Frankston Oral History 1950-2000

This is the history of Frankston through the words and images of the people of Frankston, for the last hundred years.

This history of Frankston covers the period of Frankston's life since Federation, 1901, to the present. It is the electronic version of the Frankston Oral/Pictorial History project produced by Frankston City Council.

Pier Hotel Circa 1950's
Pier Hotel - Circa 1950's
(Photo courtesy Frankston Library Local History Collection.
Photo donated to the collection by Mr. McKechnie)


This version of the Frankston Oral/Pictorial History project, in the words and images of Frankston's people, is a Federation Community Project, and forms part of Frankston City Council's activities for the Centenary of Federation. It is a companion to the book Frankston 1950-2000, an oral/pictorial history of Frankston, published by Frankston City Council in 2000, and an earlier project, Fishing, Sand and Village Days: an oral history of Frankston from the early 1900s to 1950, published by Frankston City Library in 1985.

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