Barcham plaque on CFA signage Transcription Donated by / Barcham family / in memory of / Tom
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
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
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
Ash Wednesday Memorial
February 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Erected in 2003 by the City of Casey, the memorial plaque is on the corner of Magid Drive and Princes Highway, Fountain Gate. Seven trees along Magid Drive have small plaques commemorating the Narre Warren firefighters who died that day. Ash Wednesday Memorial plaque transcription This memorial was erected in memory of the firefighters /… Read More
Scott Park
October 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In 1960 Cyril and Rita Scott bought four acres of land and built their home here. Their five boys were raised here in their four bedroom weatherboard home surrounded by cattle, sheep and chickens. While establishing their farm, they also found time to help in the establishment of St Kevin’s Church, in Hampton Park. In… Read More
McMorran’s Oak
April 9, 2018 by 1 Comment
Alexander McMorran (1820-1911) is generally regarded to have been the first saddler in Cranbourne. He and his wife Annie were pioneers of the Cranbourne district. They are listed in the Cranbourne rate books with a house on 7 acres of land in the early 1860s, the time the tree is thought to have been planted… Read More
Hector Anderson Reserve
January 27, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Hector Anderson Reserve commemorates the life of Hector Anderson Marriott. Hector was born on 16 February 1904 at Moorabbin. He was the tenth child of the eleven children born to John and Mary Ann Marriott between 1884 and 1905. The family had a market garden on the corner of Chesterville and South Roads in Moorabbin. Hector… Read More