The following anecdotes were prepared by Doug Boston, for a talk he gave at Carinya some time ago. He focused on some of the interesting events and people that are written into our history. Post Offices There have been six sites for the post office. The first in 1890 in Read more
“Braeside” at 52 Radovick Street with its three Norfolk Island Pine trees is a landmark property in Korumburra.It was lucky to escape demolition in 1988—and what a loss that would have been to the heritage landscape of Radovick Street. By 1988 it had had four owners in the previous seven Read more
Anna was born near Lake Michigan, near the Canadian border with America, in 1890. Luigi Mioni had migrated from Italy five years before, at the age of 15. Anna and Luigi were married in the backwoods where her husband worked in the iron mines. Luigi was 23, and by the Read more
Jackie Rudd was five and a half years old when he disappeared down the Jeetho Mine shaft in 1916. He was the son of J. Rudd. The white fence marks the spot today behind the Coal Creek Motel in Korumburra. Jack Rudd’s uncle Arthur was working in the vicinity at Read more
by Bob Newton Pictured above is the former fire bell that is now located at the current Korumburra fire station. It was donated by the Coal Creek Coal Mine Company in 1896 when James Hardwick was the manager—it was surplus to their needs. After a meeting in Radovick’s Hotel, a Read more
by Terry Waycott. The Covid 19 Pandemic has been with us since March 2020. The purpose of this article is to highlight a significant historical engineering achievement that was completed during the Pandemic, from May 2020 until October 2020. I refer to the construction of the walking track from Guys Read more
Memories of Devlin’s and the Mine Road Shopsby Dennis Conn Recently I found a Korumburra Times dated 10th February, 1960. In it was an advertisement from Devlin’s Grocery for a brand of tea named Gossip. It said “Gossip Tea less than five shillings a pound – four shillings and eleven pence”. Read more
Here is a story about a couple who married both for the second time, both with baggage, lots of kids that were adults, and both with a lot of furniture. They did what a lot of people do and moved to South Gippsland from the Mornington Peninsula, as it is Read more
Thanks to Ethan for sending this in: Hidden in plain sight is the history that is locked away and painted over, in the big abandoned building on the bends that we all drive past every day at 33 Bridge Street, Korumburra. by Janet Wilson We have some knowledge of the Read more
A Covid19 Insight by Jan . Morris A Korumburra Medical Centre virus-test and isolation was completed, before my operation at Peninsula Private, the test was negative. After the procedure, the surgeon was concerned about my chest, thinking I had an infection, just my asthma playing-up. Upstairs to the isolation-room, my Read more