scrazeMar 2315 minWhy is the Matthew Flinders Hotel a local institution?How beer, AC/DC, violence and pokies created a local institution.
scrazeMar 1111 minAshburton and the Friday Night FightsWhen I started this blog, I did not want to shy away from the darker history of Ashburton and the surrounding areas. From writing about...
scrazeNov 2, 202214 minThe Ashburton StigmaFew people want to go on record with their pre-conceived judgements and assumptions about Ashburton. Or for any other suburb for that...
scrazeSep 8, 202219 minThe 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...
scrazeAug 11, 202210 minA Murderer Calls on Glen IrisOn a cool Sunday morning on 8 August 1980, Bertha “Beth” Miller called out a farewell greeting to her housemate/brother-in-law Bill Ross....
scrazeNov 17, 202121 minThe Murder of Maureen FerrariEvery suburb has its dark underbelly. Ashburton is no exception. On 17 December 1965, Melbourne’s Sun newspaper ran a front page story on...