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.

Friday, September 25, 2020

Beautiful sea kissed St Kilda welcomes the British Fleet

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In November 1923, the Royal Navy Special Service Squadron embarked from Plymouth on a trip around the Empire. The Squadron consisted of two ...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Kalara, Grey Street - St Kilda's birthplace of the Helena Rubinstein Beauty Empire

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In 1901, Helena Juliet Rubinstein, moved into Mrs Isabella Stern's boarding house Kalara  at 77-79 Grey Street, St Kilda ( 1) .  A year ...
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

St Patrick's Society and the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation - neighbours in Bourke Street

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In a recent post I looked at the second Synagogue built in Melbourne by the Mikveh Yisrael Congregation which was established  by Rabbi Mos...
Friday, September 4, 2020

Rabbi Rintel's Synagogue becomes the City Creche

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In January 1849, Moses Rintel, was appointed as the Reader of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation. Moses, born in Edinburgh, Scotland had arr...
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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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