Monday, 29 August 2016

Cr Jan Bateman

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Jan Bateman, who was the first female Mayor for the City of Berwick passed away on August 26, 2016 at the age of 81. Mrs Bateman  was a Shir...
Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Timbarra Housing Estate, Berwick

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The Timbarra Housing Estate was established in November 1989. It was an Urban Land Authority development. The brochure (cover reproduced lef...
Sunday, 31 July 2016

Mobile Library at Cockatoo by Marcia Holdsworth

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A few years ago, Marcia wrote down her memories of  Library Services at Cockatoo, and so they don't get lost from our history I thought ...
Thursday, 21 July 2016

The local Catholic Community from the pages of The Advocate

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The Advocate is available on Trove from 1868 until 1954. The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne website provides this great summary of this...
Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Shire of Berwick - Report to Ratepayers - 1968/1969

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This is a copy of the 'Report to Ratepayers' produced by the Shire of Berwick for 1968/1969. The Shire had an estimated population ...
Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Tulliallan property at Cranbourne

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This is a history of the Tulliallan property, which is situated in Clyde Road in Cranbourne, although most of the newspaper articles I have...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Limerick Arms Hotel and the O'Brien family, Nar Nar Goon

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In 1983 Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905 to 1990) wrote a book Solid Bluestone foundations:  memories of an Australian childhood . In it she talk...