merbein football club centenary, neville ward, nellma maynard, alf sylvia, bob rowse, jim lang, harry farrell, ponty tyers, jim lang, don matheson, frank cetenich, noel (dorrie) barnes, rodney pollock, merbein football hall of fame, graham bland, phil matotek, leigh riordan, merbein football juniors 1950 & 1960, sydney carl finteln, harold & florence henderson, judith henderson, mervyn rickard, merbein railway centenary, methodist church centenary, scots presbyterian church, dorothy treffene, presbyterian church fair, mollie smythe, alex & lydia bruce, dora & perc jenner, dora's diaries, kardinia merbein early house, lindsay & gwen jenner, geoff delbridge, merbein football u16 team 1953

The City of Moorabbin Historical Society was formed c 1960 by a group of Moorabbin residents who were concerned that the history of the area should be preserved. A good response to a call for items related to the historical area of Moorabbin Shire brought donations of a wide variety of artefacts which are now preserved by the current members of CMHS at Box Cottage Museum . Helen Stanley, Secretary of CMHS, began producing a Newsletter for members in April 2007 to provide current information and well researched items of historical interestHelen Stanley has produced a bi-monthly Newsletter, 2007 - 2013, for the members of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society that contains well researched interesting historical items, notification of upcoming events, current advice from Royal Australian Historical Society , Museums Australia Victoria and activities of Local Historical Societies. The Newsletter is an important record of the activities of the CMHS. Mrs Nance Blackman’s notes in 1978 for the Centenary of The Cheltenham Church of Christ.. The Blackman family were early settlers in Moorabbin Shire. 5 x A4 paper printed on 1 side Issue 22 of the bi-monthly, City of Moorabbin Historical Society Newsletter produced by Society member and Secretary, Mrs Helen Stanley in June 2011. Notice of meeting June 26th and CMHS members exhibited some artefacts at the ‘Fun4over50’s’ event at Kingston (Moorabbin ) Town Hall June 5th. Glen Eira City Council Building Dept. Officers inspected erosion along the North side of the Barn floor, members have planted seedlings in the garden and Helen and Joan are entering data about our ‘Collection’ onto the MAV website while Jim Dale has photographed some of the farm machinery. Small paragraphs about early local Religious groups – Salvation Army, Methodist and Presbyterian Ministries – with 2 photocopied photographs. Helen also provides the notes penned by Mrs Nance Blackman in 1978 for the Centenary of The Cheltenham Church of Christ. CITY of MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY / JUNE 2011 NEWSLETTER city of moorabbin historical society, stanley helen, melbourne, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, ormond, bentleigh, mckinnon, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin shire, box cottage museum, city of moorabbin, box william, glen eira city council, museums australia victoria, knott peta, church of christ cheltenham, baptist church, presbyterian church. salvation army, jasper road, point nepean road, brewer’s road, redmore rev. james, methodist mission to chinese market gardeners, blackman nance, lydia street bentleigh

1. ‘Long struggle for shorthand plan’, 28.11.1974 (newspaper unknown) (1 page). 2. B.E. & C.T. Dacomb entry from Australian Dictionary of Biography, by Molly Missen (3.3.2014), (1 page). 3. ‘They enjoy the stamp of success’, ‘The Sun’, 23.8.1984 (2 copies of 1 page). 4. Biographical information in note form on several family members by Sue Barnett (undated), (1 page). 5. Notes re Lydia Dacomb (& other members of the family) prepared for Box Hill Cemetery tour by Sue Barnett, 3 pages.