OPENING HOURS AT THE MONASH FEDERATION CENTRE

The Monash Federation Centre, headquarters of History Monash Inc (HM), will be open by appointment on Tuesdays between 10 am and 2 pm.  If you wish to make an appointment, please email [email protected], explaining what assistance you are seeking.  It will be necessary to show evidence of full vaccination before

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AWARD TO HISTORY MONASH INC. HISTORIAN

In May 2019 Helen Gobbi, History Monash Inc’s historian and Vice-President, was honoured by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria with an Award of Merit.  This award recognised Helen’s outstanding service in researching and promoting history in Oakleigh and surrounding suburbs for over twenty years.  Helen has written many publications,

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Mervyn Knight's grave at Mericourt-L'Abbe cemetery

Mericourt – A Story about a House

When I decided to research the history of my home, a Californian bungalow in Hughesdale, I had no idea that an outcome would be a pilgrimage to a little village in France. Nor did I foresee that the task would give the centenary of the World War One armistice a

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