Episode 10 – Digitizing History
Until recently, looking at items of historical value has meant having to go to the museum or historical group’s location to view them. Now many items are becoming available to view Continue reading
Author: Ian MacWilliams
Episode 9 – Henry Tankard
The Tankard family bought land from the Chaffey Brothers very early in the settlement of the Mildura colony. Twenty acres were purchased by Melbourne brewer Matthew Tankard JP for his Continue reading
Epiosde 8 – Hush
The Sunraysia music scene was alive and well in the 60’s & 70’s, with the Ballerina being the place to hang out at on a Saturday night. One of the Continue reading
Episode 7 – Establishing Mildura’s Rail Line
With a thriving town established and a dried fruits industry keen to sell it’s product, a rail line to Mildura was soon considered a must. In this week’s episode Bruce Continue reading
Episode 6 – Riverside History
Within a year of the signing of the agreement to develop the Mildura area and to support the expansion of the project, the Chaffey Brothers had established an Engineering Works Continue reading
Episode 5 – Barry Mills
This week we catch up with Barry Mills to chat about his family history. Along the way we come across some interesting items that Barry has collected over the years Continue reading
Episode 4 – Langtree Hall & Chaffey Trail
Have you ever visited Langtree Hall Museum? We called past and chatted to Barbie Cornell about her pride and joy as well as speaking with Bob Walton about the Chaffey Continue reading
Episode 3 – Glenn Milne
Glenn Milne is a well known identity around Sunraysia and has been instrumental in the Frames of History project. We chat with Glenn about this as well as finding out Continue reading
Episode 2-Merbein District Historical Society
Each city and town in the Sunraysia area has it’s own historical group and this week we speak with the president of the Merbein District Historical Society Bernadette Wells. With Continue reading
Episode 1 – Alan Whyte
A huge supporter of the Frames of History project is Alan Whyte. Alan’s family established properties out from Wentworth and in our interview we find out all about their family Continue reading