Monday, 22 February 2016

Cranbourne Railway Station - electric rail service opening March 25 1995.

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 Cranbourne was on the Great Southern Railway line  which commenced construction in 1887 and was completed to Korumburra in 1891 and later e...
Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Decimal Currency - 14th of February, 1966.

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For those of us who are old enough to remember, it's been 50 years since Decimal Currency was introduced, which was on the 14th of Febr...
Friday, 29 January 2016

'Endeavour' streets in Endeavour Hills

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Endeavour Hills was officially gazetted as a suburb on July 14 1971, and the first land sales took place on November 24, 1973. The project w...
Thursday, 14 January 2016

Jessie Traill - Harkaway Artist

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Jessie was born on July 29,  1881 to  a well off family in Brighton. She was the youngest of four daughters  of George Hamilton Traill and J...
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015

A day in the Fen Country: Mr Lyall’s Breeding Stations by R. M'D.

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The Leader newspaper of March 14, 1868 had a lengthy account of William Lyall 's agricultural pursuits in the Fen Country. The Fens in ...
Thursday, 24 December 2015

Mr Ablethorpe's orchard at Gembrook

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The Leader newspaper of March 14 1903 had an interesting report on the Beaconsfield, Gembrook and Pakenham Horticultural and Fruit Growers...
Monday, 7 December 2015

Robinson's Grocery store at Pakenham

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If you grew up in Pakenham or shopped at Pakenham in the 1950s to 1980s then chances are that you would have shopped at Robinsons Grocery sh...