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Why is the Matthew Flinders Hotel a local institution?
How beer, AC/DC, violence and pokies created a local institution.
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- Mar 11
- 11 min
Ashburton and the Friday Night Fights
When I started this blog, I did not want to shy away from the darker history of Ashburton and the surrounding areas. From writing about...
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- Nov 22, 2022
- 8 min
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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- Nov 2, 2022
- 14 min
The Ashburton Stigma
Few people want to go on record with their pre-conceived judgements and assumptions about Ashburton. Or for any other suburb for that...
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- Oct 17, 2022
- 9 min
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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- Sep 8, 2022
- 19 min
The lasting tragedy of Valerie Dunn’s 1968 murder
Almost a year ago, I began documenting the 1965 murder of a young Jordanville woman called Maureen Ferrari by an Ashburton man. Since I...
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- Aug 25, 2022
- 9 min
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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- Aug 11, 2022
- 10 min
A Murderer Calls on Glen Iris
On a cool Sunday morning on 8 August 1980, Bertha “Beth” Miller called out a farewell greeting to her housemate/brother-in-law Bill Ross....
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- Jul 29, 2022
- 13 min
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, 2022
- 8 min
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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- Nov 17, 2021
- 21 min
The Murder of Maureen Ferrari
Every suburb has its dark underbelly. Ashburton is no exception. On 17 December 1965, Melbourne’s Sun newspaper ran a front page story on...
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- Sep 5, 2021
- 6 min
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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- Aug 3, 2021
- 11 min
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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- May 28, 2021
- 11 min
The Epic Battle over the Markham Reserve Re-development
A summary of the fight between residents and the State Government over the Markham Estate re-development.
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- May 20, 2021
- 7 min
Why there are no wine bars in Ashburton
This picture is not from a bar in Ashburton. Let me tell you why.
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