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Music

  • Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch

    Born Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch in St Kilda in 1904, Freda was the first child of Carl August Adolph and his...
  • Johnny Chester

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

    Norman John Rowe was born on the 1st of February 1947 to Albert (Albie) and Constance (Connie) Rowe. He grew...
  • Northcote Choral Society

    The Northcote Choral Society formed in February 1930 with conductor, James G. Neilson, who remained the...
  • Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company

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

  • Preston Symphony Orchestra

    In 1949 it was decided to establish a symphony orchestra in Preston. By July of that year 35 musicians had...
  • Toni "Lolly-Legs" Lamond

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