OF the 120 listed on the honour roll in Mornington’s Memorial Park, a number were decorated for bravery under fire.…
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BEFORE moving to Mornington the Bates family lived in Frankston and Robert played for that team. The Mornington Standard of…
THE father of Robert Bates, Alfred Edward Bates was the son of Robert Jackson Bates, a leading English cotton manufacturer.…
IN a quiet corner of the Tyabb cemetery in Hastings can be found the grave of Leading Signalman Albert Norman…
HMAS Goorangai was the first Royal Australian Navy ship lost in World War II, the first RAN surface ship lost…
IN his book “Those We Forget”, published in 2014, David Noonan comments on the “casualties” which occurred after the…
THIS recent publication, Great courage and initiative – The heroic life of George Ingram VC, MM, by A J McAleer,…
SOMERVILLE historian and author Leila Shaw has died at age 88 after a short illness. Mrs Shaw founded the Somerville,…
FORMER students of Dromana College are planning a variety of celebrations for the college’s 50th anniversary this time next year.…
AFTER a twelve month battle with cancer Ben Mayne, a highly-respected citizen of Hastings, passed away on 18 February, 2016.…
VETERAN international yachtsman John Houston Buzaglo is known around the world as “Buz” although some of his mates have taken…
MORNINGTON Yacht Club has come a long way since 11 interested residents met to discuss forming a sailing club in…
DON Prout moved to Tyabb when he completed his electrical apprenticeship at the age of 21. For the past 66…
Words and picture: Barry Irving THIRTY-three Mornington Peninsula war veterans gathered at Rye RSL on Saturday to take part in…
THE story about the new audio tour of Mornington’s historic buildings generated comment from readers lamenting the loss of the…
A PIECE of Hastings history left town when The Pride, a six metre couta boat, was placed on the back…
CITIZENS of 19th century Mornington would be astonished at the latest technology that guides tourists and locals through the history…
A VILLAGE Glen resident farewelled at Rosebud Funerals recently was the 13th Victorian police woman and one of the first…
GUNNAMATTA Surf Life Saving Club members celebrate 50 years of “saving lives and serving the community” this summer. The long…
THE Crichton family reunion being held at Boneo Cricket Ground, Sunday 1 November, will bring together the six children of…
A CHANGE in the way the National Trust manages its four historic properties in the region has triggered the resignation…
THERE have been countless happy campers at Mt Eliza over the past 90 years. Apart from when being used to…
MISSION accomplished. Dedicated readers of this journal may recall Cr Graham Pittock being invited to visit Dromana House, Ireland, to…
SORRENTO Portsea RSL Club had its snooker table re-covered last month and a little piece of Australian snooker history was…
MORNINGTON Yacht Club has delved into the past to begin celebrations for its 70th anniversary in February. In the search…
ONE of Mornington’s iconic properties of the 19th century is on the market for $1.6 million. Mossgiel at 28 Bath…
EILEEN Elizabeth Clarke was born in Somerville on 5 January, 1916 at the private hospital run by Sister Hodgins. In…
HASTINGS Football Club recently established their Hall of Fame with the induction of ten men who have been star players…
LONG before the extensive and frightening casualty lists monopolized the Melbourne papers in the years 1914 – 1918, there were…
LATE in 2014 Keith Stevens, DFM, a long-time resident of the Village Glen at Rosebud, was informed that the President…