local and family history
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
I can’t think of any image more appropriate than the Old Iron Bridge at Shelford to bring back memories of Peter Alsop. Ss Peter & Paul’s Catholic Church at Ashby [Mercer Street, Geelong] would be up there and there were … Continued
New book index added to Geelong & District Database. Farmland, Forest & Surf: Environmental History, prepared by Dr Carlotta Kellaway (1998), revised & updated by Dr David Rowe (2009) as part of the Surf Coast Shire Heritage Study Stage 2B … Continued
New book index added to Geelong & District Database. Year of Hope: 1857 in the Colac district written by Dawn Peel. The index added to the database includes 1300 Colac residents of 1857 from the appendices in this book. From … Continued
New list of burials has been added to the Geelong & District Database. There are more than 1800 burials in this list for the Winchelsea cemetery.
New book index added to Geelong & District Database. The History of Colac and District was compiled by Isaac Hebb in 1970. This was a limited edition publication which has been out-of-print for some years. This history was originally printed … Continued
New book index added to Geelong & District Database. Peterborough, Port Campbell, Princetown: tourist, historical and fishing guide written by Jack Loney and published in 1977
New book index added to Geelong & District Database Lorne: a Living History was written by Doug Stirling and published in 2004.
Added index to the Geelong & District database and full transcription to the PROV Wiki.