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.

Showing posts with label Berwick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berwick. Show all posts
Monday, August 26, 2024

The Duke of Gloucester visits Berwick in 1934

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Station Street in Berwick was renamed Gloucester Avenue after the visit of the Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) to Victoria in 1934 for Victor...
Friday, June 28, 2024

The Lion Statues of Berwick and Middle Park

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There are a pair of Lion statues, near the War Memorial in the centre of High Street in Berwick, which had previously graced the gates of Br...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

The mystery of the Quietly Club, Berwick

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This is one of my favourite posts which I researched and wrote for my work blog, Casey Cardinia Links to our Past . It was posted on Novembe...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Sister Florence Vines - World War One Nurse

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Florence Vines operated the Shepton Private Hospital in Berwick, served in the Australian Army Nursing Service in World War One and later be...
Sunday, December 12, 2021

The Arthur Streeton painting of the Brown family of Berwick

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I was reading Early Days of Berwick (1) and came across the following in the Harkaway chapter - For some time an artist, Mr Ford Patterson...
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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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