Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

The November, 2010 edition has arrived at the Sam Merrifield Library. Articles include the following - Walter Woodbury's 1855 Panorama of Melbourne by Amanda Lourie Robert Law (1870-1930): The Man and his Glass Slide Collection by Tony Aplin and Richard Barnden Aboriginal Language Areas in Northeast Victoria: Mogullumbidji Reconsidered by Ian D. Clark The Massacre of the Gadubanud at Aire River by Lawrence Niewojt The Life and Times of Peter Snodgrass by Annette Lewis The Old Supreme Court of Victoria Buildings: Everything Old Is New Again by Sue Reynolds An S.O.S. from beyond Gallipoli': Victoria and the Armenian Relief Fund by Vicken Babkenian Hewart's The New Despotism in Australia 1929-1932 by Jackie Dickenson The journal also reviews recently published books on Victorian and Australian history. The Victorian Historical Journal is not for loan but is available in the Local History Room, at the Sam Merrifield Library, Moonee Ponds.

" NGARVENO", 71-73 Ngarveno Street, Moonee Ponds. The home "Ngarveno" was formerly owned by John Davies, who was the Member of Parliament for North Melbourne and Chairman of the Bench at the Moonee Ponds Court House. He died in 1901 aged 82 years. The Ngarveno Estate, established in 1862, originally extended from the Moonee Ponds Creek to Mount Alexander Road, and from Dean Street to Ormond Road. Davies established vineyards that covered 16 acres and was renowned for its wine. The name of the house was chosen by Davies because of its position facing towards the east, overlooking the Moonee Ponds Creek, it must have been flooded with light as the day dawned, so Davies gave it the aboriginal term for "rising sun" or "sunnyside"- 'Ngarveno". The original "Ngarveno" is a lovely old house with spacious verandahs on three sides. It is of bluestone with a stucco surface. Its style is plain - the most ornate feature being slender woode...

The Footscray Cemetery Register and Memorial Inscriptions. This CD indexes names from the Footscray Cemetery Register (1860-1970) and Memorial Inscriptions (to 1997). Each name in the index is hyperlinked to its source - i.e. an image of the relevant burial register page, or an image of the relevant page of transcriptions. This CD is available in the Local History Room at the Sam Merrifield Library, Moonee Ponds.