by pppg | Oct 21, 2022 | History
An article in the Geelong Advertiser and Squatters’ Advocate (Vic.: 1845 – 1847) Wed 8 Jul 1846 page 1 stated the following: In the estimation of the Christian philanthropist, there is no subject more important, than the education of the young....
by pppg | Oct 21, 2022 | History, Uncategorized
Address at the General Meeting on 10 Sept 2022 DR. CHERYL GRIFFIN, FRHSV Cheryl Griffin became interested in the history of schools and teachers in Victoria as she was a teacher by profession. Her recent research, centred on teachers in the 1880s to 1920s,...
by pppg | Aug 17, 2022 | History, Places
Within about three years of the founding of Melbourne in 1835, the Yarra River’s first punts emerged and were not unlike a couple of huge bullock-drays fastened together “… a dray without wheels, made water-tight by tarpaulin, which was launched through the...
by pppg | Aug 17, 2022 | History, Places
From the Archives, 1997 By Gabrielle Costa, August 2, 2022 Melbourne’s longest running debate — the argument over who founded the city — has been reignited after the controversial decision to change the name of a prominent stretch of parkland. A section of Batman Park...
by pppg | Aug 17, 2022 | Ships
By Martin Playne As family historians, we have tended to ignore the role that the sea has played in the history of Port Phillip. Yet, we all have ancestors or even ourselves who have arrived by sea. Our history and prosperity are intimately linked to the sea. The...
