Summer Edition History Matters
Grab the newest edition of History Matters online or from the Torquay Newsagency. Stories that will capture your interest include the Ash Wednesday Bushfires, stories of old Connewarre, Colman’s Torquay …
History Matters Spring Edition
Spring is in the air. As we start another season, TMWW has published another issue of History Matters. There is a great story about the Torquay Improvement Association, formed in …
OUT NOW – Summer Edition of History Matters
This summer edition of History Matters contains fascinating family history stories of the Gundry, Duffield and Halls families and Andrew Thomas Abercrombie. More Fishy Tales, this time from the Smith …
Out Now – Edition 23 History Matters
Another interesting edition of History Matters is out today, It is our 23rd edition which is full of interesting reading, like the reprint of Owen Yateman’s story on Torquay fishermen. …
Winter Reading!
The June edition of History Matters is out now. Stories on John Pettigrove told by his family. the ‘Birdman of Torquay’ Jack O’Mara and his legacy at Taylor Park for …
March Magazine
The newest edition of our magazine is now available for purchase at the Torquay Newsagency. But things are not what they were just weeks ago. To keep healthy we do …
1956 Miss Torquay
Beach beauty competitions reached a peak of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Girls and women of all ages were photographed on the beach which was published in the paper …
Early Torquay
Ray Wilson has lived in Torquay all his life. Listen to the first of our clips where Ray describes growing up in Torquay. His story is featured in the latest …
The Go Cart Track
Memories of the Torquay Go Cart track From “History Matters” Vol 1 no 4 1966 was the year Australia sent a task force to the war in Vietnam. The Youth …
Torquay's Olympic Connections
The names Garrard and Torquay and Olympics go hand in hand and what an amazing connection it is, spanning over 80 years Dick Garrard (senior) a founding member of the …