Sydney Pargeter was a councillor of the Shire of Berwick from 1965 to 1973. He was also one of the first councillors of the City of Berwick from 1973 to 1992 and Mayor in 1982-83.
Reference: Place Names of Berwick by Dr Debbie Stephan. Published 1994 by the City of Casey.
Surveyed on: 19 Jul 2011
Surveyed by: Shirley and Anne
Endeavour Hills VIC 3802, Australia
Syd Pargeter was also Shire President of the former Shire of Berwick from 1969-1970.
Yes he was, his name appears a few times on the honour boards we have. They are all listed here: Narre Warren & District Family History Group at Cranbourne
Mt Talbert was the site of a large early settler station . Pargeter have lived and worked for Victoria, from settlement to the modern day. I am his niece. I have one of the early settler stations , recent event have shown us the hardship endured by the early settlers/ I was able to chat to Sydney at a family gathering many years ago. We talked about the horses and the taming of the Aus landscape. Council have been part of our life for generations. Hamilton council governs Balmoral, Covid has places may changes to the way business is conducted. I would be interested to suggest the Casey and the Pargeter history, Hamilton Strathkeller , would show more of the his life/ We page Sparrowvale. may list over 200 Vic sites, most unidentified/ Watchem rural land for sale has a porfolio of over 319 properties for sale including Strathkeller , Murray river and many more/ ,
Wet land area , creek, rivers, dams are all under threat of changing,