport)
HISTORY WEEK –‘Family History Research is Fun – Getting Started’presented by Joan Hunt, FRHSVChurchill Fellow
Nov.26th
AGM-Bim Affleck re his new book‘Stories Untold and Faces Forgotten’Great War’ Enlistments from Western Victoria