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, March 30, 2025

World War One Soldiers from Malakoff Street St Kilda and Malakoff Street Caulfield

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I have an interest in place names and street names and there are a number of such names in Victoria which are connected to the battles and p...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Tornado destroys Bungaree Mechanics' Institute

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On June 19, 1927 Bungaree was hit by a tornado and many buildings were destroyed including the Mechanics’ Institute, however the  piano in t...
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...
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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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