WHS wins Local History Grant

Pasco Campus Librarian Janie Carrington was successful in obtaining a grant of $4000 from the Public Record Office Victoria. The money is to be used for the purchase of materials to house the school archives, safe guarding them from damage for future generations.

The Local History Grants Program provides small grants to community organisations to support the cost of projects that preserve, record or publish Victorian local history. The program is administered by Public Record Office Victoria. They will distribute $350,000 for projects in the 2014-15 financial year.

The WHS-100 years and counting project, also involves cataloging and scanning items and uploading them to the Victorian Collections website. Victorian Collections is administered by Museum Victoria. It is a great site with access to many artifacts, documents and photographs reflecting our history, from hundreds of small collections across the state.

The process of adding WHS items to this site has already started, with nearly 100 photos, High Tides, Speech day programs, school reports, certificates and other memorabilia able to be viewed now. Visit our collection and leave a comment or browse other collections here:
http://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/williamstown-high-school?viewAs=list

Williamstown High School gratefully acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria for making this project possible.

If you have any school memorabilia that you would like to donate to the collection contact Janie Carrington on 93939027 or email carrington.janie.w@edumail.vic.gov.au.

One of the items you will find on the Victorian Collections website.