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Harkaway Street Signage
Hessel Road These two signs are approximately 100 paces apart on Ernst Wanke Road at Harkaway. Which one is right? Jacob William Hessel commenced teaching at the Harkaway Lutheran School in 1862. When the school was taken over by the Victorian Education Department in 1876, Jacob Hessel became the first teacher of Harkaway State School.…
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Edwin Flack Reserve
Home to:Berwick Football ClubBerwick Cricket ClubBerwick Village Little Athletics ClubBerwick Bowling Club The Berwick Recreational Reserve was renamed on 16 June 1996 to honour Australia’s first gold medal Olympian – Edwin Flack.The reserve’s oval and athletics track are lined with plaques commemorating Australia’s gold medalists from every modern Olympic Games together with a tree that…
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Garfield Community Service
Scoutmaster & Local Historian plaque In memory of / respected scoutmaster / and local historian / of Garfield / Mr CW (Bill) Parish / A lifetime of community service / 1914-1994 CWA Foundation Members plaque In memory / of foundation members of the Garfield / CWA / founded February 1931 Kate Hourigan. Died 11.9.1947Agnes Towt.…
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Ash Wednesday Memorial
Erected in 2003 by the City of Casey, the memorial plaque is on the corner of Magid Drive and Princes Highway, Fountain Gate. Seven trees along Magid Drive have small plaques commemorating the Narre Warren firefighters who died that day. Ash Wednesday Memorial plaque transcription This memorial was erected in memory of the firefighters /…
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Scott Park
In 1960 Cyril and Rita Scott bought four acres of land and built their home here. Their five boys were raised here in their four bedroom weatherboard home surrounded by cattle, sheep and chickens. While establishing their farm, they also found time to help in the establishment of St Kevin’s Church, in Hampton Park. In…
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Keith Ewenson Park
Situated behind the Upper Beaconsfield Community Centre, Keith Ewenson Park was named in 1995 in acknowledgement of Keith’s dedication to his local community. This involvement included kindergarten and school councils, the hall committee, and the Upper Beaconsfield Association, of which he was a Life Member. He represented the Beaconhills Ward on council for 27 years. Keith…
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McMorran’s Oak
Alexander McMorran (1820-1911) is generally regarded to have been the first saddler in Cranbourne. He and his wife Annie were pioneers of the Cranbourne district. They are listed in the Cranbourne rate books with a house on 7 acres of land in the early 1860s, the time the tree is thought to have been planted…
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Hector Anderson Reserve
Hector Anderson Reserve commemorates the life of Hector Anderson Marriott. Hector was born on 16 February 1904 at Moorabbin. He was the tenth child of the eleven children born to John and Mary Ann Marriott between 1884 and 1905. The family had a market garden on the corner of Chesterville and South Roads in Moorabbin. Hector…
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Lyndhurst War Memorial
The Lyndhurst War Memorial was unveiled on Saturday 11 November 2017. Transcription The story of this door This door represents the homestead door for / eight young men – farmers and rural workers / – who left their homes in the Lyndhurst district to / fight in World War 1 and World War 11. Sadly…
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Cardinia Recreation Reserve
On Friday 17 October 1947, ladies paid 2/6d (25c) and gentlemen paid an extra 6d (5c) to attend a Grand Opening Ball at the Cardinia Hall to mark the official opening of the Cardinia Recreation Reserve. Reference: Look to the rising sun, back to Cardinia 1984: a history of Cardinia and district, including Rythdale and…
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Address: 110 High Street, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Email: Lynne (Research Officer) or Eileen (Secretary)