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.

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Narre Warren East wants a new name

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Narre Warren East is just over the border from the City of Casey in the Shire of Yarra Ranges. It was previously part of the Shire of Fern T...
Friday, May 15, 2026

Edward Vieusseux, Berwick Grammar School and their Avenue of Honour

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There are three Avenues of Honour in Berwick which commemorate the service of local people in the First World War.  The City of Casey has pr...
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...
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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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