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Supplementary List : ANZAC Project 1914-1918
An alphabetical list of soldiers and nurses from the Wyndham area that are not named on the Werribee RSL Honor Board, but were discovered whilst completing this research.
Please note: Some of these soldiers and nurses may have had their names included on Wyndham's other Honor Boards. -
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[Werribee] State School Honor board
An alphabetical list of soldiers from the Werribee area named on the Honor board now held at the Werribee Primary School, 2 Deutgam Street, Werribee. -
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St. Thomas' Presbyterian Church Honor Board
An alphabetical list of soldiers from the Wyndham area named on the Honor Board originally located at St. Thomas' Presbyterian Church (now Crossroads Uniting Church), Watton Street, Werribee.
Its current location is unknown. If you know where this Honor board is located, please contact familyhistorylibrarian@wyndham.vic.gov.au -
Christ Church Little River Honor Board
An alphabetical list of soldiers from the Little River area named on the Honor Roll held at the Christ Church Little River, 48-50 Rothwell Road, Little River. -
Wyndham Presbyterian Church Honor Board
An alphabetical list of soldiers from the Wyndham area named on the Honor Roll held at the Wyndham Presbyterian Church, 116-120 Black Forest Road, Wyndham Vale. -
Metropolitan Farm, Werribee Roll of Honor
An alphabetical list of soldiers from the Wyndham area named on the Metropolitan Farm Roll of Honor.
This plaque is attached to a large boulder at the front of the offices of Melbourne Water Western Treatment Plant, Cocoroc. -
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Little River Honor Board
Residents of the Werribee Shire who resided in Little River, who served in World War One, 1914-1918 named on the Honor Board held at the Little River Mechanics Institute Hall, 8 Rothwell Road, Little River. -
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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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Alfred Lindsay Newland Grave in the field
Family photograph of grave of Alfred Lindsay Newland in the field. -
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St. Thomas' Church of England, Werribee Honor Board
An alphabetical list of soldiers from the Wyndham area named on the Church of England Honour Board held at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, 117 Synnot Street, Werribee. -
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2nd Lt Alfred Lindsay Newland
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List of Shire Presidents and City Mayors
A chronological list of Shire Presidents and City Mayors of the:
- Shire of Werribee
- City of Werribee
- City of Wyndham
- Wyndham City
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Werribee RSL Honor Board
An alphabetical list of soldiers and nurses from the Wyndham area named on the Honour Board held at the Werribee RSL, 2A Synnot Street, Werribee.
This Honor board was originally located at the Wyndham Council offices. -
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Rino Baggio
Recording of conversation between Rino Baggio and Margaret Campbell.
Topics discussed include:- Immigration and arrival in Australia
- Early farming life in Little River
- Early life in Werribee
- Baggio family tree
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Shirley Cameron
Recording of conversation between Shirley Cameron and Margaret Campbell.
Please note: there is a brief electrical interference at the very beginning of this recording.
Topics discussed include:- Childhood, early life and marriage
- Teaching life at Werribee Secondary School
- Community involvement
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Sir Henry Wyndham
© National Portrait Gallery, LondonPortrait of Sir Henry Wyndham from the National Portrait Gallery, London, England. -
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Anthony Cottrell (1806-1860)
Photograph of Anthony Cottrell digitised from negative taken from original albumen print composite, photographed by the Museum of Victoria. -
John Helder Wedge (1793-1872)
Photograph of John Helder Wedge digitised from negative taken from original albumen print composite, photographed by the Museum of Victoria. -
John Batman (1801-1839)
A drawing of John Batman in charcoal and pencil on white paper from the State Library of Victoria collection. -
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Teachers.
Group of teachers from unknown local school.
Some of those pictured are: Miss Bradley, Edna Edwards, Florrie Morrow and Mr Radford.
[Photograph possibly taken at group meetings of Werribee teachers. Ed.
Werribee Shire Banner, 19 March 1925, p.6.
Werribee Shire Banner, 20 August 1925, p.5. ] -
President and Committee of the Werribee Coursing Club.
Presented to Mr. Denis Canny in appreciation of many acts of kindness he conferred on the Werribee Coursing Club.
[One name cannot be read will have to look at the original.] -
Presentation of cup to Bill Leyshon of Werribee by the then Duke and Duchess of York at Flemington Racecourse in April 1927.
