East Gippsland Family History Group Inc

04/05/2026

Saturday 9 May in our rooms 21 Morgan Street Bairnsdale, at 2pm. Peter Gardner will present a lecture on "Gippsland Place Names" Non-members welcome.
Members please bring a plate of food to share for afternoon tea.

25/04/2026

12/04/2026

Our online bookshop is now open to the public see flyer for details

20/03/2026

Country, Gold and Consequence RHSV Regional Seminar
28-29 March at the East Gippsland Historical Society, Power Street, Bairnsdale. Bookings via RHSV website https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/rhsv-events/

25/02/2026

Our monthly workshops are up and running - held the second Saturday of the month 2pm at our rooms 21 Morgan Street Bairnsdale - A great chance to get together with like minded people and learn some new skills.
Members please bring a plate to share for afternoon tea.
Non-members are welcome to join us.

16/02/2026

East Gippsland Family History Group are in a unique position of being able to offer for sale a small number of mint condition Providence Ponds : A Novel of Early Australia by Stanley Porteus. One of the most valuable fiction books that can be found on an East Gippsland researchers book shelf, this book covers the story of the Scott family coming from Monaro to Providence Ponds. The author was writing the history of the family when his manuscript and notes were destroyed in a house fire and he lost all his references. As a consequence, he rewrote it from memory as fiction having lost the original material.

Originally published in the 1950s first editions are hard to source. It was reprinted for the Scott family reunion in the 1970s and we have a small number in mint condition for sale.

Specs: Hardback, 15 (ish) (190m x 135m), 272 pp, maps.

The book is available for $40 (plus P&P) or pickup from Bairnsdale.
Make contact through [email protected] to order your copy.

NOW AVAILABLE through our online book shop at
https://east-gippsland-family-history-group-inc.square.site/

03/12/2025

2026 Old Views of East Gippsland Calendar
Now Available from the following outlets and are only $15.00

Bairnsdale; EGFHG rooms 21 Morgan Street (Open: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays), Schoolworks (Macleod Street), Book Orchard (Main Street), Rolly’s (former Main Street Newsagent), Museum (Dalmahoy Street); and Liz Green Arts (Nicholson Street)
Bruthen General Store;
Lakes Entrance; Lakes Books and Games (former Just Books)
Lindenow Store.
Omeo; Post office shop
Orbost Newsagent;
Don’t live locally and wish to purchase a calendar (they make a great Christmas present) please contact Debbie at [email protected]