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.

Friday, March 1, 2024

'Endeavour' streets in Endeavour Hills

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Endeavour Hills was officially gazetted as a suburb on July 14 1971, and the first land sales took place on November 24, 1973. The project w...

Clydebank Mechanics' Institute

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In November 1893 the Gippsland Mercury reported on an Avon Shire Council meeting and one of the items on the Agenda was the Clydebank Mecha...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Technical Schools in the Shires of Berwick and Cranbourne

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At first local students in this area, who wanted a Technical education, had to go to either Dandenong or Warragul. This paralled the early H...

Dandenong High School

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When Dandenong High School opened in 1919, it was the only secondary school between that town and Warragul, where the High School had opened...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Richard Grice (1858-1911) of Eirruc, Berwick

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I came across the following from the book Early Days of Berwick (1)  about Richard Grice and a plaque which was installed in his honour in H...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

William A. Smith Lace Factory Dandenong

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Lace Street in Eumemmerring , is the only reminder of the William A. Smith (Vic) Pty Ltd Lace Factory which operated there from 1951 until ...
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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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