Funding to preserve Victoria’s untold stories

THE Queenscliffe Historical Museum will receive $5,100 to help preserve local heritage as part of a statewide push to support community-led history projects.

The funding is part of the state government’s 2025 Local History Grants Program, which supports projects that document and share the stories of Victorian communities.

Acting Minister for Government Services Danny Pearson said the program was about backing the people working to protect and celebrate local history.

“We’re backing the historians and local heroes bringing Victoria’s stories to life and out into the world,” he said.

“These projects will help us to understand our history for generations to come, ensuring that all Victorians can more easily access stories of their past.”

Seventeen groups shared in more than $140,000, including museums, libraries, RSLs and not-for-profits.

The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation received $15,000 for a new project on William Barak’s visual and material legacy.

The Bonegilla Memory Project was awarded $11,490 to collect digital memories of the Bonegilla Migrant Camp.

The Down Syndrome Association of Victoria will use its $12,623 grant to archive its heritage collection dating back to 1978.

Other funded projects include Jewish migration stories, cemetery records, oral histories, newspaper preservation and digitisation.

The program is administered by Public Record Office Victoria.

For more information and a full list of recipients, head to the relevant government website.