On Friday 27 June 2025, the Minister for Government Services announced the projects that will share in $130,000 as part of round 23 of the Local History Grants Program run by Public Record Office Victoria to support community and history organisations to preserve, record and share Victoria's local history.
Congratulations to this year's recipients:
Australian Jewish Historical Society Victoria Inc.
Community of Fate: Tales of German Jewish migration to Melbourne (1938-49)
Awarded $14,850.00
BCYF - Bethany Ltd (trading as Meli Community)
Preserving Their Past: Digitising and Preserving Historical Care Records
Awarded $15,000.00
Balnarring and District Historical Society Inc.
BDHS: Bringing our collection to the community
Awarded $2,950.00
Birchip RSL Sub-Branch
Story Boards at Birchip Cenotaph
Awarded $9,099.09
Block 19 - Bonegilla Migrant Experience
Bonegilla Memory Project
Awarded $11,490.00
Down Syndrome Association of Victoria Inc.
DSV Heritage Collection
Awarded $12,622.95
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Preserving the History of Yiddish Melbourne: Digitising the Kadimah Archive
Awarded $8,168.02
Kaiela Institute Limited
Kaiela Institute Archive Digitisation and Cataloguing
Awarded $13,024.43
Koroit & District Historical Society
Preserving History-Digitising Early Newspapers
Awarded $5,149.76
Leongatha & District Historical Society Inc.
The photograph digitalization and restoration project
Awarded $1,158.00
Moonlight Head Cemetery Trust
Moonlight Head Cemetery History Board
Awarded $1,050.00
PMI Victorian History Library Inc.
Preserving the unique Marj Quigley collection
Awarded $3,396.95
Prosper Australia
Digitising Prosper Australia and the Henry George Foundation of Australia
Awarded $2,110.00
Queenscliffe Historical Museum Incorporated
Living in the 70s: Rediscovering Queenscliffe's heritage
Awarded $5,100.00
The National, Melbourne
The National Theatre Movement Digital History Project 1935-2025
Awarded $6,520.00
Trentham Rail and Tramway Association Inc.
Trentham Historical Railway Information
Awarded $2,429.00
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
William Barak's Visual and Material Legacy: A Catalogue for Community
Awarded $15,000.00