What’s in a name? Well, it seems rather a lot – especially when that moniker brings to mind two giants of British military history. From the outset, Nelson Wellington lived with the expectation that his ‘name should surely be a forerunner of future greatness.’ Born in Ballarat East on 4 April 1889, Nelson Frederick WellingtonContinue reading “Nelson Wellington”
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Sing Me to Sleep
A popular song of the time, “Sing Me to Sleep,” was re-worded by a Ballarat boy who had been severely wounded in action during fighting at Gallipoli. Private Percy Bannerman sent the piece home to his sister Lily, of Soldier’s Hill, Ballarat. The writer remained, however, anonymous. ‘…Sing me to sleep where my comrades fall,Continue reading “Sing Me to Sleep”
Ballarat and District in the Great War 