The King's Cup 1927 being presented to Mr. W. Leyshon of Werribee who trained the winning horse Spear Maiden from Eridanus and Bombard on 23 April 1927. -
Mrs. J. Robinson.
Mrs. J. Robinson of Sunnyside, Palmers Road, Truganina. -
Molly Bell and Brian Dawes.
Taken at east end of Watton Street, Werribee, with weatherboard weighbridge in background.
Brian Dawes, aged two with Molly Bell.Tags people -
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May Robinson rolling the kitty at Werribee Bowls Club.
May Robinson rolling the kitty, while Jack Gardner and Baden Powell look on. -
Lifeguard Milk Factory workers,
Kelly Street,
Werribee.The Lifeguard Milk Factory was located near the railway line at the end of Kelly Street, Werribee.
Mr. Ford was the Manager. -
Junior Band.
Junior Band.
Listed from left to right are:
Front: Dan Hogan, Les Balfour, J. Hanna, A. Dalrymple, J. Sheahan
Second row: R. Davis, C. Dean, J. Sutherland, E. Dean, H. Davis, M. Hickey
Third row: Unknown, Unknown, P. Flaherty, T. Reynolds, J. Sheahan Senior
Fourth row: F. Kilby, G. Hegarty, F. Davis, Podge Gardiner, Dick Brown, Max Kilby, Unknown, Unknown. -
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Henry Joseph Delaney (1891-1917)
Studio portrait of 5671 Private (Pte) Henry Joseph Delaney, 7th Battalion. A grocer from Werribee, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Delaney embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Ayrshire on 3 July 1916. On 27 April 1917 he was killed in action on the Somme, aged 26, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks. The notebooks contain brief details, usually a surname or unit name, for each negative.
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George Beamish Swanton (1882-1916)
Studio portrait of 1159 Private (Pte) George Beamish Swanton, Australian 24th Battalion, of Werribee, Victoria, with his wife Nellie and young baby, Joan Helen.
Pte Swanton enlisted on 28 April 1915 and embarked on board HMAT Euripides on 8 May 1915. He died of wounds on 28 July 1916 at Pozieres, France.
Pte Swanton had two brothers who were also killed in action:
No.222 Pte John (Jack) Swanton, 2nd Battalion, enlisted on 27 August 1914 and was killed in action at Gallipoli Peninsula on 2 May 1915;
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No.2760 Pte Henry Swanton, 29th Battalion, enlisted on 5 March 1916 and was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 2 November 1916.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DA09050/ -
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John Moss (1823-1886)
Shire President 1866-1867
Shire President 1878-1879 -
McGrath family.
Group photograph of McGrath family.
Back row: Dennis, (Mary Reidy), Martin, Paddy, Mary.
Middle row: Jimmy, Joe, Maria (mother), Andrew (father), (Michael Reidy).
Front row: Jack, Bill and Walter.
Dennis McGrath was given land in Bulban Road Werribee by the government after First World War. -
William Thompson Muir
William Thompson Muir, 1845-1924.
Head Teacher at Truganina School 1875-1903. -
Muir family photograph
Back row: William Thompson Muir and wife Jane Muir with John Muir.
Front row: Horrie Muir, Victoria Muir, Adeline Muir, Norman Muir. -
Horrie and Eric Davis on the river at Hackets at the end of Davis Road, 1928.
Horrie Davis and Eric Davis on the river at Hackets 1928. -
Herbert Davis, Vera Davis and Emily Davis.
Herbert Davis, Vera Davis and Emily Davis (nee Wilson). -
Photograph of Percy and Bertha Davis and wedding party.
Wedding party of Percy and Bertha Davis (nee Davis) on Wednesday 20 August 1902.
An article appeared in the Bacchus Marsh Express, 24 August 1902, p.3. giving a description of the wedding party and festivities. -
Fred Davis with horses.
Fred Davis with his horses and seed drill which combined fertilisers with seed and placed them into the ground. -
Photograph Fred and Eliza Davis and wedding party.
Wedding party of Frederick and Eliza Davis (nee Muir) on Wednesday 20 August 1902.
An article appeared in the Bacchus Marsh Express, 23 August 1902, p.3 giving a description of the wedding party and festivities. -
Photograph of Davis family.
