By Cheryl Griffin Below is a list of the old boys of Coburg High School who served in World War One. Most of them were in the first intake of pupils into the school in 1912, just a few years before hostilities began. The rest (Bowen, Buzaglo, Groves, Head, Jarvie, Scott, Sherlock, Tait, Templeton […]
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World War 1 : Women in Uniform
The City of Brunswick : Elizabeth Gertrude FLEMING Annie Frances GRIFFIN Mabel Lucy HUTCHINSON Linda FLOWER Alice Elizabeth KITCHEN/KITCHIN Blanche Catherine KILSBY Charlotte Joan McALLISTER (O.B.E) Flora MELVILLE Elvina Mary OVEREND BLANCHE Lily RICKETTS Sarah Jane PROCTER Olive Mary ROSE Florence WILLANS Blodywn Elizabeth WILLIAMS The Town of Coburg : Milanie Treleavan AMBLER Octavia Ione […]
The Coburg Bluestone Cottage
The Coburg Bluestone Cottage The Bluestone Cottage at 82 Bell Street Coburg was built in 1864. James Smith and his wife, Maria came from Ireland as assisted immigrants to Victoria in 1852. They landed at Portland and he was employed as a farm labourer. After a year the family moved to the Pentridge district where […]
My history of living in Melbourne’s north
I left Italy in April 1963, with my Dad, Mum, and 2 young brothers. All the other 5 brothers were already living in Melbourne. We arrived at Victoria dock early in the morning on the 13-5-1963. My first impression of Melbourne was not the best, as it was a very grey morning. When I looked […]
Textile Engineer
Textile engineer Bill worked as a textile engineer which he was absolutely passionate about. He is also a great people manager and loves to organise. ‘Happiness to me is about being with people. I find that I get along really well with many different types and I have been fortunate to meet some extraordinary people […]
Travelling with friends
Travelling with friends Katica has spent many years travelling with her friends, providing her with many happy memories and with opportunities to learn. Katica continues to have a very positive outlook on life with a desire to stay healthy, strong, and independent. Katica likes to support her many friends where she can. ‘I love to […]
Wedding photographer
Wedding Photographer Laurie worked as a wedding photographer for more than forty years. Photography has always been a passion for Laurie – when he was young he loved to take pictures of cats and dogs. His father, who was an engineer, passed on much knowledge to Laurie, and made some photographic equipment for him to […]
Migrating by ship
Migrating by ship Grace migrated from Italy to Australia, and being on the ship is one of her favourite life memories. She had never been on holidays before so it was very exciting to board the ship, and she will always remember this experience. Upon arriving in Australia it was difficult initially as she could […]
Memories of Growing up with Crafts
This article is based on an interview conducted by a Council staff member, with a resident of Glenroy who has given her personal experiences, stories and anecdotes on growing up in New South Wales, moving to the Moreland municipality and having a passion and talent for the arts and crafts. These are personal reminiscences. Growing […]
Aborigines in Moreland
Aborigines History of Moreland Fact Sheet 1: Aborigines Background The Woiworung people occupied 12,000 square kilometres in Victoria and it is estimated there were about 1700 of them in the years before white settlement divided into four clans (land-owning groups). For most of the year, the Woiworung lived in groups of between twenty and fifty […]