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 Footscray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Footscray. Show all posts
Saturday, January 2, 2021

The Lady Loch - the Yarra river steam ferry

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The Lady Loch, a steam ferry built at Johnson's Tyne Foundry, commenced operation on August 29, 1884. She provided much needed access fo...
Friday, August 28, 2020

A view of Maribyrnong Street Footscray, c.1875

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Maribyrnong River and Maribyrnong Street, Footscray, c.1875. Maribyrnong River at Footscray, c. 1875. Photographer: American & A...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Discoverers of Port Phillip monument, Sims Street, Footscray

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I came across the following in the 1957 book   Peeps into the Past: a book of  Melbourne   Curiosities  by  Mary Maxwell (1) -   Remembered...
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Sunday, February 23, 2020

Michaelis, Hallenstein & Co. World War One Memorial

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In Hopkins Street in Footscray, just over the Hopetoun Bridge and near the corner of Moreland Street,  on the site of the now demolished Mic...
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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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