The team at Yarra Plenty Regional Library’s Library Support Services are no strangers to packing crates, de-cluttering and moving on. “Headquarters” first operated from the top of Ivanhoe Library which was given over to the administration side of the library service in 1965 when Heidelberg Regional Library was established. The book chute was in heavy […]
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Moreland Remembers – War weariness
The ‘Moreland Remembers’ exhibition documents the mounting strain placed on communities and individuals as World War I continued with no end in sight. As casualty numbers overseas continued to rise, families at home watched more of their loved ones leave to replace soldiers already lost and waited a painful amount of time to receive news […]
What’s In A Name? Yarrambat or Tanck’s Corner?
The name of Tanck’s Corner was altered following a meeting of ratepayers and residents in late January, 1929, a change having been considered for several years – a preferential ballot of those present actually opted for “Kanangra”, an aboriginal word apparently meaning “beautiful views”, “Yarrambat” was the second preference (again, aboriginal, “high hill”) and “Carawatha” […]
Arthur (Mick) Graham – Merri Creek at Clifton Hill
Friends of Merri Creek have been conducting oral history interviews with residents who have lived on the Creek before 1970. The interviews form the Merri Creek Oral History Project. This is an interview with Arthur (Mick) Graham who is a long term resident near the Merri Creek in Clifton Hill. The interviewer is Des Shiel and […]
Northcote’s Charlie Vaude : Radio and Vaudeville Star
Charlie Vaude, a Northcote resident for many years, was a very successful live theatre and later popular radio personality and comedian before his death at his Clarke-street home on 29 October, 1942. An archetypical “Cockney”, he was born in London circa 1882, his real name Charles Joseph Ridgway (sometimes shown as Ridgeway). In his youth, he […]
ReCollection – Kicking around Coburg in the sixties
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 […]
In Memory of “The Proff”
Wednesday 20 December, 2017 marks the centenary of the death of one of Australia’s Great Landscape Painters, Frederick McCubbin. Frederick McCubbin or “The Proff” as he was affectionately known to his friends and his students was born on Sunday 25 February 1855 at 165 King Street, Melbourne, the third son of Alexander McCubbin, baker and […]
Moreland quilt project – A changing community
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 […]
Moreland quilt project – Work
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 […]
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 local stories, culture and history though imagery, colour and fabric. My parents came from Wonthaggi in the depression as there was no work in […]