The Duke of Gloucester visits Berwick in 1934

Station Street in Berwick was renamed Gloucester Avenue after the visit of the Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) to Victoria in 1934 for Victoria’s centenary. The celebrations were held between October 1934 and June 1935; the Centenary firstly commemorated Edward Henty's Portland settlement in November 1834 as Victoria's founding, then John Batman's pronouncement of Port Phillip as 'the place for a village', and thus the city's foundation, in June 1835. (1)

The Duke of Gloucester in 1934.

Photographer: Raphael Tuck & Sons, London.

State Library of Victoria Image H10577

The Duke of Gloucester was the brother of Edward VIII - the Duke of Windsor - and George VI, who is the late Queen's father. In 1935 he married Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1901-2004, she was 102 when she died), daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. They had two children- Prince William (1941-1972) and Prince Richard (1944-), who is the current Duke of Gloucester. (2)

The Duke arrived in Victoria on the H.M.S Sussex on October 18 and departed November 19, 1934, after spending a few days visiting Tasmania. (3) He travelled all over Victoria and called in on Berwick on  October 27, 1934. The original plan was for the Duke to attend the Berwick Show which was scheduled for that day, he would arrive at 5.20pm on the train, after having visited Yallourn. The Duke would be gracefully welcomed  and he would view the exhibit of prize winning horses and cattle (4).

The proposed location of the Duke's visit - The Berwick Show Grounds in Clyde Road, with the Berwick Airfield behind it. The Railway Station is on the right.

Photographer: Charles Daniel Pratt/Airspy, dated c. 1925-1930.

State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/20185

However, things did not go to plan as the show had to be postponed due to excessive flooding (5) of the Show Grounds and the Duke was instead welcomed at the Railway Station.  The Show Grounds at the time of the Duke's visit were in Clyde Road, where Federation University is now located. They are now at Akoonah Park.

The Dandenong Journal reported on the visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Berwick -
Royal Visitor
A large gathering assembled on Saturday at the Berwick railway station, to take part in the welcome to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester. The committee of the Agricultural Society, under the leadership of the president (Cr. D. N. McBride), who was ably assisted by Mr. C. F. Greaves, past president, and Mr. W. Gamble, parade superintendent; had made complete arrangements, and a suitable area adjoining the station ground had been allotted for various bodies, including shire councillors from Berwick, Dandenong, Cranbourne and Ferntree Gully, Justices of the Peace, Returned Soldiers, Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, St. Margaret’s Girls’ School, Berwick, and all State schools within a radius of 10 miles.

Early visitors began to arrive, and prior to the arrival of the Royal train several hundred people were in waiting. The rain had ceased, and the sun shone brightly. The train, drawn by two engines, steamed in on time at 5.20, the Royal visitor immediately stepped out on to the platform, where he was received by the president of the Agricultural Society (Cr. D. N. McBride), and escorted into the Royal enclosure. Cr. McBride then conveyed the thanks of the Berwick Agricultural Society to H.R.H. for the honor conferred upon the society and the district for the Royal visit, and for the acceptance by the Duke of an honorary life membership of the society. He also assured the Royal visitor of the loyalty of all to His Majesty the King.

Cr. McBride then presented the President of the Berwick Shire (Cr. Kinsella) to His Royal Highness, who expressed the people’s loyalty to Throne and appreciation of the honor conferred by the Royal visitor, which were such as to cement the bonds of Empire. That welcome, his Royal Highness acknowledged, and expressed his pleasure at visiting Berwick.

Before departing the Duke was shown a wombat. He was delighted, and when he took his departure, amid great enthusiasm, all were delighted at the success which had attended his reception. (6)

  

Caption from The Age - At Berwick a small dog joined in the welcome to the Duke just as he began his inspection of the guard of honor of Girl Guides.

The Age October 29, 1936 http:/nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205883088

There was another more detailed report in the Pakenham Gazette -
Duke of Gloucester Visits District. Enthusiastic welcome at Berwick

Last Saturday was a notable day in the history of Berwick, and all roads led to the township. The Berwick Agricultural Society, in conjunction with the Shire Council, had arranged for an informal welcome to His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester, who was travelling to Melbourne from Gippsland. Notwithstanding the threatening weather, a large crowd gathered from all parts of the district to welcome the Royal visitor. Considerable enthusiasm was shown throughout the proceedings.

