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.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Land sales in Beaconsfield, Victoria

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On November 3, 1879 G. W. Robinson, C.E., Surveyor completed this plan of a subdivision of land owned by Charles Souter of the Gipplsland Ho...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Postcards of Upper Beaconsfield

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This post shows some postcards of Upper Beaconsfield from my own collection. The photos may have been taken earlier, but two of the postcard...

'Around Beaconsfield' by The Vagabond

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On November 28, 1885 The Argus published an article by the journalist, The Vagabond, on his trip 'Around Beaconsfield' You can read...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Southgate Fountain, Snowden Gardens

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The Southgate Fountain was located in the Snowden Gardens on the south west side of the Princes Bridge. It was removed around 1976 for the c...

Cranbourne Pound and Pound Road

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Pound Road zig zags its way across the old Shire of Cranbourne from Ballarto Road at Cardinia to the South Gippsland Highway at Hampton 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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