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2025
100th Anniversary of the death of E. J. Kenny
"The Father of Merbein"

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 and 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 2026

February 24th Michael Robertson
The Proposed Merbein Mural Gateway Project
March 24th - Video
Dried Fruit Picking Season 1990 on Rogers Block 113 Merbein
April 28th
"A Soldier's Letter'' (Les Hosking)
May 26th
TBA
June 23rd
TBA
July 28th
AGM
August 25th
TBA
September 22nd
TBA
Sunday October 25th 2pm
My Time in Antartica - Ralph Fletcher
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.

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.

STOP PRESS!!!! MARCH 2026
The MDHS is very excited as at the Mildura Rural City Council March Meeting, the final funding needed to re-erect the Merbein Primary School shelter shed was approved. 2026 will be the 'The Year of the Shelter Shed'.
A promise to save the Shelter Shed made to the Merbein Community over 10 years ago by the MDHS is at last coming to fruition!!!
It will be erected at the southern end of Chaffey Park in the midst of many other historical items located there that illustrate our irrigation history.
Other funding that has made the project possible has come from the MDHS, CPM Building Contractors (Grahame Blaby) and the Bendigo Bank Merbein & District.

GREAT FIND

The Merbein Brass Band Cup won in 1937 in Renmark was recently rediscovered at the Merbein Fire Station after 85 years.
When the band folded in 1940, the cup had been placed in the care of Captain Braidie of the Merbein Fire Brigade. It was found there a few weeks ago by the present Captain of the Fire Brigade, Chris Goudie after research into the Band's history revealed its possible presence there.

MARCH HISTORIAN NO 103 2026
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.
The current Historian is also available at the Merbein Post Office $6.
Many other local history books also available at the rooms.

General Meetings 2026

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