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Archie Boadle MM (1896-1977)
Biographical information on the residents of the Werribee Shire who served in World War One, 1914-1918 named on the Honour Boards held at the Werribee RSL and the Church of England, Werribee (known as the Little River Honour Board). -
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1824 - Hume and Hovell pass through Werribee district on their way to Corio Bay
1824 - Explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell camped on Werribee on the 19 December 1824.Tags has:placeholder -
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2013 - Williams Landing Railway Station opens
Williams Landing Railway Station opensTags has:placeholder -
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2008 - Stage One of Point Cook Town Centre is completed
Stage One of Point Cook Town Centre is completedTags has:placeholder -
2001 - Wyndham Cultural Centre opens on the site of Centenary Hall
Wyndham Cultural Centre opens on the site of Centenary HallTags has:placeholder -
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1994 - Werribee Mercy Hospital opens, replacing the Werribee and District Hospital
Werribee Mercy Hospital opens, replacing the Werribee and District HospitalTags has:placeholder -
1988 - A new Police Station is constructed on the Princes Highway
A new Police Station is constructed on the Princes HighwayTags has:placeholder -
1983 - Werribee Open Range Zoo officially opened to the public
Werribee Open Range Zoo officially opened to the publicTags has:placeholder -
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1982 - Part of Point Cooke and much of the Western Treatment Plant are designated part of Ramsar Site No 266 - wetlands of international importance
Part of Point Cooke and much of the Western Treatment Plant are designated part of Ramsar Site No 266 - wetlands of international importanceTags has:placeholder -
1978 - The West Gate Bridge opens. This sees an immediate influx of new residents to the Shire.
The West Gate Bridge opens. This sees an immediate influx of new residents to the Shire.Tags has:placeholder -
1977 - Werribee Park Mansion is opened to the public
Werribee Park Mansion is opened to the publicTags has:placeholder -
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1976 - A new Civic Centre opens on the Princes Highway
A new Civic Centre opens on the Princes HighwayTags has:placeholder -
1969 - Bushfires claim over 60 homes in Truganina and threatened Hoppers Crossing
Bushfires claim over 60 homes in Truganina and threatened Hoppers CrossingTags has:placeholder -
1966 - Melbourne University Veterinary Clinic opens
Melbourne University Veterinary Clinic opensTags has:placeholder -
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1963 - First residential development beings in Hoppers Crossing
First residential development beings in Hoppers CrossingTags has:placeholder -
1962 - Werribee and District Hospital opens in Synnot Street
Werribee and District Hospital opens in Synnot StreetTags has:placeholder -
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1961 - Werribee High School opens its doors.
Werribee High School opens its doors.Tags has:placeholder -
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1952 - Werribee’s first permanent ambulance officer appointed
Werribee’s first permanent ambulance officer appointedTags has:placeholder -
1946 - Volunteer Ambulance Service started by the Werribee Progress Association
Volunteer Ambulance Service started by the Werribee Progress AssociationTags has:placeholder -
1942 - Women’s Land Army begin to assist at the Werribee Research Farm
Women’s Land Army begin to assist at the Werribee Research FarmTags has:placeholder -
1942 - Between 1942 and 1943 five aircraft hangars were erected at Werribee. The aerodrome was an important element in the co-operation between Australian and US Forces.
Between 1942 and 1943 five aircraft hangars were erected at Werribee. The aerodrome was an important element in the co-operation between Australian and US Forces.Tags has:placeholder -
1939 - School of Dairy Technology opened at the State Research Farm
School of Dairy Technology opened at the State Research FarmTags has:placeholder -
1938 - The new St Andrew’s Catholic Church is opened and blessed by Archbishop Mannix
The new St Andrew’s Catholic Church is opened and blessed by Archbishop MannixTags has:placeholder -
1938 - Police Station opened in Duncans Road
Police Station opened in Duncans RoadTags has:placeholder -
1936 - Newport West and Spotswood separate from the Shire
Newport West and Spotswood separate from the ShireTags has:placeholder -
1932 - First talking picture Mothers Millions shown at the Palais Theatre. Over 1000 people attended.
