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.

Monday, February 15, 2021

The Old Stone Bridge at Dandenong

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The Old Stone Bridge, Dandenong.  Photographer: Hammond Photo, Dandenong. The Dandenong Advertiser (1)  in June 1918 had a report on the sto...
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...
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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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