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.

Friday, 22 June 2018

Charles and Ellen Rossiter

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Rossiter Road is named after Charles Rossiter. Charles and Ellen Rossiter took up 317 acres of land at Yallock in 1873 and called the proper...

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Thursday, 7 June 2018

Sarah Fagan - hotel keeper

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Sarah Fagan operated a hotel in Lyndhurst in the 1850s. She had arrived in Victoria in 1853 and after her husband Alexander died in 1857 she...

Monday, 14 May 2018

Miss Fanny Dango

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Miss Fanny Dango State Library of Victoria Image H85.73/6 On November 29, 1910 the actress and comedienne, Miss Fanny Dango, marr...

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Friday, 4 May 2018

Grassmere becomes Doveton

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The suburb of Doveton was established in the mid 1950s by the Housing Commission to provide housing for the employees of the 'Big Three...

Friday, 20 April 2018

City of Cranbourne logo

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The City of Cranbourne must take the prize for the shortest-lived local government body in Australia - it lasted 237 days. It was created o...

Friday, 13 April 2018

Shire of Cranbourne Information booklet 1975

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This is the Cranbourne Shire Information booklet from 1975. The Cranbourne Shire area was just a rural Shire then - they had revenue of $2....

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Farm Hedges

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Hedges have traditionally been used in the country to delineate property boundaries and as wind breaks. In this region, Cypress trees have b...

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