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, February 21, 2025

Joseph Antoine Deneys (1858-1924) of Dimboola

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I came across this photograph of J. A. Deneys' store, in Dimboola, on the Museums Victoria website when I was looking for photos for th...
Monday, February 17, 2025

The Murphys of the Wharf Brewery and Kotupna and St Kilda

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In 1891 and 1892 there were  newspapers reports on the largest hog farm in Australia - at Monomeith, near Koo Wee Rup. The enterprise was st...
Friday, February 7, 2025

Burke and Wills Commemoration Tree, Essendon

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On August 20, 1860  Robert O'Hara Burke (1) and William John Wills (2) set off from Royal Park in Melbourne. They were accompanied by ...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Pakenham Consolidated School - a short history

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I went to Pakenham Consolidated School on the Grenda's school bus, Bus 7, from Vervale from 1964 until 1970. My two sisters and my broth...
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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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