Memories of Harvey

24/06/2026

Stepping back about 50 years in Harvey. If only we still had the red telephone box there in front of the Shire office.. I think each time we walked past the box, we checked for any coins at the bottom of the phone just in case some had fallen through. You may remember putting in 20c coins every minute or two so the call would not cut out. Now the modern phone boxes are free to make calls.

22/06/2026

It was a pleasure to have two school classes visit the Harvey Museum today. Learning local history is a part of the school curriculum. Thank you to Harvey Primary School for this post. Some of our 70 to 80 year old museum volunteers left exhausted but loved every minute of the visit.

Rooms 7 and 8 have been learning about the olden days for their history lessons this semester. To consolidate their learning, they walked to Harvey Museum this morning to allow them to see into the lives of those who came before them. They used old telephones, learnt how to use ink for writing, typed using a typewriter and washed clothes the old fashioned way using a washing board.
Thanks to the lovely ladies at Harvey Museum for being so welcoming to our students and helping them to understand what life was like a long long time ago.

21/06/2026

Only one week until paying passengers can travel on the new "Australind" train. It has been doing trial runs and happen to pull in at the Harvey Railway Station today. The entry door looks to be level with the raised platform. This is pleasing because last time we got a new "Australind" train we had to wait 13 years to get a platform to be level to the entry door. So no climbing up steep steps from ground level for 13 years this time!!!

19/06/2026

You may remember when we could walk across the old Harvey Weir wall and wander up to the old 1915 Quarry. This all changed in 2000/2001 but we still have the memories.

16/06/2026

Harvey circa 1970, seems like yesterday but it was 56 years ago.

14/06/2026

The Little Weir was used by Harvey people for near on 70 years. I love it when photos come out of cupboards. This is the Shaw family near the kiddies pool circa the early 1980s when nearing the end of the memorable days of swimming at the little Weir. Grateful thanks to G & L Shaw family.

12/06/2026

The Uduc Cricket Club ground was used for both training and playing cricket matches from about 1948 until the 1960s. Craig Maughan is seeking information, photos, and stories about what took place at either training or matches out at the Uduc Cricket Ground. Craig is also keen to record conversations about these earlier cricket days. Grateful thanks to Craig for recording this local Uduc cricket history before it is lost. Please comment here or private message to Craig Maughan with information and hopefully we can share the stories here one day.

11/06/2026

"Kennedy Street in Harvey around 1970 when neighbours took pickets out of fences to make it easier to get to each other's houses", is recalled by Graham Hough.
He remembers, "It was a great street to live in and we had the Jones, Ramsey, Wallam, Higgins, Hough and Rando families. The kids all played on the Diversion bank or on the fire brigade track. We also had gaps in the fences to visit each other." Grateful thanks for the memories and photo of Peter and Graham Hough with Brad Heaft in Kennedy Street. It was at a time when most Harvey house blocks had a picket fence.

09/06/2026

As we are now into the cold and wet days of the year, it brings back memories of backing up to Mum's wood stove to keep warm. Mum fed family and visitors from this wood stove for about 60 years. The wood stove not only provided the heat for making stews with dumplings, roasts with Yorkshire pudding and numerous other meals made with love, but the wood stove also kept us warm. The humble wood stove even gave us hot water. The water pipes ran along just under the hot plate which provided hot water for the whole family. The top cupboard on the right held the hot water tank. All in all, we got good value from a block of chopped wood each day.