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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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Annual General Meeting August 2008
24-07-2008 

Guest speaker Kristin Otto at the AGM.

Kristin Otto, author of Yarra: a diverting history of Melbourne’s murky river, was our speaker at the  AGM, attended by members and guests. Kristin recounted many interesting facts about the river's history, both in the inner suburbs and other areas, and the audience took the opportunity to participate in general discussion about their own knowledge and memories of the 'river which flows upside down.'
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