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Looking back to the fabulous fifties

October is History Month, and the Warragul and District Historical Society is marking the occasion with a month-long exhibition celebrating The Fabulous Fifties. The society’s emphasis on the fifties is in keeping with the state-wide “living history”...

The Gazette
07 Oct 2025
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The wreck of Tommy Norton

He was not named Tommy Norton, but that was what the people around the Gippsland Lakes called him. Officially, he was registered as PS T. Norton, but he also was listed as the PS Thomas Norton. The PS means he was a paddle steamer. The T means that...

The Gazette
18 Sep 2025
Our History

Snapshot of the past

A photograph of Robert Morton’s draper and outfitter business in Drouin in the 1880s. Robert Arthur Morton took over the Main St business in 1883 from Joseph Toole, who had run a grocery store. Mr Morton came from Hawthorn where he had a drapery shop...

The Gazette
17 Sep 2025
Our History

Snapshot of the past

An undated photograph of sheep grazing in a paddock in the middle of Drouin. The sheep are grazing on land on the corner of Young St and Hope St, approximately where McDonalds is now. The brick and timber buildings at the top of the hill are in...

The Gazette
07 Sep 2025