Victoria's Past - Rescued and Retold

With the ebb and flow of time, a little of Victoria's jettisoned past has washed up upon my desk: a discarded photo, a worn postcard, or a fading newspaper. Their long forgotten characters now retell their stories in a digital sampling, post by post. Their voices are my blog's vignettes. Researched and written by Heather Arnold.

Friday, April 3, 2026

The history of Sebastian / Dynevor at 325 Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda

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My aunty had her wedding reception at Dynevor , 325 Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda in January 1963. This is the story of the building and its...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Miss Helen Robertson - Secretary of the St Kilda Ladies' Benevolent Society

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In a previous post I wrote about Miss Robertson, one of two women who signed the petition in 1856 to alter the boundaries of the St Kilda Mu...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Ann Grant and Ellen Robertson sign the 1856 St Kilda Municipality Petition for alteration of boundaries

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When the St Kilda Municipality was created on April 23, 1855, the St Kilda Village remained as part of the City of Melbourne. As historian J...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

South Brighton becomes Moorabbin

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The town of Moorabbin used to be called South Brighton and I wondered when the name was changed. The movement to change began in 1906 when t...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Double Lagoon, part of section 37 of the Parish of Moorabbin

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Double Lagoon was a locality and landmark in what is now Highett, but was then referred to as South Brighton - which was later called Moorab...
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Heather
I am a local history enthusiast, the President of the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society and the Secretary of the South Eastern Historical Association. I was the Local History Librarian at Casey Cardinia Libraries from 2005 until 2021.
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