The Orient Theatre was the only picture theatre in Heidelberg. It was situated in Yarra Street one house block away from Mount Street and the Heidelberg Station. The theatre was independently owned, unlike the Hoyts chain of theatres, one of which was at Ivanhoe. The Orient opened on 21 December 1933 and closed in 1966. […]
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Wikinorthia is managed by the Local and Family History Librarian at Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Peacock Inn Hotel
On 7th September 1854 Horace Bastings applied for a liquor license for the Peacock Inn. Whilst Horace was building the Peacock Inn, his brother Edwin was building the general store across the road. The next year Horace passed the license on to 21 year old George Plant, a recent arrival in the colony who became […]
Book Launch of Chinese Settlement in Whittlesea
By Arthur B.W. Yong, B App Sc JP Author and Project Coordinator The Book of Chinese Settlement in Whittlesea: Our Chinese Community Our Stories was launched on Saturday 9 February 2009 2.00 pm at the Mill Park Library. The launch was well coordinated with very entertaining cultural performances and memorable speeches. There were over 160 […]
Sonia Skipper
Sonia Skipper, a founding artist of Montsalvat died in 2008. A Retrospective of her work was held at Monstsalvat, Eltham in January 2009. The paintings span a lifetime of work and include pieces from her early paintings under the tuition of Justus Jörgensen to recent pastel works on paper. Sonia grew up around Ivanhoe and […]
The Cradle of St Andrews
Around 1977, a St Andrews local, Reg Evans, made a wooden cradle for his friends’ baby. The cradle is built from 200 year old cedar collected from a forest in New South Wales (which no longer exists) and more recent Victorian timber. Beautifully carved antique chair backs form part of the cradle. Other carvings are […]