WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HOLD ?

• PHOTOGRAPHS:
  A collection of over 3000 photographs of Traralgon and its surrounding districts - including Glengarry, Gormandale, Toongabbie, Tyers, Willung and other smaller places. These are on a searchable database.
• BOOKS:
  Local histories, family histories, scrapbooks, diaries and general historical subjects about this area of Gippsland.
• COLLECTIONS:
  Manuscripts, letters, minute books, account books, photo albums, ephemera, etc. pertaining to families, district organisations, clubs and societies.
• PERIODICALS:
  Mainly Historical Society newsletters and bulletins.
• MAPS: A large collection, not all catalogued yet, of Parish plans, Subdivision plans, Shire maps, early pastoral settlement maps, Town plans, early tracks.
• VERTICAL FILE:
  An extensive collection of documents, newspaper cuttings, booklets, ephemera, etc., indexed by family names, districts, property names and subject.

Our Research Room is open by appointment,  write to:

The Secretary, Traralgon & District Historical Society Inc., Post Office Box 697 Traralgon, 3844,  Victoria. AUSTRALIA Telephone: (61) (03) 5174 8399 or
Email the Secretary:

If you cannot visit us, we will do research for you. There is a charge of AU$10.00 per hour, (with a minimum charge of $5.00) plus photocopying and postage charges. The Society has excellent E.D.P. facilities for research, scanning, and archiving on CD-ROM.