First talking picture Mothers Millions shown at the Palais Theatre, Station Street. Over 1000 people attended the screening.Tags has:placeholder -
1931 - The Werribee Traders Association is formed
The Werribee Traders Association is formedTags has:placeholder -
1929 - Southern European migrants begin taking up land at Werribee South around this time.
Southern European migrants begin taking up land at Werribee South around this time.Tags has:placeholder -
1925 - Council agrees to erect dressing sheds at Bungey’s Hole on the Werribee River.
Council agrees to erect dressing sheds at Bungey’s Hole on the Werribee River.Tags has:placeholder -
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1921 - Land is purchased at Laverton to establish a training ground for the newly established Royal Australian Air Force. It is later named Williams Base in honour of Flying Officer Richard 'Dickie' Williams.
Land is purchased at Laverton to establish a training ground for the newly established Royal Australian Air Force. It is later named Williams Base in honour of Flying Officer Richard 'Dickie' Williams.Tags has:placeholder -
1920 - Warrnambool Grazier Phillip Lock purchases the remaining Chirnside properties
Warrnambool Grazier Phillip Lock purchases the remaining Chirnside propertiesTags has:placeholder -
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1919 - Werribee South Soldier Settlement is developed
Werribee South Soldier Settlement is developedTags has:placeholder -
1919 - Werribee Primary School No 649 opens in Duetgam Street
Werribee Primary School No 649 opens in Duetgam StreetTags has:placeholder -
1918 - Carters Poultry has its official beginnings when James joins in partnership with his son Walter.
Carters Poultry has its official beginnings when James joins in partnership with his son Walter. Carters Brothers goes on to become the largest poultry supplier in the Southern Hemisphere. The factory was located at 60-68 Lock Avenue.Tags has:placeholder -
1915 - Electricity is supplied to the town from an 80 horsepower generator sited on the corner of Synnot Street and Duncans Road.
Electricity is supplied to the town from an 80 horsepower generator sited on the corner of Synnot Street and Duncans Road.Tags has:placeholder -
1914 - Werribee Telephone Exchange had 24 subscribers
Werribee Telephone Exchange had 24 subscribersTags has:placeholder -
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1913 - The home of the Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook established in March 1913 as the location for the Central Flying School
The home of the Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook established in March 1913 as the location for the Central Flying School. It was in continuous operation as a flying training base from 1914 until 1992.Tags has:placeholder -
1913 - Fire destroyed the Werribee Farmers Co-operative Store in Station Street.
Fire destroyed the Werribee Farmers Co-operative Store in Station Street. The fire was started by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. Residents were unable to do anything as they did not have a reticulated water supply. Nearby buildings that were smouldering were saved by using wet bags and buckets of water carried across the road from the Shire horse trough.
The Werribee Shire Banner 27 February 1913 p. 2Tags has:placeholder -
1912 - Central Riding formed to give townsfolk direct representation
Central Riding formed to give townsfolk direct representationTags has:placeholder -
1912 - Werribee South Irrigation Settlement established
Werribee South Irrigation Settlement establishedTags has:placeholder -
1914 - Water Commission completes reticulation of Werribee township
The Water Commission completed the reticulation of Werribee township. An arrangement wasmade with the local council for the use of electric power to lift the water into the concrete tower.
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1911 - Manor Railway Station, west of Werribee is built. This station served the Board of Works farm. It was closed in 1970.
Manor Railway Station, west of Werribee is built. This station served the Board of Works farm. It was closed in 1970.Tags has:placeholder -
1909 - Shire of Wyndham renamed Shire of Werribee
Shire of Wyndham renamed Shire of Werribee in Victoria Government Gazette 156, 15 December 1909Tags has:placeholder -
1904 - A new timber Post Office is completed on the corner of Watton and Wedge Streets
A new timber Post Office is completed on the corner of Watton and Wedge StreetsTags has:placeholder -
1904 - The Government Closer Settlement Board acquires 9,400 hectares of Werribee Park Estate to open up land for small farmers. The dry areas of the Werribee Park Estate made farming on a small scale untenable and the Act was amended five years later to allow for larger holding.
The Government Closer Settlement Board acquires 9,400 hectares of Werribee Park Estate to open up land for small farmers. The dry areas of the Werribee Park Estate made farming on a small scale untenable and the Act was amended five years later to allow for larger holding.Tags has:placeholder -
1902 - Henry Barnes publishes the first local newspaper, the Wyndham Shire Banner.
