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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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- Feb 23
- 5 min
Ashburton's Icons: J & T Electrical Services
The other day I was scrolling mindlessly through my phone when I came across a Bored Panda article called “40 Young People Share what...
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
Ashburton's icons: Ken Ross Jewellers
Over the summer – should that ever arrive – I hope to run a series on some of Ashburton’s longest continuously operated shops. On High...
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Jun 17, 2022
- 10 min
Eight new things I learnt about Ashburton reading Progress Press (1946-56)
Once upon a time in Ashburton, there was a community newspaper called Progress Press. This was a locally produced and edited publication...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 23 min
A History of Ashburton’s Green Spaces
Recently, I’ve begun doing some research for the Ashburton Willows Cricket Club. My role in the research is more on the “Ashburton” side...
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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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- Sep 5, 2021
- 18 min
Ashburton Street Name Encyclopaedia
If you know anything about your street and it’s not here I’m very open to suggestions and updates. Also, if I have forgotten your street,...
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- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Burwood Skyline Drive-in (1954-1983)
The Burwood Skyline Drive-in, the first drive-in in Australia.
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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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- Jun 8, 2021
- 6 min
The Winton Road Food Forest in Ashburton
Consider a saunter along the Gardiner’s Creek trail to the Winton Road Food Forest.
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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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