By Linda Fisher Each of the stories in this series about my pioneering Holmes family ancestors, were assignments I wrote while doing a Diploma in Family History. We were given a basic idea and a writing style to follow for each piece of writing. This time I have jumped ahead Read more
By Linda Fisher Another ‘faction piece…fiction written around basic facts’, about the Holmes family settling in Poowong. ‘What have we done?’ thought Emma, as she lay on her hard, dirt floor bed, listening to the unfamiliar sounds of the Australian bush. The thud and crash of the wallabies through the Read more
by Linda Fisher This short story I wrote is a ‘faction’ piece…fiction written around basic facts, about my great, great grandmother arriving here with her 7 children to join their father, her husband LC Holmes who had travelled here a year earlier to purchase land and begin building their Read more
An article headed “Round the Shops – Through the Korumburra Streets” appeared in the Great Southern Advocate dated 19th. December 1912. What follows is a shortened version of the original. PIONEERING BUTCHERING CO. Mr. Coomber, manager of this company, has his shop decked out with Xmas joints, and as there Read more
Compiled by Janet Wilson, this is the second instalment of a comprehensive account of the history of the Korumburra and District Historical Society. 1973 April Bus trip to Phillip Island arranged. 1973 September Annual dinner to be held at Loch Haven, 2nd. November. 1973 September Vintage train in Korumburra in Read more
Compiled by Janet Wilson, this is the first instalment of a comprehensive account of the history of the Korumburra and District Historical Society. September 26, 1966 Suggestion from Mrs. Ludge that a portion of land between the old and new Leongatha Road should be preserved as a park, together with Read more
After the able articles by “Selector” in which, from its geological and climatic conditions, he argues such a bright future for this part of Gippsland, I thought it might not be uninteresting to have a look ever one of our principal dairy farms, and see what practical confirmation there was Read more
Compiled by Dennis Conn for the interest of the Korumburra Historical Society and the members who are assisting with the further development of the rail trail through markers that will inform users of historical aspects of the rail trail. Due to the use of Whitelaw as part of our address Read more
By Janet Wilson The gatehouse was situated on the north side of the railway line at Whitelaw. Little remains now of how this used to be. In the area where Jumbunna Road leaves the present highway which wasn’t there in the days of the gates. There is an area on Read more
By Marion Shuttleworth Have you ever noticed the mismatched trees that line Bridge Street between Princes Street and Mine Road? They are in stark contrast to the orderly avenues of trees that grace the surrounding streets. A stroll along Bridge Street reveals three different species of oak, along with various Read more