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 Brighton General Cemetery burials. Show all posts

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...

Friday, April 4, 2025

Frances Louise Hall (nee Stapley), 1845-1934

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Florence Louise Hall is buried with her husband James Hall and brother-in-law, Archibald Hall, in an unmarked grave in the Presbyterian sect...

Friday, February 21, 2025

Joseph Antoine Deneys (1858-1924) of Dimboola

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I came across this photograph of J. A. Deneys' store, in Dimboola, on the Museums Victoria website when I was looking for photos for th...

Monday, February 17, 2025

The Murphys of the Wharf Brewery and Kotupna and St Kilda

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In 1891 and 1892 there were newspapers reports on the largest hog farm in Australia - at Monomeith, near Koo Wee Rup. The enterprise was st...

Monday, December 16, 2024

Miss Fanny Dango, Mr Sam Mackay and Melville Park, Berwick

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This is the story of Miss Fanny Dango and her husband Samuel MacKay and the property Melville Park , now called Edrington , in Berwick. Miss...

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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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