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ReCollection – Hard work, hardship and happiness

May 30, 2019May 31, 2019 moreland Leave a comment

Edited transcript of interview with Heather Cox.  I’m the eldest daughter of Evelyn Peachy and David Ennis. They were married in 1938 and they were together for quite a few years before they could afford to get married because there was no work around. He worked in a clay pit in Brunswick and they had […]

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ReCollection – Farm life, adventure and strife

February 22, 2019July 27, 2020 moreland Leave a comment

Edited transcript of the interview with Heather Cox. I was brought up with lots of animals. There were draft horses, a cow, geese, ducks, chickens, dogs, cats, and it was basically a farm. I was surrounded by aunts and uncles cousins and I had the best childhood ever. I was brought up in West Street […]

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Migration stories – Glenroy conversation club

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 moreland Leave a comment

In October 2016 participants of the Glenroy library conversation club sat down and shared their stories of migration and home. Some were recent arrivals to Australia, while others have been here for many years.   Syamala Syamala left her home in Bilaspur city, Chhattisgarh state, India to live with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson in […]

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ReCollection – Education runs deep

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 moreland Leave a comment

 Edited transcript of the interview with Dr. Sue Lopez Atkinson.   I’m sue Lopez Atkinson. I’m a proud Yorta Yorta woman and I’ve lived in Moreland for over 50 years. Starting off in Coburg as a child [and] moving out when I got married when I was very young and then returning to Brunswick […]

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ReCollection – Moreland’s geography and early European settlements

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 moreland 2 Comments

 Edited transcript of the interview with Malcolm McIlvena, former President of the Coburg Historical Society (2006-2017). Well probably the first thing that people don’t realise is that there were to the north, of us and Pretty Sally is one of them, there were seven volcanoes. We’re going back several hundred thousand years here and those […]

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ReCollection – Transforming the Merri Creek

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 moreland Leave a comment

 When Ann and Bruce McGregor moved to Brunswick in 1967, the Merri Creek was in bad condition. They worked with many community groups through their roles in the Merri Creek Coordinating Committe and the Friends of Merri Creek to bring the creek back to life. They were also integral in setting up the Merri […]

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ReCollection – Kicking around Coburg in the sixties

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 moreland Leave a comment

 Edited transcript of the interview with Dr. Sue Lopez Atkinson. My father was born in Cooraminta Street in Brunswick in 1914 and he grew up in Brunswick. He met my mother in Brunswick, got married in Brunswick, and then after he got married they moved to Coburg. In the house that he grew up […]

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Moreland quilt project – A changing community

October 27, 2017March 27, 2018 moreland Leave a comment

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 local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. I lived on a dairy farm in Glenroy growing up.  It was a lovely […]

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Moreland quilt project – Work

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 moreland Leave a comment

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 local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. I was a seamstress like my mother, aunt and sister.  We would all work […]

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Moreland quilt project – Brunswick stories

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 moreland Leave a comment

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 local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. My parents came from Wonthaggi in the depression as there was no work in […]

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