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.

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The Hunt Train and the Melbourne Hunt Club

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 In 1850, George John Watson, the founder and first Master of the Hounds of the Melbourne Hunt Club arrived in Melbourne (1). His father, ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

The mystery of the Quietly Club, Berwick

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This is one of my favourite posts which I researched and wrote for my work blog, Casey Cardinia Links to our Past . It was posted on Novembe...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Sailors from the American Fleet visit Korumburra on July 25, 1925

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The Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical has this photo in our collection. It is of Jack O'Riordan and Terry O'Riordan (and their dog) in Ro...
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Beulah is hit by a tornado in 1908

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On Sunday afternoon, March 8, 1908 Beulah was hit by  a tornado or a cyclone, as some reports called it. The Horsham Times , of March 13, 19...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Dr John Newman Tremearne of Creswick and Mandeville Hall

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John Newman Tremearne was a doctor, an inventor, was at one time was charged with manslaughter,  and claimed to be able to cure cancer.  Dr ...
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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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