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.

Monday, August 26, 2024

The Duke of Gloucester visits Berwick in 1934

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Station Street in Berwick was renamed Gloucester Avenue after the visit of the Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) to Victoria in 1934 for Victor...
Friday, August 9, 2024

Riviera, Mentone - now the Mentone RSL

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This is a history of the villa, Riviera, Mentone Parade,   Mentone, built for Charles Potts in 1888. Since 1952 it has been the home of the...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Coliban Viaduct at Malmsbury

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The Coliban or Malmsbury Viaduct was part of the infrastructure on the Melbourne to Bendigo Railway line, officially known as the Melbourne,...
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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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