Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc (Surf Coast Shire)
Information Storage & Delivery Awarded: $2,000.00
Purchase a lap top and projector screen and give illustrated talks to history societies and other organisations about Australia's first poet of note, Adam Lindsay Gordon.
The equipment will be in valuable to us and last a lifetime.
Monbulk Historical Society (Shire of Yarra Ranges)
Establishment of a Collection
Management System for records held by
Awarded: $2,925.00
Monbulk Historical Society
Purchase and be trained in the use of the software, "Maxus Collections for
Museums". We will then progressively transfer the historic records and photos of
MHS onto this database, installed on our existing computer.
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (Melbourne)
Highlighting Melbourne's Jewish Colonial
Past
Awarded: $4,500.00
Collate and curate an exhibition of historical items, documents, photographs and momentos reflecting the history and integration of Melbourne's colonial jewish people and the formation of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Victoria's first Jewish
House of Worship.
Nepean Historical Society Inc (Mornington Peninsula Shire)
Alexander Black's pre-Federation
Contour Map 1891
Awarded: $568.00
We would like to conserve and preserve this very early and important cultural and contour map of the Mornington peninsula published in December 1891
Jamieson & District Historical Society Inc (Shire of Mansfield)
Book publication Jamieson: Emporium of the Ranges
Awarded: $4,500.00
Produce a 200 page A4 hard cover book Jamieson: Emporium of the Ranges , written by Dr Brian Lloyd, recounting the story of 150 years of settlement of the Jamieson district in the Upper Goulburn Valley.
Yinnar & District Community Association (Latrobe City)
Guide for History Walk Awarded: $2,658.00
Design and print a guide to the historical signage in the town of Yinnar, to create a
Yinnar History Walk for residents and visitors.

Friends of Cheltenham & Regional Cemeteries Inc (Kingston)
Commemorating the 1926 Caulfield
Railway Disaster
Awarded: $3,200.00
The Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries Inc aim to publish a book on the 1926 Caulfield Railway disaster to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the event in May 2011.
Yallourn Association (O wned by Yallourn Old Girls’ Association Inc)
Virtual Yallourn Awarded: $8,000.00
The Virtual Yallourn project is an interactive model of the lost township of Yallourn on the website www.virtualyallourn.com. The database behind the virtual town will be able to be updated on an ongoing basis to allow other residents to add further information over time.
Gippsland Immigration Park Inc (Latrobe City)
Stories from the Wall Awarded: $3,000.00
This project will give voice to the immigrants whose names are recorded on the
Gippsland Immigration Wall of Recognition by creating a book in which their stories are told.
Mount Rouse & District Historical Society (Southern Grampians Shire)
Digitising the Mount Rouse Shire Rate
Books
Awarded: $1,383.00
The Mount Rouse & District Historical Society will digitise 5 rolls of 16mm microfilm
(covering Mount Rouse Shire Rate books 1863-1951) to DVD. Digitising will preserve the records and enable accessibility to researchers and the general public.
Edenhope & District Historical Society (West Wimmera Shire)
Local Histories of Kowree Shire Awarded: $10,196.00
Publish a book to preserve the history of individual life stories acquired through recorded interviews with senior citizens of the former Kowree Shire (now part of the
West Wimmera Shire).
Goldfields Historical & Arts Society (Central Goldfields)
Seeing the past through a clear future Awarded: $5,780.00
Replace dangerous glass in order to keep public safe and to increase museum research area.

Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection (Glenelg Shire Council)
Rediscovering Portland - a snapshot of time
Awarded: $5,830.00
In partnership with the Portland Historical Society and Portland Family History Group, develop a photographic exhibition using a previo usly ‘unknown’ collection of glass plate negatives from c.1890 to 1910, for display at Portland Arts Centre.
Terang & District Family History Group Inc (Corangamite Shire)
Reprint 'Terang & District Pioneer
Register Pre 1900'
Awarded: $3,000.00
Reprint Terang & District Pioneer Register Pre 1990 (first published in 1996).
Mirrimbeena Aboriginal Education Group Inc (Shire of Campaspe)
Cultural Connection to Community Awarded: $9,000.00
Research and document the historical connections, happenings and events of the
Yorta Yorta Tribes in North Central Victoria and produce a book depicting this history.
The Jewish Cultural Centre & National Library Kadimah (City of Glen Eira)
Conversion of Historic Yiddish Audio
Tapes to Digital Format
Awarded: $2,420.00
Transferring historic audio (tapes) of interviews of hundreds of prominent identities in the Yiddish language. The data contained in the audio tapes depicts and explains the life in Europe prior to the Wars and upon migration to Melbourne.
Altona Laverton Historical Society (Hobsons Bay)
Altona Laverton Historical Society Web
Development
Awarded: $3,840.00
Develop a website enabling greater community access to the society's historical collections including documents, photographs and stories of the history of the area.
Castlemaine Historical Society Inc (Mount Alexander Shire)
Filming/Digitisation Castlemaine Mails Awarded: $9,000.00
1984-2004
Mircrofilm the Castlemaine Mails 1984 – 2004 to assist researchers at the CHSI repository and research centre.

