Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Employees of the Metropolitan Gas Co who served in the Great War

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Linda Barraclough has located a copy of this very rare book down at Old Gippstown, and has very kindly decided to scan the whole book,...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Centenary of Anzac

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Liz Pidgeon of the Yarra Plenty Genealogy blog has drawn attention to calls for ideas and suggestions on how to commemorate the Centenary o...
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Essendon Baptist Church Roll of Honour

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This singularly unattractive Honour Board turned up as a postcard on eBay a year or so ago.  The seller managed to identify it as an Essen...
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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Harold Brocklebank Herbert

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Popping into the Royal Historical Society of Victoria   recently this book, Harold Herbert: Convivial Artist ,  on the 'for sale' ra...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Before the Dawn - an Entirely Original Australian Comedy in Three Acts

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In October 1916 a comedy in three acts, written and performed by Joseph (Jo) Smith, was put on at the Essendon Town Hall, Moonee Ponds, to...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Royal Australian Field Artillery Barracks, West's Road, Maribyrnong

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This turned out to be more difficult to photograph than I envisaged.  The building is set back from West's Road.  Quite a few of the loc...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Caring for your wartime memorabilia

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has a very useful looking online book about caring for wartime memorabilia . Printed copies are avail...
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