by PMI Librarian | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog, Collections, Local Histories, Plotting History
Have you ever wondered where the name of your street came from? Here at the PMI Library, we specialise in Victorian history, which began well before the area was known as Victoria or established as a state. This means that we not only have items in our collections...
by PMI Librarian | Mar 11, 2026 | Blog, Plotting History
For Friday the 13th, in the spirit of all things spooky, we thought we’d introduce you to the PMI Library poltergeist. We’ll start by saying that this is not a poltergeist with a storied history of sightings, this is a crowd sourced staff-nominated poltergeist. We...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Library, Local Histories, Plotting History
Originally Posted 21 May 2021Â Â With a lot of new members joining the library, I thought it was time for an introduction to the history of the PMI (or a reintroduction for some of our longer term members) and the history of the PMI is always fun to write about. I hope...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Local Histories, Plotting History
Originally Posted 28 Oct 2020  2021 Creative Writing Competition for Children aged 4 – 12 Presented by the PMI Victorian History Library in partnership with the Victorian Government. We understand that celebrating Children’s Week was a little difficult in 2020...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Local Histories, Plotting History
Originally Posted 22 Oct 2020 Â Mulberry Hill was remodelled in 1926 by architect Harold Desbrow-Annear for Joan and Daryl Lindsay. It is an absolutely fascinating place to visit, because it has been left exactly as it was when Joan died in 1984, down to the pieces of...
by PMI Librarian | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog, Local Histories, Plotting History
Originally Posted 14 July 2020 As part of the lockdown, we thought that bringing you some more informative blogs could be fun. We’re all about sharing our love of Victorian history, so to begin with we’ll be looking at Port Fairy. This is not...
