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The ‘Lest We Forget’ Cookery Book developed by the Austin’s Darley House Community recipe group, is the rich compilation of a range of favourite recipes, stories, jokes, anecdotes and memories shared over a few weeks among residents, their families, staff and volunteers. We all had a lively time, remembering the good old days and some of the delicious foods, particularly cakes, that we have cooked, eaten and in one case, ‘sent to the troops’.

The ‘Lest We Forget’ Cookery Book is accessible and easy to read. Extra pages can be included as additional recipes are provided, and this information can be viewed online also.

Acknowledgements:

Darley House lifestyle coordinator, Sandra Agnew, must be congratulated for getting the recipe group ‘up and running’ as well as mentoring Trish Posterino, Valerie Farfalla and Aygul Coteli, in a nurturing, down-to-earth way and sharing her vast cookery experience. We also learnt a great deal from the easy ...

The Northcote German Cemetery was established in 1861 when four local German farmers, August Schwaebesh, Albert Fritsche, Moritz Heiner and Edward Hellwig jointly purchased one acre of land in Northcote to establish a cemetery for the German settlers in the area.

There had been a strong German presence in Northcote during the 1860s, centered on market gardens along Separation Street (also known as German Lane).

Later on the German settlers left the area, mainly moving to Thomastown and Chinese market gardeners replaced them. By 1920 the Northcote Council had taken over management of the small cemetery, which was already close to full. Despite this the occasional burial continued there until the last plot was used in 1971.

The cemetery is currently maintained by the City of Darebin

Sources

Lemon, Andrew. Northcote Side of the River. North Melbourne (Vic): Hargreen, 1983. Swift, William George. The history of Northcote: From its ...