Harry Polites (b. 1906, Vasiliki, Lefkas, Greece)
Date of birth: 8 March 1906 Place of birth: Vasiliki, island of Lefkas Arrived in Australia: 17 November 1926 Occupation: Shopowner Our history in Australia goes a long way back. Some years after my...
View ArticleDiamond Valley Parish of the Uniting Church in Australia
The Diamond Valley Parish of the Uniting Church began as an outpost of the Heidelberg Primitive Methodist Mission over 150 years ago. Worship services commenced in a barn near the site of the present...
View ArticleFrederick Charles Sweeney 1st AIF
Age 17, Fred enlisted in the AIF and was posted to France with the medical corps. He returned home to marry and settle in Macleod where he was very active in the local sporting community and local RSL...
View ArticleFirst World War and education
An Education Department 1920 publication commemorating teachers and staff that had served in the First World War had appendices showing how much each school had raised for the Department’s War Relief...
View ArticleRemembering Newlands High School
by Cheryl Griffin Up until the early 1990s, Coburg had two high schools: Coburg High School in Bell Street and Newlands High School in Murray Road. For many years there was no Year 7 to 12 secondary...
View ArticleDaryl Morrow
Nicknames: Dazza, Turner, ‘o’ wise one, OD. DOB:2/2/1941 – born in Colac. Parents Names: Molly (Marry)- Mum Les (Leslie)- Dad Siblings:2 Brothers – Skeet (Terrence) – William (Bill) GROWING UP Daryl...
View ArticleThe Orford Brothers
The Orford Brothers by Doug Orford Fredercik John Orford Frederick John Orford was born in Eltham 1889 and attended Dalton Street and Research Schools. Headmaster Cole cared for him after his mother...
View ArticleAnzac Stories from the St Andrews District
The following Anzac stories are from men who served in ‘The Great War ‘- World War 1 from 1914 to 1918. Some men grew up and attended local schools in the District of St Andrews, Shire of Eltham. Some...
View ArticleOn the Armistice in the City of Heidelberg
by Brian Membrey Hostilities in the Great War ceased at 11 a.m. London time on Monday, 11 November, 1918, with the Armistice formally signed at 5.00 a.m. that morning. Although this is the hour...
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Digger Smith and the conscription debate
By Cheryl Griffin. “E’s been once wounded, somewhere in the leg…” 6906 Private Lawrence Joseph Smith enlisted on 18 July 1918 and served with the 22nd Infantry Battalion. His parents were William...
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Moreland quilt project – Brunswick stories
The Moreland Quilt was a community arts and storytelling project curated by Tamara Russell, a textile artist specialising in free machine embroidery and hand stitching. The panels in the quilt record...
View ArticleDiamond Valley Parish of the Uniting Church in Australia
The Diamond Valley Parish of the Uniting Church began as an outpost of the Heidelberg Primitive Methodist Mission over 150 years ago. Worship services commenced in a barn near the site of the present...
View ArticleFrederick Charles Sweeney 1st AIF
Age 17, Fred enlisted in the AIF and was posted to France with the medical corps. He returned home to marry and settle in Macleod where he was very active in the local sporting community and local RSL...
View ArticleFirst World War and education
An Education Department 1920 publication commemorating teachers and staff that had served in the First World War had appendices showing how much each school had raised for the Department’s War Relief...
View ArticleRemembering Newlands High School
by Cheryl Griffin Up until the early 1990s, Coburg had two high schools: Coburg High School in Bell Street and Newlands High School in Murray Road. For many years there was no Year 7 to 12 secondary...
View ArticleDaryl Morrow
Nicknames: Dazza, Turner, ‘o’ wise one, OD. DOB:2/2/1941 – born in Colac. Parents Names: Molly (Marry)- Mum Les (Leslie)- Dad Siblings:2 Brothers – Skeet (Terrence) – William (Bill) GROWING UP Daryl...
View ArticleThe Orford Brothers
The Orford Brothers by Doug Orford Fredercik John Orford Frederick John Orford was born in Eltham 1889 and attended Dalton Street and Research Schools. Headmaster Cole cared for him after his mother...
View ArticleAnzac Stories from the St Andrews District
The following Anzac stories are from men who served in ‘The Great War ‘- World War 1 from 1914 to 1918. Some men grew up and attended local schools in the District of St Andrews, Shire of Eltham. Some...
View ArticleOn the Armistice in the City of Heidelberg
by Brian Membrey Hostilities in the Great War ceased at 11 a.m. London time on Monday, 11 November, 1918, with the Armistice formally signed at 5.00 a.m. that morning. Although this is the hour...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Digger Smith and the conscription debate
By Cheryl Griffin. “E’s been once wounded, somewhere in the leg…” 6906 Private Lawrence Joseph Smith enlisted on 18 July 1918 and served with the 22nd Infantry Battalion. His parents were William...
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