Extracted from Ruth Gooch’s book “The Wildest Bit Along the Coast” by Peter McCullough, with the author’s permission. Be…
Local Interest
‘Saltbush Bill’ – the Balnarring connection
By Ilma Hackett, Balnarring & District Historical Society When Roderick William Mills was born in Balnarring in 1869…
A new era for Moorooduc Primary School
By Brodie Cowburn and Peter McCullough Moorooduc Primary, nestled in the corner of the intersection of Mornington-Tyabb …
The day we played ‘The Don’
By Lance Hodgins In 1940 the school year had almost finished when the students of Frankston High were informed that thei…
CAPTURED LIVES – Australia’s Wartime Internment Camps
Book review by Peter McCullough Australia’s contribution in World War One is well known: from a population of less…
It’s all in the design
With the promise of warmer days on the horizon and the sun, sand and surf beckoning, the hot property in real estate bec…
HMAS Goorangai – lost with all hands
By Peter McCullough HMAS Goorangai was the first Royal Australian Navy ship lost in World War II, the first RAN surface …
The Dame and the Emperor
By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring & District Historical Society Dame Mabel Brookes was an amazing woman. The l…
The Battle of Moorooduc
By Peter McCullough Moorooduc might be little more than a locality but for a number of years it boasted two community ha…