The Avoca and District Historical Society was founded in 1984.
ABN 25 815 548 934 The society is registered as a charity.
The society has a research minimum charge, currently $30, which you may remit electronically to the Society’s account at Bendigo Bank – details will be provided upon receipt of enquiry.
Office Bearers for 2025-26
President : Marg Pilgrim
Vice President : Cheryl Mallinson
Secretary: Jill Hunter
Treasurer: Dorothy Robinson
Committee Members: Elizabeth Williams, Ron Tame, Gayle Amore, Sue Allan and Graeme Mills.
Webmaster: Anne Young
E-mail address: adhsemail@gmail.com
Postal address: PO Box 24, Avoca, Vic 3467
Access to records:
The Society’s premises at the Avoca Courthouse are open the first and third Wednesday of each month from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm from February to mid-December.
The Court House may also be opened by appointment. To arrange an appointment, please email <adhsemail@gmail.com> giving as much notice as possible of your proposed visit. Access on Wednesday openings is free to members, otherwise there is a charge of $5 per person per hour. For a “Special Opening” by appointment there is a charge of $30 for up to two hours. In all cases there may be additional costs for any copying required. The scale of charges is displayed prominently in the archives.
The headquarters of the Society is in an historic building at 85 High Street, Avoca, which was the Avoca Court House from 1859 to 1979. It now contains a local history & family history resource centre containing thousands of documents, photographs, maps, microfilm of local newspapers & rate books, artifacts, etc., pertaining to the following localities: Amherst, Amphitheatre, Avoca, Avoca Lead, Barkly, Ben Nevis, Bung Bong, Burnbank, Caralulup, Crowlands, Donkey Hill, Donkey Womans Gully, Dunach, Elmhurst, Evansford, Eversley, Four Mile Flat, Frenchmans, Glenlogie, Glenmona, Glenpatrick, Greenhill Creek, Hinds, Homebush, Joel, Kimberley, Lamplough, Landsborough, Lexton, Lillicur, Moonambel, Mountain Creek, Mt. Lonarch, Mountain Hut, Moyreisk, Natte Yallock, Navarre, Nowhere Creek, Percydale, Rathscar, Redbank, Raggedy Gully, Stuart Mill, Talbot, Tanwood, Tulkara, Warrenmang.