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 Postcards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Postcards. Show all posts
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Luna Park - a post card from 'your stony broke daughters'

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This delightful postcard of five women in an aeroplane over Luna Park, St Kilda was written on January 3, 1914. Luna park postcard, 1914 Whi...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

A postcard from Mordialloc to East Caulfield

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Mrs Ernest Cooke of Princes Avenue, East Caulfield received this New Year postcard from all at The Manse, Mordialloc . The postcard is not d...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Corner House Drapery and the Ordish Timber Yard, Dandenong East

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This postcard of Dandenong 'East' shows The Corner House, on the corner of Walker and Langhorne Streets in Dandenong and the premise...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

Arthur McKenna and his dear Clara

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I purchased this postcard, sent in December 1910, because of the painted gum leaf on the front, but the letter on the back, from Arthur to ...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Victorian Railways and Marion Steam Shovels

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The Victorian Railways possessed a Marion Steam Shovel which they were using in 1909 on such projects as the regrading of the railway line a...
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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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