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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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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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In Isolation
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...
Kinglake Historical Society
Oct 6, 20223 min read
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The Gold Days in Kinglake
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...
Kinglake Historical Society
Jul 6, 20223 min read
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Marvellous Tank Murals
The tank murals beside the Kinglake West Mechanics Institute and the Kinglake West Primary School have now been now completed and what a...
Kinglake Historical Society
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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