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Richmond History Group

The Richmond History Group is based at Avebury House. The group maintains a collection of books, photographs and other memorabilia illustrating and recording the history of Avebury House and the development of the surrounding suburb of Richmond. We seek to expand the collection and have begun a project to digitise items from the collection and make them available online. This is a work-in-progress and we will be adding items to this site from now on.

If you have photographs or other material concerning Richmond’s past, we would love to hear from you. Perhaps you would like to donate items to the collection, or allow us to view the material and if suitable, borrow items for recording and adding to our digital archive. We would of course return the items to you in the same condition as we received them.

If you would like to learn more about the group, or become involved, please contact Andrea at 381-6615.

Leo Shaw’s Recollections of Richmond

14/11/2018

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Leo Shaw was a long-standing Richmond resident and well known among the community. In the 1990s, Leo made three audio tapes recording his memories of Richmond and surrounding districts over many years — Leo was born in 1914. These audio tapes are in the Richmond History Group collection at Avebury House, along with a number of recorded interviews with local residents carried out by Christine Thieme in 2008–9. It appears that so far, none of this material has been transcribed.
The document below includes a transcription of a talk Leo gave to the Shirley Probus club in 1997. It will be of interest to anyone who wishes to learn about Richmond’s past. The photo below is the only one we have of Leo, as a 15-year old with his mother and father. If anyone knew Leo, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us at Avebury House (email: [email protected], phone: (03) 381-6615).
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  • What's On
    • Classes and Groups
    • Past Avebury Events >
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        • Richmond Gala 2021
        • Richmond Gala 2019
        • Richmond Gala 2017
      • Matariki in the Zone >
        • Matariki in the Zone 2025
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        • Matariki in the Zone 2021
        • Matariki in the Zone 2020
        • Matariki 2019
        • Matariki in the Zone 2018
      • Spring Fair >
        • Spring Fair 2022
        • Spring Fair 2020
      • Avebury Xmas Market >
        • Avebury Night Market 2019
        • Avebury Night Market 2018
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        • Teddy Bears Picnic 2017
      • Wedding Open Day 2018
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