North East Victoria - Conversations with Grandma

Gordy Moore (1885-1967)

by Jenny Coates | 1 Dec 2015 | North East Victoria, Wangaratta

I am having a break from the blog while I concentrate on my PhD. This post comes from research I did for an Advanced Diploma in Local and Applied History that I was completing at the University of New England in 1999. My research has come a long way since then and the...

“Scenes of riot and debauchery” – Dr Murphy’s letter

by Jenny Coates | 11 Jul 2015 | North East Victoria, Wangaratta

Dr Francis Murphy was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1809 to public servant Francis Down Murphy and Mary (née Morris). He trained in the medical profession in Cork, Trinity College, Dublin, and London qualifying as M.R.C.S., in 1835. The next year he migrated to Sydney in...

A Young Bank Teller Writes Home

by Jenny Coates | 28 Jun 2015 | North East Victoria, Wangaratta

Regular readers of this blog will know that I don’t spend a lot of time on Ned Kelly. Blogs and websites dedicated to the Kellys explore the subject in great depth. The history of north eastern Victoria is so much bigger than the story of the Kelly Gang and so I...