City of Casey Civic Memorabilia Collection

Early in 2020, the City of Casey Civic Memorabilia Collection was formed. The collection, which numbers 800 objects in total, tells the story of the development of City of Casey. All objects have social, historical and cultural significance to the current and past local government entities in the region, including the Shire of Berwick and Cranbourne.

The objects include purchased, created, awarded, or gifted items, including artworks, ceremonial, armorial, commemorative, development, sport and community objects. From the 1970s, the City of Casey displayed many of these objects in their council building at Narre Warren. When the council moved offices, to Bunjil Place in 2017, the decision was made to take the collection off display. Once the council offices in Narre Warren were closed, the collection was documented and put into storage.
Portrait of Lord Casey. System ID: 1361.

Berwick Sister City Commemorative Plate. System ID: 1223.

All objects remained in storage until 2019, when the City of Casey commenced a project to catalogue the items to make them accessible to the outside world. Currently, around 124 items are available to view through the online catalogue. The City of Casey has indicated that it intends to add more objects to this collection in the future, when adequate research can be completed into the remaining collection items.

Edwin Flack Statuette. System ID: 1326.

Old Cheese Factory, Berwick. System ID: 1434.

Wilson Botanic Park, Berwick. System ID: 1368.

There are quite a few objects depicting Lord Casey, the Berwick sister City programs with Berwick-Upon-Tweed and Springfield, Ohio, the Edwin Flack games available for viewing on the site. There is also a notable collection of artworks which display historical buildings throughout the City of Casey.

You can peruse the collection via the Civil Memorabilia Collection website.


Written by Kate Davis, CCLC.