Scenery along the Kinglake ridge has changed markedly over the years since the first settlers set up farms in the area.  Many current...

As we gather more and more of the early history of the Kinglake district, we are continually impressed with the enterprise and...

Did you know that the Kinglake ridge of the Great Dividing Range was once the meeting place for indigenous people, the Taungurung from...

For a good example of the energetic and enterprising early settlers of the Kinglake district, we need look no further than Horace and...

The cricket competition between Australia and England for 'The Ashes' is often spoken of as 'friendly rivalry' but players and spectators...

2019 marks the 140th anniversary of the opening of Kinglake Primary School - or Kinglake State School No. 2188 as it was correctly known...

The opening day of the new room at the Kinglake Heritage Centre, and the transport display in it, was a very successful and enjoyable...

Articles in early newspapers tell the story about getting a railway line to Kinglake In May 1882, a letter to the editor, signed by...

A recent conversation with a Whittlesea group interested in collecting stories of Wallaby Creek reminded me that both Whittlesea and...

In 'Oklahoma', the Rodgers & Hammerstein stage musical, the foreground story is about the hero and heroine, Curly and Laurey, but...

The Oxford dictionary gives two definitions for 'glee': 1. lively delight 2. musical composition for several voices. During the 1700s,...

Current residents of the Kinglake district, who commute to work to the city and other places off the mountain, and those who make a day...

An excursion, organised by the Kinglake Friends of the Forest in 2021, to the site of the old Big Ben gold mine on Mount Robertson has...

The tank murals beside the Kinglake West Mechanics Institute and the Kinglake West Primary School have now been now completed and what a...