Obelisk Transcription Borneo 1962 – 1966 / Vietnam 1962 – 1973 / East Timor / Afganistan World War I / 1914 – 1918 Korea 1950 – 1954 / Malaya 1948 – 1960 / Gulf War / Iraq World War II / 1939 – 1945 Plaques Commemorating all Australians who paid the supreme sacrifice Transcription They shall grow… Read More
Lang Lang War Memorial
April 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Left Side Transcription Korea / 1939 – 1945 Front Transcription Barry SR / Cameron ID / Chase WMcL / Coleman GJ / Dubberke H / Eden AR / Jackson DK / Jackson SA / Keating RJ / Nicholls AG / Power CJ / Richards JR / Rowe N / Samuel BH / Smith WJ /… Read More
Gembrook Sports Ground
March 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
EAC Russell Memorial Scoreboard Bill (EAC) Russell was an early sawmiller in Gembrook before establishing a produce and building supplies business. Involved in district cricket, football and other community groups, the score board was erected with funds made available by two of Bill Rusell’s sons. Read more about Bill Russell at the Gembrook Cockatoo Football… Read More
Cockatoo War Memorial
March 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
1914 – 1919 / AIF Transcription Auhl AH / Belcher C / Belcher J / Bellchambers RH / Bell D / Bilton FC / Brodrick A / Brodrick J / Cairns AJ / Carrigy P / Cullen AB / Cullen AC / *Cullen F / Cullen W / Cunning F / Cook EW / Dennis… Read More
Alma Treloar Reserve
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Happy Creek Plaque Transcription Happy Creek / by John Bernard O’Hara The little creek goes winding / through gums of white and blue, / a silver arm / around the farm / it flings, a lover true; / and softly, where the rushes lean, / it sings (o sweet and low) / a lover’s song,… Read More
Gembrook Centenary Log
February 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Gembrook Centenary Log Transcription Gembrook “Centenary” Log / 1874 – 1974 This plaque commemorates / the timber industry and the work of / pioneer hardwood millers in the district / (such log having been positioned by the / Gembrook Centenary Committee in 1974). JAC Russell / President / Gembrook Centenary Committee
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