It was originally intended to hold Berwick Shoe on Saturday and to bring prize-winning stock to the railway station for the Duke to inspect. But the phenomenal rains on Tuesday necessitated a postponement of the Show and the revision of the programme.

The site chosen for the welcome would, under favourable weather conditions, have been ideal for such a gathering. It was a paddock with a gentle slope, on the north side of the station platform. Shire councilors and returned soldiers, with their wives, and Scouts and Guides were given places of honor in a reception area which had been roped off, and hundreds of children and other residents lined the sides of the enclosure. The weather, which was showery early in the day, improved during the afternoon, and the sun was shining when the Royal train arrived. But the field was sodden after the rain, and in parts where the crowd walked over, their feet churned up inches of mud.

An amplifying unit had been installed at the ground, with the loud speaker hung from a hand pine tree. A few musical numbers were “broadcast” through this unit to entertain the crowd prior to the arrival of the Royal train, and Cr. D.N. McBride, president of the Berwick Agricultural Society, made use of it to explain the form the welcome would take. Hearty applause greeted his announcement of receipt of a telegram from Mr. C.C. Gale, State Director of the Royal Visit, intimating that His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester would be pleased to accept an honorary life membership of Berwick Agricultural Society.

On arrival of the train at the beflagged station platform, the Duke and his party were escorted to the centre of the reception area, where two flag-poles had been erected and Union Jack and the Australia flag were fluttering in the breeze.

The appearance of His Royal Highness was the signal for three hearty cheers. As the party halted beneath the flags a band recording of the National Anthem was played and amplified.

Turning to the Duke, Cr McBride said:- “May it please Your Royal Highness : It is my pleasant privilege, Sir, to ask you to accept the grateful thanks of the Berwick and District Agricultural Society for the great honor you are conferring on us by your presence here to-day. We realize this honor is ours not only because we are the oldest Agricultural Society in Victoria but also on account of our consistent effort through the years to help in raising the standard of stock in our district as well as presenting to our patrons a first class country picnic show. It had been hoped to have some prize winners here for your inspection, but the rain has made it impossible for us to hold our show, so that part of to-day’s programme has had to be cancelled. With your permission, Sir, I will now ask the President of the Shire of Berwick (Cr Kinsella) to speak some words of welcome.

Cr Kinsella said:- “We, the people of Berwick and district, are, Your Royal Highness, delighted to have this opportunity of expressing our unwavering loyalty to the Throne of His Majesty the King, and tender to Your Royal Highness a most cordial welcome to our district. Your presence here to-day brings vividly before us the fact that our forefathers – those men of sterling worth who pioneered this land of ours – not only laid so surely the foundations of our material development, but brought with them and fostered in us, their descendents, that wonderful spirit of loyalty, love of freedom and tolerance to all men which has always been so characteristic of British people. We are proud that we are British, proud and delighted to have your Royal Highness with us, and we trust that you will carry with you a peasant memory of your visit to our midst.”

Cr. McBride again addressed the Duke and said had to refer to a further splendid honor His Royal Highness was conferring on the Agricultural Society by consenting to become a life member. The Society’s history went back to the year 1848, which so far as Victorian institutions were concerned was quite ancient, and during that whole period only ten honorary life members’ badges had been issued. On behalf of the officers and committee he asked His Royal Highness to accept the badge, representing the highest compliment they could offer.

His Royal Highness, who was accorded a tremendous ovation, in a brief response thanked the Agricultural Society for asking him to become a life member and said it was a great honor to be the eleventh life member of the oldest Agricultural Society in Victoria. He also expressed his thanks for the welcome extended to him, and said it gave him great pleasure to be present.

The Duke was then escorted around the reception area, and inspected guards of honor of Guides, Scouts and returned soldiers. The large gathering gave him rousing reception, with cheers and clapping.

