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 Hotels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hotels. Show all posts
Saturday, August 27, 2022

Eliza Fraser of Pakenham, Hotel-Keeper

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Michael Kelly established a hotel in Pakenham, known as the Pakenham Hotel, on the west side of the Toomuc Creek in 1869 (1). From Septembe...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Mrs Gertrude Kilroy of the Motor Club Hotel, Cranbourne

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At a hearing of the Dandenong Licensing Court held on March 17, 1914 Gertrude Emily Kilroy applied to have the license of the Motor Club Hot...
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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Saturday, April 4, 2020

White Horse Hotel at Box Hill and Patrick Trainor

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The White Horse Hotel was established by Patrick Trainor (c.1822-1888) in 1853 in what was then known as Nunawading, and later called Box H...
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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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