Henry Barnes publishes the first local newspaper, the Wyndham Shire Banner. The name was changed to the Werribee Shire Banner in 1911Tags has:placeholder -
1900 - John Percy Chirnside lays the foundation stone for the new Church of St Thomas the Evangelist for the Church of England.
John Percy Chirnside lays the foundation stone for the new Church of St Thomas the Evangelist for the Church of England.Tags has:placeholder -
1898 - Sewer line from Melbourne to Werribee completed
Sewer line from Melbourne to Werribee completedTags has:placeholder -
1897 - Telephone Office opened at the Werribee railway station.
Telephone Office opened at the railway Werribee station. Calls could be made to Melbourne for sixpence.Tags has:placeholder -
1894 - New Shire Offices opened on the corner of Watton Street and Duncans Road.
New Shire Offices opened on the corner of Watton Street and Duncans Road. They remained in use until 1976.Tags has:placeholder -
1893 - Werribee Park Butter Factory is set up.
Werribee Park Butter Factory is set up in a new building near the Werribee Railway Station. It employed the latest in modern dairy processing equipment. While the factory had to make a profit it was established as a co-operative. Most of the butter and cheese produced was exported to England.Tags has:placeholder -
1889 - The Manor, home of Percy Chirnside, was built in Wattamolla Avenue
The Manor, home of Percy Chirnside, was built in Wattamolla AvenueTags has:placeholder -
1889 - Werribee Irrigation Trust instituted. Beginning of the Chaffey Brothers Irrigation Scheme.
Werribee Irrigation Trust instituted. Beginning of the Chaffey Brothers Irrigation Scheme.Tags has:placeholder -
1884 - Foundation stone laid for St Thomas' Presbyterian Church
Foundation stone laid for St Thomas' Presbyterian Church, Corner Synnot Street and Duncans Road, Werribee.Tags has:placeholder -
1883 - Mechanics Institute and Free Library established.
Mechanics Institute and Free Library established on the site of the present Cultural Centre, Watton Street Werribee.Tags has:placeholder -
1878 - The first Wyndham Racing Club is established
The first Wyndham Racing Club is established
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1869 - Truganina Common School built
Truganina Common School erected by community effort. It became the Truganina State School No. 192 in 1877.Tags has:placeholder -
1866 - The Shire is divided into East, South and North Ridings.
The Shire is divided into East, South and North Ridings.
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1864 - Bluestone railway station completed at Little River
Bluestone railway station completed at Little RiverTags has:placeholder -
1864 - The first cemetery is established.
The first cemetery is established on corner of Railway Avenue and Cemetery Road, WerribeeTags has:placeholder -
1862 - Wyndham District Road Board is proclaimed.
Wyndham District Road Board is proclaimed, stretching from Williamstown to Little River.
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1861 - Wyndham Racecourse and Recreation Reserve gazetted
Wyndham Racecourse and Recreation Reserve gazetted
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1858 - Richard Heath's store
Richard Heath opens a General Store and Postal Agency in Cottrell StreetTags has:placeholder -
1856 - A Police Paddock is established
A Police Paddock is established with a two roomed house for the first constable.Tags has:placeholder -
1850 - Thomas Chirnside purchases Werribee Lower property.
Thomas Chirnside occupies land on the west bank of the Werribee River
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1839 - Traveller’s Rest Inn established at Little River
Traveller’s Rest Inn established at Little River -
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John Moss (1823-1886)
Shire President 1866-1867
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1998 — No toxic waste dump
After seven years battling against the wishes of the Kennett Liberal government the City wins its case and the toxic waste dump proposed for a disused quarry on Wests Road, Werribee South are abandoned.Tags has:placeholder -
1994 — The City of Werribee is renamed The City of Wyndham.
1994 — The City of Werribee is renamed The City of Wyndham.Tags has:placeholder -
1987 — The Shire of Werribee is renamed The City of Werribee.
1987 — The Shire of Werribee is renamed The City of Werribee.Tags has:placeholder -
1973 — The Victorian Government takes over Werribee Mansion.
