This Lockup is located at the rear of the former Whittlesea Courthouse, Whittlesea, now an information centre. Transcription of plaque:Whittlesea Police LockupHighlights in historyIn January 1854 the Commissioners of Sewerage and Water Supply applied to the Assistant Commissioner of Police asking that a police station be established at the site of the construction of the […]
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Carome Mill: A Short History
The Carome Estate is today better known as the popular venue of the Two Beans Cafe and Restaurant in Mernda. The European history of the property goes to 1840. A short history of the Carome property was prepared by local historians Lindsay Mann and Ross Mugavin in 2017. In 1840, Arthur Serjeantson obtained a Crown […]
Whittlesea Community Garden
The Whittlesea Community Garden (WCG) originated in July 2010 in response to the community’s needs after the 2009 bushfires. It began as a partnership between the Whittlesea Community, Whittlesea Secondary College, Whittlesea Community Recovery Committee, Whittlesea Community Building Initiative, Plenty Valley Community Health and the City of Whittlesea. It is now auspiced by and is […]
George Gordon
George Gordon of Bundoora was born at Carmill, Forfarshire, Scotland, on 2nd December 1830, and arrived at Sydney, N.S.W. 23rd June 1858.He was at Bathurst for three and a-half years, and went thence to the Lachlan diggings, after which he was for two years on a farm, and afterwards teaming on the roads. Mr. Gordon […]
John Gibson
John Gibson, Whitttlesea, was born in Ireland, and landed from the ship William Stuart in May 1848, at the age of sixteen years. In 1851 he was at the Ballarat and Bendigo goldfields, and in 1852 purchased the section of land at Whittlesea which he has since farmed. In 1860 he married Margaret Johnston, and […]
Feature artist: Suzi Duncan
Suzi is a local artist in the City of Whittlesea. Her incredible life experiences have informed her photography, art making and her commitment to working with the community. “As a local community worker and artist, I have found that art, in the broadest context helps break down barriers. It is a great education tool and is […]
Thomas Freeman
Thomas Freeman of Janefield, was born in Berkshire, England in 1824 and came to Victoria in 1853. After ten years to Castle Hill Estate, Yan Yean, Freeman manged Mr Bear’s vineyard for sixteen years. He then held the vineyard for some years on his own account, during which he planted 25 acres of vines and […]
Patrick Dynan
Patrick Dynan Junior, Yan Yean, is a native of Ireland, who came to Australia in 1854 at the age of twelve months, with his parents. The first trip he made on his own account was to the North-Eastern district, from which, after a stay of some time, he went to Yan Yean, where he took […]
George Dyer
George Dyer, Thomastown, was born in England in 1820, and came to Victoria in 1841. After working for twelve months on a farm at Gardiner’s Creek, and five years more as a farm hand in various other places, he went to his present location in 1857, and bought 600 acres of land at £3 5s. […]
John Daniel
John Daniel Whittlesea, was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and arrived in Melbourne in 1858. First engaging in farm work at Kangaroo Ground, he went thence in 1860 to the Baw Baw diggings in Gippsland, where he might have succeeded but for the want of provisions. After two months’ there he returned to Melbourne, and started […]