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Art & Entertainers

  • Bernard Patrick O'Dowd

    Bernard O’Dowd (1866-1953) was a radical writer during Australia’s Federation. He was fierce opponent to...
  • Charlie Vaude

    Charlie Vaude - a Northcote resident - was a very successful and popular radio personality and comedian from...
  • Dr. Joseph Brown AO, OBE

    In May 2004 Joseph Brown (1918 - 2009) donated the major part of his collection of Australian art to the...
  • Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch

    Born Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch in St Kilda in 1904, Freda was the first child of Carl August Adolph and his...
  • Ernest Charles (“Son”) Yeomans

    Ernest Charles Yeomans was always known as “Son” and it is quite probable that few who knew him...
  • Ernest Edward Moffitt

    Ernest Moffitt was a skilled painter and musician who lived in Yarra Street Alphington. Born in Bendigo in...
  • Graeme Blundell

    Famous actor, director, producer and writer. Spent early childhood years on a farm in Reservoir. Attended...
  • Johnny Chester

    Johnny Chester grew up and went to school in Preston (Tyler Street, Bell Primary and Preston Technical...
  • Joseph Verso

    Joseph Verso was the father of Charles Verso who was a prominent Councillor and Mayor of Northcote. He was a...
  • Leonard Weir

    Leonard Weir, like Margaret Nisbett, was a Preston born singer who founded a career from their singing. At...
  • Margaret Nisbett, MBE

    At 18 years old, Preston born Margaret Nisbett was selected to play the role of Gilda in the opera...
  • Marie Elizabeth Pitt

    Marie Pitt, like her partner Bernard Patrick O’Dowd, was a radical writer of the Federation period. She had...
  • Normie Rowe

    Norman John Rowe was born on the 1st of February 1947 to Albert (Albie) and Constance (Connie) Rowe. He grew...
  • Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company

    Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company was formed in the mid 1880s in Launceston by James Joseph Pollard and...
  • Preston Tramways Choir

  • Sarah Susanna Bunbury

    Sarah Susanna Bunbury arrived in Melbourne with her husband, retired naval captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury in...
  • Theatres in Preston: a brief history

    Preston's first picture venue, the Star Theatre on the south-eastern corner of High and Gower Streets opened...
  • Toni "Lolly-Legs" Lamond

    Born Patricia Lamond Lawman on 29 March 1932 in Sydney, Toni became a veteran cabaret singer and entertainer....
  • William Frater

    William Frater was born on 31 January 1890 at Ochiltree Castle, near Linlithgow in Scotland. His father (also...
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