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.
Nobelius Heritage Buildings
April 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Nobelius Heritage Buildings plaque Transcription Heritage Buildings 369-371 Main Rd Emerald / Est c1927 & c1930 / as estate agency / by AV Nobelius, / son of Carl Nobelius, founder / of Nobelius Nursey
Bregazzi Reserve
April 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Thomas Henry Bregazzi and his wife Florence May (May) owned the land between Fairburn and Monahan’s Road until 54 acres of the farm was bought for the housing development around the reserve after Thomas’ death. May died in 1954. The couple are buried at Cranbourne Cemetery. Both Thomas and May supported the community in many… Read More
Koo Wee Rup Football Club Inc.
April 10, 2020 by 2 Comments
Life Members Board Transcription Koo Wee Rup Football Club Inc. / Life Members / Donated by: Townley Transport 1920 / *A Colvin / * T Burhop / * S Mortimer / * L O’Riordon 1957 / *W Griffiths / * F Shelton / * B Willis / * L Johnson 1959 / *L Colvin / * W… Read More
Garfield
February 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Garfield was originally named Cannibal Creek but in 1887 its name was changed in honour of James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. President Garfield was shot on 2 July 1881 at the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station in Washington D.C. and died on 19 September 1881 from infections caused by his… Read More
Ackland Park
January 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Ackland Park takes its name from the family of Henry (Harry) and Grace Ackland who ran a dairy farm on the land on and around the present park. The Ackland family were prominent members of the community for decades and Harry was involved in the setting up of cricket clubs in the area and also… Read More
Bushranger Cluster Cranbourne East
November 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
A cluster of streets in Cranbourne East immortalises many of our bushrangers. Black Caesar DriveJohn Black Caesar (c1763-1796) was Australia’s first bushranger. Sentenced to transportation for 7 years at Kent, England in 1786, he arrived at Botany Bay on the First Fleet. Donohoe StreetJohn (Jack) Donohoe (c1806-1830) was born in Dublin and sentenced to transportation… Read More
Harkaway Street Signage
November 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Hessel Road These two signs are approximately 100 paces apart on Ernst Wanke Road at Harkaway. Which one is right? Jacob William Hessel commenced teaching at the Harkaway Lutheran School in 1862. When the school was taken over by the Victorian Education Department in 1876, Jacob Hessel became the first teacher of Harkaway State School…. Read More