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Feb 28, 2013 •
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This journal became necessary because the surnames list for the HISTORY BUFF AND BUSHWALKER'S PARADISE journal had become full and would not accept any more names, Matthews being cut off and some othe...
Feb 25, 2013 •
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Margot Hitchcock's history of Blackwood is going to be a corker. Even though she has corrected trove digitisation anonymously, it is plain that she has gathered an incredible amount of information.I h...
Feb 20, 2013 •
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Mornington really comes to life on Wednesdays when the famous Main St market is held weekly. Although the car parking provision is far better than what exists at most shopping strips, you need to get ...
Feb 19, 2013 •
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Frustrated that edits to my SAFETY BEACH resulted in the OH NOES page when I clicked submit, I decided to find out when the Osbornes arrived in Dromana. George Wilson was supposed to have died at Osbo...
Feb 16, 2013 •
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See CONNELL, SARAH WILSON and GEORGE YOUNG journals.
As explained in A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA, special surveys were thought of to save the colony of South Australia. I won't delve into Wakefield but ...
Feb 12, 2013 •
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Oh to be in Blackwood town
One hundred years ago,
When axes, picks and shovels
Were a'swinging to and fro.
Blackwood is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Lerderderg Rive...
Feb 8, 2013 •
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Hi (ITELLYA'S REAL NAME!)
I always wondered about this.
On the corner of Kent Road and Observation Drive there used to be an old limestone building, a water tower and about 100 metres away a Well. A...
Feb 4, 2013 •
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When I first started holidaying in the Rosebud area in the mid 1960's, I thought it was strange that there were houses between the road and the beach at Rosebud. During my research,I discovered that t...
Feb 2, 2013 •
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THIS JOURNAL IS INTENDED TO CONVEY MY ADMIRATION OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS. I HAVE CHOSEN TO TELL THIS HISTORY, WHICH COVERS A PORTION OF AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY ON THE SAME RATIO AS A PIMPLE TO AN ORANGE,...
Feb 2, 2013 •
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I recommend that you read my HILL HILLIS and GRACEFIELD journal first.
I WILL FIX UP THE FORMATTING SHORTLY BUT RIGHT NOW I INTEND TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH AN OFFBEAT HISTORY OF DROMANA.
THE McKEOW...
Feb 1, 2013 •
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I happened to notice that a large proportion of the surname list for the ASCOT VALE HERITAGE WALK journal had disappeared. The missing surnames are listed here and in this surnames list so I can check...
Feb 1, 2013 •
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I happened to notice that a large proportion of the surname list for the ASCOT VALE HERITAGE WALK journal had disappeared. The missing surnames are listed here and in this surnames list so I can check...
Jan 30, 2013 •
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Contacting the Essendon Historical Society
Location Address:
Cnr Kellaway Ave and Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds.
Mail Address:
768-770 Mt. Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds 3039
Email: esshis...
Jan 28, 2013 •
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It might just be that a family tree circles member has found that a relative bought land in this estate in the late 1920's and is wondering if there is any connection with Milleara Rd in East Keilor. ...
Jan 26, 2013 •
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Perhaps the greatest favour a family historian has ever done this local history researcher is to tell me about trove. An informal group of family historians used to (and probably still do) get togethe...
Jan 25, 2013 •
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The WARNING can be found at the end of the journal.
This journal arose from the one about Melbourne Brindle whose father bought 30 acres of the Gracefield Estate and established "Sunnyside". It was...
Jan 22, 2013 •
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MELBOURNE BRINDLE.
Information about this Dromana-bred artist can be found readily on the internet but for those without computers, the first paragraph of his biography is included her...
Jan 14, 2013 •
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HILL HILLIS AND HIS RELATIVES, INCLUDING THE TWO BOB WHITES.
According to Colin McLear in A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA, Hill Hillis settled at Red Hill in 1855. His wife, Sarah, was a sister of James McKeo...
Jan 13, 2013 •
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Jan 7, 2013 •
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PENTRIDGE.--His Honor (Mr. La Trobe.) on Tuesday last, gave the name of "Pentridge" to the village on the Sydney road, about four and a half miles from Melbourne. It is truly a delightful spot, and th...