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Honor Boards of Wyndham - 1914-1918 War
A listing of the known Honor Boards of the 1914-1918 War throughout the municipality of Wyndham. -
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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.
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South Base Stone[a history by Lance Pritchard]
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Grandstand, Chirnside Park 150-226 Watton Street, Werribee
An article on the history and significance of the Grandstand at Chirnside Park written by Elizabeth (Libby) Bernard. -
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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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An article on the correspondence between Thomas Haynes, Secretary of the Shire of Wyndham, and Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller of the Botanic Garden Melbourne, May-June 1867.
An article written by Charlie Buttigieg regarding a request by the Shire of Wyndham to the Botanic Garden Melbourne for some trees to plant around the Shire Offices of the time. -
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Place Names within the City of Werribee as at May 1993.
Explanations and meanings of place names within the City of Werribee as at May 1993. -
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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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Wyndham | Our story - erratum
An erratum to the publication Wyndham | Our story by Geoff Hocking.
[This document has been approved by the Werribee and District Historical Society].Tags DoesNotNeedPic -
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Port Phillip Government Gazette, 22 May 1850, p. 417
Entry from the Port Phillip Gazette dated 22 May 1850, p. 417 declaring that "...a site has been fixed upon for a village at the undermentioned place... WYNDHAM, in the district of Port Phillip".Tags Proclamation -
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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.
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John Moss (1823-1886)
Shire President 1866-1867
Shire President 1878-1879 -
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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. -
Jetty,
Beach Road,
Werribee SouthTimber jetty located at the mouth of the Werribee River.Tags jetty -
Michael Arthur Galvin (1862-1940)
Shire President 1926-1927
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Carramar House and farm,
1055 Aviation Road,
WerribeeHouse and small cluster of farm buildings located near the south-east corner of Aviation Road and Duncans Road. -
Campbell's Cove and Bailey's Beach,
Werribee SouthAt Campbell's Cove a row of approximately 150 small houses lining the waterfront.
A Bailey's Beach approximately 12 boat houses on the waterfront to the west of the end of Cunningham's Road. -
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. -
Masonic Centre,
(former Roads Board and Shire Offices),
Watton Street,
WerribeeTwo main buildings with infill between. -
Commercial Hotel,
101-111 Watton Street (corner Bridge Street),
WerribeeTwo storey hotel located on a prominent corner in Werribee's main shopping street. -
Chirnside Park,
Watton Street,
WerribeeA large park located on a bend in the Werribee River. -
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. -
House,
19 Synnot Street,
WerribeeSmall Victorian farm house located in Werribee township. -
Muswell,
11 Synnot Street,
WerribeeA large two storey Spanish Mission style residence. -
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. -
Little River
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Laverton
An industrial working-class suburb 11kms east of Werribee. -
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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. -
Maltby Bypass,
Princes Highway,
Werribee
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Truganina State School, No. 192
Truganina State School circa 1940. The photograph is taken from the north side of the school and showing the entry porch. Coats and muddy shoes were placed in the porch.
Note the stone wall on the right hand side of the photograph. This was used to separate the girls and boys at play time.
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Metropolitan (Sewerage) Farm & Outfall Sewer,
Metropolitan Farm Road,
WerribeeRed brick sewerage bridge. -
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. -
Cottrell Street Sports and Physiotherapy Centre,
90 Cottrell Street,
WerribeeA former house and butcher's shop now used as a commercial premises. -
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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,
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Truganina Munitions Reserve,
Palmers Road,
TruganinaLarge disused industrial complex. -
Henry Robinson house,
Palmers Road,
TruganinaA building (presumed to be a house) constructed of random coursed bluestone. -
Skeleton Creek Water Reserve,
Leakes Road (north side of creek),
TruganinaWater hole on Skeleton Creek. -
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. -
Truganina Township and Cemetery,
Dohertys Road (corner Woods Road),
TruganinaTownship located on the crossroads of Dohertys and Woods Roads. -
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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War Memorial,
Watton Street, (corner Station Street),
WerribeeA granite pillar set on a stepped base with the top carved into an Art Deco motif set within a "garden". -
Deneys Clock,
Watton Street (corner Station Street),
WerribeeA clock located above a cantilevered verandah located in the town centre. -
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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Racecourse Hotel,
Cottrell Street (corner Werribee Street North),
WerribeeA two storey building built in several stages. -
Chirnside (Corpus Christi) Gates,
Chirnside Avenue (corner Russell Street),
WerribeeLarge stone entry gates constructed of granite. -
