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Mildura farewells ‘Hattie’ Chaffey

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society. Compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1925SPEED: An instance of the manner in which district motor-buses are competing with rail-motor, was afforded at Merbein one day...

27 Apr 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - April 6 to 12: Not just hot air

PRESENTED by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1925NAME: On Sunday afternoon a mass meeting of residents of the north-west portion of Red Cliffs will take place on the...

13 Apr 2025

Peeps in the Past

Bee good!

PRESENTED by Mildura and District Historical Society and compiled by Judy Hyde for Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1925 BEES: Action is being taken by the Mildura Shire against certain beekeepers in Irymple for having, it is...

06 Apr 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past: March 23 to 29: Skate park progress

PRESENTED by Mildura and District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries100 YEARS AGO: 1925WAGES: A question was asked at the Mildura Dried Fruits Association meeting last Saturday regarding the rates of wages that...

30 Mar 2025

Peeps in the Past

The mall has it all!

PRESENTED by Mildura and District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries100 YEARS AGO: 1925LIGHT UP: At present Merbein residents have no electric light service and are compelled to use an antiquated system. The...

16 Mar 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - February 23 to March 1 : Big O so good

100 YEARS AGO: 1925 MOVING: In the presence of many spectators, particularly children, the third and last portion of the Convent of Mercy primary school was moved on Saturday morning from Walnut Avenue to the Catholic church grounds in Eleventh...

02 Mar 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - February 9 to 15: All about the harvest

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1925 CASHED UP: In big centres cheques are not as freely cashed by shopkeepers as they have been in Mildura. In past picking...

16 Feb 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the past: Ready to pass the torch

100 years ago PLANE: Captain F Roberts, Superintendent of Airways of the Australian Aerial Service Limited visited the Town Clerk, Mr N Wellington on the questions of telephone installation at the hangar to allow a de Haviland plane to be housed...

09 Feb 2025

Peeps in the Past

Gong but not forgotten

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society. Compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 years agoICE CREAM: Record sales of ice and ice-cream blocks for the months of December and January are reported at the Mildura Ice Works in...

02 Feb 2025

Peeps in the Past

Car punted into river

Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society. Compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 years ago PYJAMAS: The matron of the Mildura District Hospital has received a donation of 20 pairs of pyjamas from the Merbein...

19 Jan 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - January 5 to 11: Helping Darwin recover

PRESENTED by Mildura and District Historical Society and compiled by Judy Hyde for Mildura Rural City Council Libraries100 YEARS AGOGUN CLUB: The members of the Merbein Gun Club held another successful meet at their grounds on the Merbein Racecourse...

12 Jan 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past: December 29 to January 4 - The price is right!

PRESENTED by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1924/1925LEARNING: Mr W P Crockett, Honorary Minister, has been informed by the Education Department that approval has been...

05 Jan 2025

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past December 15 to 21

PRESENTED by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1924HEALTH At a meeting of the Mildura District Hospital a letter from Mrs J W Washington, stated that she would donate...

22 Dec 2024

Peeps in the Past

Adding up

REGIONAL Victorians will now have no choice but to pay $25 million a day to pay the interest bill on Labor’s debt that is set to rocket to $200 billion in the next two years. That’s correct, $200 billion of debt. Labor has no plan to pay down...

24 Nov 2024

Peeps in the Past

Peeps Into The Past - November 17 to 23

PRESENTED by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO AEROPLANE SIGHTED: The new passenger aeroplane (De Haviland 50A) arrived in Mildura for the first time with the mall yesterday...

24 Nov 2024

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - November 3 to 9

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 YEARS AGO: 1924BURNED: Vale’s Bakery in Red Cliffs was the scene of a fire early this morning. A neighbour gave the alarm, and Mr...

10 Nov 2024

Peeps in the Past

Peeps into the Past - October 20 to 26

Presented by Mildura & District Historical Society and compiled by Mildura Rural City Council Libraries. 100 years agoFRUIT FLIES: Mr Alfred E Lloyd, secretary of the Mildura Vineyards Protection Board, has received from the Department of...

27 Oct 2024