Saturday, 14 September 2019

Harkaway by Llywelyn Lucas

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I was kindly given this poem by Robyn Browne, whose father had it amongst his papers.  It was typed out and at the end of the poem was writt...
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Monday, 2 September 2019

Victorian Railways tourist's guide, 1885

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In 1885 the following book was published  V ictorian Railways tourist's guide: containing accurate and full particulars of the water...
Monday, 26 August 2019

Excursion to Berwick Quarry by the Victorian Field Naturalist's Club in 1916

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The Victorian Naturalist, v. xxxiii, n. 389, May 4, 1916 had this report of an excursion by the Club in April 1916 to Wilson's Quarry a...
Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Ercildoune - a farm at Lyndhurst - the McNab family days

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In the last pos t  we looked at the Ercildoune property in Hall Road, Lyndhurst, which was owned by the Hall family from around 1860 (read ...
Tuesday, 16 July 2019

Ercildoune - a farm at Lyndhurst - the Hall family days

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In this post we will look at the history of a farm at Lyndhurst,  Ercildoune , in Hall Road. It was occupied by the Hall family from around ...
Thursday, 4 July 2019

The Body was conveyed to.......

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One of the unusual uses for Hotels in the past was their use as a temporary morgue and  a place to carry out autopsies and Inquests. There a...
Friday, 21 June 2019

The Tivendales of Officer

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I did  a blog post a while ago on The Vagabond, a journalist who worked in Melbourne in the 1870s and 1880s (read post, here ).  The Vagabon...