Yarra Plenty Library Local History

Yarra Plenty Regional Library services the outer municipalities of Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Banyule in the north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This blog promoting local history in our community has been operating since 2006 and is managed by the Local and Family History Librarian.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Westgarthtown History Online for kids

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Did you know Thomastown and Lalor was called once called Westgarthtown? Why is the ship called the Pribislaw so important to the region? Wes...

Monday, September 24, 2018

Ziebell's Farmhouse, Westgarthown

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Ziebell's Farmhouse. Photo: Friends of Westgarthtown Congratulations to the Friends of Westgarthtown who have successfully compl...

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Westgarthtown and World War One

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Friends of Westgarthtown recently launched their documentary “Westgarthtown and World War One”. This documentary juxtaposes the treatment...

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Westgarthtown Heritage Walk

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Subsumed by the modern suburbs of Thomastown and Lalor, Westgarthtown’s surviving buildings are of national significance for their il...

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Thomastown Local History

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Once were Sharps: the colourful life and times of the Thomastown Sharps by Nick Tolewski and written by Dean Crozier is a welcome addition t...

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Growing up in Lalor, Epping and Thomastown

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If you grew up in the Lalor, Epping or Thomastown area from the 1950s onwards a Facebook group invites you to join and contribute your memor...

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Infolass: Yarra Plenty Regional Library provides public library service for the Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea in the north of Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Some posts can also be see at https://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/

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