In 1917, a young soldier on leave took a day trip down Port Phillip Bay in the excursion steamer Reliance. On the return trip, while there was a “sing-song” around the piano, he was joined where he was sitting apart, by a young girl to whom he’d been introduced earlier, “and we talked.” Sam continued, […]
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Memories of Montmorency State School
I attended Montmorency State School in the years 1942-46 from 4th Grade to 7th Grade. Our school grades covered 1st to 8th year. Although ‘Mont’ school (the ‘y’ was not added until recent years) was fairly close to Melbourne, it was considered a rural school. I well remember coming from a large inner city blue […]
History of Montmorency
Montmorency takes its name from a town in France. Settlement of the area dates from the mid 1800s. The population was minimal in the area until the early 1900s. The population rose in the 1920s, when the township was established, following the opening of the railway line. Originally the area was used for orchards, poultry […]
Peck’s dam Montmorency
This man-made dam, located between Napier Crescent and Pedersen Way, was built in the early 1900’s to service the surrounding farmland. It came to be named after the Peck family who lived in an adobe house next to the dam from the 1950’s until the 1970’s. The dam is about three quarters the size of […]