2024
tiling of toilet floors.
2023
renovation of the toilet block including painting
and external rendering, plus a roller door.
2022
loss of the bridge over the Goulburn at Acheron due
to floods.
2021
repainting of hall exterior.
Beginning of toilet block upgrade.
No winter dinner due to Covid.
2020
insulation and fire extinguishers in the hall roof.
Refurbishment of Acheron CFA tanker to as-new condition.
2018
Tennis court refurbishment finished.
2017
bus stop at Acheron
2016
defibrillator installed in Hall.
Upgrade of kitchen equipment.
Commencement of improvements to the tennis court.
2015
new CFA building.
Reprint of ‘Acheron a history of the district’
book
2014
hall centenary celebrations and ‘Acheron a history
of the district’ book launch.
2013
new
interior lights in the Acheron Hall
Refurbishment of Acheron of bridge over the
Goulburn.
CFA
new tanker.
2012
kitchen upgrade.
New blind on west wall of hall.
The Breakaway Bridge was saved as a wooden structure
after council received a petition to retain it
and not replace it with a concrete structure.
2011
hall exterior painting.
2010
beginning of history book project.
2009
Victoria's worst disaster, the Black Saturday bushfires,
killed 173 people and destroyed a large number of
buildings in Kinglake and Marysville.
Marysville Kindergarten taking over the hall, due
to fires. Play equipment and child proof fencing added |
2008
hall re-roofing, new floor and refit for the kitchen,
new external weather boards and electrics, windows
repaired and upgraded, portico added to front of hall,
repainting, landscaping and new signage, storage shed
added at rear of hall. Made possible by State and
local government grants and donations from individuals
in the area.
2007
air conditioning in hall and kitchen.
2003
hall upgrades were made with grants from State and
local government.
1997 Incorporation of Acheron Mechanics’
Institute.
A new modern toilet block was built.
1994
Murrindindi Shire formed via amalgamation of former
shires.
1985
Acheron School was closed.
1983
Ash Wednesday fires.
1974
Acheron Lower Post Office was closed.
1969
bushfires in Acheron, a lot of property damage done
and a number of homes lost.
1964
bushfires in February affected farms in Connelly's
Creek Road, Acheron.
1962
Vietnam War began.
1951
Black Thursday fires.
Eildon Dam storage was enlarged almost tenfold between
1951 and 1955.
1950
construction of Eildon Township began and was completed
in 1952.
1949
a power point was put in the hall supper room.
1946
all cattle barred from the Hall yard and all sheep
grazing needed permission of the Institute Secretary.
1945
WW2 ended. |
1939
Black Friday Bushfires: Seven people died near the
town while fleeing the fires.
WW2 began.
1938
electricity
turned on the at Acheron Lower (not Connelly’s
Creek Road until 1950s.)
New bridge over Acheron, funded by Shire Council.
1935
Lake Eildon storage was enlarged to 377,000 megalitres.
1932
second Goulburn River Breakaway at Acheron.
1929
The Great Depression.
Sugarloaf Reservoir (Lake Eildon) was completed.
The Acheron Bush Fire Brigade was formed.
1926
opening of Acheron tennis court.
.
1921 new Breakaway Bridge contracted.
1918
WW1 ends.
1916
the Hall's supper room was used
by the Acheron school while the school was being repainted.
1915
ANZAC troops landed in Gallipoli.
Goulburn River ‘Breakaway’ at Acheron.
First stage in construction of dam Sugarloaf Reservoir
(Lake Eildon).
1914
June 19, the opening of the Acheron Mechanics' Institute
Hall.
July - Britain declared war against Germany.
1913
a public meeting held at the school house in Acheron,
May 22 for planning the building of a hall.
Mr Thomas Connelly gave a block of land on which to
erect the hall. Mr Ferguson was asked to draw up plans
for the building. Mr McKinnon surveyed the site.
Mr Anderson Dobson was the first president of the
Acheron Mechanics’ Institute.
Mr Ferguson's tender of £250 10s 6d was accepted
with extra costs in 1914 for tables, cupboards and
a WC. |
