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, June 27, 2025

Daughters of a Convict - Sarah Simonson (1864-1923), Isabella Grant (1867-1928) and Hannah Monash (1869-1931)

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Sisters Sarah Simonson (1864-1923), Isabella Grant (1867-1928) and Hannah Monash (1869-1931) are buried at the Brighton General  Cemetery. T...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Sarah Fagan (c. 1790-1879)

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Sarah Fagan, operated a hotel or a 'shanty' in Lyndhurst in the 1850s. Sarah had arrived in Victoria in 1853 and after her husband A...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Brunswick Mechanics' Institute - the first sixty years

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In September 1867, The Age reported that -   A special entertainment, in aid of the projected Brunswick Mechanics' Institute and Public...
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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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