Fred and Eliza Davis with family, Roy Davis, Horrie Davis, Gladys Davis, Iris Davis and Eric Davis. -
Eric Davis, Alex Muir and Eliza Davis.
Photograph of Eric Davis, Alex Muir and Eliza Davis sitting against bags of barley. -
Eliza Muir
Portrait of Eliza Muir.
27 September 1875-10 December 1959. -
Postcard (and reverse of postcard) of seven men dressed in army uniform from World War One.
Seven men in army uniform from World War One.
Reverse of postcard lists names of those in photograph.
Standing: A. R. Leake, L. S. Burniston, W. F. Conibear, W. Thexton.
Sitting: L. W. Cuddie, Sergeant, Stan Batson.
[W. Thexton may be William George Thexton (information from World War One Nominal Roll)
World War One Nominal Roll has L.W. Cuddie listed as Lawrence Walter Cuddy.
Stan Batson may be Arthur Stanley Batson (information from World War One Nominal Roll).]
Alfred Robert Leake: No 1841. Place of birth - Truganina, Victoria.
Leslie Stuart Burniston: No 2409. Place of birth - Melbourne, Victoria.
William Frank Conibear: No 1831. Place of birth - Bristol, England.
James Winwick Thexton: No 2434. Place of birth - Bairnsdale, Victoria.
Lawrence Walter Cuddie: No 2411. Place of birth - Dundas, Tasmania.
Sergeant - Unknown.
Stanley Batson: No 2408. Place of birth - Wurdiboluc, Victoria. -
Photograph of six men in front of Davis Homestead.
Group of six men in front of Davis Homestead on Davis Road, Truganina. Homestead was about 300 metres north of Sayers Road. It is now a heritage park.
The family were mad-keen cricketers and had a cricket pitch near the front of the house.
Horrie Davis owned Davis Hardware store in Werribee.
Back row:
Fred Davis, Roy Davis, Norman Muir.
Front row: ? Davis, ? Davis, Paul Didier. -
Tom Missen and Sarah Missen (nee Harrison)
Wedding portrait of Tom Missen and Sarah Missen -
Ern. Missen
Ern. Missen, second son of Emma Missen, grandson of George Missen. -
Thomas Missen.
Thomas Missen son of George Missen in photograph dated 13 May 1933. -
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Ruby Cobbledick
Ruby Cobbledick is the granddaughter of George Missen and the niece of Hestor Taylor who is the daughter of George Missen. -
St. Andrew's Werribee Parish Debutante Ball, October 1950.
Scan of photograph of debutantes, their partners and flower girls.
Back row: Unknown, Unknown, ? Baggio, Ken Stanford, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown.
Middle row: Unknown, Unknown, Joan Beasley, Unknown, Dorothy Beasley,Unknown, Brenda Cooney, Vincent Montalto.
Front row: Lena Montalto, Elizabeth McIntosh, Jean Batterling, Unknown, Lady Disney, Kath Martin, Mary Barker, Mary Mennegazzo, Elaine Wolters.
Flower girl: Brenda Robinson Page boy: Brian Hayes. -
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Cocoroc South School.
Teacher was Mr. Bretherton. -
Michael Arthur Galvin (1862-1940)
Shire President 1926-1927
Shire President 1940-1941 -
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Bicycle Race, Watton Street, Werribee.
Bill King and Pengelly during the 1917 Warrnambool to Melbourne Road Race in Watton Street, Werribee. -
Bensted and McKenzie family photo.
Family group posing in front of automobile. -
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Agricultural meeting.
