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 Frankston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frankston. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Frankston Avenue of Honor and War Memorial

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Frankton established a Avenue of Honor, to commemorate their Great War Soldiers in 1918. The first tree was planted on July 13 and The Age ...
Saturday, September 9, 2023

Frankston and the Sun News-Pictorial Ideal Town competition 1927 and 1931

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In 1927 the Sun News-Pictorial newspaper introduced the Ideal Town competition. Towns could be entered into one of the three division - Div...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Sweetwater Creek, Frankston

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My friend has two postcards (1) of waterfalls on the Sweetwater Creek in Frankston and they inspired me to do some research into the Creek,...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Pageant of Loyalty, Frankston, September 1917

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This photograph  comes from  Museums Victoria , and is labelled  Armoured Car in a Street, Victoria, 1914-1918. Part of the description off...
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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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