From August 2022, our new location is 15 Melrose Street, Sandringham
Opening hours remain Fridays and Sundays 2 - 4pm (except Public Holidays) or by appointment
- Collect, preserve and catalogue material relevant to the history of Sandringham, Black Rock, Beaumaris, Hampton, and parts of Highett and Cheltenham.
- Record oral histories from local residents and past residents.
- Disseminate this knowledge available through social media, web page, books, articles, newsletters, and displays.
- Research local history and write stories based on this intriguing work.
- Liaise with local businesses, volunteer organisations, clubs, to collect historical information and provide advice on historical material and projects
Recent Posts
Invitation Antiques and Collectables Afternoon at The George 21 May 2023
ANTIQUES & Collectables AFTERNOON Sandringham & District Historical Society warmly invite you to ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES ...
The Iconic Black Rock Clock Tower
The Black Rock Clock Tower located on Beach Road, at the intersection with Bluff and Balcombe Roads is unique – there is no other landmark like it on Port Phil ...
GENERAL MEETING
To Be Held 2pm on Sunday 25 September 2022 Sandringham Library, Waltham Street, Sandringham (enter Meeting Room from Abbott Street) Professor Ian C ...
My mother lived in a coffee palace called ‘SANDRINGHAM HOUSE’
The temperance movement started in the United Kingdom in the 1850’s and eventuallyspread to Australia. A Scotsman called James Munro, a temperance leader, ...
IMPENDING NEW LOCATION FOR SANDRINGHAM & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Exciting news! Sandringham & District Historical Society will move into a new location at 15 Melrose Street, Sandringham around early to mid-July 2022. ...
A Hampton Story - by SDHS member Margaret Watts
My great grandparents, John Silk Sherrard junior and his wife Jane, nee Potter, started marital life in Melbourne in 1876. Neither however would have contemplated that they would ultimately probably hold the record for the most unusual living arrangement in Hampton.
When John and Jane’s fortunes fluctuated in the depression, he left to find work in North West Tasmania. Jane stayed on with their four daughters in Melbourne’s Tin Pan Alley and she worked as a midwife.
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