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, January 2, 2026

Reverend Alexander Duff (1824-1890)

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The Reverend Alexander Duff (1824-1890) played a large role in the early development of the Cranbourne area and this is a short biography Re...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Motor Club Hotel Cranbourne - a short history

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Kelly's Motor Club Hotel is a landmark in Cranbourne, but it wasn't the first hotel on that site. The original Hotel, called the Mor...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Frank Green, 13 years old, a victim of the Brighton Cyclone

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On Saturday afternoon, February 2, 1918 Brighton suffered a severe storm which left a wave of destruction and two people dead, one of whom w...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Casey Airfield at Berwick

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The Casey Airfield at Berwick was established in 1938, on the Edrington property at Berwick, owned by Colonel Rupert Ryan and his sister, M...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Captain Kenney of St Kilda - his Baths and his Family

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In 1854 Captain William Kenney established his bathing ship baths at St Kilda, at a location in line with the end of Fitzroy Street. J.B. Co...
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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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