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 Fountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fountains. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Southgate Fountain, Snowden Gardens

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The Southgate Fountain was located in the Snowden Gardens on the south west side of the Princes Bridge. It was removed around 1976 for the c...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

The mystery of the Stanford Fountain bluestone seats

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In 1872, a fountain was erected near Parliament House in Spring Street in Melbourne. It is in a reserve which had been severed from the Parl...
Sunday, June 28, 2020

Artesian Wells at Sale

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I bought this wonderful postcard of the Artesian Well in Sale. It was posted May 21, 1909 and sent to Miss Vera Macfarlan of 223 Fitzro...
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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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