Darebin Community Reminiscences

Croxton Youth Group

Read about the history of the Croxton Youth Club from its early days in 1958 when the club was formed by six young people in the area until 1977.  Compiled by one of the founding members, Graeme Fellows.

Croxton-Youth-Club.pdf(PDF, 4MB)

1st Alphington Scouts

The Scouts have played a strong role in shaping the lives of young people in Darebin for nearly a hundred years.   Read here about the early history of the 1st Alphington Scouts.

First-Alphington-Scouts-history-SM-Eager-1954.pdf(PDF, 2MB)

School histories

Many of Darebin's schools can trace their history back over a hundred years.   For schools compiling their histories we are happy to assist by contributing information and photos from our collections or by hosting the your histories on our website.

A-teacher-remembers-1938-1985-Preston-Primary-School[1].pdf(PDF, 4MB)

Traditions-beginning-1840s-to-1902-Preston-Primary-School[1].pdf(PDF, 4MB)

Traditions-beginning-1840s-to-1902-Preston-Primary-School[2].pdf(PDF, 4MB)

Inspectors-Register-book-Preston-Primary-School-1886-1894.pdf(PDF, 32MB)

Wales-Street-Primary-School-Centenary-History.pdf(PDF, 2MB)

Westleigh-College.pdf(PDF, 13MB)