Knox Historical Society

29/05/2026

Shout out to Knox City Council. In response to the recent article by our member Blair Darragh, published in The Historian and more recently Ferntree Gully News, Council have attended to the Claret Ash tree planted by the former Governor of Victoria Sir Rohan Delacombe on 4th July 1969, to commemorate the Shire of Knox becoming a city. Great to see historical research having an impact.

18/05/2026

97 children from the local primary school over 2 sessions at Ambleside recently. Shout out to our amazing volunteers for making this such a treat for our little visitors. And how about those wonderful old-time outfits the children wore 😊

13/05/2026

Our gorgeous new website is up and running
knoxhistoricalsociety.org.au
Thanks to all involved to make it happen
A great team effort by everyone!

29/04/2026

AMBLESIDE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Sorry for the inconvenience but we're getting a badly needed makeover. Thanks to Matthew and the team Knox City Council for undertaking these urgent repairs to the homestead over coming weeks.

24/04/2026

COUNCIL ARE UNDERTAKING URGENT REMEDIAL WORKS AT AMBLESIDE PARK & MUSEUM SO WE WILL BE CLOSED THIS SUNDAY 26TH APRIL

14/02/2026

Open day at the UFTG Fire station who are also celebrating their 100th year of service to our community

Next weekend we celebrate 100 years of Upper Ferntree Gully Fire Brigade - CFA
Our station will be open on Sunday the 22nd February between 10am and 2pm, with all our memorabilia on display. We would love it if you would come and join us.

Knox City Council Knox Historical Society Lost Dandenongs Country Fire Authority - District 13

14/02/2026

Boronia Progress Hall is turning 100 !!!
KHS has recently received prints of the opening in February 1926 and the Guarantors who backed it being built for the community. Many recognisable names, Chandler, Girdwoood, Zeising to name a few.
"Happy Centenary Boronia Progress Hall" and many more to come!

24/01/2026

A very sad and unwelcome first for our cemetery tours

21/01/2026

We are pleased to announce
OUR NEXT TOUR 20TH FEBRUARY, 2026
$25pp - ages 15+
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL.
TO BOOK, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected]
Cancellations
Full refund up to 1 week before the event.
Tickets are transferable for the current event only.
Thank you to our wonderful community who have made this fundraising event so popular.
Please note we run the tours regardless of the weather!

18/12/2025

In February 2024 KHS wrote to Knox Council requesting that a memorial be installed with the names and date of internment for souls buried in unmarked graves at the rear of the original cemetery before the extension in 2000 - a practice that continued to the mid 1970's. There are approximately 200 such souls.
KHS recently provided feedback to Councils proposed FTG Cemetery Masterplan and again reiterated the need to memorialise those interred in unmarked graves. On Monday night (December 15th) the Masterplan was adopted and we are pleased that our request has been supported and that a memorial will be incorporated. Our full submission was included in the Agenda.
Sadly not all those buried were given names, sometime the only indicator was a date of internment but that shouldn't mean that they are not recognised. Sometimes on our cemetery tours people who knew of family members without headstones, learn of their burial at this spot and take a moment to sit and quietly reflect.
Knox City Council
Ferntree Gully Cemetery History & Mystery Tours

09/12/2025

Ambleside will be closed for the Christmas break from 14th December 2025 until 5th February 2026.
Wishing all a safe and happy Christmas and New Year