Lorne Historical Society News
B57 Plane Crash
October 14, 2024 On Tuesday 16th October 1962 two U.S. Air Force crew, Lieutenant Harold Sprague 27 (pilot) and Lieutenant Bobby Edward Gelbrecht 26 (navigator), both of the 57th Weather Squadron USAF, were killed in a tragic crash. The B57 crash was about 2.5 miles (4 km) offshore in Bass Strait, between Lorne and Airey’s Inlet. The plane...Read more
Post Office Demolished
September 17, 2024
Teddy’s Lookout Compass
September 17, 2024 Compass was donated by Friends of Queen’s Park
Laundry Service Closed
September 17, 2024
Bi-plane lands on Lorne Foreshore
July 23, 2024 Pioneer aviator R.G. Carey landed on the beach near the mouth of the Erskine River in a Maurice Farman Shorthorn bi-plane and gave the locals joyrides.
Camouflage Nets made by Lorne Volunteers
May 5, 2024 Mrs Kenrick received a letter from Commonwealth of Australia, signed by the minister for the Army, F. M. Forde. The letter acknowledges the production of camouflage nets for the Army.
Surfing at Lorne
April 29, 2024 Louis Whyte from Geelong, filmed by Frank Beaureapaire in 1920, surfing at Lorne, using a redwood surfboard bought from the famous Duke Kahanamoku, Waikiki beach, Hawaii. Whyte is believed to be the first person to ride a stand up surfboard in Lorne.
People Evacuated from Malaya to Lorne
April 15, 2024 British citizens were evacuated from Malaya and billeted at Argyll House, children attended Lorne School. (See Argyll House for more information.)
INDIGENOUS HERITAGE
April 13, 2024 The Indigenous custodians of the land that makes up the Otway Ranges is believed to be the Gadubanud people. Their connection to land stretches back thousands of years as evidenced by the aboriginal middens around Lorne. It is hard in the twenty first century to agree on ‘the facts’ about life in what is called...Read more
