Wonthaggi & District Historical Society is an incorporated, not for profit organization founded in 1959. It is the custodian of the town and district’s mining, social and cultural heritage. Local newspapers, documents and manuscripts, photographs, maps, local histories, oral histories and objects all make up our archives. The historic, former Wonthaggi railway station building is both a museum and home to the society.
The Museum
The Plod
About the Society
News and Events
Plod Essay April 2025
Kilcunda Coal By Linda Cuttriss (This essay was first published in Bass Coast Post, February 2025)
Plod Essay March 2025
Crays, Muttonfish and Gars with tails like pick-axes: Fishing yarns from the Bunurong Coast By Rees Quilford
March Meeting
Next meeting will be held March 20th at 7pm, Railway Museum.
Wendy Lowenstein
Oral history by Wendy Lowenstein.
February Meeting and AGM
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday, 20th February at 7.00pm in the Railway Station Museum.
Plod Essay February 2025
150 Years of Cricket Across the Bass District – Steven Oates