Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Baby Health Centres in Victoria

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It is 100 years since the Baby Health Care movement began in Victoria in June 1917 when Dr Isabella Younger Ross opened a centre in Richmond...
Friday, 1 December 2017

Harkaway Quarry - September 1988

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These are photos of the Harkaway Quarry, on Noack Road, taken in September 1988. The quarry was a basalt mine (or bluestone mine - apparent...
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...