There are many interesting jobs available in our development program and include: visitor reception, cataloguing, data entry, maintenance, machinery restoration, display. If any of these appeal to you, please contact us.
The Society was founded in 1964 and aims to display and preserve local artifacts pertinent to Bairnsdale and the surrounding area, and to provide a community resource for local history.
The East Gippsland Historical Society Inc works in conjunction with the East Gippsland Family History Group Inc to produce a quarterly publication ‘The Black Sheep'. The Society has also produced three book publications and an annual calendar 'Old Views of Gippsland' since 2003.
The Society is run totally by member/volunteers relying on funds from membership fees, fundraising projects, sales of books and calendars, donations and grants, to maintain and develop the centre.
The resources that have been collected are quite comprehensive, with over 40,000 photographs, information about many of the prominent families, East Gippsland newspapers on microfilm, an extensive library of local history books, a collection of historical maps and an archive of many records from local institutions.
There are also a number of members who have had long term connections to the history of the district and are able to provide an excellent recall about people, places and events that have occurred.
