by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | History
John Daniels Maps Out a New Theory of the Route Taken by John Batman’s Party One hundred and eighty years have passed since John Batman arrived in the Port Phillip District from Van Diemen’s Land to make a treaty with the local aborigines, and the actual... by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | History
Dr Roslyn Otzen, former School Principal and Deacon of Collins Street Baptist Church, received her Doctorate for her history of the Melbourne City Mission and its founder John Singleton. John Singleton, Chemist and Physician, was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1808. He... by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | History
From the Scottish Highlands to Australia – Bernie McPhee Tells How His Family Fared The situation on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in December 1850 was so dire that a meeting was held at Portree, to discuss what could be done to improve the lot of the population. A... by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | History, Miscellany
An Historian’s Point of View In a ‘meandering’ talk Paul de Serville discussed the attitude of the’immigrants’ who arrived in Victoria during the gold rush, towards the Port Phillip Pioneers or ‘settlers,’ and the treatment of... by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | History
A trivia question in the “Herald-Sun” Melbourne newspaper on 21 November 2014 asked “In the 1860’s a proposal was put to Queen Victoria to combine sections of which two (present day Australian) States to create a Colony called... by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | History
Janet Creed’s father, Percy Spiden was employed by “The Argus” for 50 years. He progressed from a 15 year old messenger boy to junior artist, to dark room assistant and in 1928 to photographer. His first work camera, which was a German...