By Anne Course The approaching 100 year anniversary of the landing at Gallipolli put my head in a spin, my Grandfather had volunteered, what was his experience and how did it effect his life. I was I like a dog with a bone, can’t let is go until I have all the information possible and […]
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Janefield Presbyterian Church / St Petka’s Madedonian Church, Mill Park
This three –bay bluestone Gothic Church was built in 1861. It is believed to have been designed by Patrick Scanlon. The Advertiser described it as “a fine model of a country church” when it opened. The community were mainly Scottish settlers in a rural pastoral area. On the west end, there is a gabled porch […]
Racing and Breeding in the City of Whittlesea
Racing The first race meeting in the City of Whittlesea appears to have been ‘The Plenty Races’, which took place on 26 December 1845 on ‘Mr Payne’s Station’, somewhere near the Bridge Inn at Mernda. The next recorded races were the ‘River Plenty Races’ on 26 December 1848 at ‘Mill Park, near the Plough Inn, […]
Country Life in Mahoneys Lane
When I was in the fifth grade, in the early fifties my life seemed to be changed forever. .. By Mary Renshaw (nee Eastman) The family left the busy suburb of Moonee Ponds to go to Keon Park where there were dirt roads, no electricity, no telephone, wood stove and copper and miles treed paddocks. […]
John Bear on the Plenty
John Bear with his wife Ann (nee Hutchins), sons John Pinney and Thomas Hutchins and daughter Ellen Ann arrived at Williamstown in the 550-ton ship “Brothers”, ‘with their good friend’ Captain Dunsford of Tiverton, Devon, on 20 October 1841. Soon after his arrival John Bear purchased from the Crown for one pound per acre, the freehold of […]