by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Methods & Sources
Visit the VAFHO website to find the latest information on downloading Birth, Death and Marriage files from the Victorian Government Registry Office. There have been many issues regarding ordering these documents and the latest updates can be found here.... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
John Aitken of Mount Aitken (Portrait by Francis Frederic Hutton) John Aitken was a pioneer sheepbreeder and leading flockmaster in the Port Phillip District, having first arrived at Melbourne on 19 August 1835 on the “Endeavour” from Launceston,... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Places
Wesleyan Chapel, Melbourne, Port Phillip District (Source: State Library of Victoria) The Wesleyan Chapel measuring 57 feet long, 47 feet wide and 24 feet high was designed by John James Peers and built at a cost of £3,000. The Rev. Hurst laid the foundation stone on... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Places
Long-time member of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group, Ken Smith has scrutinised all the land transactions in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales from the time of the first land sales on 1st June 1837 until 1851 with the aim of finding where people lived. Using... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
RANKINS LANE, MELBOURNE(Great and 2nd Great Grand-daughters visit in 2012) Well, what a year that was! Let me introduce my story with ‘In the beginning . . .’ When Covid-19 hit the collective consciousness and the Victorian lockdown was in it’s... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | History, Places
Customary Warning:Aboriginal viewers should be aware that this article may containculturally sensitive material – including names of people who have since died. In a previous article about Barfold Gorge[1], I wondered why we didn’t inherit any stories...