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MAPS
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Parish Plans, Land Sale Posters, Subdivision & Estate Plans within
the boundaries of the former Gisborne Shire.
Maps encapsulated or filed.
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IMAGES |
| More
than 12,000
Photographs & slides of people, places & events. |
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64 Framed
Photographs of Gisborne Shire Presidents & Secretaries on permanent
display. |
40 Framed Photographs by Peter Smith
A photographic trilogy depicting Macedon & Mount.
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Macedon commercial locations
prior to 1983, immediately after the devastating bushfires of Ash
Wednesday, February 1983 and following rebuilding. |
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10 Framed Photographs of Shire Councillors
& Staff.
Negatives to many Photographs. |
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50 Framed Photographs, Etchings, Portraits
of Local Personalities, Buildings, Sites, Illuminated Addresses,
Proclamations, Sketches & Paintings. |
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15 Video Tapes of Locations & Events
copied to CD. |
400 Postcards relating to former Gisborne
Shire & surrounding areas.
All indexed. |
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FAMILY HISTORIES |
Alphabetical files of documents relating to families in the former
Gisborne Shire.
Family files are currently being indexed. |
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PROPERTIES |
Documents filed under Property Name relating to properties within the
former Gisborne Shire.
Property names indexed. |
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ORAL HISTORY |
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45
Transcribed audio tapes of interviews with residents. Indexed.
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160
recordings of speakers at Society Meetings & Events.
Titles
indexed. |
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PIONEER PLAQUES |
More than 120
memorial plaques to Pioneers of the Gisborne District, installed on the
Pioneer Wall.
Family names indexed. |
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GENERAL TOPICS |
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Files of documents relating to events, places & organisations within
former Gisborne Shire. All fully indexed. |
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PERSONAL CARD SYSTEM |
An index of 60,000 cards directing researchers to
the location of references
to persons who resided in the former Shire of Gisborne and to local
organizations.
Cards have been generated from:
| School Records
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Electoral Rolls |
| Church Records |
Voters' Rolls |
| Cemetery Records |
Minute Books
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| Ledgers
|
Diaries |
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A computer database of more than 300,000 entries of individual
details from the Society holdings. |
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CEMETERY RECORDS |
|
Gisborne Cemetery Records
Indexed and Headstones photographed. |
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Macedon Cemetery Records
Indexed |
| Riddells Creek Cemetery Records
Indexed |
Carlsruhe, Sunbury, Woodend &
Kyneton Cemetery Records,
Alphabetical listing of limited records. |
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SCHOOL RECORDS |
Gisborne Primary School
Registers
Card indexed. |
Gisborne Higher Elementary
School Registers
Card indexed. |
Gisborne Catholic ( St
Brigids ) School
Registers
Card indexed. |
New Gisborne Primary
School Registers
Card indexed. |
Middle Gully Primary
School Registers
Card indexed. |
Macedon Primary School
Registers
Card indexed. |
Mount Macedon Primary
School Registers
Card indexed.
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Bullengarook, Riddells Creek,
Kerrie Primary
School Registers
Indexed. |
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ELECTORAL & VOTERS'
ROLLS |
Gisborne Electorate &
Shire Voters Rolls
selected years.
Card indexed. |
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MINUTE BOOKS &
MEMBERSHIP RECORDS |
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Records from many
organisations within the former Gisborne Shire.
Card indexed. |
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SHIRE RATE & MINUTE
BOOKS |
|
Rate Books of former Gisborne Shire |
|
Minute Books of former Gisborne Shire |
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YEAR BOOKS |
| Victorian
Government Year Books & Hand Books of Australia |