Group of people sitting at benches, indoors. -
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Alfred Leake (1839-1903)
Shire President 1883-1884
Shire President 1900-1901 -
Alfred Ernest Comben (1876-1938)
Shire President 1925-1926
Shire President 1935 -
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Angus McNaughton (1856-1913)
Shire President 1894-1896
Shire President 1897-1898
Shire President 1910-1911 -
Robert Cherry (1832-1910)
Shire President 1881-1882
Shire President 1896-1897 -
Harry McDougall (1854-1945)
Shire President 1921 -
John McMurray (1862-1938)
Shire President 1908-1909
Shire President 1915-1916
Shire President 1919-1920 -
William Leake (1829-1879)
Shire President 1865-1866 -
Samuel Thomas Staughton (1838-1901)
Shire President 1884-1885 -
Edmund Cunningham (1870-1941)
Shire President 1924-1925
Shire President 1928-1929
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John Kenneth Godfrey Grant
Shire President 1942-1943 -
Joseph Franklin Moore (1888-1953)
Shire President 1952-1953 -
James Browne (1866-1938)
Shire President 1914-1915
Shire President 1922-1923
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Robert Chirnside
Shire President 1862-1864
Shire President 1871-1872 -
Michael Wall (1844-1913)
Shire President 1901-1902 -
Albert E. Leake (1870-1949)
Shire President 1909-1910 -
David Grieve (1880-1941)
Shire President 1937-1938 -
J. Beamish
Shire President 1904-1906
Shire President 1912-1913 -
Edward John Goates (1890-1943)
Shire President 1927-1928 -
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James Francis Jones
Shire President 1964-1965 -
Charles Edward Taylor
Shire President 1944-1945
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William John Troup
Shire President 1907-1908 -
J. Robinson
Shire President 1906-1907
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Robert George Carr
Shire President 1951-1952
Shire President 1956-1957 -
Kenneth L. McNaughton
Shire President 1970-1971
Shire President 1971-1972
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Frederick A. Emery
Shire President 1947-1948 -
Laurence Edric Earl
Shire President 1947-1949 -
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Bertie Morrow
Shire President 1939-1940
Shire President 1954-1955 -
William Wyro Shaw
Shire President 1917-1918
Shire President 1935-1936
Shire President 1945-1946 -
Truganina Picnic,
Taylor's Paddock 1911The annual picnic sports conducted by the Truganina debating society was held on Friday, 28 October 1911.
Back row: Mrs G. Cropley, John Robinson, J. Hegarty, R.D. Hopkins, J. Woods, R. Peacock, W. Robinson, J. Eades, G. Cropley, R. Hopkins
Middle row: Mrs R. Peacock, Mrs James Robinson, Mr & Mrs James Missen, Mrs James Johnson, Mrs Harrison, Mrs Margaret Missen, Mrs W. Leake, Mr Henry Robinson.
Front row: Mrs R.D. Hopkins, Mrs D. Taylor, J. Pitson, D. Taylor, J. Johnson, James Robinson, W. Missen, A. Leake, H.A. Davis. Lying along the front row George Harrison -
Albert Edward Davis
Pictured on the far right
Shire President 1963-1964
Photographed at Chirnside Park?
Other Councillors pictured? -
George Christian Darbyshire (1820-1898)
Shire President 1867-1870
Shire President 1880-1881 -
Joseph Patten Griffiths
Shire President 1960-1961
Far right -
John Joseph O'Connor
Shire President 1941-1942
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Harold Llewellyn Baden Powell
Shire President 1967-1968 -
Thomas Gerard Beasley
Shire President 1958-1959 -
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Patrick George Hobbs (1848-1923)
Shire President 1888 -
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Kenneth McKenzie
Shire President 1931-1932 -
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Percy Robert Bayley (1878-1943)
Shire President 1921-1922 -
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Denis J. Canny
Shire President 1913-1914
Shire President 1918-1919
Shire President 1934-1935 -
Patrick Joseph Hickey (1871-1946)
Shire President 1929-1930
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Walter Edward Carruthers
Shire President 1953
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William Bailey
Shire President 1943-1944
Shire President 1953-1954
Shire President 1961-1962 -
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J. D. Bellin
Shire President 1957-1958
Shire President 1966-1967
Shire President 1978-1979 -
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Kevin Barry Skehan OAM (1931-2020)
Shire President 1981-1982
Mayor 1989-1990
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Patrick Kelly (1836-1895)
Shire President 1876-1878
Shire President 1879-1880
Shire President 1887-1888
Shire President 1888-1894
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Frank O'Neill and greyhound
Frank O'Neill and one of his greyhounds on his pig farming property located on Old Geelong Road, Hoppers Crossing. The picture was taken not long before 1969 as all of his greyhounds were killed in the 1969 bushfires. The property was severly damaged by the bushfires. Only the house remained. -
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Neville Read Hudson (1923-1980)
Shire President 1975-1976 -
Francis Xavier 'Frank' Purcell (1932-2008)
Mayor 1986-1987
Mayor 1987
Mayor 1991-1992
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