New Committee

After a very pleasant (and short!) Biannual General Meeting, Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park now have a new committee.
The members are:
Dr. Hamish Russell (President)
Bill Pell (Secretary)
David Baxter (Treasurer)
and ordinary committee members:
Jan Shaw
Carey Williams
Elaine Morris
Roy Kendall
Kevin Teasdale
Jenny Coates
If you're interested in having a look around the museum or becoming a volunteer, please come up and see us on any Wednesday morning between 10 and 12.30.
We have a lot planned for 2010 so stay tuned!

Publications available at Emerald Museum

Over the coming weeks we hope to add a list of the wonderful publications we have for sale at Emerald Museum. Today's feature is Emerald in Focus.
This book is A4 in size and includes an Introduction and Time Line of Emerald's History. 96 pages are packed with over 200 B&W photographs, maps, advertisements and memorabilia. Arranged thematically, the volume contains substantial interpretative text that allows the reader to gain an insight into the colourful history of this Dandenong Ranges township. Themes include:

• The Discovery of Gold
• Bullock Teams
• Timber
• The Nobelius Nursery
• The Eucalyptus Industry
• Berry growing
• Nightingale's Nursery
• Lavender Growing
• Early Settlers
• Township Development
• Shops and Services
• Farming
• Schools
• Sport
• Health Care
• Life in Emerald
• Churches
  
• Emerald Mechanic's Institute
  
• Guest Houses
• Emerald Country Club
• Emerald Lake Park
• Emerald's Cultural Heritage
  

Publication details:Published by Emerald Museum in 2006. ISBN: 0-9580215-2-X The book is available for $20 plus $5 postage (in a Tuff bag) anywhere in Australia. Please make cheques out to Emerald Museum, P.O. Box 578, Emerald Vic 3782 and allow 2 weeks for delivery.

What Am I?

Can anyone identify this object?
It is made of cast iron and bears the patent no. 9408. It was manufactured by E. Cunningham of Worcestershire, Massachusetts, USA.
Unfortunately the provenance is unknown.
Stay tuned for measurements but from memory it is about 15 to 18 cms long.

Welcome

Welcome everyone to the very first entry on the blog for Emerald Museum & Nobelius Heritage Park.
This blogs supports the history, activities, events, publications and holdings of Emerald Museum. The museum is situated in the beautiful grounds of Nobelius Heritage Park at Crichton Road, Emerald. In the coming weeks we hope to list our publications for sale, information on our archives and dedicated family history room, activities for 2009 and ways that you can become involved and support this important museum.