by pppg | Jun 27, 2022 | Places
Soon after settlement at Melbourne commenced certain residents became aware of the need for public gardens. In late November 1840 it was also reported that visitors to Melbourne had remarked that, unlike other settlements of the Australian Colonies, there was neither...
by pppg | Jun 27, 2022 | Places
A Commemorative plaque near the mouth of Kananook Creek marks the location of where Captain Charles Grimes and his party went ashore searching for fresh water, and met with around 30 local inhabitants. Prior to European discovery, the Frankston area was populated by...
by pppg | Jun 27, 2022 | Places
On Sunday afternoon, 2 October 2011, a Dedication and Unveiling Ceremony was held at the recently restored historic graveyard at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton. Archdeacon Philip Newman, OAM, Locum Vicar at St. Andrew’s was the Master of Ceremonies...
by pppg | Jun 27, 2022 | History
D Gary Presland, historian, archaeologist, and author is an authority on Pre-European aboriginal life in the Melbourne area having studied this topic for 30 years. He discovered it was impossible to study the aborigines in the Melbourne vicinity alone because of the...
by pppg | Jun 27, 2022 | History, Pioneers
The first minister of the Presbyterian Church in Geelong was the Rev. Andrew Love. He ministered there for twenty-seven years from 1840 until his death in 1867 at which time it was estimated that, amongst his other duties, he had performed over four thousand...