Sea Lake Historical Society (Buloke Shire)
Sea Lake Centenary Photos Awarded: $3,000.00
Develop and digitise 33 rolls of black and white film capturing the creation of a township, the establishment of farms and the setting up of facilities in rural Mallee communities.The digitised images will be made available for exhibition and posted on the internet.
Mansfield Historical Society Inc (Mansfield Shire)
Mosaic Family History Project Awarded: $8,026.00
Create a professional platform for collections management and family history research by cataloguing and cross-referencing 6000 photos and 100 family histories from the Mansfield district using Collections Mosaic Plus software.
Murrabit Promotions Committee Inc (Gannawarra Shire Council)
Murrabit Heritage Trail Awarded: $5,000.00
Establish a self drive heritage trail to preserve and promote the history of Murrabit and district
Ballan Shire Historical Society Incorporated (Moorabool Shire)
Local Newspaper Binding Project Awarded: $1,360.00
Professional standard binding of our most recent seven annual cumulations of the local Ballan weekly newspaper.
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc (Buloke)
Microfilming & digitisation of the Charlton
Tribune 1957 - 1981
Awarded: $2,000.00
Microfilm & digitise the Charlton Tribune from the year 1957 until its closure in 1981.
Friends of J Ward Inc (Ararat Rural City)
History of J Ward - A Video Record Awarded: $9,420.00
Create a historic record of J Ward/Old Ararat Gaol on DVD, to run as a continuous visual/audio presentation (on a television screen) in the J Ward museum.
Lorne Historical Society Inc (Surf Coast Shire)
Project FreezeFrame Awarded: $5,000.00
Production of interactive displays and videos which integrate scanned photographs, old movie footage and commentary.

Tempy Commemorative Project Committee (Yarriambiack)
Tempy Settlers Commemoration Signage Awarded: $1,448.00
Install a 2.4 metre long by 1.2 metre high sign acknowledging the history of the area.
This sign will be erected in a prominent position, at the Tempy Wayside Stop, adjacent to the busy Henty Highway.
Wangaratta Historical Society Inc (Rural City of Wangaratta)
Cataloguing the Museum Acquisition
Register
Awarded: $6,143.00
Catalogue the Wangaratta Historica l Society’s paper based collection using Inmagic software.
El Dorado Museum Association Incorporated (Rural City of Wangaratta)
Woolshed Valley Interpretive Signage Awarded: $7,669.00
Use interpretive signage to tell the stories and history of the Woolshed Valley including the towns, buildings, bridges and other important features.
Deddick Valley Isolated Community Group (Committee of Management for
Tubbut Neighbourhood House) (East Gippsland Shire)
Tubbut Tales Awarded: $2,800.00
Conduct and record interviews with residents in the local area and digitise old photographs and documents. The records will be stored in a central repository for use by local residents.
Tatura & District Historical Society (City of Greater Shepparton)
Digitisation of World War II Camps
Collection
Awarded: $3,000.00
Digitise and place on hard disk copies of the recollections, records, photos, craft work and memorabilia of former German, Italian and Japanese Internees and prisoners of war held in the seven camps in the Tatura area during World War 2.
Milawa Heritage Group (Rural City of Wangaratta)
About a Mile Away - The History of the
Oxley Plains
Awarded: $8,000.00
The ‘About a mile away – The History of the Oxley Plains’ project will publish a book celebrating and acknowledging the community stories and history of the Oxley Plains area in North East Victoria.

