WELCOME TO THE BOX HILL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Where Are We?
Suite 7, Town Hall Hub,
27 Bank Street, Box Hill,
Rear of Town Hall
The Society’s Local History Room is currently closed. Owing to the very high Covid case numbers, our proposed re-opening on the 18th January 2022 has been deferred to at least the end of January.
Email: boxhillhistory(at)gmail.com
(Replace (at) with @)
Telephone: (03) 9285 4808
Please observe Covid precautions by wearing a mask, scanning the QR code at the entrance to the Town Hall Hub and using the hand sanitisers available.
Or write to P.O. Box 268, Box Hill 3128.
Meetings are usually held from 2pm on the 3rd Sunday in the month, in the Bert Lewis Meeting Room of Box Hill Library, which is just east of the Town Hall, at 1040 Whitehorse Road Box Hill. Details of the 2021 meetings and speakers will be found under the News section of this website; some may be via Zoom because of Covid restrictions.
Search Our Collection
MAIN CATALOGUE: We hold mainly paper based records, with some small artefacts. Our main catalogue lists items such as photographs, manuscripts, books, ephemera and loose newspaper cuttings. While the most up-to-date version is not available online, an earlier version can be viewed through the Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library website, by using the Heritage Network option. It is combined with the catalogue of the Doncaster & Templestowe, Warrandyte and Whitehorse historical societies. Click the link below to access this database. A search of the current catalogue can be undertaken upon request.
To view our RATEBOOKS and NEWSPAPER SCRAPBOOKS and other indexes please Click Here.
Join Us
The Box Hill Historical Society was formed in 1963. Since then volunteers have worked to collect, preserve and share the unique history of the suburbs of Box Hill, Box Hill North and South, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, Burwood and that part of Surrey Hills which was formerly located in the City of Box Hill.
The Box Hill Historical Society is affiliated with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and is a member of the Association of Eastern Historical Societies.
Membership of the society offers many benefits, as well as helping to preserve and maintain our local history.
To join, download the membership form below.
Where Are We?
Suite 7, Town Hall Hub,
27 Bank Street, Box Hill,
Rear of Town Hall View Map
The Society’s Local History Room is open:
Tuesday 11.00 am – 4.00 pm
Other times by appointment
Telephone: (03) 9285 4808
Email: boxhillhistory@gmail.com
Our meetings are usually held at Strabane Chapel, Strabane Avenue Box Hill North, commencing at 8pm. View MapFor the winter months of 2017, they will be held in the Meeting Room of Box Hill Library, which is next to the Town Hall. Details of the meetings and speakers can be found under the News section of this website.
Search Our Collection
MAIN CATALOGUE: We hold mainly paper based records, with some small artefacts. Our main catalogue lists items such as photographs, manuscripts, books, ephemera and loose newspaper cuttings.
It is accessed through the Whitehorse Manningham Regional Library website, is updated quarterly, and is combined with the catalogue of the Doncaster & Templestowe, Warrandyte and Whitehorse historical societies. Click the link below to access this database.
To view our RATEBOOKS and NEWSPAPER SCRAPBOOKS collections please Click Here.
Join Us
The Box Hill Historical Society was formed in 1963. Since then volunteers have worked to collect, preserve and share the unique history of the suburbs of Box Hill, Box Hill North and South, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, Burwood and that part of Surrey Hills which was formerly located in the City of Box Hill.
The Box Hill Historical Society is affiliated with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and is a member of the Association of Eastern Historical Societies.
Membership of the society offers many benefits, as well as helping to preserve and maintain our local history.
To join, download the membership form below.
UPCOMING NEWS & EVENTS
14 December – Picnic in the Park
An invitation is extended to all members, to gather in Linsley Park on Tuesday 14...
20 February 2022 Meeting – Box Hill Baptist Church – the first fifty years.
Our first meeting for 2022 will hear from Lorraine Mitchell who has been researching the...
November 21 meeting – via Zoom. History of the Box Hill RSL.
Dr Steven Cooke, the author of the recently published history of the Box Hill RSL, will...
Sketches of Box Hill and Burwood Properties
The Society has recently been gifted a wonderful collection of pen and ink sketches of...