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, February 14, 2023

Victoria Hall, Yarra Glen

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I came across this photograph, below, of Yarra Glen and wondered what the building on the right was and discovered that it was the Victoria ...
Sunday, February 5, 2023

Trophies from the Crimean War

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In January 1858, The Age reported that  a communication was received from Lord Panmure, by the Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Me...
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...
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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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