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22.01.2022 Wondering if anyone may have a photo of the Coffee Palace / Boarding house which was in Boort c 1920s. Comments Peter Baldwin I don’t have any photos of the old coffee palace, but here is an extract from my memoir of growing up in Boort, which describes the Coffee palace. The Nelson boys used to unhitch their pony in a block, owned by their Aunty (Mrs McNeil), in Wright Street, opposite Dad’s Garage. They would leave the Jinker in the shade under a huge peppercorn tree, with ...the pony free to roam around on the block. They would then walk up to school, on many occasions with us. At the top end of the block facing the Boort Quambatook Road (Victoria Street), were the partial remains of a mud brick building which in years gone by had been the Victoria Coffee Palace. Mrs McNeil, an elderly lady and a short stocky man with a large head, two chins and a hunch back, named Tony Balsarini, were still living in the old Coffee Palace building. They were rarely ever sighted. When Ross & myself were very young we would become quite frightened if we ever saw Tony and we would run home. I don’t remember what we imagined he would do to us, but of course he was quite harmless. He could often be heard singing the song Two Little Boys In Blue. Coffee Palaces: ‘They were temperance hotels that did not serve alcohol, built during the 1880s in Australia. They were built in response to the temperance movement and, in particular, the influence of the Independent Order of Rechabites in Australia. The 1880s boom soon bust, and the Coffee Palaces lost custom to licensed hotels that they were sometimes built to compete with. However, the term Coffee Palace continued to be popular and many fairly small residential hotels, often in resort or country Towns, used the name to indicate they were not licensed, but they fell short of the grandeur the name implied’. Neil (Hank) and Norman (our Brother) were in the same Form at School and they were great mates. After Form 4 at Boort, Neil went on to Kerang High School and Norman went on to Bendigo High School to complete their Secondary education.. After Secondary school, they both pursued careers in Education. Neil had a distinguished career in Education and In the 2008 Queen’s Birthday Honours he was awarded an AM for outstanding service as a teacher and commentator on PNG. See more

21.01.2022 Found this little magazine in my cupboards today.. from April 1941.

19.01.2022 Found this little magazine in my cupboards today.. from April 1941.

18.01.2022 Rabbiter outside his house, Boort district, c. 1915. That's a classic bit of architecture there. Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/769596

18.01.2022 Neil Werner's pharmacy

17.01.2022 From Lake Marmal site

17.01.2022 There you go we have some names

16.01.2022 1920s post card of Boort

15.01.2022 In 1941, my Dad David Wilson, bought for 20 pounds the materials from the Commercial Hotel that had a fire The materials were used to build their family‘s first home on the Durham Ox Rd opposite the Big Lake.

12.01.2022 Kerang Railway Station, mid-1970's: A goods train from Koondrook was pictured arriving with a load of railway sleepers, while the diesel rail car awaits in the yard prior to taking up its next journey to Koondrook, primarily with a load of school children. My picture. Enjoy!

12.01.2022 Picnic on the Loddon 1926 My Uncle Andrew Wilson 2nd from left My Mum Julie Stocks close to middle Percy Stocks sitting against car

12.01.2022 John Lanyon has kindly agreed to share this photo of the 1955 Boort State School Football Team, Grades 5 and 6 Back Row: Owen Allison, John Lanyon, Ke...n McClelland, Mac Whitmore, Peter Forster, Robert Schultz, Ian Lanyon, Douglas Frampton, Peter Barnes, Alan Everall, Frank Ward Middle Row: Ross Baldwin, Trevor Walker, Reyn Lanyon, Ian Salathiel, Gavin Holmes, Ken Birt, Peter Stringer, Geoff Allison Front: Ian Smith, Ian Mercer, David Wellard See more

11.01.2022 Boort lookout getting made.

07.01.2022 From Lake Marmal site

05.01.2022 Boort Swimming Pool 1948. L-R. Norman Baldwin, John Schultz, Frank Storey - Others Unknown, but may include ? Rose, Brian Igoe? Doey Dwyer? maybe one of the Stringer Boys?

04.01.2022 Here is a photo we found today of the Dog jump at Boort show when it was run over at the cattle pavilion. Trevor Broad is the competitor with his dog Misty does anyone know anyone else in the crowd??

03.01.2022 This a photo of my great grand mother Elizabeth Town with her sheaf of wheat exhibit for the 1921 Boort Show. It was grown at her Hillview property most likely pre fertilizer and chemicals.

02.01.2022 Opening of the kindergarten?