Kingston Local History

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Highett General Store and Newsagency, Reynolds & Company, opposite Highett railway station. Shows truck from Llewellyn Bros Carrier and loaded horse wagon. People in photograph unknown.
Courtesy: John Brooks. View photo

Cheltenham State School, Charman Road. Old students under pine trees with school buildings in background, 1936.
Source: City of Moorabbin Historical Society. View photo

Students from Mentone Grammar School watch Mr R Chatterton operate a linotype machine at Standard Newspapers, 1964.
Courtesy: Leader Collection, City of Kingston. View photo

Christ Church, Anglican Church, Dingley from land originally owned by Mary Attenborough and given to the church on her death. Crop of Dutch carrots. Land worked by Mitchell Bros at this time and originally used as a horse paddock.
Source: Jean Mitchell. View photo

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Mentone Mystery

Peter Ratcliff explores some remains on the Mentone beach which have mystified some people over the years.

Sir William Gordon Fry: Teacher and Politician 12 June 1909 – 29 September 2000

William Fry was described by a fellow politician, Murray Thompson, as an Australian Everyman. He served Australia in a World War, he was a teacher at both primary and secondary school levels; and he worked both as a Local Government councillor and as a Member of Parliament. In addition he was heavily involved in community organisations.