Knox Historical Society

02/06/2026

Council have paused remedial works for now.
Ambleside reopen to public Thursdays & Fridays 10am to 1pm
Sundays 1pm to 4pm

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!