By Arthur B.W. Yong JP, Cr Frank Merlino and Maureen Corrigan OAM (2009) In 2009, Arthur Yong got hold of a press release entitled “Huge Funding Boost for Northern Health Project”, which announced funding to go towards the Northern Health Academic and Research Precinct. The flowering of the Epping health precinct around the Northern Hospital […]
Category: Whittlesea
Redleap Stables
Albert and Septimus Miller Albert and Septimus Miller’s Redleap Stables were built in 1892, the year of Redleap’s famous victories in the VRC Grand National Steeplechase and Grand National Hurdle at Flemington and the VATC Australian Steeplechase at Caulfield. The stables and adjacent training track, which cost nearly £7,000, were said to be the best […]
Bear’s Castle
Sphinx-like, its story it would hide as anchored fast in time’s own tide, it stands above the northern shore of Melbourne’s oldest reservoir. Is it a folly born of a chance remark, an ornament in a rich man’s park a flippant thing, its history insignificant, at best an egotistic monument? Or, could it be, a […]
Epping District Roads Board
Local government in Darebin can trace its roots back to 1841 and the establishment of the District Council of the County of Bourke. Drawing its members from prominent local landowners, it included Thomas Wills, Alexander McCrae and Major G.F. St. John. The District Council was an advisory body, reporting to the Superintendent of Victoria on […]
Mill Park Writing Group
The Mill Park Library Writing Group was formed in March 2009. It all began with an author night at Mill Park Library with guest author Alice Pung. Alice Pung has won many awards for her writing for instance for her book Unpolished Gem. She won Australian Newcomer of the Year in the 2007 Australian Book […]
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 […]