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Alan Nicholson seat
Alan Nicholson plaque Transcription In Memory of / Alan Nicholson 27.10.46 – 21.8.13 A character and friend to many, / whose love of Berwick / rang out through his smile / and all that he did. Sadly missed by those who loved and knew him. / Forever in our hearts. “Bring me Sunshine …in your…
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Lang Lang Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank
Opening Ceremony plaque Transcription LangLang Community Bank Branch / of Bendigo Bank Limited / Opened 29 October 1998 / by / Richard Guy OAM /Chairman / Bendigo Bank Limited / Max Papley / Chairman / Lang Lang Community Bank / Steering Committee / In appreciation of the efforts of the Steering Committee / and the…
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Cannons Creek Foreshore Reserve
Cannons Creek Foreshore Reserve Gazebo plaque Transcription This Gazebo was supplied / by the / Community Building / Initiative Project / and funded by the Helen McPherson Smith Trust 2010 [property_details details=”1″]
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Cranbourne Floral Clock
Lindsay and Jean King plaque Transcription In memory / of / Lindsay and Jean King Few have shown such passion and enthusiasm as Lindsay and Jean King for / Cranbourne, for local history and for Australian culture. Together for more / than 60 years, they used their talents to entertain and educate local school /…
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Bonnie Watson Reserve
Home to the Cannons Creek Community Place Bonne Watson Reserve information board Transcription (1st paragraph) The Bonnie Watson Reserve One of the earliest pioneers of Cannons Creek was the Watson family. Their gift of this 10 acres of land provided a recreation reserve for the people of / the creek. In the 1940’s the block…
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James Alexander Reserve
James Alexander plaque Transcription ~ Jim Alexander ~ Jim Alexander grew up in the Berwick-Dandenong area. His mother’s parents / lived on a Soldier Settlement farm in Clyde Road after World War 1. Like many other locals Jim Alexander believed this / reserve with its extensive views and stand of casuarina forest / made it…
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Ron Andrews Park
Ron Andrews plaque Transcription Ronald Clifford Andrews / 18 August 1930 – 20 December 2003 This park is dedicated to Ron (Mick) Andrews / who was born and raised in this district. His major entrepreneurial achievements are the quarrying operation that he founded – / The Pakenham Blue Metal at Mount Shamrock. His finest…
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Pioneers Park
Pioneers Park plaque Transcription This land was the site of the Berwick Primary School from 1869. At the end of Term 3 in 2003, / the Berwick Primary School was relocated to a new site in Fairholme Boulevard, Berwick. As a result of the initiative of Mr Bill Hudson and Mr George Wilson CMG; a number…
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Akoonah Park
Akoonah Park was orginally called the New Berwick Showgrounds and Recreation Reserve but in 1959 Cr CA Harris of the Shire of Berwick suggested the name be changed to Akoonah Park. Akoonah is an Aboriginal word for ‘running waters’ which are just beside the park in the form of the Cardinia Creek. Terence O’Connor took up…
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Endeavour Hills
Conceived during the bicentenary of Cook’s discovery of the east coast of Australia, Endeavour Hills narrowly missed being called Piney Ridge or Pine Hills and was named in honour of James Cook and the crew and scientists aboard HMS Endeavour. Endeavour Hills was proclaimed as a suburb on 28 October 1974. Consequently, many streets in…
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Narre Warren & District Family History Group Inc.
Address: 110 High Street, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Email: Lynne (Research Officer) or Eileen (Secretary)