Historical information
Thomas, Eliza and eight children (Kate, Eva, Eliza, Florence, Mabel, Alice, Frederick and William) lived at Mountain Grange. Thomas was employed as an engineer for Lillydale Shire, but died suddenly in 1888, aged 42. About 1910, Eliza and her daughter Florence opened the Kalorama Post Office. Eliza died in 1918.
Born in 1881, Mabel Badenhop nee Hand was the youngest child of Thomas and Eliza Hand of Mountain Grange. She was 7 years old when her father died.
Mabel married Ernest Badenhop in 1905 – Pete the Swede played violin at the wedding.
Ernest Badenhop was a builder & built Halcyon and Hygeia for the Dunbars as well as many other homes in the area.
Physical description
mp3 audio tape interview conducted by John Lundy-Clarke with Mabel Badenhop runs for16.33 minutes.
8 page transcript of tape.
