MDHS Events

Visitors warmly welcomed

Please see below the MDHS Event Calendar

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Talk – Mornington Cemetery Pioneer Graves 2:00 pm
Talk – Mornington Cemetery Pioneer Graves @ Mornington Public Library
Oct 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Historian Val Wilson will give her talk on the stories and deeds of Mornington’s early pioneers. Please contact the Library to book as this event is not organised by The Mornington & District Historical Society.[...]
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Mornington Cemetery Walk 1:15 pm
Mornington Cemetery Walk @ Mornington Cemetery
Oct 7 @ 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Val Wilson will escort participants around this historic cemetery pointing out interesting stories about the early Mornington Pioneers. Meet at the Cemetery Main Gates in Craigie Raod Mt. Martha – just off Nepean Highway –[...]
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Annual Leslie Moorhead Lecture 10:00 am
Annual Leslie Moorhead Lecture @ The Briars Information Centre
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Living Culture is the title of this year’s Moorhead Lecture delivered by indigenous man Lionel Launch. Lionel will take us through a variety of aspects of aboriginal culture including medicinal plants and ending with a[...]
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Oct
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2018
Talk – Mornington Cemetery Pioneer Graves @ Mornington Public Library
Oct 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Historian Val Wilson will give her talk on the stories and deeds of Mornington’s early pioneers. Please contact the Library to book as this event is not organised by The Mornington & District Historical Society. Mornington Library 03 5950 1820.

Oct
7
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2018
Mornington Cemetery Walk @ Mornington Cemetery
Oct 7 @ 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Val Wilson will escort participants around this historic cemetery pointing out interesting stories about the early Mornington Pioneers. Meet at the Cemetery Main Gates in Craigie Raod Mt. Martha – just off Nepean Highway – at 1.15 pm for a 1.30 pm start. Comfortable shoes advisable.. Refreshments included in the princely sum of $5.00 per person. Contact Val on 5975 2958

Oct
27
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2018
Annual Leslie Moorhead Lecture @ The Briars Information Centre
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Living Culture is the title of this year’s Moorhead Lecture delivered by indigenous man Lionel Launch. Lionel will take us through a variety of aspects of aboriginal culture including medicinal plants and ending with a didgeridoo performance. Numbers are limited . Book through Dawn on 03 5977 0027. The location is at The Briars Information Centre, a historic property in Mt. Martha.

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12
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2019
Coffee Morning @ Meeting Room, Mornington Fire Brigade
Feb 12 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

The next Mornington & District Historical Society coffee morning is on Tuesday February 12th 2019 at 10.30 am in the meeting room, Mornington Fire Brigade, Cnr Nepean Highway and Separation Street Mornington. The guest speaker is John Hedley, a roof tiler, specialising in slate roofing. John has worked on several Mornington houses including Southdean. Cost is $5.00 per head including refreshments. All welcome- bring a friend.

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2020
BALUK ARTS CENTRE @ BALUK ARTS CENTRE
Feb 11 @ 10:30 am – 11:55 am

Continuing with our further understanding of our First Peoples, we will be given a talk about the current exhibition they are holding and then be shown how to make a feather headpiece.
Afterwards, we could go to the next street for coffee or an early lunch at Commonfolk Coffee Company 16 Progress Street.

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2020
Bus Trip to To NOBELIUS MUSEUM at Emerald Lake @ Bus stop opposite Ross Street Mornington
Feb 26 @ 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Departure from Mornington bus stop opposite Ross Street. 

The 4.5-hectare heritage site was part of the world-famous Nobelius Nursery started in 1886 by Swedish immigrant Carl Axel Nobelius.
The bus will leave from Main St (opposite Ross St and D.O.C.) at 9.30 am. Morning tea on arrival at the museum.
There are nearby cafes and a hotel for lunch or bring your own picnic to have in the park.
The bus will return to Mornington by 5 pm.
Cost $45. Includes bus, entry to museum and morning tea. Please contact Libby Gillingham 0409 149 089 to book your ticket ASAP.

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2020
Coffee Morning at the Mornington Fire Brigade Rooms @ Mornington Fire Brigade Rooms
Mar 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Mornington Fire Brigade Rooms
THE BEACH BOXES OF THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA

Our Vicky will give us a talk on the famous beach boxes on our Beaches.

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2020
Coffee Morning @ Fossil Beach, Mt. Martha
Apr 14 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

We will visit the ruins of the old cement works to see what Ian Stevenson and his group has done with the Council to preserve what is left and to educate any visitors to the site. Afterwards, we can go to the Dava for coffee and/or lunch. Meet at the foreshore car park between Gleneagles and Bentons Road

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2020
Coffee Morning at the Mornington Fire Brigade Rooms @ Mornington Fire Brigade Rooms
May 12 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Mornington Fire Brigade Rooms

Robert Spicer was a Navy diver during the Vietnam War.

Feb
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2021
COFFEE MORNING @ Mornington RSL Club rooms
Feb 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Tuesday 9th February 10.30 Mornington RSL Clubrooms 
                                 4/27 Virginia Street, Mornington. Plenty of parking
                                 COFFEE MORNING Guest Speaker: Robert Spicer
                 Robert was a Navy Clearance Diver in the Vietnam War
                                 And he has a story with pictures to tell us.                  $5 cash, please
 
This is our first coffee morning for 2021 and after THAT year so
come and join us.
We will have COVID conditions, so please wear
a mask.