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.

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Leech Aquarium of Felton, Grimwade & Co., and the Leech Trade

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Felton, Grimwade & Co., was founded in 1867, when A. Felton and F. S. Grimwade took over the wholesale drug business of Youngman & C...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Nurse Brockhurst's private hospital in Cranbourne

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In May 1918, Mrs Isabella Brockhurst applied to the Cranbourne Shire Council to register a private hospital. Dr Langley, the Shire Health Of...
Monday, January 16, 2023

Geranium harvesting and 'ten acres of drugs' at Westerfield, Baxter

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I actually love geraniums, they are easy to grow, look pretty and come in many colours, so I was interested to come across these photos from...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

The Afric and the Zaida at Port Melbourne, November 14, 1899

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The Afric and the Zaida at Railway Pier, Port Melbourne Port Melbourne Pier, State Library of Victoria Image H2008.105/21 I came across this...
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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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