The Victorian Government takes over Werribee Mansion from Corpus Christi College and begins full restoration. The Heritage-listed house and gardens are now open to visitors all year around.Tags has:placeholder -
July 1966 - The Manor, John Percy Chirnside’s grand mansion, is destroyed by fire. Foul play is suspected.
The Manor, John Percy Chirnside’s grand mansion, is destroyed by fire. Foul play is suspected.Tags has:placeholder -
1965 — The local football team the Werribee Tigers is established in the Victorian Football League [VFL].
The local football team the Werribee Tigers is established in the Victorian Football League [VFL].The Tigers’ home ground is Chirnside Park, Watton Street, Werribee.Tags has:placeholder -
1961 — The Maltby By-pass opened.
The Maltby By-pass opened [on 16 June 1961?]. For the first time Werribee was not simply an impediment on the road from Melbourne to Geelong. The by-pass effectively allowed the town to develop as a business and residential centre without an endless stream of traffic interrupting its daily life.
Werribee, which once owed its existence to the bridge over the Werribee River on the Melbourne–Geelong road, could now settle and develop its own character.Tags has:placeholder -
1936 - World War 2
1936 — During World War Two, Australian soldiers were stationed at a training camp on the Werribee racecourse. United States servicemen also trained at Werribee. The US Army Air Force built large hangars on the Geelong Road, near the Treatment Works, where one B-24 Liberator bomber, of the 287 supplied by the Americans to the RAAF, is housed today.
Enemy ‘aliens’, European nationals living in Australia whose country of origin was at war with the Allies, were put to work on various farms throughout the district in a form of open detention. After the war many of them, mostly southern Europeans, stayed on taking up farms in Werribee—initially, not always to the approval of the old-time local farmers.Tags has:placeholder -
1932 — The first talking picture is shown at the Palais.
The first talking picture is shown at the Palais. The largest crowd ever gathered in Werribee turn out to the screening of Mother’s Millions prompting theatre owners, the Wallace Mitchell family, to bring in extra seating to accommodate more than 1,000 eager patrons.Tags has:placeholder -
1930 — Mains water comes to town
Mains water is supplied, for the first time, to the whole town by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works.Tags has:placeholder -
1928 — The Palais Theatre built in Station Street.
The Palais Theatre built in Station Street. Moving pictures had previously been screened at the Mechanics Institute. While this continued for some time, the purpose-built theatre soon made the old hall redundant for that purpose.Tags has:placeholder -
1922 — Catholic Church purchases The Mansion
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Daniel Mannix, purchases Werribee Park Mansion for the Catholic Church to be used as a training college for priests.Tags has:placeholder -
1915 — Electricity!
A 80 hp, twin engined generator, sited on the corner of Synnot Street and Duncan’s Road, supplies electricity to the town.Tags has:placeholder -
1914 — Point Cook Flying School starts
Two weeks after the outbreak of the First World War the Point Cook Flying school is established.
Four pilots: Flying Officers Manwell, Merz, White and Williams are the first to take to the skies under the tutelage of the English pilot Captain Petre, and Lieut. Harrison, from Castlemaine.Tags has:placeholder -
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20 March 1911 — First flight over Werribee
Pioneer aviator John Joseph Hammond makes the first flight over the Shire appearing in the skies over Werribee at 7.15 am, in his 50 horsepower Bristol Boxkite flying machine, on a return flight from Geelong to Altona.Tags has:placeholder -
1905 — Percy's automobile
Captain Percy Chirnside enters his French-built Panhard et Levassor, a buggy-styled open wheeled automobile, in a race from Melbourne to Carlsruhe and back. It is likely that Percy had the first car in the district.Tags has:placeholder -
26 May 1900 — The tip opens
Threatened by a outbreak of bubonic plague in Melbourne and Geelong, the Shire announced in the Werribee Express that: ‘the Council has provided a place within the township to be used as a TIP, for the disposal of refuse, rubbish, etc.’Tags has:placeholder -
5 February 1898 — Operations commence at the Sewerage Farm
Six years after the first sod had been turned the steamer Lady Loch conveys a large party of 180 guests from Queen’s Wharf, Melbourne to Werribee.
The guests had first witnessed the lifting of the valve at Spotswood Pumping Station that allowed the first sewage to flow towards the Metropolitan Farm.Tags has:placeholder -
1896 — The first local newspaper, The Werribee Express, hits the streets. It is published out of Bacchus Marsh.
