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Curated archival sound pieces using the Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection and Oral History Archives.

  1. Apr 16

    Street Stories - Tales of Whitehorse Road

    Travel back in time and listen to stories of Deepdene's past along Whitehorse Road. Interviewees in this episode are: Charles Hansen & Jack McLean Bruce Steele   Boroondara Library Service presents: Street Stories This Oral History project was edited in 2026 from the City of Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection Local History Archive. Interviews were conducted by Geraldine McFarlane in the years 1993 and 1994 as part of the Oral history project Voices of Camberwell. The interviewees in this project are Mavis Nickell, Edna De Clifford, Esmond Kinnear, Bruce Steele, Charles Hansen, Jack McLean, Joan Thorn, Lillian Brockway, Marjorie Batey, Eileen Hall, Lorraine Carrington, Bob Partington, Gil Muling, Vera lynch, Leila St John, Mr & Mrs Frank Mason, Syd Dodman, Dorothy Prestegar, Harold Oakford. Edited by Jane Harvey. Music sampled from the following recordings: "Wild Orchids" 1929, "City Lights" 1931, "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans" 1927. Courtesy of The Popular Jazz Archive. CC Image: C. Stuart Tompkins, Deepdene Park, Whitehorse Road Deepdene, 1952, Boroondara Library Service, Boroondara Heritage Collection, LHCPH 151

  2. Apr 16

    Street Stories - Cantering through Camberwell

    Travel back in time and listen to stories of riding horses through Camberwell Junction. Interviewees in this episode are: Bob Partington Lillian Brockway Gil Muling Frank Mason Joan Thorn Dorothy Prestegar Frank Mason Charlie Cuzens   Boroondara Library Service presents: Street Stories   This Oral History project was edited in 2026 from the City of Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection Local History Archive. Interviews were conducted by Geraldine McFarlane in the years 1993 and 1994 as part of the Oral history project Voices of Camberwell. The interviewees in this project are Mavis Nickell, Edna De Clifford, Esmond Kinnear, Bruce Steele, Charles Hansen, Jack McLean, Joan Thorn, Lillian Brockway, Marjorie Batey, Eileen Hall, Lorraine Carrington, Bob Partington, Gil Muling, Vera lynch, Leila St John, Mr & Mrs Frank Mason, Syd Dodman, Dorothy Prestegar, Harold Oakford. Edited by Jane Harvey. Music sampled from the following recordings: "Wild Orchids" 1929, "City Lights" 1931, "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans" 1927. Courtesy of The Popular Jazz Archive. CC Image: C. Stuart Tompkins, Camberwell Junction, facing south east, 1954, Boroondara Library Service, Boroondara Heritage Collection, LHCPH 1239

  3. Apr 16

    Street Stories - Afternoons in Ashburton

    Travel back in time and listen to stories of Ashburton's past forest and picnics. Interviewees in this episode are:  Dorothy Prestegar Harold Oakford Gil Muling Frank Mason Sid Dodman   Boroondara Library Service presents: Street Stories This Oral History project was edited in 2026 from the City of Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection Local History Archive. Interviews were conducted by Geraldine McFarlane in the years 1993 and 1994 as part of the Oral history project Voices of Camberwell. The interviewees in this project are Mavis Nickell, Edna De Clifford, Esmond Kinnear, Bruce Steele, Charles Hansen, Jack McLean, Joan Thorn, Lillian Brockway, Marjorie Batey, Eileen Hall, Lorraine Carrington, Bob Partington, Gil Muling, Vera lynch, Leila St John, Mr & Mrs Frank Mason, Syd Dodman, Dorothy Prestegar, Harold Oakford. Edited by Jane Harvey. Music sampled from the following recordings: "Wild Orchids" 1929, "City Lights" 1931, "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans" 1927. Courtesy of The Popular Jazz Archive. CC Image: Open air puppet show, c.1946, Boroondara Library Service, Boroondara Heritage Collection, LHPH 818

  4. Apr 16

    Street Stories - Market gardens & dairies of Kew

    Travel back in time and listen to stories of Kew's past market gardeners and dairies. Interviewees in this episode are: Mavis Nickell Frank Mason   Boroondara Library Service presents: Street Stories This Oral History project was edited in 2026 from the City of Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection Local History Archive. Interviews were conducted by Geraldine McFarlane in the years 1993 and 1994 as part of the Oral history project Voices of Camberwell. The interviewees in this project are Mavis Nickell, Edna De Clifford, Esmond Kinnear, Bruce Steele, Charles Hansen, Jack McLean, Joan Thorn, Lillian Brockway, Marjorie Batey, Eileen Hall, Lorraine Carrington, Bob Partington, Gil Muling, Vera lynch, Leila St John, Mr & Mrs Frank Mason, Syd Dodman, Dorothy Prestegar, Harold Oakford. Edited by Jane Harvey. Music sampled from the following recordings: "Wild Orchids" 1929, "City Lights" 1931, "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans" 1927. Courtesy of The Popular Jazz Archive. CC Image: Milk cart belonging to Mary L. Deering driven by her son John T. Deering with Jimmy Hillard outside Mr. Rooney's House, St. John's Avenue, c.1920s, Boroondara Library Service, Boroondara Heritage Collection, LHCPH 905

