Harkaway Street Signage

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

Harkaway Avenue of Honour

Plaque Transcription Avenue of Honour / 1914-1918 / Glover R / Coote T / Cunningham S / Davidson J / Dean H / Dean HL / Dean J / Drummond D / Drummond J / Drummond WJ / Edmondson A / Fleer C / Fleer H / Halleur C / Haysey R / Irwin JP… Read More

Jessie Traill Reserve

Further information on Jessie Traill can be found on the Brighton Historical Society’s website, or from the Australian Dictionary of Biography.