Wimmera stories launch

Eleanor & Paula admire the displays

Three stories relating to the Wimmera region were launched at an event in Murtoa on Saturday.

The launch was part of the Murtoa Lions Club's Afternoon Tea function - a high tea to celebrate the beauty of years gone by, where guests were invited to come dressed in the vintage theme.

There were also lessons on correct dinner-table etiquette, antique appraisals and displays of object d'art, family handicrafts and heirlooms.

A cooperative venture with Culture Victoria, Heritage Victoria and the Library, the stories are now live on the Culture Victoria site.

Culture Victoria is an organisation dedicated to digitising and making available our cultural assets. The Culture Victoria site provides access to Victorian cultural collections through stories that showcase the richness and diversity of Victoria, and via a collections search facility across the websites and databases of Victorian acquisitive organisations and collections.

Malcolm editing the story images

Documentary film-maker Malcolm McKinnon, has been working with the local organisations involved with each story, creating a number of still photographs and short video, to be coupled with historic images to produce social histories on the local environment.

More on each story in the following posts.