Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Changing the name of our suburbs

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  Melbourne Punch , 22 April 1869 As you probably know already, Coburg was originally called Pentridge until 1869 when residents successfull...
Thursday, 21 April 2022

Sarah Sands corner, orange meets green – with unhappy results

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  When Protestant William of Orange sent his men to fight off the Catholic forces of James the Second, he hoped to get rid of James forever....
Monday, 26 April 2021

Our Lady Help of Christians site before the church was there

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There's a fantastic pictorial record of Brunswick's first century in the Moreland Libraries collection and it's even available a...
Monday, 19 April 2021

Interested in the history of activism in Brunswick?

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  I'm giving a talk (a May Day tribute) on Brunswick activists and activism at the Brunswick Community History Group on Saturday 1 May a...
Thursday, 15 April 2021

Betty Sullock, professional ice skater

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Herald , 21 August 1952 Professional ice skater Betty Sullock,  daughter of Richard Basil J.G. Sullock and his wife Jean, was brought up ...
Monday, 4 January 2021

More on Nick Gadd's Melbourne Circle

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I've written about Nick Gadd's Melbourne Circle project before and you can check it out here and here . Now you can read his book. ...
Friday, 6 November 2020

And they're racing at Flemington, November 1956

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Argus , 7 November 1956 This photo features Mrs Patricia Poole of East Coburg, according to the Argus newspaper. I've checke...