Friday, 10 September 2010

Woods Street, Beaconsfield by Ann Taylor and Charles Wilson

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A street sign along the Old Princes Highway has been changed! An ‘S’ has been added to the Wood Street to make it Woods Street. The controve...
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Thursday, 19 August 2010

Victorian Community History Awards 2010

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This blog has won a Commendation in the Victorian Community History Awards. The Awards, are organised by Information Victoria (1)   and t...
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Friday, 13 August 2010

South East Victoria Family & Regional History Expo

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Ancestry database now has Australian Birth, Marriage and Death records. The information covers much the same sort of information you can ge...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010

The Salvation Army and the Lasseter connection

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Army Road and Army Settlement Road in Pakenham are named after the Salvation Army Home which was located in the area. According to an articl...
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Friday, 11 June 2010

Tooradin

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Some of the earliest Europeans who passed through Tooradin were Samuel Rawson and Robert Jamieson. They took up the Yallock Run, at the no...
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Tynong

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When the Railway line was opened from Oakleigh to Bunyip in October 1877 is also opened up the timber industry. Sidings were established to...
Monday, 3 May 2010

Beaconsfield and the Royal Connection

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One of the things that I love best about history are the connections that pop up between people and places and events. I do love a Royal con...
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