East Gippsland Historical Society Inc.
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The former Bairnsdale College (1891) contains a display on farming machinery, a bark roof log cabin, a country community hall/school and historic domestic items. Photographic and archival material relating to the history of East Gippsland is stored at the Resource Centre. Heritage garden surrounds the building.
Address:
40 Macarthur Street, Bairnsdale, VIC
Tel:
0351526363
Hours:
1pm - 4pm Wednesday and Sunday
Admission:
Adults $3, children $1, pensioners/students $2
Facilities:
Toilets, car parking, picnic area, sales outlet, research facilities, information brochure, community involvement, special membership, magazine/newsletter, outreach, guided tours by appointment
Collection:
Approximately 20,000 items including machinery; 20,000 photographs, documents, maps, etc microfilm of East Gippsland newspapers.
Subject:
- Historical Society
- Social History Museum
- Photographs
- Archives
- EducationAndSchools
- Genealogy
- Historic People
- Local History
- Militaria
- Organisations
- Professionals and Trades
- Rural Life
- Social History
- Agriculture
- Clocks
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Horse Drawn Transport
- Medicine and Health
- Mines and Mining
- Photography
- Ships and Shipping
- Telecommunications
- Tools
- Gardens
- Dolls
- Ephemera