Football is Back
The weekend just past saw the opening of the 2023 AFL season and the beginning of 6-plus months of either loving or hating the game....
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Mundaring & Hills HISTORICAL
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Mar 13
- 2 min
St Patricks Day - 17th March
Friday March 17 is St Patrick’s Day, a day on which people in many countries celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland with parades, parties...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Growing up on the Pipeline
Mundaring and Hills Historical Society is holding its first General Meeting of the year on Saturday the 18th March at 2pm. The meeting...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Summer is officially over
Just one more day and Summer is officially over! Those of you who don't like the hot weather, don't get too excited, it will not be the...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Feb 20
- 1 min
Earthquakes
As we have been seeing ( awful/dreadful) images of the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria which has resulted...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Eastern Railway Closure 13th February 1966
It was this day in 1966 that the Eastern Railway second route was closed. We have included some photographs of the stations that were...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Feb 13
- 1 min
Valentines Day 14th February
Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the 14th February and can sometimes lead to proposals of marriage. Proposals can be made in lots of way,...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Thanks to our Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades
Although we love living in our uniquely forested hills, it comes with a price! There is the constant threat of fire, especially during...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Feb 6
- 1 min
On this day in 1894
William Painter patented the humble bottle opener. During the past couple of weeks, we have been enduring some hot weather and a lot of...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Tennis in the Hills
For those of you who have been glued to your screens watching the Australian Open in Melbourne this January here are some early photos of...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Australia Day 2023
The 26th of January has been recognised as the official national day of Australia since 1808 with the first official celebration in...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Greenmount Liquor Store Demolished
It has been brought to our attention from several sources that this historic building was demolished on December 18th 2022. Demolition of...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
What the Frock
MHHS presents a new exhibition which opened to the public on 15 December 2023 and will run until November 2023. This exciting exhibition...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
DECEMBER 2022 CHRISTMAS
During this time of preparation for Christmas activities and end of school year concerts we thought we would show you these local...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Walt Disney
December 5th 1901 is the birthday of Walt Disney the American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
St Andrews Day – 30th November
Also known as ‘Andermas’ or ‘the Feast of Saint Andrew’, St Andrew’s Day is Scotland’s official national day which commemorates the...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
Nitro-glycerin invented 25 November 1867
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist who discovered a safer way of using nitro-glycerine to make building railroads, tunnels and canals...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
New Signs at Glen Forrest
Most locals would know about the Stationmaster and his house but they perhaps would not know how busy the station was in its heyday.
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