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
Recently, during excavation work at the Korumburra Primary School, the remains of the old swimming pool were uncovered. After hearing a few questions around town about it, it was decided others would also be interested in the origins of the pool. First, trying Trove, all that could be found were 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
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