Opening ceremony plaque Transcription The Holy Family Church / was blessed and opened by / Archbishop D Mannix D.D. / on the 3rd day of September 1950. Portrait of Father Pooley Transcription Fr WA Pooley 1912-1969Presented to the people of Maryknoll / in memory of Brian Carroll Holy Family Community connections information Transcription Holy Family… Read More
Wilson Botanic Park Berwick
February 27, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Wilson Botanic Park opening plaque Transcription Wilson Botanic Park This park was officially opened by / His Excellency / The Honourable Bill Hayden, A.C., / Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia / on 26 July 1992.Mayor – Cr. Kirsty J Lottkowitz / Chairperson, Advisory Committee – Mrs Janice Bateman, OAM, JP / President, Friends of… Read More
Fell Family
January 8, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Fell Family plaque Transcription The Great War 1914-1918Lest We Forget Handsome was the soldier of stone,With rifle fixed, his aim unknown,Was he rmembering two brothers who fell?In Flander’s fields, mid Wars fiendish hell.Unknown young soldier, I knew him well.Lest we forget, his story I tell. When the war drums beat,And the War Lords cry.And brave… Read More
Ivens Reserve
January 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Ivens Reserve was named in memory of Edward and May Ivens who farmed the property where the reserve is now in the 1930s. Edward was born in Baddaguinie, Victoria in 1891. He was twenty-four years old when he enlisted for service in the Great War. He served with the 24th Howitzer Brigade as a gunner… Read More
Narre Warren North street signage
December 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
a’Beckett Road and Old a’Beckett Road William Arthur Callander a’Beckett MLC, JP (1833-1901) son of Victoria’s first Chief Justice, Sir William a’Beckett, built The Grange in Narre Warren North in the 1860s. The Grange was well built with spacious formal gardens on all sides. The family coat of arms was inserted in the stained glass… Read More
Victorian Livestock Exchange (Pakenham)
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The honour boards were originally displayed at the Dandenong Stock Market before it was sold and dismantled. Australian Livestock & Property Agents Association Victorian Young Auctioneers Competition honour board Transcription Year Winner Runner-up 1990 Darren Askew Ronald Rutledge 1991 Gary Foat Joint Winner Peter Steer Joint Winner 1992 Carlos Tranto Craig Schubert 1993 Damien Minogue… Read More
Officer Public Hall
October 27, 2021 by 1 Comment
Officer Public Hall Honour Board Transcription + Were. C Davies. B O’Brien. H + Johnstone. W Heggart. J Handley. C + Beadle. P + Lecky. J Brown. P Rix. J + Lecky. M Clements. J Brunt. T Maxwell. H + Osborne. J Brunt. A … Read More
Emerald Street signage
October 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Kilvington Drive Trevor Basil Kilvington (1905-1977) was an inaugural member of the Berwick-Pakenham Historical Society, and an inaugural member of the Berwick Bush Nursing Hospital Auxiliary. He was also a member of the Akoonah Park Committee of Management which was formed in 1952. Together with George and Olive Rae he established the Berwick and District… Read More
Gus Ryberg Hall
September 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The Gus Ryberg Hall at Hogan Park is home to the 1st Emerald Scout Group – the oldest scout group in the Dandenong Ranges. The scouts moved from Saint Marks Church to Hogan Park in 1958. One of the first group of boys in the 1st Emerald Scout Group in 1923, Gus was honoured for… Read More
Hogan Park
September 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Although there was no signage when we visited, Hogan Park was named in honour of Frank and Rose Hogan. Frank and Rose wre married in St. Joseph’s Church, Emerald in 1919. Born in Limerick, Ireland, Frank had emigrated to England just before the end of the 1890s before coming to Australia a couple of years… Read More