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An unsolved island crime

Missing money never found: a major crime that occurred on Phillip Island back in 1973, that to this day has not been solved.

Anne Oswin

07 Jan 2022

Maritime History

The finding of the S.S. Coramba

December 3, 1934 is remembered by Phillip Islanders (of the time) as the day of the Coramba storm. The coastal vessel of that name, under Captain John H Dowling, en route from Warrnamool to Melbourne, approached Port Phillip Heads when the storm was...

Anne Oswin

07 Jan 2022

History

How to build a rock wall in less than ninety days

Donald Dixon, a grandson of Island benefactor WE Thompson, passed away last month. He was an island dairy farmer at Ventnor for sixty plus years. But in his younger days, he, with other islanders, was responsible for the construction of the...

Anne Oswin

30 Dec 2021