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, December 7, 2025

Country Roads Board photographs - South Gippsland Highway

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The Country Roads Board was established in 1913 to maintain major roads in Victoria. Previous to this all roads were the responsibility of t...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Hilda Emery (nee Penny) of Cheltenham and Cora Lynn

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The Koo Wee Rup Sun in July 1932 had the following short obituary of Mrs Hilda Emery of Cora Lynn. Mrs Emery was buried at the Cheltenham P...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Newport Mechanics' Institute - a short history

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This post has transcriptions of several newspaper articles connected the history of the Newport Mechanics' Institute and its opening in ...
Monday, October 20, 2025

The Bain family of the Border Hotel / Berwick Inn in Berwick

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Robert and Susan Bain were the proprietors of the Border Hotel, also known as the  Berwick Inn, in  High Street in Berwick, at the intersect...
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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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