There was another outburst of cheering following an announcement by Cr. McBride that it was the wish of His Royal Highness that the teachers should give the school children a day’s holiday.

Under the impression that the Royal party were on their way back to the station to entrain for Melbourne, the crowd broke through the ropes surrounding the enclosure and pressed forward to catch another glimpse of the Royal visitor. But His Royal Highness was on his way to inspect a wombat, which Cr. R. Ure had crated and brought to the ground for his inspection, and the people gathered round in a circle.

When the Duke and members of his party proceeded to the station many followed in their wake, and again there were resounding cheers in which the gathering gave expression to its feelings of loyalty. (7)

Apparently the Duke had also seen a wombat on his trip however the Duke was jovial when viewing the wombat, since that had been for long the nickname of his equerry - Major-General Howard Vyse, ever since his school days. (8)

Two years later at the Berwick Shire Council meeting held on August 21, 1936 a petition was presented asking that Station Street be renamed Gloucester Avenue as a memento of the Duke's visit. The Council agreed. (9)

Petition presented to change the name of Station Street

Dandenong Journal, August 27, 1936

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214740768

Gloucester Avenue, looking towards High Street, in the 1940s. 

The Post Office and Court House is on the right, I have written about this here. 

Image: Casey Cardinia Libraries.

The Duke of Gloucester was the Governor General of Australia from January 1945 to January 1947 and visited Berwick privately during that time (10). He was invited to the 1945 Berwick Show, but was unable to attend but sent a message that  he well remembers his previous visit to Berwick in 1934, which he enjoyed very much (11).

Trove list - I have created a short list of  articles on Trove connected to the visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Berwick, access it here.

Footnotes
(1) McCubbin, Maryanne Centenary https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00316b.htm
(2) Cunneen, Chris  First Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)   https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gloucester-first-duke-of-10313
(3) Sunraysia Daily, May 29, 1934, see here.
(4) Dandenong Journal, October 25, 1934, see here and here
(5) Dandenong Journal,  November 1, 1934, see here

(6) Dandenong Journal, November 1, 1934, see here

(7) Pakenham Gazette, November 2, 1934 page 3

(8) Dandenong Journal, November 8, 1924, see here.

(9) Dandenong Journal, August 27, 1936, see here.
(10) Early days of Berwick and its surrounding districts - Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Harkaway, Narre Warren and Narre Warren North, complied by Norman Beaumont, James Curran and R.H Hughes. It was first published in 1948. 3rd edition, pages 63 and 64.

(11) Dandenong Journal, November 21, 1945, see here.

A version of this blog post, which I wrote and researched, also appears on my work blog - Casey Cardinia Links to Our Past.

The Lion Statues of Berwick and Middle Park

There are a pair of Lion statues, near the War Memorial in the centre of High Street in Berwick, which had previously graced the gates of Brentwood, Berwick and Como, 181 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park.

Brentwood homestead, Berwick, June 22 1968. 

The recumbent lions are now in High Street, Berwick.

Photographer: John T. Collins. 

State Library of Victoria image  H2010.1/469

In July 2009 Jim Mynard wrote an article in the Pakenham Gazette about the Lions, which is transcribed here  - 

Lions with Pride by Jim Mynard
Berwick’s lions could be worth many thousands of dollars. I received a call from Mrs Janice Digby-Beste who lives in Queensland and has a close connection with and fond memories of the lions. Her family brought the pair of lions from New Zealand to take pride of place in front of their home at 181 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park.

Mrs Digby-Beste said her husband John’s great grandmother, Ellen Trestrail, paid £5000 to have them made in New Zealand during the 1880s. She then had them shipped to Melbourne.

She said they were carved from a New Zealand stone but wasn’t sure of which stone and said the lions were originally coloured yellow.

Berwick RSL historian Noel Sealy, who made inquiries with contacts in New Zealand, said they believed the stone would be oamaru. He said the oamaru stone was a yellow colour. We are making inquiries through Monash University about having the stone identified.

