Harry Roberts is the 2024 President of the Geelong Historical Society. He has worked in the education sector and has an abiding interest in Australian history.
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How Geelong had fun in 1923
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Geelong Hospitality Remembered
Member, and regular contributor, Brian Latter, reminds readers of the 170th anniversary of the wreck of the Earl of Charlemont. Some years ago, Brian wrote a well-researched and comprehensive story of the wreck and its aftermath (Breakers Ahead: Wreck of the Earl of Charlemont, privately published, 2002). The story of a young survivor is recounted below….
Did you know? – Investigator September 2021
Did you know that Queenscliff had a Grammar School in the 1860s? It was certainly operating in 1864 when an advertisement in the Geelong Advertiser announced that the Queenscliff Grammar School would be re-opened after the Christmas vacation on the 16th of January [1865]. The school was run by William Behan, who had attended the…
Flinders and Port 16
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The Wesleyans Arrive in Stieglitz – Investigator September 2021
The Wesleyans Arrive in Stieglitz In 1865, Steiglitz was in the midst of its latest gold rush. The locality was home to over 2,000 inhabitants (predominantly male), many mining claims, at least five hotels, a Court-house, a Public Library and Mechanics’ Institute, a Manchester Unity Lodge and a cricket team. There was a school, formerly…
ROBERT MUIRHEAD – Investigator December 2021
of Yarram Yarram and Osborne House By Daryl Wight Robert Muirhead (1813? – 1862), shepherd and squatter, was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, son of John Muirhead. He was already ‘accustomed … to the management of sheep’ when he boarded the ship Rajah, at Leith, in April 1838, for the long journey to Australia. The ship arrived in…