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THE MUDDY YARRA HID EVIDENCE OF FRAUD

On July 22, 2021   /   History   /   3 Comments
Tags: Fool's Gold, Gold, Gold Fraud, Kalgoolie, Mercantile Rowing Club, Princes Bridge, social history, Yarra River
THE MUDDY YARRA HID EVIDENCE OF FRAUD

Where there is a commodity as precious as gold, there is a possibility of fraud. In June 1950 a twenty seven year old Melbourne man arrived in Kalgoolie hoping to do a bit of gold trading. He put the word out and soon found himself being offered

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DEATH IN THE YARRA RIVER

On May 2, 2020   /   History   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Henry Upston, Reedy Marsh, Suspcious drowning, Upston Family, Yarra River
DEATH IN THE YARRA RIVER

I’ve always been interested in family history. Sometimes a snippet received from a relative leads  to an intriguing and in this case, very sad story. My maternal grandmother Nora was an Upston, from the rural district of Reedy Marsh, in  north-west Tasmania.   The family emigrated from Attleborough,

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YARRA BEND ASYLUM CEMETERY

On April 28, 2017   /   History   /   1 Comment
Tags: Cemetery, Dr Ernest Jones, Melbourne, Mental institutions, Thomas Noel, Yarra Bend Asylum, Yarra River

THE ASYLUM As the name suggests, Yarra Bend was established  in a curve of the river outside  Melbourne. Completed  in1848. It was  Victoria’s first, purpose built  mental asylum. There was an initial intake of ten patients; THE CEMETERY Burials at the asylum in the 1870s were horrific,

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