Mrs Digby-Beste said the statues were painted white after being moved to Berwick. “The lions were at our family home, 181 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, until 1961. My mother and father-in-law then bought a home at Glen Iris and the lions were placed at the new house,” she said. They were the pride of the family.

Mrs Digby-Beste said her mother and father-in-law went shopping one day and a gentleman called at the house with a truck and crane when her mother-in-law’s elderly mother, Gertrude Trestrail was home alone.

“He offered her £100 for the lion statues. She had no idea of their value so took the money,” she said. She did not get a name from the man and the family had no way of recovering the statues.

The lions were later placed at the gates of Brentwood Farm on Clyde Road, Berwick by the then owner Mr Bowden, CBE, who is reported to have paid $400 for the treasures. He possibly bought them from the person who first acquired them from Mrs Trestrail.

Mrs Digby-Beste said she saw the lions at the property during a visit to her sister many years later and the next she knew of them was when they turned up at the Berwick Cenotaph.

“They are not concrete. Television personality Graham Kennedy once asked to buy them.”

“When they were at Middle Park children will come from the beach to sit on them and photographed. I still have a photo of my daughter, Elizabeth Smith, sitting on one of the statues taken when she was two,” she said.

I asked if the family expected to have the lions returned. Mrs Digby-Beste said they now had a good home and it was better to leave them in Berwick. “I think it would be nice to have a plaque made to tell of their history,” she said. (1)

The photo supplied by  Mrs Digby-Beste of her daughter sitting on a Lion 

at 181 Beaconsfield Parade.

Pakenham Gazette, July 22, 2009, p. 22

There is one small error in this article as the owner of Brentwood was Henry Wells Rowden, C.B.E., not Bowden. Brentwood had been owned since 1946 by Colonel C.M. Thomas. It was Colonel Thomas, who named the property Brentwood, it had previously been called Kippenross.  Cecil Mervyn Thomas died on July 29, 1963, but a few months earlier he had placed Brentwood, on 193 acres, up for sale to be auctioned on September 27, 1962. (2)

Auction advertisement for Brentwood, 1962

The Age, August 18, 1962, p. 7, from newspapers.com

The Pakenham Gazette reported on October 5, 1962 that the property was passed in at £72,000. It was subsequently sold at an advance of that figure to a City business man (3)  The City business man was Henry Rowden, who received his C.B.E. in 1972 for services to business, government and finance. (4).  I am not actually sure what Mr Rowden's business interests were. So it is indeed likely that it was Mr Rowden who originally purchased the Lions from man who purchased them from Mrs Trestrail, and then had them installed at the front gate of Brentwood.

Brentwood, Berwick. The double line of trees,  in the centre of the photo, are the driveway 

which goes to Clyde Road.

Labelled as: Berwick eastern side of Clyde rd bw O'Shea and  Centre pre 1988. 

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

In the mid to late 1970s the Brentwood Housing Estate commenced. Originally I thought this was on land that was part of the Brentwood land, but north of the homestead, but now I am unsure and they possibly just used the name.  The first stage of the Brentwood Housing Estate was north of Centre Road and included Bemersyde Drive, Cheviot Avenue and Greenlaw Court. This stage appeared in the 1977 Melway Street Directory, but the first land sale advertisements that I can find appeared in 1978 and 1979 (see below).

However, in March 1980 the Brentwood farm, including the homestead was auctioned, sub-divided into eight blocks which ranged in size from just less than a hectare to 44 hectares  (see advertisement below.) The land area was about 158 hectares or 390 acres, a much larger parcel of land than Brentwood had when it was sold in 1962. Did Henry Rowden still own Brentwood when it was sold in 1980? I am, once again, unsure; the 1977 and 1980  Electoral Roll list him and his wife, Mary, as living in Buderim in Queensland, but he may have had a manager on the property. (5) 

The Brentwood homestead, built around 1903, was demolished in 1998. There is a short history of the property at footnote (6). 

Brentwood Housing Estate

The Age, January 14, 1978, p. 44, from newspapers.com

Brentwood Housing Estate

The Age, November 10 1979, p. 50 from newspapers.com

The sale of the Brentwood property in 1980.

