USEFUL HERITAGE LINKS
HERITAGE EVENTS
Whitehorse Heritage Week 2024
Whitehorse council is to be congratulated for promoting Heritage Week in September each year. To find out more about the Heritage Week please click on the following link:
Heritage Week | Whitehorse City Council
Victorian Heritage Festival 2024
Each year the National Trust conducts the Australian Heritage Festival - a community driven heritage festival. The 2024 festival runs for two weeks from the 18th of April to the 18th of May. The Whitehorse council and those who are interested in promoting the heritage of Whitehorse should look at participating in this national event. To find out more about the Australian Heritage Festival please click on the following link: Victoria – National Trust
HERITAGE SOCIETIES IN WHITEHORSE
Box Hill Historical Society: Box Hill Historical Society | Preserving Our History and Box Hill Historical Society - Home | Facebook
Surrey Hills Historical Society: Surrey Hills History - Home | Facebook
Vermont History: Home (weebly.com)
Whitehorse Historical Society: Whitehorse Historical Society Inc. | Facebook
The Mont Albert District – a Pictorial History 1830 to 2013: The Mont Albert District - a Pictorial History 1830 to 2013 (tripod.com)
Ringwood and District Historical Society: Ringwood & District Historical Society (rmhaines5.wixsite.com)
OTHER HERITAGE SOCIETIES
Balwyn Historical Society: - Balwyn Historical Society (vicnet.net.au)
Brighton Historical Society: Brighton Historical Society - Home | Facebook
Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society : Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society: Home (dt-hs.blogspot.com)
Essendon Historical Society : Essendon Historical Society | Facebook
Hawthorn Historical Society: Hawthorn Historical Society | Facebook
Heritage Victoria : Heritage - Heritage
Malvern Historical Society: Malvern Historical Society - Stonnington - Home | Facebook
Melbourne Heritage Action: Melbourne Heritage Action - Home | Facebook
National Trust: Victoria – National Trust
Royal Victorian Historical Society: Royal Historical Society of Victoria - Home | Facebook
Ringwood and District Historical Society: Ringwood & District Historical Society | Facebook
WHITEHORSE COUNCIL
Whitehorse Heritage and Artists Trail : Whitehorse Heritage and Artists' Trail - Google My Maps
Whitehorse Maps: Whitehorse Maps
Minutes of Council meetings: Council Meeting Agendas & Minutes | Whitehorse City Council
Whitehorse Planning and Building Information: this section of the website includes the Planning Register - at Advertising , Building Permits Register and Planning Register. If you would like to find out more about a planning or building permit issued or being considered by the Council please click on the following link: ePathway Home (whitehorse.vic.gov.au)
LIBRARIES
State Library of Victoria: State Library Victoria (slv.vic.gov.au)
State Library of NSW: State Library of NSW
State Library of Western Australia: State Library of Western Australia (slwa.wa.gov.au)
State Library of South Australia: State Library of South Australia | State Library of South Australia (slsa.sa.gov.au)
TROVE - National Library of Australia: Home - Trove (nla.gov.au)
ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
Austlii - records of VCAT cases: Australasian Legal Information Institute (austlii.edu.au)
Australian War Memorial: Home | Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)
Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria: Births deaths and marriages Victoria (bdm.vic.gov.au)
Landata Victoria: Home page (landata.vic.gov.au)
National Archives of Australia: Home page | naa.gov.au
Public Records Office Victoria: Homepage | PROV
State Archives of NSW: NSW State Archives
Victorian Heritage Database: VHD (heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au)
LOSING OUR HERITAGE
Lost Melbourne: Lost Melbourne - Home | Facebook
Melbourne’s Destruction Daily: Melbourne's Destruction Daily - Home | Facebook
The Lost City of Melbourne: Melbourne's architectural heritage, lost and saved, brought to light by self-funded filmmaker - ABC News
SAVING OUR HERITAGE
I grew up in Box Hill : I grew up in Box Hill - Home | Facebook
Save North Park : SAVE NORTH PARK - Home | Facebook
Royal Historical Society current advocacy projects : Current Advocacy Projects - Royal Historical Society of Victoria (historyvictoria.org.au)
Trust Advocate - a Blog by the National Trust : Trust Advocate | A blog by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Blackburn Village Residents Group: bvrg.org | Blackburn Village Residents Group
Boroondara Residents Action Group: BRAG - Boroondara Residents' Action Group - Home | Facebook
Boroondara Residents Action Group: BRAG (Boroondara Residents Action Group) (@BRAG_Boroondara) / Twitter
PLANNING
Planning Alerts : Email alerts of planning applications near you | PlanningAlert
PRESERVING THE HORTICULTURAL HERITAGE OF WHITEHORSE
Combined Residents of Whitehorse Action Group
The Combined Residents of Whitehorse Action Group (CROWAG ) is an umbrella group of resident groups and individuals within the City of Whitehorse: CROWAG | About
Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society
The aim of the society is to promote and improve the natural environment and an understanding of indigenous plants and the natural environment in the City of Whitehorse: Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society | environmental advocacy group (wordpress.com)
PRESERVING THE HORTICULTURAL HERITAGE OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Garden History Society
Formed in 1980, the AGHS brings together people from diverse backgrounds united by an appreciation of and concern for our parks, gardens and cultural landscapes as part of Australia's heritage. The Society promotes knowledge of historic gardens, significant landscapes and research into their history. It aims to examine gardens and gardening in their widest social, historic, literary, artistic and scientific context: