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 | Places
With 8,400 km of waterways in its care, Melbourne Water is custodian of a significant heritage base. The history of Yan Yean and the search for a reliable supply of water to Melbourne stems back to the days when white settlers took over sites with fresh water with no... by pppg | Jun 26, 2022 | Places
Land was put aside in Caulfield for a new cemetery known as the Brighton General Cemetery in 1853. The first 6 Trustees who were elected in 1854 represented people of the different religious denominations who would be buried in the cemetery: Presbyterians, Catholics,... by pppg | Jun 25, 2022 | Places
The inner Melbourne suburb of Jolimont is named after the property on which Charles Joseph La Trobe built his residence in 1839. La Trobe in turn named his property after after the Swiss country estate, near Erlach, where he and his wife Sophie de Montmollin... by pppg | Jun 25, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
John Ham was born about 1797 in England to parents who were members of the Church of England. At an early age he was sent to live with relatives in Launceston, Cornwall where he attended school and worshipped with the Wesleyans and Congregationalists. He was... by pppg | Jun 25, 2022 | History, Places
John Watts has been a teacher of visual arts for 26 years at Sacred Heart College in Geelong. His expertise as a photographer and his love of history caused him to initiate the idea of co-writing a story of the school for its 150th anniversary.* The school’s...