Onslow Historical Society Inc.
Established 1968
Welcome to Onslow Historical Society!
The Onslow Historical Society Inc was established in 1968. Founder President, the late R.J.(Bob) Meyer of Johnsonville, persuaded friends and historically minded people in the district to join with him to create a group dedicated to acknowledging local heritage and history. Over 50 years we built membership to around 300, in our golden years, and have researched, recorded, conserved and promoted our local stories and major historical events. We have supported restoration projects, the registration of significant buildings, created a publishing programme and built a large and significant community archive.
Our Next Events
A launch of the Trelissick Park Group History, Part Three - 2014-2026
by Peter Reimann
25 March 2026, 4pm
The celebration will be held at Tāne Whakapiripiri Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush Visitor Centre
All are welcome to attend
RSVP to trelissickgroup@gmail.com by 20 March
A showing of historical documentaries and film clips
5 April 2026, 2pm
At KATE, 86 Khandallah Road
The front façade of the Khandallah Automatic Telephone Exchange, (known as KATE) 86 Khandallah Road, Wellington, 2015. It is the second oldest Exchange, of its type, to have survived in New Zealand and is now a Heritage NZ registered building. It was designed by Government architect, J. Campbell in 1918. The American Western Electric Company rotary automatic equipment was installed in June 1922. Khandallah resident, J. N. Wallace was the project engineer.