The only murder in Boolarra (for 90 years) occurred on the first day of the 20th Century. A man was found on the roadway deceased. Groups of people had passed by him on their way home. One group had beat the life out of him. Breaking his ribs and causing blood vessels in his brain […]
Throughout all the research on our local towns, we’ve undertaken Boolarra was the most obvious about how the newspaper used to keep social details about all the community groups in town and even the weather’s effects on them. It builds a picture of a social farming community. Boolarra means plentiful or twenty in the local […]
This 41-kilometre river weaving its way through the Latrobe Valley has a rich history. Starting near Yallourn/Tyers off the Latrobe River – near the turn off to Morwell Bridge Road. Fishing: Blackfish, Trout and Crayfish (the cheap lobster). Fishing along the Morwell River used to be such a way of a life the paper carefully reported the catches […]
An escape occurred 1962, 1967 and 1968, four times over six years. (As reported in the Canberra Times at those times.) The Morwell River Prison was more commonly known as Morwell River Farm housing offenders, established in 1951. Off Olsens Road, on the Morwell River. In 1962 the escape occurred with two prisoners. Edward Blackmore […]
If you’re not sure how to say the name of this waterfall, you’re not alone. I would like to know how to say it, if you know let me know. Coincidentally “alone” is what the word means in the traditional language according to the Wurruk: Black and White book. The Waterfall is located on the […]