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

Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 26, 20243 min read
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Did You Know ...... ?
Did you know that the Kinglake ridge of the Great Dividing Range was once the meeting place for indigenous people, the Taungurung from...

Kinglake Historical Society
Nov 10, 20233 min read
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A Working Life
For a good example of the energetic and enterprising early settlers of the Kinglake district, we need look no further than Horace and...

Kinglake Historical Society
Oct 5, 20233 min read
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Cricket - West v East
The cricket competition between Australia and England for 'The Ashes' is often spoken of as 'friendly rivalry' but players and spectators...

Kinglake Historical Society
Sep 12, 20233 min read
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Kinglake Primary School Update
2019 marks the 140th anniversary of the opening of Kinglake Primary School - or Kinglake State School No. 2188 as it was correctly known...
Kinglake Historical Society
Aug 24, 20232 min read
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Opening of New Room and Transport Exhibition
The opening day of the new room at the Kinglake Heritage Centre, and the transport display in it, was a very successful and enjoyable...
Kinglake Historical Society
Jul 10, 20232 min read
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The Railway to Kinglake
Articles in early newspapers tell the story about getting a railway line to Kinglake In May 1882, a letter to the editor, signed by...
Kinglake Historical Society
May 7, 20233 min read
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Remembering Wallaby Creek
A recent conversation with a Whittlesea group interested in collecting stories of Wallaby Creek reminded me that both Whittlesea and...
Kinglake Historical Society
Feb 11, 20233 min read
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Getting Along Not So Fine
In 'Oklahoma', the Rodgers & Hammerstein stage musical, the foreground story is about the hero and heroine, Curly and Laurey, but...
Kinglake Historical Society
Jan 7, 20233 min read
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Kinglake West Glee Club
The Oxford dictionary gives two definitions for 'glee': 1. lively delight 2. musical composition for several voices. During the 1700s,...
Kinglake Historical Society
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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