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Alf and Alfreda: the Early Years

Alfreda, our maternal grandmother was living in St Kilda and attending the Melbourne Continuation School in the early 1900s. While she was finishing her secondary education. Alfreda met her future husband Alf, who was recovering from rheumatic fever…

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Growing Up at Number TenA route through the ordinary pleasures and shaping routines of childhood: moving house, walking to school, classrooms, games, meals and the books that filled family life.Following the Family into VictoriaFollow the family’s movement through early Victoria, from migration and farms to Goulburn communities and Pakenham. Documents, remembered stories and a visit to the places make the past tangible.Women’s Lives, Work and MakingFollow several generations of women through education, paid and domestic work, family responsibilities and making: teaching, sewing, resourcefulness and the distinct lives behind these stories.Remembering Through Pictures, Places and ConversationA route through the ways this archive is made: shared conversation, family photographs, film and visits to places. Together they show memory becoming a record for others to enter.War, Faith and Family AftermathWar’s long reach appears in service records, family memory, faith, separation and loss. These Stories follow its effects across generations, ending with letters that keep a family voice close.

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PeopleAlice, Jim, Alf, Alfreda, GracePlacesKoroit, Moore Street, Templestowe, PakenhamPeriods1930s, wartime, 1950s, 1960s, 1970sThemesSchooling, work, faith, food, housesPhotosAlbums, documents, maps, excursions

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