​Merbein District Historical Society Inc & Museum  
36 Box Street  - Entry via Main Avenue door next to the Merbein Library  
Open 2pm - 4pm  - Thursdays & 3rd Sunday of the Month 2pm - 4 pm  or by appointment 
CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2025 and NEW YEAR'S DAY 2026.    Open all other Thursdays & 3rd Sunday of the month during the holiday Period. 
Resume MDHS General Meetings  - 24th February 2026
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Closed Christmas Day & Public Holidays     
 ​Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MerbeinDistrictHistory                  ​​​                                      Web Site:   https://www.merbeinhistoricalsociety.org.au
MEETINGS  2026:
4th Tuesday of the month at MDHS Rooms 7.30 pm  ​(excepting Dec & Jan) 
​​OFFICIAL OPENING OF 'NEW' MDHS ROOMS  IN 2022   
On 22 May 2022 at 2pm, the 'new' MDHS rooms were officially opened by the MRCC Deputy Mayor, Cr. Jason Modica.  Entry is by the door on Main Avenue next to library.   Come and view our amazing displays and browse through our many books which are for sale on Merbein's history.
​The Society was, from 1997 to 2021, in the Baby Health Centre building on the cnr of Commercial & O'Bryan Streets, Merbein.

General Meetings 2025 

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February 24th Michael Robertson
The Proposed Merbein Mural Gateway Project 
March 24h
TBA 
April 28th 
Anzac Theme
May 26h 
TBA   
June 23rd
TBA
July 28th
AGM 
August 25th  
TBA
September 22nd
TBA
Sunday October 25th 2pm
(No Gen Oct Meeting)  
Films 
November 24th    
TBA
December 1st: Christmas Breakup
Sunraysia Daily Sat March 2nd 2024
​​LISTEN HERE:     Hear President, Bernadette Wells', 'potted' history of Merbein and a description of our new rooms at Box Street, local history topics in an interview conducted by Ian McWilliams on Hot FM.   ​​Also see unique local film footage!!!
​https://history.compactsound.com.au ​
​           We Collect - We Preserve - We Promote
                       Merbein & District History 
​The MDHS was established in 1997 and its mission in the community of Merbein and District is to collect, preserve and promote the history of Merbein and District. 
The Society plays an active role in engaging the community through a range of activities for their members and the wider local community.​ These activities include monthly meetings, field trips, a quarterly publication, project work, presentations and speaker events.​
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If you know of any  8 or 16 mm footage of Merbein & district from the past, we would love to know about it and endeavour to have it digitised. 
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        'E. J. Kenny Award' 
MDHS President, Bernadette Wells, presented on the 16th December, 2025, the E. J. Kenny Award to Summer Alderson, a Grade 5 student of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, Merbein.
Kenny known as the ‘Father of Merbein’, even in his life time, died, unexpectedly, on 18th July 1925.
To remind the community of his significant contribution to the early Merbein,  the MDHS Museum Inc conducted a one-off ‘E. J. Kenny Award’ to be presented to a Merbein student who submitted the most impressive written entry on E. J. Kenny.  
Summer's entry, focused on Kenny’s achievements and how he helped growers with their problems, either personal or with the working of their fruit blocks, was judged by the MDHS Committee to be the most worthy of the award. She was presented with a framed certificate and a $50 gift voucher. 
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Red Earth A History of the Mildura Region by Stuart Kells.
In this harcover book of 427 pages, Kells extensively covers the region's pre-colonial history, the importance of the district's unique agricultural and horticultural practices, a perspective on the relationship of Alfred Deakin with the Chaffey Brothers Land Scheme, the migrant experience and many other local personal stories and developments that shaped our region. 
The MDHS submitted material for the book and some Merbein images and aspects of Merbein history have been included.  
Published by Melbourne  University Press, it was locally launched in the Mildura Library on 13/12/2025. ​
It is available in Mildura at Collins Book Store for $49.99 - also available at all good book stores. 
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DECEMBER HISTORIAN  NO 102 2025
​Buy the latest DECEMBER (No 102) Merbein Historian ($6) at the MDHS/Museum Rooms - open every Thursday 2pm - 4pm & on 3rd Sunday of the month 2 - 4pm.
Back Copies available at rooms.
​Current Historian also available at the Merbein Post Office $6. ​Many other local history books available at the rooms. 

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