Prom Country History & Foster Museum

This is the story of one remarkable Irish immigrant to nineteenth-century Australia and her never-failing support of Irish causes. Her legacy resonates today in both Callan and Foster (formerly Stockyard Creek). Widowed after a brief marriage to William Thornley, Anastasia was a successful businesswoman who owned several gold mines and blocks of land in South…

This book looks at the interplay between people, land and sea. South of the Strzelecki Ranges is the story of the South Gippsland coast and the people whose lives were intertwined with the sea, rivers and swamps of Corner Inlet. The Brataualung of the Gunaikurnai, the traditional custodians of the coastal lands of the inlet,…

This history of hydro-electric power on the Franklin River at Toora is now available from the Museum. It is a well researched and illustrated book about  relatively little known enterprises in the early 1900’s. Cost $25 Postage $13.40