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 […]
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Percy Chaster Brearley
By Cheryl Griffin. Percy Brearley was born at Geelong, but enlisted in the 23rd Battalion at Rutherglen in February 1915 aged 25 years 6 months. He qualified for a commission and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in December 1916 and then served with the 46th Battalion. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in July […]
Digger Smith and the conscription debate
By Cheryl Griffin. “E’s been once wounded, somewhere in the leg…” 6906 Private Lawrence Joseph Smith enlisted on 18 July 1918 and served with the 22nd Infantry Battalion. His parents were William Smith, an overseer, and Letitia Josephine McLoughlin. He’d been born in Coburg, lived with his parents and siblings in Coke Street (later Cope […]
End of the Line
I was in the 7th Coburg Scout group which was based beside the public swimming pool in Pascoe Vale. In 1969 or 1970, four of us had to go on a two day hike as part of an achievement award. I can’t remember where the hike started from but by the time we reached our […]
The Bridge
As youngsters in the early 60s, Roger and I used to play a lot along Westbreen Creek. We thought the rickety footbridge over the creek was great when it used to sway in the wind and quite often when we used to run across it jumping up and down. The creek itself was open for […]
Growing up in Pascoe Vale
I started school at the Catholic school in Kensington and soon after we moved to Pascoe Vale. That would have been about 1940 or 1941. I started at Pascoe Vale Primary School then all the Catholic children transferred to Blessed Oliver Plunckett’s. We spent many years in Ray Street, Pascoe Vale. Most people in the […]
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 […]