The following article is reproduced by permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail with Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that settled there from 1840 onward.”
Charles Buck owned the land north of Maygar’s 65 hectares and was a well respected member of the community serving on a number of committees including the Greensborough Roads Board.
The dam is a naturally deep part of the Plenty River and as well as providing water for the property it was used for recreation purposes at a later date, unfortunately two people have perished in it over time.
