Hello folks,
Only a week to go to the West Bourke Local and Family History Fair, Saturday 20th August, 10 - 4 pm at the heritage-listed property
Overnewton Castle Overnewton Road Keilor (Melways 14 F3) Entry $10
Available catering is limited (sausage sizzle if the rain stays away, tea, coffee, soft drink, water, slices to accompany hot drinks - all low cost), but Keilor village is a short car trip away.
The details are outlined here:
The Guest speakers are:
Dr Celestina Sagazio of the National Trust "Appreciating our Cemeteries"
Louise Rainbow, Australian Insbreastute of Genealogical Studies "Family History, Fact or Fiction?
Laurie Burchell, author of books on architecture "How to trace the history of your house
Georgina Knight, Zetta Florence Pty Ltd (archival material suppliers) "Preservation solutions for treasured photographs, records, documents, objects, textiles, & memorabilia"
See the times for speakers here:
*********************************************************************** The following exhibitors will be in attendance:
*HISTORICAL SOCIETIES* Brunswick Community History Group Civil Aviation Historical Society and Airways Museum Coburg Historical Society Essendon Historical Society Footscray Historical Society Gisborne & Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Hotham History Project Keilor Historical Society Royal Historical Society of Victoria Sunshine & District Historical Society Sydenham & District Historical Society
*GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES* Genealogical Society of Victoria Plus GSV Special interest groups Irish Ancestry Group International Settlers (non British) Scottish Ancestry Group
*SPECIALIST GROUPS* Descendants of Convicts Friends of Horseshoe Bend Farm Friends of St Kilda Cemetery Keilor Cemetery Research Project Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Moonee Valley Library Service National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Public Record Office Victoria West Bourke Heritage buttociation Journey through the Pages (Scrapbooking)
