The Plod Essay
“The Plod” is Wonthaggi and District Historical Society’s monthly newsletter, each edition includes an essay about Wonthaggi’s history. The following is a collection of those essays.
Plod Essay October 2025
The ‘34 Strike & The Emergence of a ‘Real Community’
Plod Essay September 2025
FROM TENT TOWN TO MODEL TOWN – By Linda Cuttriss (first published in Bass Coast Post)
Plod Essay August 2025
Saving the State Coal Mine Rescue Station
Plod Essay July 2025
Greyhound Racing in Wonthaggi (Part3) – The Demise of the ‘Dog Course’ – Sam Gatto
Plod Essay June 2025
The Wonthaggi Dog Course1938-1954, Greyhound Racing in Wonthaggi (Part 2) – Sam Gatto
Plod Essay May 2025
The Trail Blazers by Catherine Watson
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
Plod Essay February 2025
150 Years of Cricket Across the Bass District – Steven Oates
Plod Essay November 2024
The 1973 plan for a Mining theme park for Wonthaggi.
Plod Essay October 2024
Zita Dalla Rosa
Plod Essay September 2024
Sixty-five Years later and Still Going Strong – History of the Wonthaggi Historical Society.











