This free-standing mural stands on the approximate site of Tom Snell’s general store. Tom’s parents had twelve children – three of whom (Tom and two sisters) toured the world as The Gippsland Giants. Reference: The town of murals: welcome to Nar Nar Goon page 5. Tom Snell’s Store was sponsored by Mr Jim Snell and… Read More
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Cora Lynn Football Club
May 23, 2020 by Leave a Comment
We have had to break this honour board into 7 sections to be able to transcribe it for Casey Cardinia Remembers. Section 1 – Executives President Secretary Treasurer 1945 D Kinsella E Dillon 1946 D Kinsella E Dillon 1947 D Kinsella E Dillon 1948 D Kinsella E Dillon 1949… Read More
Critchley Parker Jr Reserve
May 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Critchley Parker Jr. (1911-1942) bought 52 acres of land in St. Georges Road in 1932. In 1940 he became interested in the plight of the displaced Jewish people in Europe and their need for somewhere to settle and took up the cause. Identifying the rugged and isolated Port Davey region of southern Tasmania as a… Read More
Maryknoll Cemetery
May 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
An area was set aside for a lawn cemetery in 1964 with the first trustees appointed the following year. A simple altar was erected as a focal point in the centre of the cemetery, it now marks the grave of Fr Pooley, founder of Maryknoll.Reference: Maryknoll: history of a Catholic rural settlement by Gael White… Read More
Old Cheese Factory
May 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In 1854 William John Turner Clarke (1805-1874) purchased just over 3,000 acres in Berwick where the Old Cheese Factory is situated. The property was known as The Springs. The homestead (now the tea rooms) was constructed in 1865 from hand made bricks. The kitchen/wash house was also constructed at the time. The cheese factory was… Read More
Original Holy Family Church/School
May 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Transcription This is the site of / the original church/school / in which the first parish mass / was celebrated in Maryknoll / by / The Reverend Father WA Pooley / Parish Priest / on the 29th day of January 1950.