Upcoming events

Look under the section Participate for future events. Next meeting 27 October, History Walk 12 November.

Vale Gillian Hibbins

We were saddened to learn of the death of Gillian Hibbins. She was well known as a writer, mainly on historical topics, but for us of course she was best known as the author of our publication A Short History of Collingwood. The book may be short but manages to cram...

The amazing Kreitmayers

Have you discovered our Notables database yet? If not, why not start with the latest additions. Max Kreitmayer was a larger-than-life fellow known for his famous Waxworks in Bourke Street. What is perhaps less well known is the fact that each of his three wives,...

New resources added to website

An article about breweries in Collingwood has been added under the Resources section. Two new people have been added to the Notables database: teacher Emily Christopherson who taught in some of Collingwood’s schools, and John Finnamore, a young Irishman who made...

Collingwood video

A video produced by the Education Department in 1987 in conjunction with Collingwood Historical Society is now available on our Youtube Channel. https://youtu.be/wWe0CUupOBY