In 1854 William John Turner Clarke (1805-1874) purchased just over 3,000 acres in Berwick where the Old Cheese Factory is situated. The property was known as The Springs. The homestead (now the tea rooms) was constructed in 1865 from hand made bricks. The kitchen/wash house was also constructed at the time. The cheese factory was… Read More
Ash Wednesday Memorial
February 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Erected in 2003 by the City of Casey, the memorial plaque is on the corner of Magid Drive and Princes Highway, Fountain Gate. Seven trees along Magid Drive have small plaques commemorating the Narre Warren firefighters who died that day. Ash Wednesday Memorial plaque transcription This memorial was erected in memory of the firefighters /… Read More
McMorran’s Oak
April 9, 2018 by 1 Comment
Alexander McMorran (1820-1911) is generally regarded to have been the first saddler in Cranbourne. He and his wife Annie were pioneers of the Cranbourne district. They are listed in the Cranbourne rate books with a house on 7 acres of land in the early 1860s, the time the tree is thought to have been planted… Read More
Cardinia Recreation Reserve
November 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
On Friday 17 October 1947, ladies paid 2/6d (25c) and gentlemen paid an extra 6d (5c) to attend a Grand Opening Ball at the Cardinia Hall to mark the official opening of the Cardinia Recreation Reserve. Reference: Look to the rising sun, back to Cardinia 1984: a history of Cardinia and district, including Rythdale and… Read More
Modella Hall
June 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
The original Modella Hall was built in 1924 on land donated by Athol Camp and destroyed by fire in November 1976. Community fund raising for a new hall began just one week later and the new hall was opened on 20th April 1979 by Arthur Dawson (a member of the Modella Hall Committee), and assisted… Read More