Garfield School No 2724 Roll of Honour Transcription Barker, A / Boase, A / Burrows, J / Burnett, W / Cock, J / Cantini, R / Devaney, A / Drake, J / Edis, E / *Gunnelson, I / *Gunnelson, P / Gunnelson, R / Gillespie, G / Jewell, Leeson, R / *Leeson, W / Miller,… Read More
Oak Park (Eliston District Park Playground)
June 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Oak Park is the feature park of the Eliston Estate comprising an exercise circuit, jnr skate park, tennis and basketball half courts, giant slide and playground, complete with a flying fox, swings, tunnels and slides. *https://www.eliston.com.au/masterplan/ Oak Park Information signage Transcription A green space with plenty of historyThe design of this park was inspired by… Read More
Central Narre Warren Kindergarten and Infant Welfare Centre
March 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The Narre Warren community worked for two and half years to raise $5,244 – their share of the total cost of $64,000 for the building. A joint effort between the City of Berwick, the community and the state government which contributed $27,000. At the opening ceremony Barry Simon remarked that while the City of Berwick… Read More
Hill Farm Park
January 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Interpretive sign Transcription Farm and local history A brief history of the area Pasadena is situated in what was originally the heart of agricultural land north of Westernport Bay in the Shire of Cranbourne. Prior to European arrival the land was covered in stunted gums, scrubby tea tree, cherry ballart wattles and native grasses. Hill… Read More
Pepi’s Land
November 19, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sam and Alice Pepi grew potatoes here on about 56 hectares of land. They were advised by the then Victorian Ministry of Agriculture to use dieldrin to control disease in the crop. When dieldrin was later found to be dangerous and the land contaminated and unsuitable for potato growing the State Government purchased the land… Read More
Emerald Street signage
October 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Kilvington Drive Trevor Basil Kilvington (1905-1977) was an inaugural member of the Berwick-Pakenham Historical Society, and an inaugural member of the Berwick Bush Nursing Hospital Auxiliary. He was also a member of the Akoonah Park Committee of Management which was formed in 1952. Together with George and Olive Rae he established the Berwick and District… Read More
Gus Ryberg Hall
September 25, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The Gus Ryberg Hall at Hogan Park is home to the 1st Emerald Scout Group – the oldest scout group in the Dandenong Ranges. The scouts moved from Saint Marks Church to Hogan Park in 1958. One of the first group of boys in the 1st Emerald Scout Group in 1923, Gus was honoured for… Read More
Hogan Park
September 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Although there was no signage when we visited, Hogan Park was named in honour of Frank and Rose Hogan. Frank and Rose wre married in St. Joseph’s Church, Emerald in 1919. Born in Limerick, Ireland, Frank had emigrated to England just before the end of the 1890s before coming to Australia a couple of years… Read More
Marriott Waters Family & Children’s Centre
June 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Opening ceremony plaque Marriott Waters / Family & Children’s CentreOfficially opened on / 6 June 2013 / by / the Mayor of the City of Casey / Cr Amanda Stapledon / and / Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region / Ms Inga Peulich, MLCSponsored by the Victorian Government / through the Community Support Grants Program
Edwin Flack Reserve
November 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Home to:Berwick Football ClubBerwick Cricket ClubBerwick Village Little Athletics ClubBerwick Bowling Club The Berwick Recreational Reserve was renamed on 16 June 1996 to honour Australia’s first gold medal Olympian – Edwin Flack.The reserve’s oval and athletics track are lined with plaques commemorating Australia’s gold medalists from every modern Olympic Games together with a tree that… Read More