By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring & District Historical Society Dame Mabel Brookes was an amazing woman. The list of her awards and achievements is long and impressive. She was made…
Tag: History
By Peter McCullough Moorooduc might be little more than a locality but for a number of years it boasted two community halls. Strange? Well, read on … Progress Hall, a.k.a. The Tin…
By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring & District Historical Society Many people are familiar with the name ‘Merricks’ but what of ‘Meyrick’? This was the name of three young men associated…
By Ruth Gooch Little known, even by those mainlanders who live closest to it, French Island is the largest of the Western Port islands comprising some 16,350 hectares. Surrounded by mud flats…
By Meredith Langmaid A resident of Rye, Vicki Sullivan is a peninsula girl who is much admired for her outstanding realist works. The winner of many awards in Australia and the UK,…
JOHN Basilone was born in Buffalo, New York State, on 4 November 1916. Completing middle school at the age of 15, he dropped out prior to attending high school. After working for…
By Peter McCullough In November 1888, Dr Charles William Rohner MD opened his practice in Hastings. He was the town’s first doctor. On 9 January 1890, he disappeared without trace. At the…
By Ilma Hackett – Balnarring and District Historical Society Balcombe: the Mornington-Mt Martha district is dotted with this name. There is a Balcombe Street, Balcombe Drive, Balcombe Reserve and the Balcombe Creek.…
By Peter McCullough THIS is the title of one of a number of books written about the unsolved murders which occurred at Wonnangatta Station in Victoria’s high country in January, 1918. The…