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 Boarding houses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boarding houses. Show all posts
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Dandenong House boarding house

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In April 1911 (1) James Fenton Andrews opened Dandenong House, his palatial edifice (2) in Foster Street, Dandenong, and which was situate...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Kalara, Grey Street - St Kilda's birthplace of the Helena Rubinstein Beauty Empire

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In 1901, Helena Juliet Rubinstein, moved into Mrs Isabella Stern's boarding house Kalara  at 77-79 Grey Street, St Kilda ( 1) .  A year ...
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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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