Wow! Have I a treat for you?
Just checked the mailbox... Didn’t see anything...
Headed back inside…
Then I thunked, “Hang on! There was something poking down...".
I returned – Surprise! Surprise!
Viccars Resurrected
Back in the early days of Fyansford.com
"Viccars' post office" caused me considerable confusion. See Viccars' Conundrum
Now I can rest easy.
I have a contemporary authority on Viccars, the post office and a location that no longer exists
(Gary Viccars)
Press clippings
St Luke's Fyansford
Geelong Advertiser 26 Mar., 1914 Page 2
Notice (2)
Geelong Advertiser 18 Sep., 1913 Page 3
A small village by Violet Read
Weekly Times 6 Nov., 1920 Page 60
St Luke's Fyansford
Geelong Advertiser 26 Mar., 1914 Page 2
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Maps
1890 Map of Fyansford Viccars' Store #1
1922 Cementies map (p
Superimposed over 2020 map
1890 Map of Fyansford Viccars' Store #1
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Viccars' Insight
A welcome nugget
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I look forward to sharing Viccars' Insights over the next however long.
Viccars' Insight
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From one generation to another
Memories...
© Betty Viccars Ca 1980s
It might help to know a bit about the Viccars' family tree.
Draft 1.
Compiled by a third party.
Additions and alterations invited
Note:
Order of births, Christian names, etc. may be incorrect
Viccars' Insight
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Betty Viccars' Memories
Take me
to the full document
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As typed by Betty Viccars back in the '80s
Thru others' eyes
Out of gallery
Viccars' Insight
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Childhood Memories
Take me
to the full document
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As typed by Betty Viccars back in the '80s
Thru others' eyes
Out of gallery
Viccars' Insight
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That's life pre-electricity
Take me
to the full document
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As typed by Betty Viccars back in the '80s
Thru others' eyes
Out of gallery
Viccars' Insight
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That was life back then...
Take me
to Betty's e-Read
Viccars' Insight
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And, last but certainly not least
Betty's Collection (3 sections - 11 pages)
Section 1. Memories (6 pages)
Section 3. A True Story of Life Before Electricity (2 pages)
Betty's Collection (3 sections - 11 pages)
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Copies of OCR or scanned versions
of original type-written texts
Online digital version (downloadable)
of Fyansford.com's modified copy of Betty's notes
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An interesting diversion
Viccars' Insight
Lawrence Carroll wasn't just your regular run-of-the-mill Fyansford market gardener...
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Geelong Advertiser 1906
