Melva Welch Collection

About the Collection

The collection is a reflection of Melva Welch’s dedication to preserving the history of the Pine Rivers Shire area.

About Melva Welch

Melva A Welch, OAM, JP(C.dec) does not consider herself to be an author. Although she has created publications she prefers to be known as a Researcher and Recorder of Local History. As a volunteer Melva has, since 1964, assisted PIne Rivers Shire Council through Pine Rivers District Library service (now Moreton Bay Region Libraries) over 50 years of creating databases suitable for Family and Local History. Born 1935 in Invercargill New Zealand, married a Queenslander, moved 1961 to their present home in Arana Hills where a family of seven surviving children grew up within the organizations of the district, many of which Melva and husband Colin had formation input.