Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Les O’Riordan’s recollections - early township buildings

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In 1968, Dave Mickle interviewed seventy-six year old Les O’Riordan. John Leslie O’Riordan was born on August 26, 1892 and is said to be the...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Leslie and Ivy Cochrane

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Cochrane Park in Koo-Wee-Rup is named after Leslie James Cochrane.  Mr Cochrane died on April 25, 1972. His funeral was held on April 28 at ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

National Service by Frank Rouse

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National Service was introduced in Australia in 1951, in response to the Cold War and the rise of Communism. The first intake was in April 1...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Garfield Railway Station

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I have written before about how the construction of the Sale Railway line was the seminal event in the establishment of the town of Garfiel...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

100 years ago this week - an escaped 'lunatic'

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This is an account of the capture of an escaped patient from Mont Park Mental Hospital from the South Bourke and Mornington Journal of Apr...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The E.S. & A / ANZ Bank at Garfield

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One of the prominent buildings in Main Street of Garfield is the old ANZ Bank building. The bank was built as an E.S. & A. bank and is o...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

Garfield Rifle club and other local Rifle clubs

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The first Rifle Club was established in Victoria as early as 1860 and two years later the Club was holding inter-colonial matches against Ne...