Education in Australia Felix

 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....

The Three Rs: Education Before Separation

 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,...

Punts

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...

Batman Loses Ground in Row over City Founders

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...