First Cattle Run in Area plaque Transcription This memorial was erected in conjunction / with the Shire of Cranbourne and the / Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society in / 1987 to commemorate the establishment of / the first cattle run in this area in 1839 by / Robert Jamieson, Samuel Rawson and others. Opening… Read More
Tynong War Memorial
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War Memorial plaque Transcription This memorial / is dedicated to those / men and women of Tynong area / who served their country / in / Boer War, World War 1, World War 2 / Korea, Vietnam. Dedication plaque Transcription Local amateur geologist, Mrs Mary Ann Ryan, / suggested to the National War Memorial… Read More
Maryknoll Post Office, General Store and Co-operative Society
February 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Plaque Transcription This is the site of the original / Post Office/General Store / and office of / St. Mary’s Co-operative Society. / Blessed and opened by / Archbishop D. Mannix D.D. / on the 3rd day of October 1955.
John Duff Memorial Fire Brigade Training Track
February 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
John Duff (1933-1979) was the Captain of the Koo Wee Rup Fire Brigade from 1972 until his sudden death in 1979. Opened in 1984 by the CFA’s Chief Officer, Mr Orchard, the training track was a joint venture of the Koo Wee Rup Fire Brigade and the Koo Wee Rup Lions Club. John Duff was… Read More
JC Lloyd Square
February 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The above photo and information came from an article in the Pakenham Gazette 16 February 1983. It shows from left to right: Graeme Sweeney, Cr Syd Pargeter, John Lloyd, Harold Keys & Norman Beaumont. John Charles Lloyd (1906-1984) inherited Holly Green from an uncle in the late 1930s and renamed it Brechin. A portion of… Read More
Cora Lynn Recreation Reserve
January 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Home to: The Peter Parker Pavilion The G McCauley Plantation Transcription G McCauley Plantation / Golden Cypress 1986 The Cora Lynn Football Club Cora Lynn Community Centre Honour Board Transcription Bronze: Mick Egan / Ron Hampton / Paul Hanks / Andy Matthews / R & M Matthews / John Hester / Darryl Adams / J… Read More
GWS Anderson Scout Camp
January 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
George William Strachan Anderson (1889-1951) was the Chief Commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association, Victoria from 1937 until his death on 19 July 1951. GWS Anderson’s scouting career began in 1926 when he started a Troop at Malvern. In 1928 GWS Anderson, together with 4 others purchased the Malvern District Camp at Officer. The name… Read More
Spyridon Louis Statue
January 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Spyridon Louis Statue plaque Transcription Spyridon “Spyros” Louis 12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940 Spyridon Louis was modern Greece’s first Olympic gold medalist at / the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Spyridon Louis and local athlete Edwin Flack competed against each / other in the men’s marathon at the summer Olympics, with Louis /… Read More
Kester Kitchin Park
January 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Kester Herbert Kitchin (1918-2003) was Cranbourne Shire President from 1978 to 1979. Reference: The Good Country by Niel Gunson. Published 1983 by the Shire of Cranbourne.