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, July 18, 2025

The Leah family of Mordialloc make the news

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On August 12, 1939 Mr Harry Leah of 18 William Street, Mordialloc featured in an article on the front page of The Herald under the headline...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Daughters of a Convict - Sarah Simonson (1864-1923), Isabella Grant (1867-1928) and Hannah Monash (1869-1931)

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Sisters Sarah Simonson (1864-1923), Isabella Grant (1867-1928) and Hannah Monash (1869-1931) are buried at the Brighton General  Cemetery. T...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Sarah Fagan (c. 1790-1879)

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Sarah Fagan, operated a hotel or a 'shanty' in Lyndhurst in the 1850s. Sarah had arrived in Victoria in 1853 and after her husband A...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Brunswick Mechanics' Institute - the first sixty years

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In September 1867, The Age reported that -   A special entertainment, in aid of the projected Brunswick Mechanics' Institute and Public...
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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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