The logo a feature of the exterior of Ivanhoe Library since the 1960s was designed for Yarra Plenty Regional Library’s predecessor – Heidelberg Regional Library: “H for Heidelberg with the apple of knowledge” soon after it was established in 1965. It features a fan of three leaves with a stem centred in a circle. Either […]
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Wikinorthia is managed by the Local and Family History Librarian at Yarra Plenty Regional Library
WW2 and Home Front Regulations, or Deja Vu
The COVID-19 virus pandemic has been likened by our political leaders to a war like situation. We have been directed to ‘stay at home’ and practice social isolation in order to stop the spread of the virus. Many businesses have been ordered to close and many people are working from home. Our streets are quiet […]
James Aitken
James Aitken, Epping, was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1837, and landed in Brisbane, Queensland in 1865. Eighteeen months later he came to Victoria, and began living in Melbourne for a year, and at Kilmore for three months. He settled in Epping in 1868, and worked at his trade as journey-man blacksmith there until 1873, […]
Thomas A. Ahern
Ahearn, Thomas A. Epping (deceased) was born in Tipperary, Ireland in 1827, and arrived in Melbourne in March 1841. After farming for two years and paying a two years’ visit to New Zealand, he returned to Victoria, and went to the shearing on some of the principal stations up country, and settled down for a […]
Richard Bassett
Richard Bassett Upper Yarra Pioneer From Hazel Glen, Richard was born in Cornwall, England, in 1838 and coming to Australia in 1859 first went to Brunswick, where he worked at the quarries for a year, then to Darebin Creek as a farmer, and thence to Greensborough. He then selected land at Hazel Glen, where he […]
A Platform towards reconciliation
The Moor-rul pltaform was installed at Kangaroo Ground Memorial Park Tower in 2008. The Diamond Valley Leader reported: Years of co-operation, hard work and history have culminated in the completion of a Kangaroo Ground viewing platform and launch of Nillumbik Council Reconciliation Charter. Bagpipes heralded the official launch of the long-awaited Moor-rul platform and the […]
History of Hawkstowe Park
South Morang was developed early in the European History of Victoria, in the 1850’s. The Plenty River provided a reliable source of water before the construction of the Yan Yean Reservoir in the late 1850’s. Combined with the flat land and the close proximity to Melbourne, the region became a prime agricultural area, providing a […]
Len Young Woolshed
Most of this building was 140 years old in 1996 – built in 1856 as a Wesleyan Methodist Church on land owned by a Mr King of Bridge Inn Road, Separation – an area near Bob’s Hill, west of Mernda. For over 30 years it was used each week for two church services and Sunday […]
Pioneer Reserve, Greensborough
The Pioneer Reserve Picnic Shelter, on the corner of St Helena Road, Greensborough is a tribute to the district’s pioneers and it was built as a joint project by the Shire of Diamond Valley and the Nillumbik Historical Society. The bluestone was recovered from the southern arch of Greensborough’s first Plenty River bridge built in […]
The Greensborough Shoeman
The following was written by Kevin Patterson following an interview and photo essay Kevin conducted with Michael in July 2010 Michael Gouralnik has been a shoe and bag repairer in Greensborough for 22 years. Michael, a former electrical civil engineer, arrived in Australia from the Ukraine in 1988, 2 years after the Chenobal disaster which […]