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, May 10, 2026

Berwick Footballers who enlisted to serve in the Great War

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This is a report from the Berwick Shire News of March 8, 1916 which lists the 23 Berwick Football Club players who had enlisted for active ...

The patriotic Mr Rowe, baker, of Narre Warren

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When I was Local History Librarian at Casey Cardinia Libraries, I started a blog -  Casey Cardinia Commemorates: Our War Years - access it h...
Monday, May 4, 2026

Margaret Roth (1892-1936) - Secretary of Berry Street Babies' Home

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In my last post (read it here ) I looked at the way foundlings or abandoned babies were named, and many of these little ones ended up at the...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Naming the Nameless - Abandoned Babies

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This post looks at the interesting way that abandoned babies or foundlings were named and it all started because I came across this article ...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

The sad death of George Ernest Biggs (1888-1914)

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On Saturday, October 24, 1914, 26 year-old George Ernest Biggs of 65 Cecil Street, Williamstown, went to the picture show held at the Willia...
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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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