Rotary Club of Brighton North (Bayside City Council)
Heritage Signage Project Awarded: $2,000.00
Errect signs on current buildings that have replaced old buildings of character in Bay and Church Streets, Brighton.
The Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc (All Victoria)
Victorian Crown Grantees Index Awarded: $1,771.00
AIGS proposes to produce and publish in CD format Part 3 of a five part Index of names of persons granted Crown Lands in Victoria from 1837 to the present.
Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society Inc (Burke)
Cataloguing and exhibition project Awarded: $1,099.00
To purchase a laptop, portable scanner/photocopier and internet USB, so our members can showcase, teach, and network our history at expos, schools and in our society.
Korumburra & District Historical Society Inc (South Gippsland Shire)
Purchase and install InMagic Software Awarded: $2,000.00
Purchase and install version 12 of "InMagic" software.
Maryborough Family History Group Inc (Maryborough & District)
Computer Archive and Retrieval System
(C.A.R.S)
Awarded: $2,242.00
Upgrade existing Group Computers to the same operating system. The new system will be used to manage local history databases and indexes which the Group have already compiled and create future works all in the same format.
Phillip Island & District Historical Society Inc (Bass Coast Shire)
Complete the cataloguing of the societ y’s photographic collection
Awarded: $2,000.00
Catalouge the society’s photographic collection with the help of local retired residents to improve access to the collection for researchers.
Yarra Glen & District Historical Society Inc (Shire of Yarra Ranges)
Online Historical Encyclopaedia of Yarra
Glen & Districts
Awarded: $7,500.00
Publish an online historical encyclopaedia of Yarra Glen and district using a Content
Management System which will allow the content to be edited, updated and added to over time.

Colac & District Family History Group Inc (Colac Otway Shire)
Colac District Ratebook Digitisation Awarded: $2,112.00
Digitise the Colac and District rate books from 1865 to 1923 with the assistance of a professional imaging company.
Darebin Libraries (Darebin)
Northcote Carnegie Library: a hundred years of free public library service
Awarded: $2,500.00
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the building of the Northcote Carnegie Library by creating static displays and running a series talks and activities, based around
Northcote Library.
Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc (City of Casey)
Digitising of Minutes Awarded: $2,650.00
Digitise all previous minutes of the Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural
Society Inc dating back to 1893.
Walhalla Board of Management (Baw Baw Shire)
Heritage Booklets Awarded: $750.00
Produce a booklet which details the history of the former Walhalla Post Office for which the Board is responsible.
Ararat & District Historical Society (Ararat Rural City)
Digitisation to the web Awarded: $1,355.00
The Ararat & District Historical Society's Digitisation to the Web project will provide additional access to its large and eclectic collection, via the posting of digitised research and significance assessments of items on to a dedicated website.
Benalla & District Historical Society Inc (Benalla Rural City)
Heritage Trail Plaques Awarded: $8,448.00
Place identifying plaques on sites surrounding the Mair Street Cultural Complex, stating their historical details and cultural significance. These sites will be linked to a total of 24 sites in a “Heritage Trail” walk/ride with an accompanying brochure.
Invergordon Community Group (Moira Shire)
Invergordon - A Wheel Change Awarded: $5,610.00
Compile an historical and anecdotal record of the Invergordon district to celebrate the
50 year anniversary of closer settlement ,1961 to 2011, through a book and pictorial display.

Fawcett Mechanics Institute Reserve (Murrindindi)
Fawcett Hall Cemmemorate Booklet
1882 - 2011
Awarded: $3,000.00
Write a history booklet of Fawcett Hall to celebrate the reopening of the hall in 2011.
This booklet will showcase the history of Fawcett Hall and the wider community since its beginning from 1882 – 2010.
Bendigo Historical Society (City of Greater Bendigo)
Storage of the Past for Today and the Awarded: $5,000.00
Future
Purchase appropriate archival boxes so that collectioni material will be optimally stored in the new purpose built Regional Archive Centre and easily accessible.
Chewton Domain Society Inc (Mount Alexander)
Chewton Town Hall Interpretation Awarded: $1,350.00
Signage Project
Construct signage to provide interpretation of the historic sites, buildings and townscape of Chewton and surrounds.
Brighton Historical Society (Bayside)
Creating a new website: Brighton and Awarded: $855.00 beyond
Create a new website that is more user friendly and allows volunteers greater input relating to content and the mechanics of updating of the website.
Belgrave Region Action Group (Shire of Yarra Ranges)
Belgrave historical plaques & walk Awarded: $4,000.00
Produce a series of plaques displaying pictures and text, combined with an informative flyer. The walk is through the township of Belgrave showcasing its historical past by means of a permanent display.
Friends of Mount Alexander Diggings Inc (Mount Alexander Shire)
Convert the ‘Mount Alexander Diggings
Guidebook’ from print to digital form
Awarded: $1,800.00
Convert the exi sting ‘Mount Alexander Diggings Guidebook’ from print to web based digital form.

