Our Volunteers
An important part of any museum complex is the family of devoted volunteers that form it's community. Mont De Lancey relies on a team of junior and veteran volunteers, and is always looking for more people to join the team. We have a great community spirit amongst our people, and our people have a great pride in the work that they do to advance the facilities and resources of Mont De Lancey.
In 2007 eighteen volunteers were honoured for fifteen years of unbroken service to Mont De Lancey. Seventy have been honoured for ten years. From the earliest days of the house restoration and building program volunteers working behind the behind the scenes have driven Mont De Lancey forward. With ongoing maintenance and restoration work and new projects on the drawing board, the opportunities for volunteers are limitless.
Volunteers are sought for the following positions:
Guiding
Showing people around our great historical homestead and Museum.
Reception
Welcoming visitors to Historic Mont De Lancey and selling local products.
Gardening
Do you have a green thumb? We meet every Tuesday.
Blacksmiths
Membership required, work on Sundays.
Maintenance
Are you handy with tools or a paint brush? We have a dedicated team of helpers working every Saturday.
Data Entry and Catalogue Updating
Our online database facility requires volunteers who can work from home and enter updated and new
items into the vast catalogue of exhibits held by the museum
... as well as Machinery Restoration, Housekeeping, Promotion and Fundraising.
If you would like to know more details about ways that you can help with this important community project please let us know. Call the office on (03) 5964 2088.
The Volunteers at Mont De Lancey
Photographic Competition at Mont De Lancey
During October Mont De Lancey will be host to a photographic Competition and Exhibition. This will be a major arts event in the Yarra Valley, with a prize pool totalling arond $5,000 across a broad range of categories. Read more here.
15th Acquisitive Art Show
September 12th to October 3rd
Read more here.
Eastern Woodturners Inc
Meetings at Mont De Lancey on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, starting at 7.00pm. Visitors and New members are most welcome.
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# 12 - POSTAL SERVICES The first post office in the Wandin district was opened by Mr James Baker at his home in Baker Road on December 5, 1874. Previously settlers in Wandin had used the postal address Lillydale (the original spelling appears on correspondence and documents of that era). In 1893 the post office was transferred to the corner of Beenak and Quayle Roads Wandin Yallock and was conducted by Mr Thomas Quayle and later by his son, Mr Frederick Quayle until 1907 The Wandin Yallock post office situated near the corner of Beenak and Hunter Roads was closed in May 1955 Mrs Dryburgh being the postmistress at that time.
MONT DE LANCEY
71 Wellington Road, Wandin,
PO Box 316, Wandin, Victoria, 3139
Tel: +61 3 5964 2088
Fax: +61 3 5964 3855
Weds to Sun 10:00am to 5:00pm