S.T. Grey worked for the Leader Publishing Company of Northcote, publishers of “The Whittlesea Post”. Grey moved from Preston to Gladstone Road, Briar Hill 1935. He was also secretary of the Whittlesea Agricultural Society and a tentative candidate in the 1935 Eltham Shire elections.
In 1961, at the direction of the Shire of Whittlesea, Grey compiled the manuscript “The History of the Formation of the Shire of Whittlesea”. Several of the items in the manuscript were published as articles in the Whittlesea Post in 1961.
The History of the Formation of the Shire of Whittlesea chronicles the establishment of the Darebin, Epping, Morang, Merriang and Whittlesea road districts and shires, and their eventual formation into the Shire of Whittlesea. It also includes stories about some of the areas earliest pioneers, local institutions, buildings and a brief account of the development of local government in Victoria.
A complete copy of the manuscript is available on the City of Whittlesea Civic History Collection’s Victorian Collections site.
Image: Pixabay