  5. Apr 16

    Street Stories - Squizzy Taylor in Hawthorn

    Travel back in time and listen to stories of Hawthorn's true crime past. Interviewees in this episode are: Charlie Cuzens Doreen Dixon   Boroondara Library Service presents: Street Stories This Oral History project was edited in 2026 from the City of Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection Local History Archive. Interviews were conducted by Geraldine McFarlane in the years 1993 and 1994 as part of the Oral history project Voices of Camberwell. The interviewees in this project are Mavis Nickell, Edna De Clifford, Esmond Kinnear, Bruce Steele, Charles Hansen, Jack McLean, Joan Thorn, Lillian Brockway, Marjorie Batey, Eileen Hall, Lorraine Carrington, Bob Partington, Gil Muling, Vera lynch, Leila St John, Mr & Mrs Frank Mason, Syd Dodman, Dorothy Prestegar, Harold Oakford. Edited by Jane Harvey. Music sampled from the following recordings: "Wild Orchids" 1929, "City Lights" 1931, "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans" 1927. Courtesy of The Popular Jazz Archive. CC Image: Central Register for Male Prisoners 31530-31927 (1907-1909), Criminal records, March 1907, Public Records Office of Victoria, VPRS 515/P0000

  6. Apr 16

    Street Stories - Floating in Balwyn

    Travel back in time and listen to stories of Balwyn's past of farms and creeks. Interviewees in this episode are: Gil Muling Esmond Kinnear Leila St John Edna DeClifford   Boroondara Library Service presents: Street Stories This Oral History project was edited in 2026 from the City of Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection Local History Archive. Interviews were conducted by Geraldine McFarlane in the years 1993 and 1994 as part of the Oral history project Voices of Camberwell. The interviewees in this project are Mavis Nickell, Edna De Clifford, Esmond Kinnear, Bruce Steele, Charles Hansen, Jack McLean, Joan Thorn, Lillian Brockway, Marjorie Batey, Eileen Hall, Lorraine Carrington, Bob Partington, Gil Muling, Vera lynch, Leila St John, Mr & Mrs Frank Mason, Syd Dodman, Dorothy Prestegar, Harold Oakford. Edited by Jane Harvey. Music sampled from the following recordings: "Wild Orchids" 1929, "City Lights" 1931, "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans" 1927. Courtesy of The Popular Jazz Archive. CC Image: Henderson family children with hand cart in Kireep Road, Balwyn, Boroondara Library Service, Boroondara Heritage Collection, LHCPH 1327

  7. 07/13/2025

    Stories From The Archive: Early History of The Hawthorn Football Club

    Stories From The Archive: Early History of The Hawthorn Football Club Mayblooms & Cherrybobs Oral History Collection, 1985.  Boroondara Heritage Collection. Oral History Interviewees: Mabel Holzer, Billy Wallace, George Martin, Ernest Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lawrence, Walter Jona. Music courtesy of The Hawthorn Brass Band This project was made by the Boroondara Library Service Local History Team, in celebration of the Centenary of The Hawthorn Football Club, 2025.  Edit by Jane Harvey. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Heritage Collection: Boyles, Charles Edward, 1888-1971, photographer. Hawthorn Football Club in front of grandstand, 1942.

  8. 07/16/2024

    Glenferrie Sounds

    'Glenferrie Sounds' was compiled for the new Hawthorn 'Open Space', 2024. It is a collaboration between Boroondara Library Service and Boroondara Capital Projects. The Oral History excerpts were taken from interviews by the Hawthorn City Library Oral History Project "Mayblooms & Cherrybobs" conducted in 1985. The Oral History archive is housed within the Boroondara Library Service Heritage Collection.  Oral History Interviewers: Rene Pappas  Maryanne Pearce   Oral History Interviewees: Emma Overton Frank Ireland Ernest Dixon Vincent Greaves William Wallace George Martin   Credits: Sound excerpts from "Red Rattler Passes Glenferrie Oval 1937" & "Prankster train driver ends the game at the Glenferrie Oval prematurely: The Front Bar" videos. Music: "Dear When I Met You" - Regent Club Orchestra "Down By The Gas House" - Aileen Stanley & Bill Murray "It Goes Like This" - Jack Morrison "They Call Me Sister Honkeytonk" - Mae West "EJ 35" - Strauss Rosenuberreichung "A Thousand Kisses" - Brunswick Salon Orchestra "The Champions", "Strike Up The Band", "Holiday For Strings",  Recordings from Colonial Brass by Hawthorn City Band (Now named Hawthorn and Kew Bands Inc. - Glenferrie Brass) Opening sequence composition and Audio Production - Jane Harvey

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