{"id":7,"date":"2023-11-11T07:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T07:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:49:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WSHN-logo-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WSHN-logo-copy.jpg 698w, https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WSHN-logo-copy-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wellington Shire boasts a number of important museums and history collections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The specialist and high profile Gippsland Vehicle Collection in Maffra, Port Albert Maritime Museum and the Gippsland Armed Forces Museum are complemented by more general local museums at Sale, Stratford, Heyfield, Rosedale, Maffra and Dargo.&nbsp; In addition there are Family History Groups at Sale, Yarram and Heyfield and smaller history collections at Briagolong Mechanics Institute, Boisdale Stables and a number of smaller community halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our military, motoring, agricultural, social and domestic heritage is collected, interpreted and exhibited by the many volunteer groups who are custodians of these important collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wellington Shire Heritage Network provides a forum for these groups to share information, discuss issues and coordinate training and development programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The groups work together to enrich and enhance the Gippsland resources available to researchers, family historians and the general public to help them explore and understand more about Gippsland\u2019s rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wellington Shire Heritage Network was established in 2009 to represent the interests of heritage groups within Wellington Shire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/our-members\/\">our members<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OUR WEBSITE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION: CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellington Shire boasts a number of important museums and history collections.&nbsp; The specialist and high profile Gippsland Vehicle Collection in Maffra, Port Albert Maritime Museum and the Gippsland Armed Forces Museum are complemented by more general local museums at Sale, Stratford, Heyfield, Rosedale, Maffra and Dargo.&nbsp; In addition there are Family History Groups at Sale, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingtonheritage.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}