The Age, February 27, 1980, p. 25 from newspapers.com

The Lions were moved to High Street from Brentwood sometime around 1975, as they are shown in the photo below, dated June 1975.  They were originally located further from the War Memorial than they are today and they were moved closer possibly in the late 1980s. (7) You can see ten photos of  what I believe is this re-installation of the Lions, below. 

This is High Street Berwick, dated June 1975 and you can see the Lions near the War Memorial, but not as close as they are today. (8)

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

Berwick War Memorial, High Street, June 1986. 

You can see one of the Lions to the left of the Memorial; it was later moved closer to the Cenotaph.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

Back to Mrs  Ellen Trestrail, who commissioned the statues of the Lions. Ellen died August 13, 1921, at 166 Victoria Street in North Melbourne, aged 77 years. Her death notices noted she was the daughter of Harriet Hutchinson, wife of the late John Trestrail, the adopted mother of Mrs Violet Foote, of Queensland and Albert and Gertrude Trestrail. (9)

Sadly, her will was the subject of a Supreme Court challenge and The Age provides this interesting picture of Mrs Trestrial and a summary of the case -

Blind Women's Will. Adopted Son V Companion. Mrs Trestrail's Estate.

Further evidence was given before Mr. Justice Mann yesterday in the disputed will of Elizabeth Trestrail, of Victoria-street, North Melbourne. The old lady was well known in the Albert Park and

Middle Park districts, where for some years she lived at "Como," a handsome brick villa, in Beaconsfield-parade, adjoining The Elms, and facing the sea. Although blind she was fond of artistic furniture, and her home abounded in oils and water-color pictures, fancy work cushions, and fine rugs and carpets. 

Having no children of her own, she adopted a son and a daughter. She died on 13th August, 1921, at the age of 77, leaving about £7000 worth of real estate. In a will made in March, 1921, she bequethed £2500 to the Methodist Central Mission for the erection of a gospel hall; an annuity of £2 a week to Jemima Pratt, her companion; some pictures to her adopted son, Albert John Trestrail, and the balance of her estate to the Methodist Central Mission. In a codicil executed two months later, the old lady obliterated her bequests to the Central Mission, reduced Jemima Pratt's annuity from £2 to £1 a week, and left the residue of her estate to her adopted son. The adopted (married) daughter, who was mentioned in earlier wills, dropped out of the later wills. Alleging that the codicil was not executed by the testatrix, that she was not of testamentary capacity, that she had no knowledge of the contents of the codicil, and that undue influence had been used by the adopted son and by his wife, Jemima Pratt lodged a caveat against the will. (10)

Jemina Pratt was not successful in challenge, as The Argus reported the grounds of the caveat failed and the codicil will be admitted to probate. (11)

The only photo I can find of 181 Beaconsfield Parade, the original location of the Lion statues.

Photographer: Centre for Urban Action, taken c. 1970-1974,

State Library of Victoria image CUASM 224/4-6, image 8.

This is a series of Polaroid Instant photographs which show the reinstallation of the Lions from what I believe was their original location in High Street, Berwick to positions closer to the War Memorial, in the late 1980s. The photos are not of great quality, but they are interesting from an historic point of view and for showing the logistics of the installation. 

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The relocation of the Lions in High Street, Berwick, late 1980s.

City of Berwick photographer, Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive

The historic Lion statues are an interesting part of the history of Berwick and Middle Park, and a monument to Mrs Ellen Trestrail and her artistic personality.

Footnotes

(1) Pakenham Gazette, July 22, 2009, p. 22

(2) Colonel Thomas ownership and change of name to Brentwood from Heritage of the City of Berwick: Identifying and caring for important places, prepared by Context Pty Ltd, 1993, pp. 190-193. Death notice - The Age, August 1, 1963, p. 16.

(3) Pakenham Gazette, October 5, 1962, p. 11

(4) Mr Rowden's C.B.E. - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45679/supplement/6289/data.pdf

(5) Electoral Rolls on Ancestry.com. Henry Rowden died July 25, 1982, aged 74.

