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, June 29, 2023

Arymtage Own Scout Hall, Dandenong

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This post looks at the construction and the official opening of the Armytage Own Scout Hall in Dandenong. When I was a girl (the 1960s and e...
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Carrum Downs - a short history

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Carrum Downs grew out of a 1908 sub-division of a sheep run, which created many small farms and that year the Mornington and Dromana Standar...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

Arthur McKenna and his dear Clara

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I purchased this postcard, sent in December 1910, because of the painted gum leaf on the front, but the letter on the back, from Arthur to ...
Monday, May 15, 2023

Elwood Mechanics' Institute and Infant Welfare Centre

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On January 25, 1916 at the fourth annual meeting of the Elwood and South St Kilda Progress Association, on the motion of the newly elected P...
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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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