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.

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Mr Justice George Webb of Croton Hurst, Caulfield

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George and Matilda Webb and their baby left London on June 4, 1852 on the Kent , and arrived in Melbourne on September 23 (1).   George was ...
Saturday, January 2, 2021

The Lady Loch - the Yarra river steam ferry

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The Lady Loch, a steam ferry built at Johnson's Tyne Foundry, commenced operation on August 29, 1884. She provided much needed access fo...
Friday, November 13, 2020

First Church on the Powlett Coal Field

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This is a postcard of the first church on the Powlett Coal Field. The township at the centre of the coal fields was named Wonthaggi (1) . Th...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Dandenong House boarding house

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In April 1911 (1) James Fenton Andrews opened Dandenong House, his palatial edifice (2) in Foster Street, Dandenong, and which was situate...
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 ...
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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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