Casey Cardinia - links to our past

This blog covers the post contact history of people, places, organizations and events in the City of Casey and Cardinia Shire. Everyone has a story, every thing has a story and this blog tells and shares these stories.

Monday, 23 November 2009

A little of Emerald Lake - by Graeme Legge

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With the advent of a local swimming pool in the 1930s, residents had ready access to the refreshing coolness of water in the summer heat as ...

Friday, 6 November 2009

The Encyclopedia of Melbourne

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The Encyclopedia of Melbourne was published in 2005 by Cambridge University Press, and there is now an on-line version. The on-line version...

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Berwick High School - foundation years

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Berwick High School (now called Berwick Secondary College ) opened on February 1 1977, with 110 students. Until the School opened, local ch...

Monday, 12 October 2009

Doveton Library - the early years

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Doveton Library began in the mid 1960s as a book exchange operating between members of the Doveton Presbyterian Church. The collection was ...

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Post Cards of Berwick

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In this post we will look at three Post Card views of High Street in Berwick. The card, immediately below, shows the north side of High Stre...

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Sherwood Hotel, Tooradin

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The Sherwood Hotel, in Tooradin, was near the corner of the South Gippsland Highway and Tooradin Tyabb Road. It was built around 1870 on lan...

Friday, 21 August 2009

Silver Wells, Gembrook

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The Ure family were early settlers in Gembrook. John Ure had selected 213 acres of land in 1874 and moved to Gembrook with his wife, Jane (a...

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