(6) Date of construction from Heritage of the City of Berwick (see Footnote 2). Date of demolition - 

The Pakenham Gazette of May 6, 1998 published a letter from Elsie Hoare of Berwick about the Davy family who lived at Kippenross, later renamed Brentwood, property in Clyde Road and the establishment of the Berwick Presbyterian Girls School in 1920. The letter is about an interesting part of Berwick's history. It is transcribed here -
I wonder if you would be interested in the following story. In recent months it must have been obvious to anyone driving along Clyde Road in Berwick that the land behind the great cypress pine trees at No. 121 is being cut up for development. Unfortunately the lovely old weatherboard home, built around the turn of the century and known as Brentwood is to be demolished and another little piece of Berwick's history will slip away unnoticed.

Tucked away at the end of its long driveway, Brentwood is not visible from the road and has largely escaped attention, although the adjacent housing estate has been called by the same name. In 1912, however, the property at 121 Clyde Road was called Kippenross - distinct from Kippenross House which is part of St Margaret's complex, and was occupied by the Davy family newly arrived from drought stricken Balranald in New South Wales.

Humphry Davy, a distant relative of Sir Humphry Davy, inventor of the miner's lamp, his wife Mercy and their nine children looked forward to the opportunities offered by Berwick's greener pastures and soon settled into their new life here. While the Davy boys, Humphry junior, Cyril and Arthur began the task of planting the many trees that still line the property and driveway today, Humphry senior set about stocking his paddocks with sheep with the intention of building up a sheep station like Glen Dee, the station the family had left behind in Baranald and which is still in operation today. As Berwick had no public hall, Humphry Davy planned to build one and had plans drawn up in readiness.

However the winter that year was one of the wettest on record and within ten short months before Humphry could put his plans info action he fell victim of pneumonia from which he did not recover. 
Left to carry on, Mercy Davy was naturally anxious to keep her young family about her and while the younger children were still being taught by the governess who had come down from Balranald with them, Mercy began plans for their secondary education.

With her boys established as borders at Brighton Grammar School it seemed logical for the two youngest girls Myrtle and Cynthia, to follow their oldest sister (also named Mercy and later to become Mrs Charles Greaves) to board at Presbyterian Ladies College, then in East Melbourne. However Mrs Davy was reluctant to send any more of her girls away. It was time Berwick had a college for young ladies, and a branch of PLC would be very suitable. With this object in mind Mercy Davy canvassed other mothers in the area to discuss the idea and in due course a founding committee was formed with Mrs Davy one of the six mothers.

As a result of their efforts, in 1920 the Berwick Branch of the Presbyterian Ladies College, named Presbyterian Girls School, was opened, on the site where St Margaret's now stands. Mrs Myrtle Martyn (nee Davy) second youngest of the Davy girls and now 95 years old, is still living in Berwick and remembers well being one of the first 'day girls' to attend one of Berwick's brand new girls schools. Although no formal recognition has ever been made of the Davy name, Mrs Martyn is justly proud of her mother's part in the school's beginning.

Mrs Martyn is saddened to know that her childhood home must yield to the demands of progress. In its grander days Kippenross/Brentwood supported servant's quarters and a workmen's dining room as well as the usual quota of stables and out buildings. The interior of the house, with its timber panelling and marble fireplaces with carved overmantles was a fine example of its type and it is ironic to note that while the genuine article is being demolished, the federation style has never been more popular, with copies in various sizes popping up wherever new estates are being established.

(7) Date of relocation of the Lions closer to the War Memorial - I have really just guessed it was the late 1980s. As the June 1986 photo of the War Memorial shows, they had not been relocated then. 

(8)  I had posted this photo on the Casey Cardinia Heritage Facebook page, and had looked at it many times, but had not noticed the Lions before until Paul Poulton pointed them out to me in a comment he left. 

(9) There were five death notices for Mrs Trestrail in The Age, August 16, 1921, see here.

(10) The Age, August 18, 1922, see here.

(11) The Argus, August 23, 1922, see here.

Acknowledgement - This is an updated and expanded version of a post, which I wrote and researched in 2015, that originally appeared on my work blog, Casey Cardinia Links to our Past.

