YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE GIRL My name is Annie Cox and I am a long term resident of Coburg. I was born in Bendigo in 1925. My father left school at 12 to work for a builder but, as he didn’t […]
Tag: 1930’s
Ern and Lil’s homes
The following article came out of a Reminiscence session held at Watsonia Library 10 March 2009 with long time residents Ern and Lil. Compiled by Lynne Siejka Ern told us about his parent’s house. They had bought the Californian Bungalow in 1925 for eight hundred pounds (which was about 5 year’s wages) on Derby Street […]
Earning an extra quid in Nillumbik
Reproduced here with permission of the author, Kevin. This article first appeared in two parts of the “Nillumbik Custodian” newsletter of the Nillumbik Historical Society Inc. August and November 2008. By the start of the 20th Century the big pastoral runs of first settlement in the Nillumbik area had become small holdings of farms and […]
Around the house in 1930’s
Laundry The washing was done in a big copper pot under which a fire was lit to heat the water and boil the clothes. It was all stirred with a wooden stick. Bathroom The toilet was outside. Instead of toilet paper, newspaper was used. The more wealthy people had old phone directories to use. Kitchen […]