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 […]
Tag: Coburg
ReCollection – Farm life, adventure and strife
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 […]
ReCollection – Education runs deep
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 […]
Frank Cox – Merri Creek at Coburg
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 Frank Cox who, as a Coburg Councillor for many years, had an influence on the improvements on the Creek. The interviewer is […]
Pauline Atkins – Merri Creek at West Preston
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 Pauline Atkins, who lived on the Oakover Estate, West Preston, from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. The interviewer is Des Shiel, and […]
John Jordan – Merri Creek at North Coburg
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 John Jordan, who has lived near the Merri Creek in Bakers Road North Coburg since boyhood. The interviewer is Des Shiel. The […]
Joe Garita – Market Gardener on Merri Creek
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 Joe Garita who worked his market garden beside the Merri Creek in Harding Street Coburg for many years. Also contributing is […]
ReCollection – Moreland’s geography and early European settlements
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]