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, 28 September 2020

Dipping sheep on Quail Island, Western Port in 1866 by James H. Watson

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On June 20, 1927, James H. Watson (1) , the President of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Sydney presented a paper to the Historical...

Monday, 21 September 2020

British Newspaper Archive

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Casey Cardinia Libraries subscribe to the Find My Past database. It is usually in-library access only, but they have generously allowed our ...

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Mr Elliot's cheque to J. Jackson and Sons of Pakenham

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This is a cheque, below, for two pounds, 12 shillings and six pence written to J. Jackson & Sons, by John Elliot (1) . It's a Comm...

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Monday, 31 August 2020

Frank Wisewould of Pakenham Upper

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Some years ago I read Dr Gweneth Wisewould's book, Outpost: a Doctor on the Divide (1) about her life as a doctor at Trentham. Dr Wise...

Monday, 24 August 2020

Mr Clark's dairy farm at Hallam Valley

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The Weekly Times of March 29, 1930 had an interview with Mr Norman Clark, a settler on the Hallam Valley Estate at Berwick. His property, A...

Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Land sales in the new township of Beaconsfield

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On November 3, 1879 G. W. Robinson, C.E., Surveyor completed this plan of a subdivision of land owned by Charles Souter of the Gipplsland H...

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