Garfield was originally named Cannibal Creek but in 1887 its name was changed in honour of James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. President Garfield was shot on 2 July 1881 at the Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station in Washington D.C. and died on 19 September 1881 from infections caused by his… Read More
City of Casey
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
On 15 December 1994 the City of Berwick, the City of Cranbourne and a small section of the City of Knox merged to form the City of Casey which is named after Lord Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Australia’s longest-serving Foreign Minister and 16th Governor General. Lord and Lady Casey lived at Edrington in Berwick. Reference: Our first decade… Read More