Footscray Collection

Foots Cray (Footscray), South East London, England - named after Godwin Fot, a local Saxon landowner recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and from the River Cray that passes through the village

Yarra River & Bolte Bridge Docklands Melbourne
A boat on the Yarra River in Docklands Melbourne Australia at sunset with the Bolte Bridge and the Footscray industrial area behind

Footscray Boundary Stone - Black and white lantern slide. Footscray Boundary Stone. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

The wedding of Miss I Herman held in Foots Cray, Kent. Wedding group. 24 December 1938

Hay making on the farm at Foots Cray, Kent. 1935

Children performing on stage in Foots Cray, Kent. 1938

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Footscray, Foots Cray: Two names separated by an ocean, yet connected by history. Footscray in South East London, England, and Footscray in Melbourne, Australia, share a common heritage. In Footscray, Kent, England, Miss I Herman's wedding was celebrated three times on 24 December 1938, surrounded by loved ones and the beauty of the English countryside. Meanwhile, back in Footscray, Melbourne, the Yarra River and Bolte Bridge Docklands shimmered under the Australian sun. Across the seas, in Footscray, Kent, children put on a lively performance in 1938, while farmers worked tirelessly to harvest hayfields in 1935. Footscray, a name that bridges continents and time, carrying with it stories of love, community, and the passage of time.