The history of Southern Metropolitan Region is long, going back to times before European settlement. Libraries and historical societies are key resources for information.
Aviation Historical Society of Australia Inc
East Malvern RSL, Stanley Grose Drive, Malvern East, 3145
5975 8143
Boroondara Historical Societies Association
4/16 Allambee Avenue, Camberwell, 3124
9836 3558
Box Hill Historical Society Inc
PO Box 268, Box Hill, 3128
9897 4167
Brighton Antique Club
PO Box 28, Brighton, 3186
Brighton Historical Society Inc
PO Box 266, Middle Brighton, 3186
9553 8650
Camberwell Historical Society
4/16 Allambee Avenue, Camberwell, 3142
9836 3558
Canterbury History Group
142 Canterbury Road, Canterbury, 3126
9836 9117
Caulfield Historical Society
PO Box 202, Caulfield South, 3162
Cinema and Theatre Historical Society
CATHS-V, PO Box 476, Bentleigh, 3204
5174 1870
City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc
12 Irene Court, Cheltenham, 3192
City of Kingston Historical Website
http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/index2.htm
Como Historic House & Garden
Cnr Williams Rd & Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra, 3141
9827 2500
Enterprize Ship Trust
www.enterprize.com.au
2 Ann Street, Williamstown, 3016
9397 3477
sailing@enterprize.com.au
Friends of Black Rock House
34 Ebden Avenue, Black Rock, 3193
Friends of Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery Inc
PO Box 348, Kew East, 3102
9817 4896
Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot Incorporated
PO Box 178, Hawthorn Vic 3122
info@hawthorntramdepot.org.au
Friends of St Kilda Cemetery
PO Box 261, St Kilda, 3182
Friends of Wattle Park Incorporated
18 Gilmour Street, Burwood, 3125
Mrs Marie Hodgens, 9833 4732, hmhodge@optusnet.com.au
Glen Eira Historial Society
PO Box 202, Caulfield South, 3162
Hawthorn Historical Society
c/- Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, 3122
9278 4671
Jewish Holocaust Museum
13-15 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick, 3185
9528 1985
Jewish Museum of Australia
PO Box 117, St Kilda, 3182
8534 3600
Kew Historical Society Inc
PO Box 175, Kew, 3101
9817 3657
Kew Court House and Police Station Restoration
www.kewcourthouse.com
Lone Pine at Wattle Park
Refer Friends of Hawthorn Tram Depot Incorporated
PO Box 178, Hawthorn Vic 3122
www.hawthorntramdepot.org.au/papers/wattlepk.htm
Malvern Historical Society Inc
PO Box 184, Malvern, 3144
0438 515 631
National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Tasma Terrace, 4 Parliament Place East Melbourne, 3002
9656 9800, Email: info@nattrust.com.au
Oakleigh & District Historical Society
PO Box 82, Oakleigh, 3166
Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society
Box 552, Port Melbourne, 3207
9645 3081
Prahran Archive and Prahran Historical and Arts Society Collections
Archives, City of Stonnington, PO Box 21, Prahran, 3181
8290 7160
Prahran Historical and Arts Society Inc
PO Box 8649, Armadale, 3148
Prahran Historical Society
PO Box 21, Prahran, 3148
Prahran Mechanics Institute
PO Box 1080, Windsor, 3181
RAAF Association (VIC Division)
24 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East, 3123
9813 4600, www.raafavic.org.au
Rippon Lea Estate
192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick, 3185
9532 6095, Email: ripponlea@nattrust.com.au
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au
Telephone: 9326 9288
Fax: 9326 9477
Email: office@historyvictoria.org.au
Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL)
Beaumaris RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Bentleigh RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Camberwell City RSL Sub-Branch
Camperdown RSL Sub-Branch
Caulfield RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Cheltenham/Moorabbin RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Clayton RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
East Malvern RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Elwood RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Hawthorn RSL Sub-Branch
Highett RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Kew RSL Sub-Branch
Mentone RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
North Balwyn RSL Sub-Branch
Oakleigh/Carnegie RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Prahran RSL Sub-Branch Inc
South Hawthorn RSL Sub-Branch
St Kilda RSL Sub-Branch Inc.
Toorak RSL Sub-Branch
West St Kilda RSL Sub-Branch
Sandringham and District Historical Society
PO Box 8, Sandringham, 3191
9597 0985
Shrine of Remembrance
332 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, 3004
9661 8100
Stonnington History Centre
P.O. Box 21, Prahran Vic 3181
8290 1360
St Kilda Historical Society Inc
PO Box 177, St Kilda, 3138
9596 2782
Surrey Hills Historical Society
14 Elwood Street, Surrey Hills, 3127
9809 2467
Uniting Church Historical Society, The
PO Box 698, Elsternwick, 3185
9523 1056
Villa Alba Museum
44 Walmer Street, Kew, 3101
9852 8886
Further information about Societies, Clubs and Associations
Links to libraries servicing Southern Metropolitan Region
