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.

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...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

Mary Jane Gardner, Furrier, of Watten Villa St Kilda

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Early in 1877 Mrs Mary Jane Gardner took up residence at Watten Villa in Park Road ( 1) in St Kilda. This was  a detached villa, about twen...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Miss Emily Soldene and Henry Nelson Weippert

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In December 1877 Miss Emily Soldene appeared at the Prince of Wales Opera House in Melbourne. This was the first time Melbourne had seen thi...
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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