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 Lyndhurst. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lyndhurst. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Sarah Fagan (c. 1790-1879)

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Sarah Fagan, operated a hotel or a 'shanty' in Lyndhurst in the 1850s. Sarah had arrived in Victoria in 1853 and after her husband A...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Lyndhurst - a short history

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Lyndhurst, part of the old Shire of Cranbourne, was a small township centred mainly on the Dandenong-Hastings Road, between Cranbourne and D...
Friday, February 18, 2022

Great War Soldiers with a connection to Lyndhurst and Skye (Lyndhurst South)

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This is a list of soldiers with a connection to the towns of Lyndhurst and Skye.  I have linked these towns together as Skye changed its nam...

Lyndhurst Memorial Hall

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Communities commemorated the Great War in various ways -  War Memorials, Avenues of Honour, Memorial Gates, Memorial Hospitals and Memorial ...
Monday, February 7, 2022

Thompson's Road, Shire of Cranbourne, and Patrick Thompson of 'Oaklands' Lyndhurst

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Thompson's Road (1) runs from Patterson Lakes, through Carrum Downs, Cranbourne and Clyde nearly to the Cardinia Creek, so essentiall...
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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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