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Broadford’s broadsheets In this new column, we’ll be featuring local history and family history societies, showcasing the records they hold, and their projects on the go. First up, Broadford and District Historical Society in Victoria, where work is under way to preserve the original newspaper office What is the name of your society? Broadford and District Historical Society Inc.
When did it open its doors? The Society commenced on June 26, 1968.
Does the society have a website? www.broadfordhistorical.org.au
Where are you and what are your opening hours? Our address is 110 High St, Broadford, Victoria, about 90km north of Melbourne. We are open from 9am until 3.30pm Wednesdays (except between Christmas and New Year) and by appointment.
What areas of Australia does your society cover? Our society covers the Victorian
districts of Broadford, Strath Creek, Reedy Creek, Tyaak, Sunday Creek, Glenaroua, Flowerdale, Sugarloaf Creek, Clonbinane and Tallarook.
What is the cost to join? Full membership costs $15 per single and $20 for a family, and is due and payable at the AGM in August of each year. The cost of “subscription only” is $10. This covers the cost of the four quarterly newsletters we issue each year.
Tell us a bit more about your society. Broadford and District Historical Society includes the original newspaper office of the Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times. This was established in 1891 and ran continuously as a hand-type set printing office until it closed in 1978. The newspaper was a four-page, weekly broadsheet for all of this time. The original press,