1896 — The first local newspaper, The Werribee Express, hits the streets. It is published out of Bacchus Marsh.Tags has:placeholder -
19 May 1892 - the Governor of the Colony of Victoria, Lord Hopetoun, turned the first sod for the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Sewage Scheme.
19 May 1892 - the Governor of the Colony of Victoria, Lord Hopetoun, turned the first sod for the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Sewage Scheme at a ceremony held near the site where the new bridge would cross the Werribee River,.Tags has:placeholder -
25 June 1887 — The passing of Thomas Chirnside.
Mistakenly believing that he has lost everything and is bankrupt, Thomas Chirnside dies by his own hand. He is found on the floor of the laundry at Werribee Park, a discharged shotgun by his side.Tags has:placeholder -
1884 - The township of Wyndham is renamed Werribee.
1884 - The township of Wyndham is renamed Werribee.Tags has:placeholder -
1877 - Werribee Park Mansion is built
Andrew and Thomas Chirnside build their magnificent sixty-roomed Werribee Park Mansion built on a sweeping bend of the Werribee River.
The estate also included a working farm but in architectural terms this classic-style Italianate dwelling with its porticoed wings and soaring tower, dominated all other buildings in the Shire.Tags has:placeholder -
1867 — Shire offices constructed
Sited at the river end of Watton Street, the first Shire offices, built for Wyndham Shire Council, and constructed of bluestone blocks at a cost of £529, were finally ready to be occupied in January 1867.Tags has:placeholder -
1874 — Chirnside’s horse Haricot wins the Melbourne Cup.
1874 — Chirnside’s horse Haricot wins the Melbourne Cup.Tags has:placeholder -
11 March 1864 — Wyndham declared a shire
The Governor of Victoria, Sir Charles Henry Darling, announced in the Victoria Government Gazette [dated Friday 11 March 1864 p. 978] that the Wyndham Road District, having an area of one hundred square miles and collecting annual rates amounting to the sum of £1,000, could be proclaimed a Shire—thereafter named The Shire of Wyndham.Tags has:placeholder -
1860 - The Geodetic Survey of Victoria
By the middle of the century demand for land, ready for settlement, began to exceed the capacity of the government to prepare property using traditional surveying techniques based on astronomy. In response a modern method of mathematical triangulation was implemented, expecting that this technique would allow for a comparatively expedient survey of the entire State.
What was required to begin the process was some flat land, and the Wyndham Shire had plenty of that to spare. Government Astronomer Mr R. L. J. Ellery was chosen to conduct the survey and he began in January 1860 by selecting a site on the Werribee Plain near what is the present-day Hoppers Crossing railway station.
What is known as the South Base Stone, a basalt block set 1.5 metres deep into the ground, its surface flush with the ground showing a fine metal plug at its centre, was the starting point for the measurement of the first base line. Painstakingly accurate measurements were taken from this point, using three ten-foot long steel bars, accurate to within five decimal points of an inch, and set up under canvas to prevent heat expansion of the metal, measured and moved forward leap-frogging the other two bars one by one until a perfectly straight line was measured out to mark the setting point for another stone.
The North Base Stone was set at five miles from the south stone. Further calculations were taken to set another on Green Hill on the west side of the Werribee River giving a direct line now totalling ten miles. From these starting points, an accurate line of a known length was established, and with a system of mathematical triangulation distances could be measured across the entire state.
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1859 - The first church is built
Once again Thomas Chirnside led the donations, this time for the construction of the first church in Werribee, St Thomas’ Anglican Church. He started by donating an acre of land on the corner of Greaves and Synnot Streets, then added £100. The first church, a simple gabled weatherboard building with a small porch entry used as the church hall today, still stands behind the more expansive brick building constructed in 1900. A Mr Rodda conducted the first service in June of that year. The church was also used by several other denominations until their own could be built.
The Greaves and Synnot Street site has a long history in the provision of religious services in Werribee. In 1851 Mr Fitzgibbons built the first house in Werribee there, and the first church service in the village was conducted from a cart-shed at the back of this house. -
1859 — The first police lock-up was built in Synnot Street, where a force of twenty-five troopers was stationed.
