Torquay Winter Olympian: Oslo, 1952
The 1952 Winter Olympics was held at Oslo in Norway with athletes from 30 nations competing. The Australian delegation consisted of nine athletes, three in the figure skating and alpine …
Range of resources and information held by Torquay Museum Without Walls on Torquay history.
The 1952 Winter Olympics was held at Oslo in Norway with athletes from 30 nations competing. The Australian delegation consisted of nine athletes, three in the figure skating and alpine …
Before the Torquay Coffee Palace, built-in 1888, held a liqueur licence the following year, Felix Rosser and James Follett were two cheeky fellows who were often prosecuted for sly grog. …
Willliam Buckley, the ‘wild white man’ who lived with the local Aboriginals in our area for more than thirty years, died this day in 1856 due to falling from his …
Today is an autumn day not much different to that 129 years ago. We have warnings of damaging winds. I bet the Captain of the Scammell wished he had such …
With sadness we note the passing of a Torquay treasure, Margaret Ganly.Margaret, who was 104 was the descendant of one of our earliest settlers, William Pride and we doubt there …
Wonderful time today celebrating 100 years of the first air crossing over Bass Strait by Arthur Leonard Long.Joining us was Pirrie Shiel who has researched Arthur Leonard Long and the …
100 years ago on Monday 16 December, Lieut. Arthur Leonard Long left Stanley in Tasmania and was the first to fly across Bass Strait. His first stop was Torquay on …
There is some fabulous footage of Torquay in the seventies from an ABC weekend Magazine that appeared in 1972, up on our webpage. A few familiar faces here !! Click …
AÂ Christmas present was a piece of gold for Torquay/Geelong. It was the Price family album containing photos of Col. John Longville Price, family members and images from back home in …