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, December 7, 2023

An Acrostic and Eclectic social history of Mechanics' Institutes

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This is an Acrostic and eclectic look at some themes from the social history of Mechanics’ Institutes and the first letter of each theme spe...
Saturday, November 4, 2023

Motor and Transport Defence League - the Monster ½ Mile Petition

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We were fortunate to have  a tour of the stacks at the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) recently.  We were shown around by PROV staf...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Royal Victorian Motor Yacht Club World War One Honour Board

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We used to have a boat which we moored at the Royal Victorian Motor Yacht Club (RVMYC); we sold the boat many years ago, but the other day I...
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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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