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.

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Agricultural Shows in the Shires of Berwick and Cranbourne

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September is Royal Melbourne Show Time, so this month we will look at some Show related history. The first reference I can find to the Roya...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

John Street, Clarke Street and other Elwood Street Names

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I have a friend who lives near John Street in Elwood and he wondered where the name of the street came from, so because I have a bit of  a f...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Bembridge State School, No. 4557

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This is a history of the Bembridge State School, No 4557. The information, unless otherwise footnoted, comes from the two Bembridge School B...
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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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