For every day of History Month, someone in the 50,000 members of Gippsland History on Facebook will be chasing down and recording one of the Places that Made Us - Gippsland Pubs. From mountain shanties to glorious three-story hotels, we will be attempting to find and name them all. On the way, we will prove …
Hear the hammer strike, take your seat in an old schoolroom and watch 1800s clothing being sewn by hand. Old Gippstown Heritage Park is celebrating History Month and Open House Latrobe with a weekend of displays, demonstrations and free entry. Set across eight acres of parkland in Moe, the museum preserves 30 original relocated buildings …
Sale Family History Group Talk- Doctors in Sale Region Sale or Flooding Creek, as was known in the early days, had many good doctors over the years and the stories of five of them will be detailed in the talk by Heather Pocknall of the Sale Family History Group. Early Doctor’s Arbuckle, Ewing, Rennie, Hedley …
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The Northway family were pioneers of Hazelwood arriving in 1877 and their descendants continued farming in Hazelwood until 1962 when the Housing Commission of Victoria compulsory acquired their land for the planned town of Hazelwood. William Full Northway and his two sons, Thomas and William Jnr., were selectors. Thomas married Barbara Lyons and had 3 …
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The Northway family were pioneers of Hazelwood arriving in 1877 and their descendants continued farming in Hazelwood until 1962 when the Housing Commission of Victoria compulsory acquired their land for the planned town of Hazelwood. William Full Northway and his two sons, Thomas and William Jnr., were selectors. Thomas married Barbara Lyons and had 3 …
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Scrap Iron Flotilla - Informative Talk Bluey Lawless, local military and naval historian, Vietnam Veteran, and long time resident of Briagolong will be giving an engaging talk on the Scrap iron Flotilla at the Bond Street Event Centre at 7:00 pm on the Thursday 29th of October. The Scrap Iron Flotilla was an Australian destroyer …
