by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
A valuable source of information about the early settlement of Victoria is a collection of letters written by the early settlers themselves and published as “Letters from Victorian Pioneers” in 1898. Most of these letters were written in response to a... by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Nicole Llewellyn is the manager of the Reading Room at the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) overseeing a staff of nine people. One of her main interests is to make the PROV’s website easier to navigate and over a period of time to have all the public... by pppg | Jun 30, 2022 | Places
The year 2007 saw the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Great Ocean Road and was marked with many celebrations as befitted this iconic road. Many speeches were given, as were thanks to the ex-servicemen and others whose toil, sweat, blisters, hardships, heat,... by pppg | Jun 30, 2022 | Pioneers
Isaac Lazarus Lincoln was the son of Jonas Lazarus, a silversmith, jeweller, and broker of Steep Hill in the City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England and his wife Rosceia Nathan, daughter of Moses I. Nathan, also a silversmith and jeweller, and his wife, nee Marks.... by pppg | Jun 30, 2022 | History
Fundraising Officer and former Assistant Curator at the National Gallery of Victoria, Humphrey Clegg, told us the story of Alfred Felton and the Felton Bequest. Alfred Felton was born in 1831 in Essex, England, where his father worked as a tanner. He travelled to...