Thursday, 25 February 2021

Progress of Pearcedale - hindered by bad roads - 1922

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The Age newspaper of April 5, 1922 (see here ) published an article on Pearcedale, about the vile unmade tracks that masquerade as roads in...
Friday, 19 February 2021

Farming at Berwick - 1876

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This account of farming at Berwick was published in the Melbourne Leader of March 25, 1876 (see here ). It talks about three farmers, James ...
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Saturday, 30 January 2021

Langwarrin Estate and Donald Larnach

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Langwarrin Estate , owned by Donald Larnach, was sub-divided and put up for sale in 1888. We have some information on Larnach's Estate f...
Tuesday, 19 January 2021

The Rocking Stone - 'a tottery lump of granite'

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The Rocking Stone is located somewhere between Ferntree Gully and Narre Warren. In 1917 the Melbourne Walking Club made three attempts to lo...
Friday, 8 January 2021

Dr John James Helsham of Cranbourne

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In 1866, James H. Watson, who later became the President of the Royal Australian Historical Society, spent some time on Quail Island, at the...
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...