Ballarat Heritage Services

Ballarat Heritage Services, publisher, also known as BHS Publishing was formed in 1998 by Clare Gervasoni, Dr Dorothy Wickham and Wayne Phillipson.

Ballarat Heritage Services
Publishing House; historical research
Genre History Education
Founded Ballarat, Australia
Founder Clare Gervasoni, Dorothy Wickham, Wayne Phillipson
Headquarters Ballarat, Australia
Products Books
Services Publishing books, curatorial and heritage interpretation, historical research
Website

Ballarat Heritage Services is a specialty distributor of historical, small run and specialist publications that are often difficult to locate. It specialises in history publications, book distribution, research, education kits / curatorial interpretation and jewellery.[1]

The company was formed to promote Victorian local and family history and specializes in towns of the gold rush such as Ballarat, Daylesford, Castlemaine and Carisbrook.[2]

Their publication Eureka Encyclopedia written by Gervasoni, Wickham and Corfield was named the Victorian Community History Awards overall winner.[3]

Ballarat Heritage Services Projects

BHS Publishing are researching the following areas of Victorian history and heritage: Ballarat Pioneers; Cemeteries; Charities; Daylesford and District; Female Refuges; Oral History and Swiss and Italian.[4]

BHS Publishing offer consultancy services in the following areas: Educational Kits; Exhibitions; Heritage, History and Genealogical Research; Grant Writing; Heritage Consultancy; Text Panel Interpretation; Workshops; Oral History and Publishing. Clients include the City of Ballarat (Heritage Education Kit peer review; heritage research), Immigration Museum (Wine, Water and Stone exhibition) and University of Melbourne (Deeper Leads).[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/aboutus/aboutus.html
  2. ↑ http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/
  3. ↑ "History Victoria Victorian Community History Awards". Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  4. ↑ http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/projects/projects.html
  5. ↑ http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/research/research.html

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