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Dec 6, 2018 •
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TOMMY LOFT'S SALE OF "DALKEITH", TULLAMARINE.
Dalkeith fronted Broadmeadows and Sharps Rds including Fisher Grove house blocks and extending north as far as the Janus St/Catherine Avenue midline but ...
Dec 5, 2018 •
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LINKS FOR ARTICLES AND MAPS IN BOLD TYPE WILL NEED TO BE PASTED INTO YOUR SEARCH BAR.
DROMANA RACES.
In an idle moment, I stumbled upon a mention on Trove of the Arthurs Seat Racing Club. This clu...
Nov 22, 2018 •
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THOMAS DUTTON AND HIS ONE LEGGED WIFE.
While sipping my morning coffee, I was reading the story and burial listings of Will Will Rook Cemetery when I saw mention of burial 142 in 1865, Mrs Dutton's l...
Nov 21, 2018 •
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TOMMY LOFT OF "DALKEITH", TULLAMARINE.
Dalkeith was the name that Tommy gave to the 200 acres fronting the west side of Broadmeadows Road with a half mile (800 metre) frontage to Sharps Rd which incl...
Nov 2, 2018 •
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The life of Eric Henry would never have begun
But for Isaac Dark's death caused by a gun
Soon after he'd married Ann Rogers in 1851
And she gave birth to his namesake son.
Ann's father had the c...
Oct 20, 2018 •
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I've been aware of Neil Campbell since 1988 but didn't really know much about him until last night when in an idle moment I did a WILL WILL ROOK search on Trove. I thought he was just an absentee land...
Oct 15, 2018 •
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THE HEROIC TASMANIAN POLICEMAN BORN IN DROMANA.
WILLIAM RICHARD TAYLOR
I couldn't find William Richard Taylor's birth record in Victorian BDM but it would be too much to believe that he was NOT re...
Oct 14, 2018 •
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I thought that John was described simply as an old man in the article that I found about a year ago and have spent hours looking for, vainly trying a MITCHELL, GRIFFITH,DROMANA search on trove in the ...
Oct 4, 2018 •
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Mr E. B. Luttrell, Mordialloc. writes in regard to his two cousins. He says:"”
One is Mr Edward Hobson, of Swan Hill grazier, who was born at Parramatta,New South Wales, 1814; came to Port
Phillip ...
Oct 3, 2018 •
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ROSEBUD IN 1855
This map shows early selectors on portion of the former Tootgarook run which was generally called section A of the parish of Wannaeue but the part of the run on the McCrae foresho...
Sep 28, 2018 •
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John Coleman barracked for Collingwood as a child and his brother Albert barracked for South Melbourne.
John played his first competitive game of football for Ascot Vale West State School at the age ...
Sep 11, 2018 •
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Edward Latrobe Bateman was a cousin of Governor Latrobe, the grantee of crown allotment 9A Fingal and painted a picture (available online*) of the original Barker homestead near Cape Schanck. He is ac...
Sep 8, 2018 •
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THE HADDOWS, PIONEERS OF FLINDERS, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
The death of Mr Archibald Haddow,
which took place in Melbourne on Sun
day last after a long illness, will be
very much regretted by his num...
Sep 6, 2018 •
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North of Mickleham Rd opposite the Old Sydney Road and Donnybrook Road corner is the impressive gated entrance to Marnong whose name, I would guess is a contraction of Maribyrnong because of its proxi...
Sep 5, 2018 •
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I believe I have seen a letter by members of Victoria Police to the Shire of Bulla, suggesting the name of Attwood for the area north of Broadmeadows Township (Westmeadows south of Kenny St) but this ...
Aug 24, 2018 •
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HARRICK'S COTTAGE is the headquarters of the Keilor Historical Society and the society would have a wealth of information about this pioneering family, but perhaps not about the manner of Peter Harric...
Aug 23, 2018 •
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For some reason this morning, I had an urge to trace the Moonee Ponds Creek on Melway to its outlet as the most southern part of the creek I remember seeing was near Macaulay Station where it sometime...
Aug 18, 2018 •
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The original benevolent asylum was causing a problem because of its effluent was flowing into the West Melbourne Swamp*. Where was the asylum? The first of George's letters was signed G.F., Melbourne ...
Aug 11, 2018 •
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DANIEL BATMANcould not have been a direct descendant of John Batman unless he changed his surname to Batman by deed poll. He may well have been a descendant of one of John Batman's four brothers. John...
Aug 9, 2018 •
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J.M.C.AIREY
David Patullo's "Craigbank" on Wildwood Rd, Bulla included part of a paddock known as Airey's, crown allotment 5B Bulla Bulla of 319 acres through which the road runs to the Martin Dill...