Roger Backway
Roger Backway was born in 1938 in Melbourne, and has lived almost all his life in the Elwood area.
Roger Backway on Elwood Beach as a child
Roger Backway
An electrician by trade, and an avid collector, he shares stories of childhood games, the beach, sailing and hunting, treasures unearthed in the water and on the land, the development of and changes to the neighbourhood, life on the bay and more.
Download the links below to read edited transcripts of Roger Backway's recollections.
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- Working Life (44 KB)
- Working Life (172 KB)
- Backway Family Background (35 KB)
- Backway Family Background (238 KB)
- Childhood Activities - Hunting And Games (32 KB)
- Childhood Activities - Hunting And Games (129 KB)
- The Beach (32 KB)
- The Beach (127 KB)
- On The Water (31 KB)
- On The Water (125 KB)
- Horrie Peacock Local Hero (30 KB)
- Horrie Peacock Local Hero (222 KB)
- Collecting St Kilda's History (122 KB)
- Social Change (31 KB)
- Social Change (132 KB)
- A Collector (42 KB)
- A Collector (264 KB)
- Collecting St Kilda's History (29 KB)