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    Victorian Community History Awards

    The Geelong Honours Them Project received a special Judges Commendation as a finalist in the Local History Project Category for the 2021 Victorian Community History Awards. The Local History Project Award category recognises the best activity to enhance awareness of records of significance to local communities, including but not limited to...

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    History Awards Shortlisting!

    The Geelong Honours Them Project has been shortlisted for the 2021 Victorian Community History Awards. Nominated for the Local History Project Award category which recognises the best activity to enhance awareness of records of significance to local communities, including but not limited to digitising, indexing and original research, and providing...

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    200th Honour Board Uploaded

    A unique and beautiful tribute to 31 Geelong soldiers is the 200th World War I Honour Board to be added to the Geelong Honours Them database. While the whereabouts of the original Honour Board is currently unknown, a glass negative photograph taken around the 1930s provides a highly detailed view...

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    Missing Honour Boards

    It is unfortunate that not every WWI Honour Board in the Geelong region still exists today. Created in many different forms, sizes and styles by our communities during and post WWI, they provide us with an amazing insight into the social connections our servicemen and women had with their local...

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    100th Honour Board – Geelong City Band

    The addition today of the Geelong City Band Honor Roll is a milestone for the Geelong Honours Them Project, as it is the 100th Honour Board now available to discover and view online.

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    New-look webpage now live!

    Look out for more Honour Board photos and transcribed names as we start adding all the data our wonderful volunteers have been working on.

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