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, July 19, 2021

The Heriot family of Williamstown

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I came across this wonderful photo of Andrew Heriot's Sail Loft, in Nelson Place, Williamstown. It was taken in 1885. Andrew was a sail ...
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Sunday, June 27, 2021

Sweetwater Creek, Frankston

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My friend has two postcards (1) of waterfalls on the Sweetwater Creek in Frankston and they inspired me to do some research into the Creek,...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The St Kilda War Trophy - a long range German Gun

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In late 1919 the  Commonwealth War Trophies Committee was established and its role was to distribute 'war trophies' which had been c...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Forget-me-not flower decorated horseshoe postcards of Melbourne

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This is my collection of postcards with the Forget-me-not flower decorated horseshoes and scenes of Melbourne. I just love them. The horsesh...
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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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