Can you help with this image?
Can you help identify this photo? It was left in Geelong and we are trying to work out who it is and if possible locate descendants of the family. In its frame, it is 60 cm high and 45 … Continued
Significance of the Ocean Grove Corner Store
The iconic Ocean Grove Corner Store has been a focal point for residents and visitors to Ocean Grove for more than 100 years and was probably responsible for the location of the central Ocean Grove shopping centre today. The original … Continued
Why you should hear it live!
Sitting here quietly reading an article I wrote for the most recent edition of Geelong Coast magazine on Point Henry … a subject I know really well. Not surprisingly I choked on the peanuts I was munching on before I got … Continued
A daytime talk: Midwives, Nurses and Female Ancestors
Midwives and Nurses are a great way to track down female ancestors and family – you might be surprised at how many were involved in one or both of these occupations. You could find them in various references, certificates, and … Continued
Point Henry – immigration and tourist mecca!
Point Henry near Geelong in Victoria would have to be my absolute favourite subject when giving talks to Local or Family History Groups. When I first found this image I thought it was a fancy toilet in the Bellarine Gardens … Continued
Belmont – the early days
The Geelong Family History Group have just posted a blog on Belmont – the group meets in the Belmont Library which has become their ‘spiritual home’. This sketch from the Wynd Collection shows the first hut on Dr Thomson’s Kardinia … Continued
What is History?
This beautiful photograph is obviously historic – in fact it’s more than 100 years old and shows the Foyster girls outside the Ocean Grove Corner Store c.1906. There is no doubt that this is part of Ocean Grove’s history and … Continued
The Ocean Grove History Murals
Back in 1999 I was approached by Wally and Victoria Higgins to provide some historic Ocean Grove photographs to ‘decorate’ the walls of the extended building housing Coles Supermarket. It was part of the planning agreement – they had to … Continued
Is this your family’s wedding photo?
I do love things that turn up out of the blue! There I was quietly sitting at the keyboard this afternoon when an email arrived with this photo attached. The email said: I found the attached photo in the back of … Continued
Who was G. G. M., photographer?
GGM was definitely in our region at some time (probably early 1900s) as images at Portarlington and Clifton Springs are included in his collection on the SLV web site. It appears that the family may have holidayed at Portarlington as … Continued