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Narre Warren Mechanics Institute Hall
In 1890 Mr Sidney J. Webb donated land from his farm “Holly Green” for a Mechanics Institute. The original building was funded by donations and collections from well known local identities. By December 1890 it was noted in records that the equivalent of $286.50 was received from donations and a further $455.20 was receipted from “entertainment”. The total…
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City of Casey
On 15 December 1994 the City of Berwick, the City of Cranbourne and a small section of the City of Knox merged to form the City of Casey which is named after Lord Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Australia’s longest-serving Foreign Minister and 16th Governor General. Lord and Lady Casey lived at Edrington in Berwick. Reference: Our first decade…
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Cranbourne Street Signage
Bushranger Cluster: Cranbourne East see separate page Singers Cluster: Cranbourne East A small group of streets in Cranbourne East remembers Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra. Surveyed: 17 Jan 2017 by Lynne Joseph Banks Crescent Naturalist/Botanist aboard James Cook’s Endeavour. Surveyed: 20 Jun 2012 by Rex Cyril Beechey Lane Cyril Lewis Beechey was born in 1911. He loved…
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Percy Trewin Annexe
The Percy Trewin Annexe is no longer there. The land was sold by the City of Casey to help fund the building of Bunjil Place.Bunnings is now at the site. Address: 1-9 Regency Drive, Narre WarrenSurveyed on: 6 May 2012Surveyed by: Shirley and Lynne
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Lynbrook Street Signage
Lynbrook streets memorialise a number of Australian writers. D’arcy Niland Crescent Australian novelist and short story writer, perhaps best known for The Shiralee, the story of an Australian swagman and his four year old daughter. Melway Map Ref: 129 C2 Surveyed on: 22 Sep 2011 by Lynne Ethel Turner Place Australian novelist and children’s writer, perhaps best known…
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Address: 110 High Street, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Email: Lynne (Research Officer) or Eileen (Secretary)