By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring and District Historical Society In the winter of 1896 disgruntled passengers on the P…
Local Interest
Don Charlwood – the Frankston Connection
By Peter McCullough If a poll was taken to determine Frankston’s favourite son, author Don Charlwood would have to…
Hastings’ link with the silent ANZAC
By Peter McCullough In a quiet corner of the Tyabb cemetery in Hastings can be found the grave of Leading Signalman Albe…
When Frankston had a Sea Baths (1883-1898)
By Val Latimer – Mornington Peninsula Family History Society In the early days of settlement in Melbourne, public baths…
It’s a Grand old pub – part two
By Peter McCullough Part Two (Continuation from August edition) The Grand Hotel has dominated the Mornington skyline for…
It’s a Grand old pub
By Peter McCullough The Grand Hotel has now dominated the Mornington skyline for 130 years. Its colourful history will b…
Sullivan Bay
By Ilma Hackett, Balnarring and District Historical Society What was passing through their minds, those men and women wh…
The unsolved mystery of the body in Kananook Creek
By Peter McCullough One hundred and sixty-four years have elapsed since the body of a woman was found in Kananook Creek.…
Downward V. Smith
By Ilma Hackett, Balnarring and District Historical Society It really was a most extraordinary election. Early in 1895 t…