Beulah Historical Society (Yarriambiack Shire)
Compilation & Preservation of Bueulah's
History 1883 - 2010
Awarded: $6,929.00
We aim to collate and publish a 400 page book featuring Beulah and District. The histories of community, business, church and sporting bodies will be suplemented by stories as told to our volunteers by past and present community members.
St Andrews/Queenstown Historical Society (Nillumbik Shire)
Computer Database Awarded: $1,800.00
Update computer system to enable the expansion of our database and network into other local historical societies.
Vietnamese Community in Australia/Vic Chapter (VCA Vic) (Maribyrnong)
Project 35 Awarded: $10,000.00
Collect oral stories and artefacts of the older members of the Vietnamese Community who’ve escaped from Vietnam to help the younger generation understand, appreciate and learn from the experiences of the first generation.
Horsham Historical Society Inc (Horsham Rural City)
Digitise “Memory Books” series for future Awarded: $400.00 printing.
Buy OCR software and scan existing master copies.
Whittlesea Historical Society Inc (City of Whittlesea)
Whittlesea Township Walking Tour Awarded: $1,200.00
Provide greater awareness of the historical aspects of the Whittlesea Township & district through the publication of an information booklet outlining a self guided walking tour of the township.
Kaniva Museum & Historical Collection (West Wimmera)
Digitalisation of the Past for the Future Awarded: $7,000.00
Digitise newspapers from the 1880s to present time and burn to CD/DVDs.
Jewish Museum of Australia (City of Port Phillip)
Digitising Dunera Boy Histories: Audio Awarded: $5,330.00
Digitise the analogue audio interviews with Dunera Boys to enable better and broader community and scholarly access.

The Ballarat and District Genealogical Society Incorporated (City of Ballarat)
Continuing digitising of Ballarat “Star” newspaper
Awarded: $10,000.00
Continue digitising the “Star” newspaper from 1855 and upload to on-line site.
Burraja Cultural Centre (Wodonga City Council)
Burraja Cultural Centre Aboriginal Object
Collection Recording and Oral History
Project
Awarded: $10,000.00
Recording of oral histories of Burraja Cultural Centre members; conservation and cataloguing of Aboriginal objects; and training Burraja Cultural Centre members in local history skills.
Bendigo Cemeteries Trust (City of Greater Bendigo)
Digitising Kangaroo Flat and Bendigo Awarded: $6,050.00
Cemetery Historic Records
Digitise Kangaroo Flat Cemetery historic records from the gold rush to the post war period and the first records from four other Bendigo cemeteries. The project will involve the creation of an estimated 35 digitised books.
Broadford & District Historical Society (Mitchell Shire)
Converting microfilmed newspapers to searchable DVD
Awarded: $3,812.00
Transfer 55 years of local newspapers from microfilm to DVD. Namely The Kilmore free Press 1865 - 1891 and The Broadford Courier 1891 - 1920.
Trentham Historical Society (Shire of Hepburn)
Publication of Trentham at War Awarded: $3,000.00
We will publish a small book on our district’s contribution to wars in the twentieth century – Boer War, World War I and World War II.
Montrose Historical Society Inc (Shire of Yarra Ranges)
Montrose Brickworks Heritage Trail Awarded: $5,964.00
The Montrose Brickworks Heritage Trail project will promote and interpret local history through the installation of 4 sculptural interpretive signs in the town centre and the production of online heritage trail information.

