The Ambleside Park Homestead Museum
This homestead and the outbuildings contain period furnishings, fittings or equipment and covers the history of the district. This includes the suburbs of Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Lysterfield, Rowville, Scoresby, The Basin, Wantirna, Wantirna South, Upper Ferntree Gully, the Knox municipality (since 1963), the former Shire of Ferntree Gully (1889-1963), the former Scoresby Riding of the Berwick Shire (1863-1889) and pre local government times in the above areas.
- PO Box 8124
- Ferntree Gully
- Victoria
- 3156
- Australia
- home.vicnet.net.au/~khsinc/
- 3 Olivebank Road
- Ferntree Gully
- Victoria
- 3156
- Victoria
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| ID Local | Title | Description Brief | Updated |
| APHM001 | Ambleside Park Homestead Museum and Resource Centre | This collection includes local newspapers (various periods - hard copy and on film/fiche), including: Oakleigh and Ferntree Gully Times, South Bourke and Mornington Journal, Ferntree Gully Times, Free Press, Knox News, Knox and Sherbrooke Post, Knox Leader, and Knox Journal. Rate records for Scoresby Riding, Berwick Shire (1875-1888). Rate records for Ferntree Gully Shire (1892-1926).Ferntree Gully Shire Council Minutes (1929-1959). 6,000+ local photographs. 20,000 local school photographs. Land records (1860s-1960s for most properties in Knox). St Bartholomews' Church of England Reguisters (1878-1920). Genealogy records and family treees for significant pioneers Coverage: Ferntree Gully; Victoria, Australia; 1800 - 1950 | 30 May 2012 |