Bundoora Homestead staff have investigated the ghosts that are said to haunt it. The homestead, built in 1900, is now an arts centre but had previous lives as a horse stud, convalescent farm and mental repatriation hospital. It used to reside in the former Shire of Whttlesea but is now located in the corner of […]
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Ivanhoe Ghost Story
There are no ghost horses in Ivanhoe but a story told to members of the Ivanhoe Returned Services League members could explain a strange sighting at their offices. On a Friday night 20 years ago, as Ivanhoe RSL president Fred Cullen walked towards the offices to finish some club reports, he was greeted by two […]
Greensborough ghost story
In March 2004 the Age reported on a Mrs Bell who had come to live in Greensborough in 1943 with her one year old son. The house they moved into dated back to the 1840s. They grew their own vegetables and fruit, caught fish from the river and shot rabbits. They had no electricity or […]
Marble Hall
The following article is reproduced by permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail With Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that […]