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The cheat's guide to doing Halloween in Ashburton.
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Oct 119 min read
In honour of History Month: the vital significance of Burwood Bulletin
How a few community-minded friends got together in 1981 to create the custodial publication of local history: Burwood Bulletin.
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Sep 207 min read
Meals on Wheels in Ashburton
The untold story of Meals on Wheels in Ashburton
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Aug 143 min read
Kooyong Koot (Gardiner's Creek) in Pictures
The collection of photographs and pictures I have acquired concerning Kooyong Koot/Gardiner's Creek.
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Jul 198 min read
The Ghosts of Gardiner’s Creek
Drownings, suicides and murders: Gardiner’s Creek holds many secrets.
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Nov 17, 20239 min read
The Unpaid Work of the Mothers of Ashburton
How Ashburton's mothers have worked for nearly a century to improve their children's educational environment.
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Mar 23, 202315 min read
Why is the Matthew Flinders Hotel a local institution?
How beer, AC/DC, violence and pokies created a local institution.
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Mar 11, 202311 min read
Ashburton and the Friday Night Fights
When I started this blog, I did not want to shy away from the darker history of Ashburton and the surrounding areas. From writing about...
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Nov 22, 20228 min read
The Stocks Family and the Ashburton Dairy
If you’re a reader of a certain age, you may remember waking up very very early in the morning – far too early for your mother’s liking –...
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Nov 2, 202214 min read
The Ashburton Stigma
Few people want to go on record with their pre-conceived judgements and assumptions about Ashburton. Or for any other suburb for that...
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Oct 17, 20229 min read
The History of the Outer Circle Linear Park/Anniversary Trail
In this post, I’m taking a break from writing about Ashburton’s growing list of murderers to cover something far more pleasant: the...
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Sep 8, 202219 min read
The lasting tragedy of Valerie Dunn’s 1968 murder
Almost a year ago, I began documenting the 1965 murder of a young Jordanville woman called Maureen Ferrari by an Ashburton man. Since I...
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Aug 25, 20229 min read
For Book Week: a brief history of Camberwell and Ashburton libraries
It’s Book Week! Or, as I call it in my house, F#@king Book Week. I love books. I love them so much I wrote one. You don’t become a...
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Aug 11, 202210 min read
A Murderer Calls on Glen Iris
On a cool Sunday morning on 8 August 1980, Bertha “Beth” Miller called out a farewell greeting to her housemate/brother-in-law Bill Ross....
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Jul 29, 202213 min read
The battle to play sport in Camberwell on Sunday
I recently presented on this topic at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Just as High Street turns down the hill towards Glen Iris...
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Jul 8, 20228 min read
Ashburton and the rise of Chadstone Shopping Centre
This is the second post in my series on interesting things I find in Ashburton’s old community newspaper Progress Press (1946-63) In the...
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Nov 17, 202121 min read
The Murder of Maureen Ferrari
Every suburb has its dark underbelly. Ashburton is no exception. On 17 December 1965, Melbourne’s Sun newspaper ran a front page story on...
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Sep 5, 20216 min read
A Short History of the Development of Ashburton
Having walked the streets of Ashburton for days and weeks now (or is it months - what is time anyway during these lockdown days?) it...
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Aug 3, 202111 min read
Wurundjeri history in Ashburton
The other day I received an email from Boroondara Council seeking my thoughts on its proposed reconciliation process over the area’s...
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May 28, 202111 min read
The Epic Battle over the Markham Reserve Re-development
A summary of the fight between residents and the State Government over the Markham Estate re-development.
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