Established 1958
Preserving Our Local Heritage
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The Muswellbrook Shire Local and Family History Society is dedicated to capturing, preserving, and promoting the rich social and cultural heritage of the Muswellbrook area and the Upper Hunter region.
Located at the rear of the Muswellbrook Library, our research rooms contain a vast, unique archive of photographs, historical records, journals, and land databases. These valuable collections are open to members, local researchers, and family historians tracing their roots in the Upper Hunter district.
Bridge Street, Muswellbrook — late 19th Century archival photograph.Latest Archives & Publications
St Heliers Convict Register
This volume covers the 1830 and 1840 records of the convicts who arrived at St Heliers Station. When a new convict arrived his particulars were entered into this register. The particulars cover ship, sentence, date of arrival, native place, trade, year of birth, height, complexion, eyes and general remarks. The general remarks cover information not available elsewhere. Also included are details on hired servants. These details are not available elsewhere.
The book has the potential to provide so much new information about the convicts assigned to St Heliers, the attitude toward the convicts and how they responded.
The journal was transcribed by Mr Rob Tickle and the above words are taken from his introduction.
Three Cemeteries of the Upper Hunter
This book and accompanying DVD builds on earlier projects to record gravesites of the Upper Hunter. It records the transcription on each headstone for Giant’s Creek Cemetery, Mount Dangar Cemetery and Wybong Cemetery. In the back of the book is a DVD with photos of each grave and another of each headstone.
Latest Book for Sale
The following books have been added to the Society’s growing collection.
– Mount Pleasant Oral History
– 1885 – Land and Stockholders in the Upper Hunter
– NSW – Division of Upper Hunter – Electoral Roll for Police District of Muswellbrook
– 1896-7 Electoral Roll for Cassillis, Denman, Muswellbrook, Merriwa, Murrurundi, Scone
An Oily Rag
The latest addition to our growing collection. ‘An oily rag traces the history of motor garages and service stations in Muswellbrook over the past 100 years. Sub stories include: NRMA has been operating in Muswellbrook for 86 years (90 years in NSW); Muswellbrook apprentices being trained in the mobile workshop built in a railway carriage; Muswellbrook’s first ambulance for 10 years prior to the official ambulance presence in Muswellbrook and many more. Brian Dever and Bill Spicer have excelled themselves with this comprehensive book.
New book – The Way It Was – Shopping in Muswellbrook
This recently published book arose as a result of a number of group meetings in which people brought along articles which they had purchased in the past in Muswellbrook. The articles caused much discussion and reminiscence about the early days. Glenda Murray who led the gatherings put together this book which has proved very popular.
People, Property, Power – Plashett, Jerry’s Plains
Another new book for sale.
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