local and family history
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
Friday 12 November 1965 – the day-long celebrations commemorating the Centenary of the Shire of Bellarine ended at the Ocean Grove Chalet when Sir Rohan and Lady Delacombe departed for Melbourne. These tables laid out for a meal were not … Continued
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
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
Did you or someone you know go to the Ocean Grove Preschool? In September this year they are celebrating their 50th anniversary and they are looking for anyone who attended the preschool in The Avenue. The Ocean Grove preschool opened … Continued
The Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum Annual Reports never cease to amaze me – this time for two reasons. The number of “employees” listed by company / employer. Even if the company or employer kept an archive of their records, … Continued
Sometimes we take things for granted and don’t realise how many people are not aware of the myriad of different places they can find a person’s date of death – cemetery records and newspaper notices to name just a few. … Continued
A lot of titles have been added to the Ocean Grove land titles database so it’s worth checking again. A lot of new photos have also been added – links to these can be found in the PDF Section Plans. In … Continued
OK – my holidays end tonight so the output will slow down but I just wanted to get this last bit working. Then I will have a formula to follow for the updates to the Ocean Grove land titles. I’m … Continued
Some things are worth waiting for! Just over 10 years ago – 10 May 2004 – I purchased and downloaded a digital copy of a Certificate of Title Vol 1946 Fol 389059. This was the largest of several early Titles … Continued