Article on 'Festival of Local History' held at Blackburn Lake Sanctuary with guest speakers Valda Arrowsmith from Whitehorse Historical Society; Lindsay McKirdy on the Adult Deaf Society; Wurundjeri elder Dot Peters and Blackburn artists Keith Dow. Photo of Elaine Boucher and Valda Arrowsmith at Heron Point, Blackburn LakeArticle on 'Festival of Local History' held at Blackburn Lake Sanctuary with guest speakersarrowsmith, valda, blackburn lake sanctuary, mckirdy, lindsay, peters, dot, dow, keith, boucher, elaine

214 pages : illustrations (some colour}, facsimiles (some colour}, portraits (some colour}; 3 appendicesnon-fictionThe reminiscences of 190 of the foundation matriculation class of Box Hill High School are collected to provide a history and memory of the school and the students. Stories of school life as well as life after Box Hill High School were contributed. A list of the members of the cohort as well as names of those who provided personal accounts are included.schools, box hill high school, reminiscences, memoirs, agnew> malcolm, aitken> michael, baker> jeff, barber> rance, barclay> robin, blackwell> john, chandler> geoff, dahan> paul, dobbin> graeme, filshie> barry, francis> arthur, friday> robin, gannaway> alex, hancy> tom, hayes> bob, hewitt> neil, hiscock> peter, hobday> garth, lee> bryan, mckirdy> lindsay, olsen> ken, roffey> stuart, schaeche> marshall, smart> leslie, smit> kees, smith> graeme, swales> david, tucker> murray, wade> mark, webster> john, wilshier> eric, wilson> geoff

Talk by Lindsay McKirdy to the Whitehorse Historical Society on 11 February 2006 about the Deaf and Dumb Society at Blackburn, now the Victorian Deaf Society. Tape at NP3272Talk by Lindsay McKirdy to the Whitehorse Historical Society on 11 February 2006 about the Deaf and Dumb Society at Blackburn, now the Victorian Deaf Society. victorian deaf society, whitehorse historical society