Family Histories

My Family and the 1880s Melbourne Land Boom

During the 1880s the city Melbourne expanded and developed dramatically. Land prices boomed and a great number of people invested in housing developments. In the 1890s the boom collapsed leaving many insolvents. Penny Mercer looks at these times through the lens of her family. Mentions her Davies, Mercer and Hearle families.

Webcast Duration
43 minutes
Presenter
Penny Mercer

The Life of a Squatter in the Port Phillip District 1837-1854

In this presentation Martin Playne examines the lives of squatters in the early period of the Port Phillip settlement through the eyes of a squatter on the Campaspe River. He then contrasts this with the story of an ancestor who was an early settler on the Mornington Peninsula.

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Webcast Duration
45 minutes
Presenter
Martin Playne
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