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Pictures I have collected for my Ashburton Stories book!

How Ashburton's Alpine Ice Cream supplies the icecream of Italian royalty... and little Solway kids.

In memoriam of Neville Lee OAM

Advice for long-haul travelling in Australia in 2024.

All the 2023 news of Ashburton.

How Ashburton's mothers have worked for nearly a century to improve their children's educational environment.

A brief history of netball and its significance to girls in Ashburton.

The story of a how a kind, highly intelligent and well-loved young man became known as the 'Chadstone Sniper'.

One of the challenges of researching local history is how to back up my theories with actual evidence. People say Ashburton has changed a...

How Ashburton became the home of soccer in football mad Boroondara.

A 5:4 majority of Boroondara Council’s Urban Planning Committee voted last night not to pursue a heritage overlay on Ashburton’s High...

What happened to Ashburton's Football Club? Did an alleged drug-dealer have anything to do with it?

How Ashburton and Glen Iris residents spent 35 years fighting for the Glen Iris tram to be extended 3 km up High Street.

Stories that resulted from my 27 June article in the Age about Ashburton.

How a young man in 1902 used Balwyn's peace and isolation for his own nefarious purposes.

Sometimes I just want to collect a pile of local information and place it on the internet in one place. This is one of those times. The...

The surprisingly fascinating story of how Brumby's and Bakers Delight came to life in Ashburton.

On the morning after Barry Humphries died, Sammy J on ABC 774 publicised the suggestion that Willison Station on the Alamein Train Line...

Recently a trip to Ashburton Drycleaners brought to my attention the intention of Boroondara Council to place a heritage overlay over the...

This school holidays I managed to see two films in the cinema. This was more than I saw the whole of last year because unfortunately, I...