The Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists 176 World War One servicemen and women as being buried in Coburg General Cemetery in Bell Street (or now the Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery to use the official Commission designation). The Cemetery appears to have been the preferred place of burial for many of those that died while in […]
The Austin Hospital for Incurables
Despite an existing shortage of accommodation, three wards of the Austin Hospital for Incurables were combined on 5 September, 1917 into what became known as the Military Ward (later No. 12 Ward) specifically for the treatment of tuberculosis patients, the effects of which were exacerbated by the influenza epidemic of 1918-19. The Ward appears to […]
Whittlesea’s Great War (L to Z)
(See also A – K) The two entries comprise a list of all known volunteers for World War One service from the Shire of Whittlesea (as per 1918 boundaries) compiled from local newspaper reports, honour boards erected around the district and an exhaustive search of records held in National Archives and the Australian War Memorial. […]
Whittlesea’s Great War (A to K)
(See also L to Z) These two entries comprise a list of all known volunteers for World War One service from the Shire of Whittlesea (as per 1918 boundaries) compiled from local newspaper reports, honour boards erected around the district and an exhaustive search of records held in National Archives and the Australian War Memorial. […]
Whittlesea Courthouse
Built in 1864, the Whittlesea Courthouse is one of the oldest functional buildings in the City of Whittlesea. It is a brick building with a slate roof and was constructed on bluestone footings. The Courthouse played an important role in the daily life and development of the district. Apart from court proceedings, meetings of the Whittlesea Roads Board were held here, and […]
The Mont Park Asylum
Lands at Mont Park were first considered for an asylum site in 1906 when the members of the Cabinet under the State Premier Mr Bent (later Sir Thomas Bent) and the Inspector-General for the Insane, Dr. Ernest Jones inspected 214 acres of land including the area known as Sugarloaf Hill. It was noted as conveniently located […]
Tack’s waterwheel
The following are reminscences by Whittlesea resident John McPhee: “A few things I remember or have been told: Lee Tack was a tall man and had been trained as a doctor in China; he came to Australia looking for gold, he found a nugget shaped like a man on a horse. At its peak it […]
The Queen’s Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital
What we know as the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital was also used by the A.I.F. during the latter years of the First World War and while the appellation was rarely used, it was officially No. 5 Infectious Diseases Hospital. What is not clear is when the A.I.F. started to use the hospital and just what […]
Warringal Cemetery : At War
Commonwealth War Graves Commission records list seventeen First World War servicemen that were interred in the Warringal (or Heidelberg) Cemetery. With just two exceptions of men who died in camp, all died in 1919 or later and after returning from the Western Front – the lateness of the deaths coincided with the establishment of a […]
Sydney Patterson – Stories from his life
Sydney Patterson was born in 1938 in Sydney. Sydney left Sydney in 1944 after his fathers, a full time sailor ship was hit by a suicide plane, 67 sailors died and his father was severely injured. His father was the shipped off to Melbourne for 3-4 years to recover from his injuries in the Austin […]