Many will be aware that Whittlesea station became the terminus of the Fitzroy-Preston-Whittlesea when the full route was opened on 23 December, 1889; ditto Hurst’s-bridge (Hurstbridge) station opened on 25 June, 1912 as the terminus on the original Heidelberg line of 1887. The line north of Lalor station was closed on 29 November, 1959 ending […]
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He Answered his Country’s Call
By Liz Pidgeon Outside the French village of Bullecourt, a bronze statue The Bullecourt Digger stands in the Australian Memorial Park. It reminds visitors of the role our Anzacs played in the Battle of Bullecourt under the British command in early April 1917. Over 3,000 Australians were wounded or killed in the First Bullecourt Battle […]
Tommy Gibson of “Tommy’s Hut”
Tommy Gibson was a paling splinter, cutting palings and shingles for sale at the Melbourne markets. He lived at “Tommy’s Hut” around 1862. His house was used as a sly grog shop and meeting place. Every few days, when he had enough palings to sell, he would load up his trusty wheelbarrow and wheel his […]