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 Cranbourne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cranbourne. Show all posts
Friday, January 2, 2026

Reverend Alexander Duff (1824-1890)

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The Reverend Alexander Duff (1824-1890) played a large role in the early development of the Cranbourne area and this is a short biography Re...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Motor Club Hotel Cranbourne - a short history

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Kelly's Motor Club Hotel is a landmark in Cranbourne, but it wasn't the first hotel on that site. The original Hotel, called the Mor...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The Hunt Train and the Melbourne Hunt Club

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 In 1850, George John Watson, the founder and first Master of the Hounds of the Melbourne Hunt Club arrived in Melbourne (1). His father, ...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Nurse Brockhurst's private hospital in Cranbourne

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In May 1918, Mrs Isabella Brockhurst applied to the Cranbourne Shire Council to register a private hospital. Dr Langley, the Shire Health Of...
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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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