The Altona Laverton Historical Society is need of your help. We are looking for copies of Melbourne street directories between 1950 and 1966. There were a number of companies producing these including Collins, Morgan, Gregory and UBD. We have access to digitised copies of pre 1952 and post 1966 directories […]

The Late Victorian Society of Melbourne partnered with the Altona Laverton Historical Society for a fully immersive Victorian experience at the Altona Homestead last week. Living historians dressed for the era presented life in that period, giving visitors a sense of stepping back in time to Victorian Melbourne. This was […]

Devonshire Teas at the Homestead are back commencing Sunday 1 May 2022. We are continuing with the booking changes that we introduced last year. Are bookings necessary? Yes, due to COVID safety and to limit the number of people, within the Homestead space, we have limited our seating to 30 people […]

Councillor Peter Hemphill, the longest serving, Hobsons Bay City Council, councillor was elected to his third term as mayor. He joins former councillor, Angela Altair, as the only Hobsons Bay councillor to serve for three mayoral terms. As the representative for the Strand Ward, Councillor Hemphill is Hobsons Bay’s longest-serving […]

It was in the middle of March this year when member Russell Grant alerted us to the fact that a pianola that had been in his family for over 100 years, much of that time spent at the Truganina Explosives Reserve (50+ years), would soon be in need of a […]