The story of Coburg Primary School begins during the Victorian gold rush decade of the 1850s when Coburg was a small rural village called Pentridge. In those days, market gardens and orchards lined the banks of the Merri Creek, cattle and sheep grazed on land that would later be occupied by factories, and farmers grew […]
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Growing up in Preston
The following article was contributed following the first reminiscences session held at Watsonia library April 2008. It is John’s reminiscences about growing up in Preston. John was born at the Bethesda Hospital in Richmond, 17.12.1936. His family took him home to 15 Dean St, East Preston. John has memories of living in Dean St from […]