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Annual General Meeting
16-07-2010 
To be held at the Retreat Hotel, Nicholson St, Abbotsford, Wednesday 8 September at 7.45 pm. Guest speaker Ian Harold.

1850s-1980s Collingwood Maps Now Online
29-01-2010 
There are now seven maps online. These were chosen to provide an overview of the City of Collingwood's development from the 1850s to the 1980s.

Clement Hodgkinson talk
21-09-2009 
Georgina Whitehead talked about Hodgkinson at the AGM. If you missed it, or want to read it at your leisure, go to the page headed "Hodgkinson".

Schools maps now online
26-08-2009 
Maps showing the locations of Collingwood's 176 schools are now accessible on the website.

Victorian Community History Awards 2009
18-05-2009 
Collingwood Historical Society a winner two years in a row.

Schools of Collingwood
31-01-2009 
Our latest publication, Bitter roots, sweet fruit: a history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill was officially launched by Caroline Hogg.


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Community Grant for the Online Maps Project
29-11-2008 

CHS has been successful in our application for a City of Yarra Community Grant.

CHS was one of the 140 successful applicants for a community grant, out of a total 215 applications.  The money will be used to add maps to this website:

1. Plaques map, showing the sites of plaques installed over the last two years and linked to descriptions of the sites.

2. Several 19th and 20th century maps showing the location of early buildings, and the changes to streets brought about by road widening, freeway construction, and the building of high-rise flats and factories.

3. Maps showing the sites of 176 schools, kindergartens and colleges.
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