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 7, 2022

The Dunkinson family of Narre Warren

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This postcard of the Dandenong Post Office was sent from that building on December 14, 1910 to Miss Dunkinson of Narre Warren. The letter re...

Thompson's Road, Shire of Cranbourne, and Patrick Thompson of 'Oaklands' Lyndhurst

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Thompson's Road (1) runs from Patterson Lakes, through Carrum Downs, Cranbourne and Clyde nearly to the Cardinia Creek, so essentiall...
Friday, February 4, 2022

John and Margaret Doveton - the namesakes of the suburb of Doveton

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The suburb of Doveton was established in the mid 1950s by the Housing Commission to provide housing for the employees of the 'Big Three...

Grassmere becomes Doveton

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The suburb of Doveton, just east of Dandenong, was established in the mid 1950s by the Housing Commission to provide housing for the employe...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Moola - a town on the Puffing Billy line

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The township of Moola, on the Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook Railway line (as the Puffing Billy line was officially called) was proclaimed on D...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Place names and their meanings from the old Shires of Berwick and Cranbourne and beyond

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This is a list of place names and their meanings from the old Shires of Berwick and Cranbourne, the Bass Coast and neighbouring areas. There...
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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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