A History of the Alma Club

The Sand Dune In the early years of the last century, venturesome travellers proceeding from the little village of Melbourne to Gipps Land would often end their first day’s journey at the big sand dune. This was a pleasant spot at the junction of the road to Dandenong...

150th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Glen Huntly

April 17-27 1990 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival and disembarkment of the emigrant ship Glen Huntly which was the first vessel to enter Port Phillip with fever patients on board. The Glen Huntly was a 3 masted barque of 420/550 tonnage built in 1839 by...