A History of Wattle Park: Part 1
Let’s examine how Wattle Park’s creation involved the murder of an inconvenient peacock.
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Oct 245 min read
The Nine Rules of the Halloween Lolly Harvest … in Ashburton
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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Oct 12, 202311 min read
The Tragedy of the ‘Chadstone Sniper’
The story of a how a kind, highly intelligent and well-loved young man became known as the 'Chadstone Sniper'.
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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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Feb 23, 20236 min read
Ashburton's Icons: J & T Electrical Services
Update 5 May 2024: After 47 years, J & T Electrical Services in Ashburton closed its doors for the last time. Wishing Peter a long and...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
Ashburton's icons: Ken Ross Jewellers
Over the summer – should that ever arrive – I hope to run a series on some of Ashburton’s longest continuously operated shops. On High...
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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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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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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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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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Jun 17, 202210 min read
Eight new things I learnt about Ashburton reading Progress Press (1946-56)
Once upon a time in Ashburton, there was a community newspaper called Progress Press. This was a locally produced and edited publication...
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Mar 28, 202223 min read
A History of Ashburton’s Green Spaces
Recently, I’ve begun doing some research for the Ashburton Willows Cricket Club. My role in the research is more on the “Ashburton” side...
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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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Sep 5, 202118 min read
Ashburton Street Name Encyclopaedia
If you know anything about your street and it’s not here I’m very open to suggestions and updates. Also, if I have forgotten your street,...
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Aug 22, 20214 min read
The Burwood Skyline Drive-in (1954-1983)
The Burwood Skyline Drive-in, the first drive-in in Australia.
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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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