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
The Plod Essay August 2021
Alternative Energy – Mark Robertson
The Plod Essay July 2021
Mitchell House – Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre Inc.
Fay Quilford
July Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 15th July in the Railway Station Museum
June Meeting
Our next meeting Thursday 17th June, at 7.30pm in the Railway Station Museum.
The Plod Essay June 2021
The Joy of the Toy – Mark Robertson
Book Launch of “Two Rivers Run”
The Story of Gippsland’s First Pioneer Settler Samuel Anderson