​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
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MEETINGS  2026:
4th Tuesday of the month at MDHS Rooms
7.30 pm ​(excepting Dec/Jan & Public Holidays) 
UPCOMING MEETINGS 
​​July 28th
AGM 
August 25th  
TBA
​September 22nd
TBA
October SUN 25  2pm
My Time in Antarctica
- Ralph Fletcher 
November 24th    
TBA
December 8th Christmas Breakup
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2026 Previous Meetings 
February 24th: Michael Robertson 
​The Proposed Merbein Mural Gateway Project 
March 24th: - Video 
Dried Fruit Picking Season 1990 Rogers Blk.113 Merbein
April 28th:  'A Soldier's Letter'  
​(Les Hosking - Shirley Leeder) 
May 28th:   The Millewa Pioneer Park 2027 (PowerPoint)
June 23rd:  The Queen's Visit to Sunraysia (Video) 
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School Visit June 18th 2026 
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​OLSH School students (Grades 1 & 2 ) visited the MDHS Museum recently.
We really enjoyed their visit. They already knew much about our district's history and were curious to know more.  
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 ​
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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.
​           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 have any early 8 or 16 mm footage of Merbein & district  we could  have it digitised. 
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           STOP PRESS!!!! ​ 
            JUNE 2026
The final funding to re-erect the Merbein Primary School shelter shed has been approved by MRCC. 

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!!!
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Construction work by CPM Building Contractors on the re-erection of the Shelter Shed in Chaffey Park will commence in  July 2026.
On the 100th Anniversary of the death of W. B. Chaffey at Mildara Wines Merbein on June 4th 2026, the MDHS has reprinted "Mildara Memories Merbein" 
Price: $15 
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Merbein Murals Project (MMP) Committee: Carli Leishman, Michael (Robbo) Robertson, Ivan Shaw, Fintan Magee (artist), Alan Fisher, Bernadette Wells (Chair) & Marianne Glover. Absent: Frances Lynch (Treasurer), Richard Wells & Roslyn Hudson. 
On June 3 the (MMP) Committee, under the auspices of MDHS Inc, successfully launched the MMP. Present was the artist, Fintan Magee, and a small crowd representative of the wider community. The heritage (time-line) mural will be painted (Aug/Sept) on the original red brick wall of the IPC Packing Shed in Game Street Merbein, which is now owned by Qualia Wines. Fintan is regarded as the No. 1 Mural artist in Australia and rated in the top 10 in the world. We have now launched  a Funding Campaign  program to raise the total project cost of $55,000 to complete this exciting project which will transform Merbein's economy.
All Ex Merbeinites now have a way of  
"Making Merbein Magic"   For more information:
                 OR TO DONATE:
mer[email protected]      merbeinmurals.website.com.au
merbeinmurals@facebook           merbeinmurals@instagram
​GoFundme  - Merbein Mural Project Community
Direct donation:
Account Name: Merbein Murals Project 
BSB: 633 000 
Account Number: 245 065 487
Reference/Description - Your name/organisation to enable acknowledgment 
                                   JUNE HISTORIAN  NO 104 2026
​​Buy the JUNE (No 104) Merbein Historian ($6) at the MDHS/Museum Rooms - open every Thursday 2pm - 4pm & on 3rd Sunday of the month 2 - 4pm.   Back copies and many other local history books available at rooms.  ​The current Historian is available at the Merbein Post Office 

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