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.

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Hallam and Hampton Park World War One Soldiers

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The areas that are now known as Hallam and Hampton Park have gone through a few name changes over the years. In the case of Hallam this is a...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Construction of the West Gate Bridge over the Yarra River

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Construction of the West Gate bridge, over the Yarra River,  began on April 8, 1968. Tragically on October 15, 1970 part of the bridge colla...
Sunday, March 6, 2022

Dr Gweneth Wisewould and her father, Frank Wisewould

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Some years ago I read Dr Gweneth Wisewould's book, Outpost: a Doctor on the Divide (1) about her life as a doctor at Trentham. It is a...
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Saturday, March 5, 2022

World War One Soldiers with a connection to Bangholme

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Bangholme is a small town near Dandenong - it used to be part of the Shire of Dandenong and then when the Shire of Springvale and Noble Park...
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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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