Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

New year, new reading. The folks at Trove are always working hard to bring us ever more digital resources that we can access from anywhere with an internet connection. Despite the challenges of recent times, they have continued to deliver, as always! Check out what’s new in February . Man and two boys reading 'Australasian' newspaper, country edition , 1910-1920. Photograph by Lindsay Cumming, courtesy of State Library Victoria. Many Victorian newspapers have been digitised for the first time, and are now available to access through Trove. Several of these digitisation projects have been funded by family history organisations or local historical societies, who are now able to share their physical resources with us in digital form. One close to home example is the Brunswick and Coburg Leader , from 1914-1921- now you can discover what was going on in our neighbouring suburbs around that time! A quick search for some Moonee Valley suburbs in this publication delivers such ge...

For today's Things to do Thursday, take a step back in time from the comfort of your own home with the Australian Women's Weekly. Centenary of Municipal Government in Essendon 1961 Historic issues of the much loved Weekly are online, thanks to Trove! The National Library of Australia has digitised issues of the Australian Women's Weekly from 1933 to 1982, in their entirety and in glorious colour. Explore some light reading from the week of your birth, or around the time of a significant historic event. There are articles, recipes, knitting patterns, crosswords, quizzes and beauty tips from throughout the decades- plenty of activities to try and new skills to learn to keep you entertained at home. https://trove.nla.gov.au/aww