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...

The Rouse family buys a car

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The first car ever purchased by the Rouse family of Murray Road, Cora Lynn was an Austin A40 ute from Brenchley’s garage in Garfield. This w...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Cora Lynn and Iona Telephone Exchange

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I don't have a date when a telephone service was established at Cora Lynn, however it was before 1936 as the following correspondence fr...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

A festival in Koo Wee Rup to celebrate the Coronation in June 1953

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These are photographs from the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society collection and show the street parade, which took place on June 2, 1953...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Garfield Picture Theatre

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The Garfield Picture Theatre opened with a Grand Ball on Monday, December 22 1924. An advertisement in the Pakenham Gazette advertised the ...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

100 years ago this week - Gay life at Garfield

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100 years ago this week - from the  Bunyip Free Press  of February 14 1914 comes the following report. The headline indicates how the meanin...