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 […]
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Arthur Albert Meekcoms: a survivor of his great adventures
By Liz Pidgeon For many young men, especially early in the war, enlistment was seen as the opportunity for a grand adventure. For Arthur Meekcoms, his journey of a lifetime came when he had earlier decided to migrate to Australia. Arthur was among 150,000 state assisted settlers who arrived in Australia between 1906 and the […]
Memories of Lalor Library
I started in the “pink” era, the furniture was pink, shelves, desks and even some walls. We only had about 8 public pc’s, and of course, this was the pre –internet era. There was a community language collection, but as Lalor always had a large migrant population, we had the largest and most diverse collection […]
Migration story – recent arrival
Madiha arrived in Australia in 2013 from Pakistan with her husband and two children. Initially they settled in Glenroy with family and then moved to Fawkner. Madiha is a qualified doctor in Pakistan and worked in a hospital and clinic. Her qualifications are not recognised in Australia so she would need to undertake more study. […]
Diamond Valley Library
Diamond Valley Library is managed by Yarra Plenty Regional Library and is one of two libraries in the Shire of Nillumbik. It is located beside the Shire of Nillumbik Civic Centre, Civic Drive, Greensborough. The original Greensborough Library was first opened in December 1973 by Member for Greensborough R.M. “Monty” Vale M.P. It was the […]
Shadows On The Screen
—Bullant 17:59, 22 September 2011 (EST) The author did not identify himself by name but is easily identifiable as William McIntosh, the son of Andrew McIntosh, a long serving councillor and prominent baker in High Street. As the article reveals, William and his great friend James Morris were stalwarts of the cricket club and although […]
Eltham Library
Originally titled Nillumbik Library. See also Yarra Plenty Regional Library In the seventies the humble beginnings of the Eltham library was in the redundant red brick Council Chamber building. But behind the scenes, ideas were being thrown around by the people of Eltham, librarians and anyone with an interest in a decent library befitting the […]
Darebin Libraries
Darebin Libraries was created in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Northcote and Preston library services. It has four library branches stretching from Fairfield in the south, to Northcote, Preston and Reservoir and serves an area of 153.4 km. History The Northcote Library was first established in 1891 and housed in a small office in […]