Cherry Grill,
49 Cherry Street,
WerribeeA simple double fronted brick building built to the property boundary. Generally symmetrical in form with a gabled roof with a parapet parallel to the street frontage. -
Kendall Blacksmiths,
Cherry Street and Princes Highway,
WerribeeA corrugated iron building with internal framing in timber and metal. -
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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. -
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Walker House,
530 Hogans Road,
TarneitDouble fronted timber house with gabled hip roof. -
Bambra Park,
2 Dukelows Road,
TarneitWeatherboard house with double hipped roof and a number of extensions. -
Staughton's Bridge,
Dohertys Road,
(west across Werribee River),
TarneitA now defunct timber bridge running through a cutting through a ridge above the Werribee River. -
Moss House,
Derrimut Road,
TarneitDouble fronted weatherboard cottage with extension built at the rear. -
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. -
St. Thomas' Church of England,
Synnot Street,
(SE corner of Greaves Street),
WerribeeA complex of church buildings being 1859 timber Gothic church, 1900 brick church, a brick hall and a Victorian house at the rear. -
Police Lock Up - Paddock Site,
Synnot Street (near corner Greaves Street),
WerribeeSaid to be the site of the Werribee Police lock up. -
Police House (former),
129 Synnot Street,
WerribeeA simple cottage comprising three gabled sections with two front sections in brick and rear section in timber. -
St Andrew's Roman Catholic Church, Hall and School,
105 Greaves Street,
WerribeeA church complex comprising a bluestone church, a later brick church, school and convent (pictured). -
Weighbridge, Office and Troup Park,
Watton Street,
WerribeeA small reserve containing a weighbridge in one corner. -
Shire Offices (former), 49 Watton Street, (cnr. Duncans Road,)Werribee
A brick single storey Edwardian building located on a corner site close to the railway station and the new town centre. -
Werribee Irrigation System,
Channel Reserve,
WerribeeThe irrigation system comprises a diversion weir, channel, water tower and office building. -
Water Tower and Office,
Tower Road,
WerribeeBrick and render single storey office building with a large concrete water tower. -
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. -
Cottrell Street Bridge
Cottrell Street Ford Bridge. This bridge is built directly over the old bridge. The old bridge can be seen underneath. -
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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 -
Grant Bridge,
You Yangs Road,
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Tarcombe,
Speedway Road,
Little RiverA symmetrical bluestone building with a central doorway, a single large window either side with chimneys built into the end walls. -
Little River Primary School
A small timber school built in two stages with later additions and portables. -
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. -
Blacksmith's Shop,
44 River Street,
Little RiverTimber house and timber shed once used as a blacksmiths but now a private residence. -
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. -
Old Little River Hotel,
River Street,
Little RiverSingle storey bluestone hotel that closed in 1973 and is now a private residence. -
Rothwell Bridge,
Old Melbourne Road,
Little RiverA four span bluestone bridge across Little River that was completed in 1866. -
Ball House,
Little River Road,
Little RiverBluestone complex of buildings in a ruined state close to the railway line to the east of the Little River township. -
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. -
St Michael's Catholic Church,
Edgars Road,
Little RiverA simple red brick church built in 1857 with a timber bell tower. -
Little River Uniting Church
Former Methodist Church dating from 1869. An important landmark located near the Little River railway station complex. -
Little River farmers common
Edgars Road (east side),
Little RiverNo evidence is known to remain. -
Shaw House,
115 Edgars Road,
Little RiverThe Shaw family home is a timber house, symmetrical in form but with detailing reflecting of the Edwardian period in which it was built. The house is sheltered by a tall cypress hedge. -
Mouyong,
Edgars Road,
Little RiverA large pastoral property with a large bluestone shearing shed, a bluestone building and a timber house. -
Devine House (ruins)
Edgars Road,
Little RiverBluestone ruins remain on site with some walls remaining to roof height. -
Campbell house and store,
Edgars Road,
Little RiverA bluestone L-shaped building with a verandah extending on two sides which is in a derelict state. -
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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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 -
Albert Edward Davis
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Shire President 1963-1964
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George Christian Darbyshire (1820-1898)
Shire President 1867-1870
Shire President 1880-1881 -
Joseph Patten Griffiths
Shire President 1960-1961
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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 -
Percy Robert Bayley (1878-1943)
Shire President 1921-1922 -
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George F. Cavanagh
Shire President 1974-1975 -
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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
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Kevin Barry Skehan OAM (1931-2020)
Shire President 1981-1982
Mayor 1989-1990
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From Tipperary to Werribee : the family of Michael Shanahan.
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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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Neville Read Hudson (1923-1980)
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Francis Xavier 'Frank' Purcell (1932-2008)
Mayor 1986-1987
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