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.

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

The Rocking Stone - 'a tottery lump of granite'

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The Rocking Stone is located somewhere between Ferntree Gully and Narre Warren. In 1917 the Melbourne Walking Club (1) made three attempts ...
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Mechanics' Institutes and the Women's Suffrage Movement

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Mechanics’ Institutes have been the heart of their communities for social, educational and cultural activities since they were established i...
Sunday, September 25, 2022

World War One soldiers with a connection to Narre Warren, Narre Warren North and Narre Warren East

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This is a list of any men I could find with a Narre Warren or Narre Warren North or Narre Warren East connection who enlisted in World War O...
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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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