Modern technology is enabling people to connect with Poowong's past in time for the 150th anniversary of the areas settlement.
Hundreds of past residents are expected to join locals for three days of celebrations that kick off next Friday.
A project undertaken by five volunteers - Stephen Halliday, Darcy Laycock, Fiona Cox, Noel Gregg and Mike D'Arcy - has helped Poowong Historical Group assemble archived material and photographs via a QR code accessible from smart phones.

A foundation member of PHG Laurie Gregg said a number of QR sites esta