1859 — The first police lock-up was built in Synnot Street, where a force of twenty-five troopers was stationed.Tags has:placeholder -
1857 — The Melbourne to Geelong railway is built
After a few false starts the Geelong to Melbourne Railway finally opens. Legend has it that Thomas Chirnside used his influence and insisted that a station be built in the town, and that it was named Werribee Station, however, the railway company had used the name Werribee right from the start.Tags has:placeholder -
1855 — The first school
Ellen Armstrong, the inn-keeper’s nineteen-year-old daughter, opens the first school with nineteen pupils, operating from a pre-fabricated zinc house erected in the backyard of the hotel.
When Thomas Walker, the government inspector paid ‘Miss Armstrong’s School’ a visit he found that she: ‘had good discipline and the general tone of the school was very satisfactory’. Walker described her as ‘painstaking and persevering and well-liked by the parents’. He recommended that government aid should be given towards her teacher’s salary.Tags has:placeholder -
1851 — Opening of the Bridge Inn
Ferry operator Elliot Armstrong opened his Bridge Inn on the opposite side of the river, in line with Werribee Street, where the present Racecourse Hotel now stands. Later Armstrong’s Bridge Hotel was known simply as Armstrong’s Inn.Tags has:placeholder -
21 May 1852 — The flooding of Werribee
After several days of heavy, consistent rain the Werribee River rages through the town. The Wedge family homestead is destroyed and Edward Wedge, his wife and daughter swept into the waters and drowned. The first bridge is destroyed.
Thomas Chirnside purchases the Wedge holdings from the family members who survived the ordeal.Tags has:placeholder -
1851 — Thomas Chirnside builds Point Cook Homestead.
Thomas Chirnside builds Point Cook Homestead.Tags has:placeholder -
9 May 1850 — Naming of Wyndham
The Port Phillip Government Gazette [dated Wednesday 28 May 1850 p.423] announces that the town shall be named Wyndham, notwithstanding a local preference for the Aboriginal name of Werribee.Tags has:placeholder -
1849 —The Plan of Township of Wyndham is signed off by Robert Hoddle, the surveyor of Melbourne.
1849 —The Plan of Township of Wyndham is signed off by Robert Hoddle, the surveyor of Melbourne.Tags has:placeholder -
January 1839 — Thomas Chirnside arrives in Port Phillip. His brother Andrew arrives later in the same year
Thomas Chirnside arrives in Port Phillip. His brother Andrew arrives later in the same yearTags has:placeholder -
May 1836 - Arrival of Edward Davy Wedge
John Helder Wedge’s brother Edward Davy Wedge arrived, establishing his homestead by the Werribee River.Tags has:placeholder -
April 1836 - Wedge's landing
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29 January 1836 - Glenelg disallows Batman's treaty
Lord Glenelg, Secretary of State for the Colonies, disallows Batman's treaty.Tags has:placeholder -
6 June 1835 - Batman's Treaty
On behalf of the Launceston-based Port Phillip Association, John Batman makes his treaty with the natives of the Duttigalla tribal lands, assuming rights over more than 600,000 acres of land around Port Phillip Bay, from the Yarra River in the east to the Little River in the West.Tags has:placeholder -
11 February 1803 - Grimes takes in the Werribee plain
Charles Grimes, Surveyor-General of the Colony of New South Wales stands atop a small hill and takes in the Werribee Plain.
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Doherty's farm,
Doherty's Road,
TruganinaProperty located on the south side of Doherty's Road, Truganina -
Werribee Park Primary School (former) No. 5409,
Cayleys Road,
Werribee SouthGroup of school buildings of various ages. -
Fowler house and silo,
Duncans Road,
Werribee South.The house and silo are the remaning features of the former Fowler farm and cheese factory. -
Cobbledick House (ruin),
Cobbledicks Ford Road,
Wyndham Vale.Ruin of a house located on land originally occupied and acquired from the Crown by Simon Staughton. -
Werribee Estate school site and School teacher's house,
Duncans Road,
Werribee SouthA former school site bordered at the front by Duncans Road and on the other three sides by an irrigation channel. -
Portelli house and shop,
650 Diggers Road,
Werribee SouthRectangular brick and timber building with a small shop at the front and residence at the rear. -
Diggers Road Soldiers' Memorial Hall,
Diggers Road,
Werribee SouthA large timber hall rectangular in shape with an iron roof. -
Bailey Houses,
249-252 Cunninghams Road,
Werribee SouthSmall cluster of houses on either side of Cunninghams Road. -
George Chirnside's Experimental Dairy Farm, Crawfords Road, Werribee South.
