I have a story of pioneer farming woman in the Strathewen area. I heard of this story, many years ago and it has stuck firmly in my memory bank ever since. I believe the event was told in a book by an Arthurs Creek man. I would like to give that long gone man, the credit […]
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100 years later – Private Harold Underwood McDonald, Arthur’s Creek
The Melbourne Town Hall The Melbourne Town Hall was alive with music, Union Jack flags, excitement and speeches. The meeting was in August 1914 and the British Empire had just declared war. As a result, Australia also entered the First World War. The evening had been organised to garner support for Victorian men to enlist. Thousands […]
Arthurs Creek 1914-1918 Honour Roll
The following was contributed in March 2016: “If you have driven past “The Hall” at Arthurs Creek recently, you will probably have noticed a large rock and a new flagpole located by the front gate. The Arthurs Creek Mechanics Institute Management Committee has been working to complete a very exciting project. This is our Commemorative […]
World War 1 Casualty : Daryl Gardener and Lance Siska Blannin-Ferguson (Arthur’s Creek)
Daryl Gardner and Lance Siska Blannin-Ferguson are both included in our Honour Roll, but the reality is that neither probably ever set foot on the district; their inclusion based on their father being based at Arthur’s Creek State School; the servicemen with their mother in what appears to have been an irreparable marriage breakdown. Both […]
James and John Mann: a brief history
James Mann was born on 25 October 1831 at “Bensil Farm,” in the Parish of Carseburn, near Forfar, Scotland, the oldest child of John Mann and Christina née Constable. John was a tenant farmer on 25 acres (part of the Bensil Estate)[i]. In 1857 James, aged 26, and his brother, John (jnr), 21—born 25 January […]
Horticultural Settlement at Arthurs Creek
At the close of 2012, it [was] 150 years since the arrival of the first selectors to establish a permanent settlement at Arthurs Creek. The selection acts of the 1860s were the result of pressure to unlock the land held by the squatters. The acts encouraged closer settlement and increased agricultural production, by allowing settlers […]
Charles Draper of Charnwood, Arthur’s Creek
Charles Draper of Charnwood, Arthur’s Creek – Horticultural Pioneer by Bruce Draper (2010) Charles Draper (1825-1909), a versatile horticulturist, florist, pomologist, orchardist and viticulturist, was the first large scale fruit grower in the Arthur’s and Diamond Creek districts of Victoria. He became a member of the inaugural Board of Advice for the Management of the […]
Arthur’s Creek Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library
The following is an extract from a paper prepared for Mechanics’ Institutes World Conference 2004 by Ken Murphy and Bruce Draper. On the 11 March 1886 a public meeting of persons interested in erecting a hall was held at the Arthur’s Creek School. Present at the meeting were Fred Simms, H. Plant, Angus McDonald, Owen […]