Showing posts with label Cockatoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cockatoo. Show all posts
Sunday, 31 July 2016

Mobile Library at Cockatoo by Marcia Holdsworth

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A few years ago, Marcia wrote down her memories of  Library Services at Cockatoo, and so they don't get lost from our history I thought ...
Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Mobile Library towns - back in time

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Casey Cardinia Library Corporation (CCLC)  has a Mobile Library which services various towns throughout the Cardinia Shire.   If you aren...
Monday, 15 September 2014

Guest Houses : Rose Series post cards

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Staying at a Guest House in the hills was once a popular holiday activity. The Rose Stereograph Co. produced many post cards of Guest Houses...
Monday, 8 September 2014

Views from the hills: Rose Series post cards.

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The Rose Stereograph Co. produced a series of post cards of views of Victoria - they are a great source of historical images  for the local ...
Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Cockatoo - the early years

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The original Europeans in the Cockatoo area came for gold that was found in the region around 1859.  The diggers had followed the Yarra Rive...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Cockatoo kindergarten is heritage listed

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The history of Cockatoo has twice been recognised at  an official level recently. Firstly, the fight to have the McBride Street kindergarte...
Friday, 11 March 2011

Parish and Township Plans

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Parish and Township Plans are available on the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) website. These Plans are a great resource for both l...
Monday, 8 September 2008

Ash Wednesday Bushfire Photographs

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Over the past year we have been involved with a State Library of Victoria initiative, the Memory Victoria Project. This has been a thr...
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008

National Archives of Australia - Post Office photograph collection

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Gembrook Post Office, late 1960s. (Image no. B5919/741) Narre Warren Post Office, late 1960s. (Image no. B5919, 1537) I was searching the N...
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