A property consisting of a rendered brick farm house and a cheese room. -
Werribee South Irrigation Settlement,
Werribee SouthThe Werribee Irrigation Settlement corresponds to the subdivision of the Werribee Park Estate for closer settlement at the turn of the century. -
Michael Arthur Galvin (1862-1940)
Shire President 1926-1927
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Werribee Park, Princes Highway, Werribee
A large pastoral holding once owned by the Chirnside family well known for the 1876 Italianate Renaissance mansion. -
Rockleigh,
111 Werribee Street North,
WerribeeAn elaborate and finely detailed Victorian house within the Werribee township. -
Producers Dairying Company factory,
Wattle Avenue (corner Princes Highway),
WerribeeA vacant site located on the corner of the intersection of Wattle Avenue and Princes Highway. -
The Manor,
(remnants),
Wattamolla Avenue,
WerribeeA retaining wall and plantings along the river and large trees scattered through a housing estate are all that remains of The Manor, a once grand house with extensive gardens. -
Wyndham Community & Education Centre,
(former Miss Davis House),
2 Synnot Street,
WerribeeGable-roofed single fronted cottage with scalloped bargeboard and finial. -
Former stables,
18 Russell Street,
WerribeeA simple timber building with a gabled roof and partially enclosed verandah on two sides. -
Rowland Carter house,
Russell Street (corner Lock Avenue),
WerribeeSubstantial brick home built on the corner of Lock and Russell Streets. -
1 Rainsford Street,
(former Police Paddocks area),
WerribeeEdwardian timber house with gabled-hip roof. -
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Chaffey Irrigation Scheme,
Riverbend Historical Park,
(off Heaths Road),
WerribeeChaffey Irrigation Scheme now part of the Riverbend Historical Park. -
RAAF Hangars,
Princes Highway,
(corner of New Farm Road - Sewerage Road),
WerribeeAn area known as Hangar Paddock bounded by Princes Highway, New Farm Road and Metropolitan Farm Road. -
Geodetic Survey Baseline,
Princes Highway,
WerribeeThree elements of the Geodetic Survey Baseline are the South Base, the North Base and the Green Hill Extension. -
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Jack Carter's poultry farm,
60-68 Lock Avenue,
Werribee
Complex of brick factory buildings and grain silos which formed part of the Carter poultry farm. -
Werribee Primary School No. 649,
Duetgam Street,
WerribeeA primary school comprising a number of buildings. -
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Villa Franca,
Deutgam Street (SE corner of Greaves Street),
WerribeeA grand house with central tower being a fine expression of contemporary architecture of the late 1930s. -
Carter's housing estate, College Road, Mary Avenue, Carter Crescent and Anderson Street, Werribee
A subdivision and housing estate created by the Carter family. -
Kelly Park,
Cherry Street (corner Princes Highway),
WerribeeA large parkland with mature trees. -
Werribee Cemetery,
Cemetery Road (corner Railway Avenue),
WerribeeA large cemetery part devoted by monuments and part to a lawn cemetery -
Werribee Racecourse,
Bulban Road (corner Ballan and Racecourse Roads),
WerribeeA racecourse located on this site since 1861 with large grandstand and other buildings possibly dating from 1950s onwards. -
Ison House and poultry sheds,
Bulban Road,
WerribeeA large mudbrick house that was demolished in 2002. -
Hegarty's house,
Ballan Road (SE corner Edgar Street),
WerribeeLarge bluestone house on the Ballan Road entry to Werribee. -
Wine Cellars,
Skeleton Creek,
TruganinaThe remains of two cellars, one large and one small on the west side of Skeleton Creek. -
Leakes Dairy (Rosegrange),
Sayers Road,
TruganinaThe site of a dairy and house -
Albert and Alfred Leakes houses (site),
Leakes Road,
TruganinaSite of the houses (no longer standing) is visible from Leakes Road and consists of one or more mounds of rubble along with plantings of sugar gums. -
May Farm,
485 Dohertys Road,
TruganinaA farm site located off a long drive off Dohertys Road. -
Robertson farm complex,
Dohertys Road,
TruganinaA site located east of Hopkins Road enclosed by a drystone wall. The remains of bluestone house. -
