June 18, 2025
Will Beal spoke to the LHS about the fiftieth anniversary of the beginnings of Melba Gully becoming a Victorian State Park. Will’s wife Greta Beal (née Madsen) is the daughter of Annie and Axel Marsden, who donated the 48 hectare property to the people of Victoria in 1975. The photo shows the Madsen family in...
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June 13, 2025
Ricky Browne donated Nora Crabbe’s medals to the Lorne Historical Society. Ricky’s great aunt was Nora Crabbe. She was awarded a Red Cross Medal and Member of the British Empire (MBE) medal. Photo shows President of the LHS, Jan Spring, receiving the MBE from Ricky Brown. Nora Crabbe (née Browne) was the daughter of Mary...
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June 10, 2025
Philip Bull donated a painting by Rob Coy of All Saints Church that was given to his father The Reverend Leslie Bull (1899-1998). Leslie was the Vicar jointly of All Saints Church Lorne and St Aidan’s Aireys inlet from 1969 to 1979. He had been ordained priest in 1924 at Port Pirie in South Australia,...
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