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.

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Sister Hollins and Sister Lewis and the Pakenham Infant Welfare Centre

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In 2012 a  new Childrens Centre opened in Pakenham, called the Hollins Children Centre.  It has two kindergarten rooms, a toy Library, a mee...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Corner House Drapery and the Ordish Timber Yard, Dandenong East

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This postcard of Dandenong 'East' shows The Corner House, on the corner of Walker and Langhorne Streets in Dandenong and the premise...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Miss Beatrice Thomas - Berwick Shire Secretary

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The Dandenong Journal reported on January 23, 1952  (1) that Miss Beatrice (Trixie) Thomas had been appointed as the Berwick Shire Secreta...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Lyndhurst - a short history

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Lyndhurst, part of the old Shire of Cranbourne, was a small township centred mainly on the Dandenong-Hastings Road, between Cranbourne and D...
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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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