by pppg | Jun 14, 2022 | Places
SHIPPING NEWS – NOTICE TO MARINERS The following notice to mariners has been transmitted to Lloyd’s by the Harbour-Master at Melbourne, Port Phillip:- After the 1st of August, 1840, a plain stationary light will be shown from sunset to sunrise from a... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Places
ANNUAL LICENSING DAYTuesday, April 20, 1841 This being the day appointed by the Act of Council to investigate the applications for Publicans Licensing, at one o’clock the following Bench assembled for that purpose: James Simpson, Esq., Police Magistrate;... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Places
Having become involved with a book on Keilor pioneers, teacher and historian Joan Brogden was asked if she would do some research on the Police in Keilor in the 1880’s. Thus she became aware of the Industrial School in Sunbury, as children from the school who... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | History, Places
Robert Barnes, Chairman of the Committee for the 200th Anniversary of the Collins Settlement at Sorrento gave an outline of the history of the settlement and events planned for its commemoration from the 4th to 12th October 2003. David Collins has often been... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Tony Menhennitt of Rupertswood Mansions Pty. Ltd. gave us an insight into the history of the Sunbury property named “Rupertswood”. The mansion has been owned and lived in by several generations of the Clarke family, Hugh Victor McKay (of Sunshine... by admin | May 24, 2022 | Places
If you look at a map of the Bellarine Peninsular, you will see Point Henry about 8 kms east of Geelong. It is a narrow strip of land which projects outwards in a northerly direction, dividing Corio Bay from Outer Harbour. Near the end of the strip there is a bluff and...