The Preston area from today’s Dundas Street north to the borders of today’s City of Whittlesea was divided by the New South Wales Government into 12 estates ranging from 312 to 1065 acres and sold at auctions on 12 September, 1838, and 1 August and 3 October, 1839, bringing prices ranging between 8/3d (83 cents) […]
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Loris Macleod – Merri Creek at West Preston
Friends of Merri Creek have been conducting oral history interviews with residents who have lived on the Creek before 1970. The interviews form the Merri Creek Oral History Project. This is an interview with Loris Macleod who lived by the Merri Creek in her youth in Goodwin Street West Preston. The interviewer is Ruth Shiel. The […]
Pauline Atkins – Merri Creek at West Preston
Friends of Merri Creek have been conducting oral history interviews with residents who have lived on the Creek before 1970. The interviews form the Merri Creek Oral History Project. This is an interview with Pauline Atkins, who lived on the Oakover Estate, West Preston, from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. The interviewer is Des Shiel, and […]
1888 : The Battle for Preston Station
Although the locals along with their neighbours in Northcote had fought for many years for a railway service, there was certainly no consensus of opinion as to where Preston actually was! Then classified as a Shire (the lowest level of local governmant authority), Preston was effectively split in two: residents of the area around Regent […]
The Tattooed Widow of Milton Street
The Australian War Memorial’s Commemorative Roll records the name of some 3,141 Australians that died in the service of Allied countries during conflicts in which Australians have fought. The number is somewhat understated – our research over the last few years has identified seven or eight others clearly noted in Death Notices, but whom AWM […]
Zwar Family of Preston
“H.P” – Henry Peter Zwar was born in Broadford on 2 December, 1873, the sixth son (and one of eleven children) of Michael and Agnes Zwar nee Zimmer, German immigrants who became naturalised Victorians in 1852. After six years at Broadford State School, Zwar in 1873 won a scholarship to Melbourne Grammar and returned to […]
World War 1 : Nurse Amy Alice Simpson (Mrs Richard George Cordingley)
Nurse Amy Alice Simpson (Mrs Richard George Cordingley) Address : care of Mrs Walker, Paterson Street, Preston Next of kin : Sister in law, Mrs G. Simpson, Geelong Hospital. Parents Robert and Mary Lily Simpson (nee Sutton) Amy Simpson was just the second woman on our Darebin In Memoriam roll and for all practical purposes, […]
Working at the Skyline Drive-In
As per the original article, the formatting with a number of images is difficult within the restrictions of WikiNorthia’s presentation tools, so we have also included the follow-up as a PDF document downloadable from the link below or the Related Media section … now read on …
Preston and Northcote School Sports
The Preston and Northcote School Sports While recently researching the history of Preston and Gowerville Park (aka Preston City Oval), I came across a long forgotten phenomenon of the 1950s and early 60s that I’m sure will strike a chord with many readers of “a Certain Age”. With a drop-off in interest and attendances in Association football in those years, […]
Rivoli Theatre
The only theatre building remaining in Preston is the Rivoli at 71-75 Gilbert Road (on the corner of Oakover Road). The Rivoli was opened on 16 November, 1935 at a gathering of 150 people by the Mayor of Preston, Cr. Harry Swain, built by Preston Theatres Pty. Ltd. and leased to Messrs King, Guest and […]