Monday, 27 November 2017

City of Berwick celebrates the sesquicentenary of Victoria in 1984

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When Victoria commemorated 150 years of European settlement in 1984 many local councils and towns celebrated by holding street parades and o...
Monday, 20 November 2017

The Davy family, Kippenross / Brentwood and the Presbyterian Girls School at Berwick by Elsie Hoare

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I  came across this letter the other day from the Pakenham Gazette of May 6, 1998. It was written by Elsie Hoare of Berwick about the ...
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Monday, 6 November 2017

Isador Magid and Narre Warren

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The City of Berwick Civic Centre was opened in December 1978 on land donated by the developer, Isodor Magid, whose Overland Construction C...
Saturday, 19 August 2017

County of Mornington

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Victoria is divided into 37 Counties for land administrative purposes. The Casey Cardinia region is in the County of Mornington (apart from ...
Thursday, 3 August 2017

Skateboard Park at Doveton

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This article (reproduced below) about the City of Berwick skateboard track, was published in a journal in 1979. I don't know which jour...
Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Captain Cook Statue at Endeavour Hills

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A statue of Captain James Cook was unveiled in Endeavour Hills in November 1973 outside the first sales office on the corner of Joseph Banks...
Friday, 7 July 2017

Miss Beatrice Thomas - Berwick Shire Secretary

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The Dandenong Journal reported on January 23, 1952 that Miss Beatrice (Trixie) Thomas had been appointed as the Berwick Shire Secretary. M...