Open 10:00–3:00 Mondays, or by appointment
Hours
Monday 10.00am – 3.00pm
(excluding Public Holidays)
Or by appointment
Useful Sites for Local and Family History Researchers
Detail from a painting of the Melbourne Public Library by H N E Cook, 1883 from the State Library of Victoria Collection.
Local Heritage Studies
City of Boroondara
Surrey Hills and Canterbury Hill Estate Heritage Study (PDF, 35.9 MB)
Union Road Residential Precinct Citation (PDF, 3 MB) (2011, Updates 2014)
Union Road Commercial Precinct Citation (PDF, 1.1 MB) (2011)
City of Whitehorse
https://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/planning-building/planning-strategies/heritage-whitehorse
National & State Bodies
National Archives of Australia (NAA)
National Library of Australia (NLA) – online digital newspaper articles
Picture Victoria – access to pictorial and photographic collections held in Victoria’s public libraries
Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV)
State Library of Victoria (SLV) online catalogue
Municipal Library Service Local History Collections
Boroondara Library Service Local History Collection
Whitehorse-Manningham Regional Library Corporation
Family History
Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages
Family History Connections (formerly Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies – AIGS)
Genealogical Society of Victoria
SHHS has subscriptions to:
– Ancestry.com
– Findmypast
– The Genealogist
– Biographical database of Australia
These can be accessed when we are open or by appointment. Additional help is provided twice a month on Wednesday afternoons during Family History Support sessions.
Hours
Monday 10.00 am–3.00 pmOr by appointment
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The Surrey Hills Historical Society acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin nation as the Traditional Owners and original custodians of the land on which we meet. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
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