This report of one of the best balls ever held in Cora Lynn comes from the Bunyip Free Press of March 11, 1915.
Bunyip Free Press March 11, 1915
Friday, March 6, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Flood photos Koo-Wee-Rup
These are some photographs of Koo-Wee-Rup and surrounds in what maybe the 1924 flood or the 1934 flood from the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp Historical Society collection.
This is the Railway bridge, there are people at either end of the bridge.
Rossiter Road
Four people in a row boat
I have seen this one dated 1916 and 1924.
Andrew Colvin's Shackcloth cycle factory
Stranded cars
Drying out after the flood, this is possibly the 1934 flood.
Country Women's Association - Koo-Wee-Rup Branch 1963
This is the booklet produced by the Koo-Wee-Rup Branch of the Country Women's Association for 1963.
Cora Lynn Races - March 28 1932
Here's the programme from the Cora Lynn Race meeting held on March 28, 1932.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
100 years ago this week - Granite quarry
It seems that quarries haven't always been unwelcome in this area - this is a report form the Bunyip Free Press of December 31, 1914. Granite from Tynong was used in the construction of the Shrine of Remembrance
Bunyip Free Press December 31, 1914
Monday, December 22, 2014
100 years ago this week - strychnine poisoning
This tragic report was in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal on December 24, 1914. Sadly for this little girl, strychnine used to be readily available and was used in many households, I presume, for rodent control. The little girl was called Olive and she was the daughter of Emanuel and Elizabeth (nee Black) Metzenthen.
South Bourke and Mornington Journal on December 24, 1914.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Drainage of Bunyip - 100 years ago this week
Here's an interesting article about drainage (or lack of it ) in Bunyip. The drain went from the Hall, along Main Street to the Railway Hotel and the Hotel's urinals emptied into it and the householders also emptied all their 'bedroom and other slops' into it. Ah, the good old days - very smelly!
Bunyip Free Press November 19, 1914
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