By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring and District Historical Society Bushrangers Bay is a spectacularly beautiful section of coastline between Flinders and Cape Schanck. A small isolated beach backed by high dunes lies…
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By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons Deb Graham with one of her fathers may trophies. Deb Graham has fond memories of the Harley Club, having grown up with a father who raced…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni Theodore Roosevelt said “the more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future”, and this philosophy is the catalyst for the members…
Homicide detectives who investigated the murder of 14-year-old Shirley May Collins, whose battered body was found in September 1953 at Mt Martha, described the murder as “one of the most vicious and…
By Lance Hodgins The game played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College in August 1858 was umpired by State cricketer Tom Wills, who went on to draft the “Melbourne Rules” the following…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons Angelo Taranto strolls over to the Tyabb Railway Primary School from his massive 200 acres across the road where he has run Taranto Farm for decades.…
By Lance Hodgins Early on Tuesday July 9th 1867 two steamer tugs left Sandridge, Melbourne’s port, carrying 200 passengers on a clandestine adventure. The tugs were each towing several smaller boats to…
By Val Wilson, Mornington and District Historical Society The archives of the Old Post Office Museum in Mornington contain memories recorded by earlier residents of the town, such as the late Doreen…
Main Street Frankston in 1875. By Peter McCullough “I come from a race, Mr. Ritchie, who take no insults from any man, even if they should come to the gallows for it,”…