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.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Alice Morris (1852-1912) and Sarah McTavish (1860-1923) - buried together at Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery

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Alice Morris and Sarah McTavish are buried together in an unmarked grave in the Roman Catholic section at the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery. T...
Friday, September 6, 2024

Croydon Mechanics' Institute

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The Box Hill Reporte r in November 1905 reported on the beginnings of the Croydon Mechanics' Institute - The Croydon people of late have...
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...
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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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