Flemington Association Inc (Moonee Valley/Melbourne)
Discover the Other Side of the Tracks in
Flemington
Awarded: $3,600.00
We will preserve and promote the history and culture of Flemington on an exciting, accessible and interactive internet site, which will be complimented by flyers celebrating and encouraging locals and others to explore our heritage assets.
Merrijig Public Hall Inc (Mansfield Shire)
Merrijig Public Hall History Since 1928 Awarded: $6,000.00
This project will identify, catalogue, preserve and electronically store all relevant historical, current and future documentation of the Merrijig Public Hall enabling the archiving of original documents into safe secure storage.
Museums Australia Inc (Victoria) (City of Melbourne)
Museum Practice Online Training Awarded: $9,000.00
The project will create a series of free practical online training sessions using still photo slideshows with an accompanying voiceover.
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society Inc (East Gippsland Shire Council)
Saving the past for the future! Awarded: $5,500.00
Complete cataloguing of our photographic and document collection and converting the existing catalogue from DOS to Windows software.
West Gippsland Regional Library Corporation (Baw Baw Shire Council)
Shire of Buln Buln Rates & Minutes
Books - Digitisation/Revitalisation
Awarded: $7,500.00
Digitise the Shire of Buln Buln Rates and Minutes Books microfiche onto CD and create online searchable indexes to these records.
Australian Polish Community Services (Maribyrnong)
History of the Polish Community in
Victoria: A Living Website
Awarded: $10,000.00
Development of an interactive website or virtual museum that captures the contributions of members of the Australian Polish community residing in Victoria, the rich history, experiences and lifestyles.

Whitehorse Friends for Reconciliation Inc (Whitehorse City Council)
Whitehorse History of Homes History
Project - "A Black History of Whitehorse"
Awarded: $5,000.00
We will record the Stolen Generations stories from Children's Institutions in the
Whitehorse area during the 20th century and produce a DVD documenting these stories.
Violet Town Action Group Inc - Violet Town History Group (Strathbogie Shire)
Bringing the news home for the 175th Awarded: $4,000.00
Anniversary of Violet Town
Digitise the 1921-1956 Violet Town Sentinel located in the State Library of Victoria to make it accessable universally and locally.
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) (Melbourne CBD)
The “Battle for Melbourne” Exhibition Awarded: $6,000.00
The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) wishes to celebrate Melbourne’s built environment by staging a dynamic, multi-media exhibition exploring the battles waged over many years to save significant historic buildings in the CBD.
Indigo U3A Inc (Indigo Shire)
Shire of Beechworth Rate Books Awarded: $4,750.00
This project aims to digitally photograph, transcribe and index the existing
Beechworth Shire rate books for the financial years 1856/57 and 1857/58.
Maryborough Midlands Historical Society (Central Goldfields)
Tilly Aston Display Awarded: $2,000.00
To provide a permanent display for Tilly Aston memorabilia at Worsley Cottage that has been collected by the society for the past 40 years.
Mirboo & District Historical Society Inc (South Gippsland)
To Digitise Local Newspapers to DVD's Awarded: $1,936.00
Scan 11 rolls of 35mm film of our old local Mirboo North newspapers and convert to
DVD’s for use in our Historical Society rooms for members, visitors and researchers.
Quarry Hill Primary School (City of Greater Bendigo)
Quarry Hill Primary School History Awarded: $400.00
Project
Conserve and catalogue photographs and historical documents from the school and store them in appropriate and safe storage systems. The project will create a permanent interpretive storyboard recounting the 153 year history of the school, to be mounted in a highly visible position in the school quadrangle.

Quambatook Historical Centre Inc (Gannawarra Shire)
Record Quambatook Living Histories Awarded: $2,500.00
Equip the Quambatook Historical Centre with suitable technology to record verbal, photographic and written local and personal histories of Quambatook and surrounding districts.
Victoria Police Historical Society Inc
1923 Victoria Police Strike Project -
Digitisation of Special Constables'
Awarded: $4,000.00
Archive
THE VPHS proposes to digitise and catalogue what is believed to be the only surviving collection of documents relating to the Special Constables who were sworn in during the 1923 Victoria Police Strike.
East Gippsland Family History Group Inc (East Gippsland)
Digitise the Bairnsdale Advertiser
Newspaper, Stage One
Awarded: $8,000.00
Arrange for 38 reels of microfilm, approximately 20,000 frames, to be scanned and reproduced in pdf file format.
Edrington History Research Group Inc (City of Casey)
Safe Storage Awarded: $450.00
Properly store and protect all photographs and documents after cataloguing.