Evans house (former),
725 Boundary Road,
TruganinaA simple Victorian farmhouse, symmetrical in form and built of timber. -
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Chaffey channel and pumping plant
An early irrigation venture in bluestone. -
Former Picture Palais,
Station Street,
WerribeeFormer picture theatre is a two storey building retaining the cantilevered verandah. -
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Bridge Hotel, 197-199 Watton Street, Werribee
A stylish 1920s building with architectural detailing relating to the Art Deco style. A two storey building, externally rendered with a tiled hip roof. -
Silver Birches,
Watton Street,
WerribeeA grand residence set in extensive grounds. A cream brick house with a hipped roof and terracotte roof tiles set behind a high brick fence. -
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Townsing House (site),
1030 Dohertys Road,
TruganinaFarm site with only two timber sheds remaining. -
Missen House (site),
Dohertys Road,
TruganinaA small bluestone building constructed of bluestone blocks. -
Bambra Park,
2 Dukelows Road,
TarneitWeatherboard house with double hipped roof and a number of extensions. -
Davis house and smithy shop,
Cowies Hill,
Tarneit Road,
TarneitVictorian house with hipped corrugated iron roof. -
Cobbledicks Ford and Reserve,
Cobbledicks Ford Road,
TarneitCobbledicks Ford crossing the Werribee River at Tarneit, paved in cut bluestone pavers. -
Volant House (now Arva)
A house in poor condition, that is a small asymmetrical timber building with hip and gable roof. -
Police Lock Up - Paddock Site,
Synnot Street (near corner Greaves Street),
WerribeeSaid to be the site of the Werribee Police lock up. -
Crossroads Uniting Church and Manse,
Synnot Street,
corner of Duncans Road,
WerribeeA church complex comprising a church, a manse, a church hall and grounds. Building is constructed of bluestone with Barrabool sandstone used for quoins and detailing. -
Werribee Railway Station,
Station Street,
WerribeeRailway station building with details of its original form and construction still evident in its form, materials and some architectural details. The impact of a fire in 1927 resulting in a reshaping of the building. -
Callanan's Chemist,
47 Watton Street,
WerribeeA shop with an Early Modern style facade featuring black and cream tile work. -
Point Cook Homestead,
Point Cook Homestead Road,
Point CookA homestead and associated buildings set within an evocative coastal landscape comprising a single storey bluestone building and nearby bluestone stables. -
Point Cook RAAF Base, Point Cook
RAAF Base at Point Cook comprising a number of distinctive structures and other features. -
Peppercorns,
Boundary Road,
Mt CottrellA house built of course bluestone with a gable roof and skillion section to the rear.Tags has:placeholder -
Little River Mechanics Institute,
Rothwell Road,
Little RiverLarge timber Mechanics Institute with central entry retaining wrought iron gate and double timber doors. -
Christ Church,
Rothwell Road,
Little RiverSmall bluestone church with cream brick belcote and window trims that suffered some damage in the January 1985 fires. -
Bull House,
River Street (cnr Rothwell Street),
Little RiverSingle storey Edwardian house, facing the railway line, a typical example of the period. Between the house and the railway line is a row of cypresses. -
Railway Station & Goods Shed,
Little RiverA bluestone complex comprising a railway station, goods shed and store occupying a prominent position near St Michael's Catholic Church and the former Methodist Church. -
Little River farmers common
Edgars Road (east side),
Little RiverNo evidence is known to remain. -
Mouyong,
Edgars Road,
Little RiverA large pastoral property with a large bluestone shearing shed, a bluestone building and a timber house. -
Eynesbury Homestead,
Eynesbury Road,
EynesburyA bluestone homestead comprising an 1870s two storey section with two single storey wings with bay windows added in 1880s. -
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From Tipperary to Werribee : the family of Michael Shanahan.
A brief history of the Michael Shanahan and his descendents,Tags has:placeholder