Museum open Wednesday to Sunday, everyday during the Victorian school holidays, 10:30 am – 3:30 pm . Entry by donation.
Past Exhibition – Yackandandah’s Pubs of the Past
Good Beer, Good Cheer… This display featured the various hotels that existed in Yack during the gold rush days and for a lucky few, even longer. You would be surprised to see how many hotels our small town used to need! We have many interesting stories about the publicans and customers who used to populate the main… Read More
Past Exhibition – 20 Years of the Yackandandah Folk Festival
We were pleased to exhibit 20 years of the Yackandandah Folk Festival. A digital display of many photos is still available to view in the Museum.
Get involved!
Do you know anyone who has an interest in history, eager to learn more about Yackandandah and its past and is looking to volunteer somewhere? Why not recommend the Yackandandah Museum?! Each month we have some troubles filling all our shifts due to a lack of available volunteers — and we are keen to attract… Read More
The dangers of mining — Konrad Butz
Mining activities in the Yackandandah district were a source of great wealth during the 1850s and 1860s, but, due to the dangerous nature of the profession it was also the source of much despair. A cursory analysis of coroners records from Yackandandah reveals twenty five deaths as a result of ‘fall of earth’ between 1855… Read More
From here to the Zoo…
Melbourne’s Zoological Gardens opened on 6 October 1862 — and since its inception, it has received donations of animals from all over the state, nation and even abroad. A ‘Register of Animals Received at Zoological Gardens 1898-1928’ is held at the Public Record Office Victoria — and although there were no animals received by residents… Read More
What became of the Barbers?
In a previous post, we told the story of the Barber children – Walker, William, Ellen, Elizabeth and Francis, all of whom were made wards of the state upon the death of their mother in 1865. On the 3rd of October 1865 a hearing was held at the Yackandandah Court House and all five Barber… Read More
Neglected & Forgotten
The Barber Children If you take a walk through the Yackandandah Cemetery, Roman Catholic section row twenty three, grave number three – you’ll find yourself at a bare patch of ground. This is the final resting place of Elizabeth Barber. Elizabeth passed away in 1865 at age 28 – only months after the birth (and… Read More
Calamity on High Street
The Ovens and Murray Advertiser described it as Yackandandah’s ‘first warning’ and that its residents had enjoyed an immunity ‘not accorded to less favoured towns’ until the early hours of Saturday the 10th of February 1866 – when screams of ‘fire’ echoed down High Street. Fire had broken out in the cellar of a two… Read More
New exhibition opens
Former Premier of Victoria and Chairman of the Victorian Anzac Commemoration Committee, Mr Ted Baillieu, officially opened “WW1 Yackandandah Remembers” at the Museum on April 18. A crowd of about ninety people heard Mr Baillieu speak about his role as the Chairman of the Anzac Committee and the many activities that have been ongoing throughout… Read More
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