Hugh Linaker (Linacre)
Mr Hugh Linaker (1872 – 1938) is regarded as a horticultural pioneer. His career, working in local...
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Mr Hugh Linaker (1872 – 1938) is regarded as a horticultural pioneer. His career, working in local...
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In 1967, when I was 10, my parents moved our family from Carlton out to Bundoora. Bundoora at the...
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As a teenager growing up in the surrounds of Macleod during the late 20th century – so long ago – I have fond memories of roaming the hospital grounds of Mont Park, Plenty and Larundel – now better known as Springthorpe. Be that...
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In 1905, Dr (William) Ernest Jones was appointed Victorian ‘Inspector General of the Insane’. He...
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Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1908 – 2008) became head of Victoria’s Mental Hygiene Authority in 1952...
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