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Posts Tagged Healesville

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THE DRESS BASKET

On May 14, 2023   /   Blog   /   4 Comments
Tags: Dress baskets, Healesville, Railway travel, wicker
THE DRESS BASKET

At Christmas 1908 an article appeared in the Australian Weekly Times urging women to properly identify their dress baskets when travelling by rail. It gave an example of two women who failed to mark their baskets. They were travelling on the same train to Melbourne; one bound

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SPLASH THE PLATYPUS

On October 3, 2022   /   Blog   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Australian wildlife, Boer War, Duck billed platypus, Healesville, Platypus, Robert Eadie, Splash the Platypus, Winston Churchill
SPLASH THE PLATYPUS

In a letter to the nature page of The Weekly Times in 1934, a little girl began by mentioning Splash, a most unusual pet. Dear Charles Barrett – I am writing to tell you about Splash the platypus which belongs to my uncle, Mr Robert Eadie of

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