by pppg | Jun 15, 2022 | Miscellany
The last time Robert Barnes addressed our meeting he described the preparations for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Collins settlement at Sorrento. Today he did an appraisal of the events which occurred in October 2003. Overall Robert feels that the...
by pppg | Jun 15, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Jeremiah Coffee was resident in the Port Phillip District in 1838 and brought with him from Ireland a reference which stated that he was “competent to embrace and discharge any agricultural situation.” It would appear that this reference was valid....
by pppg | Jun 15, 2022 | History, Places
BRIGHTON ( named after the popular Sussex watering town ) was originally a private holding, chosen in England by Henry Dendy, farmer, of Sussex, measuring 5,120 acres for a cost of 5,120 pounds. It was described as densely timbered waste lands when Dendy entered...
by pppg | Jun 15, 2022 | History, Methods & Sources
On 2 March 1841 a census of all of New South Wales was held. For collection and statistical purposes the Port Phillip District was divided into the counties of Bourke, Grant and Normanby and the Police Commissioner’s Districts of Western Port and Portland Bay....
by pppg | Jun 14, 2022 | History, Places
Treaty Memorial Site, Merri Creek, Northcote An interesting find was made by workers clearing undergrowth and willow trees from the banks of the Merri Creek in mid-July. A 45 square centimetre concrete block was found during works by the City of Darebin which now...
