S.T. Grey worked for the Leader Publishing Company of Northcote, publishers of “The Whittlesea Post”. Grey moved from Preston to Gladstone Road, Briar Hill 1935. He was also secretary of the Whittlesea Agricultural Society and a tentative candidate in the 1935 Eltham Shire elections. In 1961, at the direction of the Shire of Whittlesea, Grey […]
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Whittlesea District Road Board
The Whittlesea Road District was proclaimed in December 1862. Road Districts were one of the earliest forms of local government in Victoria. As well as providing a model for future local governance, they also provided a planned approach to the development of roads in Victoria. The first Whittlesea District Road Board was elected at a […]
Intoxicated cows in Mernda
Apple growing was once an important part of the local economy around Mernda. So bountiful was the supply of apples that a number of cider factories operated in the area in the first half of the twentieth century. One of the earliest was built by Kitz & Co in 1916. In 1928, several cows belonging […]