COMMUNITY PROFILES

The curator for the 2018 Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lara Nicholls, was born in the Lorne Hospital in 1968. At the time her family owned the Arab Restaurant but when she was two years old they moved to Melbourne, where she grew up and was educated. At Melbourne University, she graduated with a double major in […]

Gary’s grandparents’ families (Allen and Anderson) came to Lorne in the 1870’s – the Allens as orchardists and the Andersons as brick makers. Born in 1946 and raised by loving parents Norm and Kath, Gary and his sisters Judith and Barbara had a wonderful childhood in Lorne. Educated at the Lorne School and then Belmont […]

New President of Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lindy Joubert, recalls with fondness the halcyon student days of working as a waitress at the Arab in the 60s. Although she stayed in Mrs. Kelly’s Guest House with the other waitresses, she spent some time with the Smith family who owned the restaurant. Steve Politis, the coffee maker, […]

In 2002, while Jenni was attending a medical conference in Lorne, Russell organised a cab to take them to Erskine Falls. Waiting in the cab, he casually quizzed the driver about local house prices. Before he knew it, he was being driven to the street where the driver lived and shown a property with a […]

John was born in Torquay, England and met future wife, Maureen there. A Uni friend suggested a move to Aussie and one cold wet day in the middle of a miserable English summer, they made up their minds to come. John joined Streets Ice Cream in Sydney as Product Manager and then moved to Cadbury-Schweppes […]

Neil met his wife to be Maree, in June 1962 and was married in June 1968. Since then three children arrived – son Stuart and daughters Jacquelyn and Rebecca. There are now four grandchildren, Billy, Holly, Stephanie and Jake. He did his schooling from 1948 to 1959 at Coburg Primary and High School. Neil started […]

After John and Bernadette married, they continued Bernadette’s family tradition since the 1940’s, of coming to Lorne every year for summer holidays. When John’s father in law, Phil Danaher retired, he wanted to live permanently in Lorne so in 1982, Bernadette, John and Phil bought a house together in Lorne. As Bernadette was employed in […]

“One day I would love to live here”, Janelle remembers telling her family as a youngster when they spent Easter holidays in Lorne. Her dream came true five years ago when she moved here permanently. Janelle was born and educated in Melbourne. Despite her English teacher’s urging to pursue an obvious writing talent, she chose […]

Nelson and wife Barbara moved from Melbourne 18months ago to live in Lorne, to semi retire and be nearer the family with daughter Kate, son Sam and 3 grandchildren. Both Barbara and Nelson are “one career” people, with Barbara who always worked in the medical field and Nelson, always an advertising man. Nelson’s career in […]

Susan and Edward Coleridge live on a farm west of Ballarat, but they and their sons, Fred and Alex, consider Lorne a second home. Susan’s family, the Hurleys, have a long connection with the town and have been spending summers here since the 1960s. Susan began her career as a secondary English teacher. She taught […]