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Local History - Yr 8 SOSE

Local History - Yr 8 SOSE. Enhancing local history and other subjects with online resources from the State Library of Victoria Multimedia Collection These are just a sample of what is available. Local History - Yr 8. Chaffey Bend at low river 1958. How we’ve grown. Mildura as it was in 1954.

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Local History - Yr 8 SOSE

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  1. Local History - Yr 8 SOSE • Enhancing local history and other subjects with online resources from the State Library of Victoria Multimedia Collection • These are just a sample of what is available

  2. Local History - Yr 8 • Chaffey Bend at low river 1958

  3. How we’ve grown • Mildura as it was in 1954

  4. Murray Hotel • Murray Hotel became the Mediterranean Hotel in 19… • It was demolished in 199… • Located on the corner of 7th Street & Langtree Ave opposite the Railway Station

  5. Swimming Pool • Mildura Pool was built in 195.. In preparation for the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne.

  6. Paddle Steamers • Paddle Steamer Melbourne passing through the Lock

  7. Presbyterian Church • The design of this church is significant as it represents the irrigation system of the local area.

  8. Mildura Base Hospital • 1940 view of the Mildura Base Hospital. • What will the 2040 view of the site be?

  9. Mildura Base Hospital • Can you image the Mildura Base Hospital surrounded by grape vines. That’s how it was in 1940

  10. Murray River • 1940 view of Mildura Lock & Weir

  11. 1956 Flood • My grandma was just a girl during the 1956 floods. She had to stay home from school to help her family fill sandbags to protect their house from the rising floodwaters.

  12. Mildura Lock • Mildura Lock in 1940. • Where are the wood ducks?

  13. Wartime • Street shelters built for air raid protection in Brisbane 1943

  14. Women in Wartime • Delivery first aid during World War II

  15. Postcards • The 1940 sense of humour in holiday postcards

  16. Postcards • 1943 war humour • A reminder for soldiers taking in the mountain air at Lilydale during the war

  17. THE END Find these resources amongst the 160,000 digitised images in the Multimedia Catalogue of the State Library of Victoria. Easily accessed through the Metamarc Library catalogue - type in “State Library of Victoria”

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