For October’s online jigsaw puzzle our regular puzzle maker, Don Patterson, has selected an image of Geelong’s third Customs House, which was opened in 1880. Don is also speaker at our October 2 Meeting with Andrew Caddy on the history of Australian customs and its local Geelong links.
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Little Malop Street in the 1920s Don Patterson has selected this iconic photograph of Little Malop Street, taken sometime in the 1920s, as his next puzzle. He chose this as it complements Peter Fogarty’s article on the current renovation of this building in June of 2024.
Try recreating this Advertising Flyer from 1923. The striking image promoted an auction of a new building estate in East Geelong. 52 Blocks went under the hammer on that Saturday in March, with the vendors asking for a £1 deposit. However like today, interest rates where a relatively high 6%.
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Sydney investor, briefly owner of Osborne House By Daryl Wight Andrew Sutherland Low (1831-94), was a Sydney factory owner, mining investor and real estate developer, who owned Osborne House, Geelong, for a brief period in the 1880s. He was born in Golspie, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, son of John Low, merchant, and his wife Margaret Sutherland. He is…
