Leongatha History

South Gippsland has very little in the way of remnant vegetation due to the effects of fire and farming, but efforts are being made to regrow a diversity of indigenous plants through Landcare and other revegetation programs.

Native plants specialist, Ian Starkey, told the Leongatha and District Historical Society’s September meeting that remaining stands of remnant vegetation were being well looked after, but the efforts of farmers through Landcare and similar programs were seeing sensitive areas, such as river banks, revitalised under new plantings of native vegetation.

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The following books are available from the Leongatha and District Historical Society

By John Murphy

No Parallell: The Woorayl Shire 1888 to 1988 – $20
The Meeting Place: The Leongatha Memorial Hall 1924 to 2004 – $15
The Leongatha Labour Colony  –  $10
Leongatha Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library 1891 to 1991 – $6
Knox’s Rockhill Farm – $5
Faith of Our Fathers – $10
Town Water – $15
The First Century : 100 Years of the Leongatha Butter Factory – $15

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“The Pioneering of South Gippsland” is a major component of this website. It is the work of Lyn Skillern, the secretary of the Leongatha and District Historical Society, and a teacher at the Leongatha Secondary College, built up from class work and originally presented as a Word document.

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Welcome to Leongatha History Online - the web home of the Leongatha and District Historical Society.

Funding for the website has come from the Local History Grants Program of the Public Records Office. The society is sincerely grateful to the PRO for the grant.