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The Wallan Wallan Tollgate
Introduction Today, as one turns off the Hume Highway onto the entry-ramp towards Wallan the journey is relatively carefree, apart from likelyhood of being cut-off […]
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Donnybrook Springs
The seeds of this article were planted 7 years ago by a random weekend visit to Donnybrook Springs with my family. Since that time, various […]
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‘Pretty Sally’ upon Big Hill
SECTION – A (1832 to 1851) Part 1 Introduction Part 2 The First Clues (1845) The tragic & horrific death of a Susannah Norris […]
The Secret Hut
Prelude Bylands, Victoria, Australia: A place where time has seemingly stood still from its early pastoral days and yet to submit to the hand of […]
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Leslie Railway Siding
[NOTE from the Editor: The following article is written by John Heazlewood who resided at ‘Laurel Vale’ in close vicinity to the Leslie Railway Siding. […]
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Hidden Valley
The following short stories about the history of Hidden Valley have been put together by Grahame Thom. Land development north of Melbourne in the 1800s. […]
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Our Lady of the Way Catholic Church, Wallan
The beautiful white wooden Catholic church wasn’t always situated in Wallan although for 50 years there, she made her mark on our landscape. Catholics have […]
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The Ship Graveyard of Tamar River
In an early attempt to create more flow in the main channel of the Tamar River in Tasmania, at least 14 vessels were sunk in […]
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World War One Rolls
Wallan Wallan’s World War One Honour Rolls Our World War One volunteers are recognised by having their names inscribed on the various district Honour Rolls […]
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Wallan Airfield
In 1968, Ivo and Alison Righetti, originally from Greta purchased Mac’sfield at Wallan so that they could be closer to their children attending their secondary […]
