WA Day/ Foundation Day
Western Australia Day or simply WA Day was formerly known as Foundation Day. It is a public holiday in Western Australia (WA), celebrated...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
May 22, 20231 min read
Anniversary - Don Bradman
On 24th May 1930 Don Bradman scroed 252 runs in a Test Match between Australia and Surrey. Don Bradman, also known as Sir Donald George...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
May 15, 20231 min read
Road Safety Week - 14 - 21 May 2023
As this week is Road Safety week we were reminded of the infamous Harry Weeks who worked in Mundaring. Prior to 1975 the WA Police had...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
May 10, 20231 min read
Victory in Europe – 8th May
The 8th May is VE Day, Victory in Europe in 1945, which celebrates the formal acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Germany’s unconditional...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
May 1, 20231 min read
1st May -May Day
In medieval and modern Europe, May 1 was celebration of the return of spring. The observance probably originated in ancient agricultural...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Anzac Day
Thinking of the Anzac Day Services and other activities that will be happening this week we have retrieved these images from our...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Apr 19, 20232 min read
Schools in the Hills
School Holidays seems like a good time to talk about the history of Education in the Mundaring Shire area. Many of our local towns...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Easter is the time for camping
As many of us tend to go away in the Easter Break you may be interested to know that from 1934 onwards there was an Easter Camp...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Revitalisation of the Town Centre
Some of you will be aware that the Shire of Mundaring is working on the creation of a new “civic and cultural heart” of Mundaring town...
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Mundaring & Hills Historical Society
Mar 20, 20231 min read
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 Society
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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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