by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | History
Bushfires were but one of many hardships faced by our pioneering ancestors. However the fires of 6 February 1851 were so extreme that they led this day to become known as “Black Thursday.” Thomas McCombie recorded the scene in Melbourne on that day:... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | History, Pioneers
At two o’clock on Sunday afternoon the 6th July 1835, William Buckley walked into the camp site set up by John Batman’s men on Indented Head at the mouth of Port Phillip Bay. Buckley was a large man, estimated to be about 6 feet 7 inches tall and was at... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | Pioneers
The following testimonial was laid on the coffin of my great-great-grandfather, John Ross McNaughton – who died at 148 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne on July 18th, 1885 – and in August 1885 appeared in ‘The Monthly Messenger,’ published by the... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | History, Places
“A History of Brighton” was the first book that Professor Weston Bate wrote after graduating with honours in history. He used council minutes, rate books and took 10 year slices from local newspapers to see how things were changing. He considers Victoria... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | Pioneers
I was born at Fiddler’s Green, so called by the old bay fishermen because they could always rely on getting fish they referred to as ‘fiddlers’ in their nets when fishing there. Fiddler’s Green was a narrow stretch of foreshore on the land... by pppg | Jun 22, 2022 | History, Pioneers
Allan and Sarah Hines (nee Rook) The ship “Royal George” arrived at Melbourne, Port Phillip District in November 1849 bringing a bit of Cambridgeshire with it. Allan and Sarah Hines (nee Rook) with their two daughters, Elizabeth and Fanny, and...