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.

Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Patrick O'Halloran's General Store at Pakenham

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I bought this postcard the other day of Patrick O'Halloran's store in 'Old Town', Pakenham. The 'old town' was the t...

Thursday, 3 December 2020

Cranbourne District State Schools Sports days

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These are photos of two winning sports teams from Cranbourne State School, No. 2068. Cranbourne State School, Basketball Premiers 1926 I...

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Stormy Weather

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Here are some reports, from one hundred or so years ago, of fierce storms in the area Pakenham - October 1892 A hurricane storm passed over ...

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

'Native Cats' or Quolls in the Casey Cardinia region

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I came across this snippet in the book Early Days of Berwick (1) , first published in 1948. It was referring to farming areas around Berwic...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Identical Post Offices - Pakenham East and Elwood

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In our last blog post we looked at the Berwick Post Office which was identical to two other Post Offices built in Victoria in the 1880s, Mu...

Friday, 2 October 2020

Identical Post Offices - Berwick, Murtoa and Donald

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The Berwick Post and Telegraph Office and Court House was opened in 1885. It was designed by Public Works Department architect, John Thomas ...

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