Transcription (Plaque 1) Beaconsfield Avenue of Honour 1914-1918 In 1928 Beaconsfield Progress Association applied to the Country Roads Board to plant the / Avenue and funding was provided by Ada Armytage. Black poplar trees were planted in 1929 / to honour the 65 servicemen from Beaconsfield and district who served in World War 1. /… Read More
Coronel Wetlands
February 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Coronel Wetlands plaque Transcription Coronel Wetlands / was officially opened by / Councillor Graeme Legge / Mayor Cardinia Shire Council / on / August 11th 2000
Berwick Views
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Berwick Views plaque Transcription Berwick Views / was officially opened by / the Honourable Robert Maclellan MLA / Member for Pakenham / on October 1st 1999
Beaconsfield Street Signage
June 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Janet Bowman Boulevard Janet Bowman was born Janet (Jessie) Watt in Forfarshire, Scotland in 1810. She married David Bowman also from Forfarshire in 1828 and the couple and their two children, Alexander and William arrived in Port Phillip in 1840. The family first settled in Collingwood then moved to Darebin Creek, Lysterfield and finally to Cardinia… Read More
Bowman’s Track Estate
June 6, 2012 by 8 Comments
The Bowman’s Track Estate is named after the track cut by Janet Bowman and her sons in 1864 from the Gippsland Hotel (on the site of the Central Hotel) in Beaconsfield, linking to the Hughes Track to the Jordan Goldfields (Jericho). The track became known as Bowman’s Track. In April 1988 a reunion for Bowman… Read More
Beaconsfield Recreation Reserve
February 17, 2012 by 2 Comments
Home to: Perc Allison Oval Keith Germon Pavilion Keith Germon was a Beaconsfield Football Club committee member in the mid 1970s and as the major financial benefactor of the new change rooms turned the plans into a reality. Keith Germon was awarded a Life Membership of the Beaconsfield Football Club in 1995 and honoured by… Read More
Beaconsfield War Memorial
July 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
Transcription (front) Sic G H ManningCpl A R BraggPte L ChristiePte J OsbornePte J F TuckerDvr H J HarbourBmbr A G ChildsPte E DineleySpr H McNaughton Erected as a tribute to the men who enlistedfrom Beaconsfield & district and in memory of thosewho have made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription (side)… Read More