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, 11 June 2021

George and Margaret McLellan's farm, Ellerslie, at Lyndhurst

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On August 8, 1908 The Leader newspaper had an article on Dairying in the Lyndhurst district. This was the start of the first paragraph - A...

Friday, 4 June 2021

Nurse Brockhurst's private hospital in Cranbourne

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In May 1918, Mrs Isabella Brockhurst applied to the Cranbourne Shire Council to register a private hospital. Dr Langley, the Shire Health Of...

Friday, 28 May 2021

Moola - a town on the Puffing Billy line

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The township of Moola, on the Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook Railway line (as the Puffing Billy line was officially called) was proclaimed on D...

Sunday, 23 May 2021

The Hunt Train and the Melbourne Hunt Club

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In 1850, George John Watson, the founder and first Master of the Hounds of the Melbourne Hunt Club arrived in Melbourne (1) . His father, J...

Monday, 19 April 2021

400th post!

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This is our 400th post! The first post was on November 5, 2007 - thirteen and a half years ago. In that time so much has happened in the wor...

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Monday, 12 April 2021

Geranium harvesting and 'ten acres of drugs' at Westerfield, Baxter

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I came across these photos from 1929 of germanuim harvesting at Westerfield , at Baxter. Westerfield was a property owned by Russell Grimwad...

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