Murrindindi Shire Council is to receive a $5000 grant towards preserving the cultural memoir of Taungurung Elder, Uncle Roy Patterson.
Nillumbik Shire Council has been awarded $12,575 to produce the Nillumbik Heritage Digital Guide.
Kilmore and District Hospital is receiving $5755 for the appraisal of its histroical records collection.
And $3375 is to be provided to the Yarra Plenty Regional Library to produce Whittlesea’s Dark Past.
The grant funding is being provided to local history groups and other organisations from the State Government for community projects that preserve and share Victoria’s history for generations to come.
Special Minister of State, Gavin Jennings, has announced that 53 community groups will share in $345,000 worth of local history grants.
This year’s winning recipients included the Abbotsford Convent for the development of an historical book, the Brighton Historical Society to catalogue and photograph their costume collection, and the Ballarat Tramway Museum for an interpretation of their heritage trams and their role in the local community.
Other successful projects ranged from digitisation of historic newspapers to developing heritage town walks and recording of oral histories.
The funding is part of the annual Local History Grants Program which provides small grants to community organisations to support projects that preserve, record or publish Victorian local history.
“The program is about putting our dedicated community organisations first, who do such a great job of collecting and preserving Victoria’s fascinating history,” said a Government spokesman.
“Victoria’s diverse history is a real drawcard for visitors, with a total of 6.4 million people visiting a museum, gallery, heritage site or monument on their trip in the year ending March 2017.
“Over the past five years this has been growing at 5.7 per cent a year.
Mr Jennings said: “I want to congratulate the successful community groups and their fantastic local history projects. This funding will go a long way in bringing their projects to life.
“Their work in capturing the memory of unique aspects of our state, ensures that future generations can appreciate and understand Victoria’s varied and diverse history for many years to come.”
Public Record Office Director and Keeper of Public Records, Justine Heazlewood said: “There is such a broad range of amazing work being done in our local communities to preserve and share
Victoria’s history.”
“We congratulate these groups and encourage future applicants to apply for the next round funding. Applications will open in the coming months.”

Pictured: Whittlesea Reconciliation Group’s logo – ‘The Corroborree Tree and the Hands of Many Nations’, designed by Phillip Cooper Junior