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

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

Swimming Pool

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

Paddle Steamers

• Paddle Steamer Melbourne passing through the Lock

Presbyterian Church

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

Mildura Base Hospital

• 1940 view of the Mildura Base Hospital.

• What will the 2040 view of the site be?

Mildura Base Hospital

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

Murray River

• 1940 view of Mildura Lock & Weir

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.

Mildura Lock

• Mildura Lock in 1940.

• Where are the wood ducks?

Wartime

• Street shelters built for air raid protection in Brisbane 1943

Women in Wartime

• Delivery first aid during World War II

Postcards

• The 1940 sense of humour in holiday postcards

Postcards

• 1943 war humour

• A reminder for soldiers taking in the mountain air at Lilydale during the war

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