| Hamilton History Centre |
 | Located at 43 Gray Street Hamilton in a dignified and formal structure designed by architect William Smith, the museum displays an extensive and fascinating array of local history. | | Genealogy and history resource materials form the basis of the collection including information on historic buildings, residences in Hamilton, pastoral properties, shops, businesses, people, german history, transport through the ages as well as local church, school, cemetery and war records. | | Over 2000 local historial photographs are also kept on site in addition to a small historical museum and a lace collection. | | Open every day from 2pm until 5pm, except Saturday and the first Wednesday of each month when the centre is open from 7:00pm-9:00pm for research purposes only. | | For further information contact the centre at postal address: P.O Box 816, Hamilton, 3300, Phone/Fax: 5572 4933 or Email: hamiltonhistory@ansonic.com.au
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| 'Walking Hamilton' |
| A guide to short tours of local heritage buildings and sites, is available by telephoning the Hamilton Visitor Information Centre on 1800 807 056 (from within Australia) or +61 3 5572 3746 (International)
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| Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum |
| Ballarat road celebrates Hamilton as the birthplace of Ansett Airlines. What started as a one man road passenger service between Hamilton and Ballarat in 1931, soon became the biggest road passenger service in the Commonwealth. By 1936, Sir Reginald had purchased his first Fokker Universal passenger plane and in February, the first Ansett Airlines flight left Hamilton for Melbourne. | | Today, the Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum in Hamilton tells the story of his transport empire. Situated in the original hanger of Ansett Airlines of Australia, the centrepiece of the display is a Fokker Universal aircraft, similar to the one used on the first Ansett flight in 1936. The museum also displays aviation memorabilia including documents from the early days of the Ansett empire. | | The museum is open 7 days a week from 10am - 4pm.
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