Bunyip Queen
Malcolm Hinson of Queensland recently sent us this photo of his grandmother Grace COCK dressed as the Bunyip Queen, the picture is a photo taken of a large photo that hung in his grandparents house, he is unsure what happened…
Sue
Remembering our WW2 veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice
Jenny Mays remembers……….
My great grandfather (William Miller) was a bridge builder when the Koo Wee Rup swamp was being drained. He settled at Iona with his wife Maud and 7 children. Three generations of us went to Iona State School, Bertha Russell…
Municipal Directory
This photo comes courtesy of the Friends of the GRSC. The Gippsland & Regional Studies Collection is located at Federation University Gippsland Campus, Churchill. It is managed by the Federation University Library, and includes the collection that was previously in…
Bunyip Railway History
“The Oakleigh to Bunyip section of the Gippsland railway line was completed on the 8th October, 1877, and the final line, Bunyip to Moe, on 1st March, 1878. The “station” at that time was known as the Bunyip Bank, and…
Turning the first sod…
JJ Kavanagh starting the construction of the local pool. 4 June 1962 Sent to us by Mary Mooney