The mystery of the Quietly Club, Berwick

This is one of my favourite posts which I researched and wrote for my work blog, Casey Cardinia Links to our Past. It was posted on November 24, 2010 and is reproduced below, with a few modifications. 

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I had an email from the Dandenong & District Historical Society asking if I knew anything about the Quietly Club in Berwick. They had received an email on this subject from Maurice Mishkel from Canada, a collector of stamps and envelopes. Maurice had purchased this envelope, below, addressed to Horace Bennett, Tarcoola Station, River Darling, via Wentworth, New South Wales.

I passed the query onto Judith Dwyer and Corinne Brewis of the Berwick Mechanics’ Institute and Free Library (BMI), in High Street, Berwick. The BMI have scanned their Minute Books and Attendance or Visitors Registers and Judith immediately recognized the art work. 

The artist was John Warne (1867-1941), a Berwick painter and decorator, who with his brother Charles, a plasterer, had started a business in Station Street (now Gloucestor Avenue) Berwick in the late 1880s. In 1901,  John married Henrietta Searle, the daughter of Henry and Jane Searle. Henry had operated a blacksmiths on the corner of Wheelers Street and High Street (known as Searle’s Corner) in Berwick from around 1860. Sarah and John had four children - Joseph Thomas (known as Tom) b.1902; Marian Hilda (known as Hilda) b.1904; Jack b.1907 and Samuel Charles b.1910. Tom followed his father and also became a painter and sign writer. (1)

John Warne's illustration from the Attendance Register of June 18, 1894.

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

From 1893, until she married John Warne, Henrietta Searle was the Librarian at the BMI (2).  From the attendance books we know that both Horace Bennett and John Warne were regular visitors to the BMI and that John frequently ‘annotated’ the attendance book, whereas Horace seemed to make jokes about his occupation.

Horace’s last visit to the BMI was November 3, 1894, where he added Fare the Well after his signature.

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

So what was the Quietly Club? – we don’t know but can only surmise it was a bit of an in-joke with John and Horace and the other lads. Perhaps it was to do with Libraries encouraging silence or the Library may have been quiet after Horace left.

Horace signs in as T.H. Bennett Ltd Butcher, on January 10, 1894. Is he actually a butcher? 

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

On July 18, 1894 there is a reference to Good old Bennett, what price fish, 

so perhaps he also sold fish?

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

Horace also signed in as H.R.H The Duke of York October 18, 1894

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library 

 November 1, 1894,  he was The Humble Horace Bennett. 

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

The entry from March 6, 1894 - there's John Warne's signature, with Horace Bennett's underneath - and A Sop? Above John's signature is that of Horace Bennett, possibly the father of young Horace. What does B.C.B stand for? Berwick Cricket ??, Berwick Cycling??

Image: Berwick Mechanics' Institute and Free Library

Tarcoola Station is near Pooncarie on the Darling River and was firstly occupied by William Campbell. It was taken over by Charles Nicholson in 1851 and at the time consisted of around 30,000 acres. A series of amalgamations with other properties saw Tarcoola having over one million acres in the 1880s, with 21 workmen employed as well as Managers, cooks, maids, grooms, stable hands, a black smith and Chinese gardeners. Tarcoola was broken up in 1918 into ten leases. We don't know what Horace's role was at Tarcoola. An entry in the Attendance Registers lists Horace as a butcher, so may be that was what he also did at Tarcoola, nor do we know when he arrived at Tarcoola. (3). 

What do we know about Horace? He was T.H Bennett, and that it is likely his father was also called Horace. I can't find any Bennetts in the Rate Books in Berwick in the 1890s; I can't find a reference to a birth of a T. Horace Bennett in Victoria or New South Wales nor a death, that I can say with any certainty would be him; and the same with the Electoral Rolls. Essentially, I know nothing about him, but that he had a sense of humour.

The  Horace Bennett Quietly Club mystery brings up a few issues – first the importance of networks. There are hundreds of Local History and Heritage Societies in Victoria, many of whom keep in touch through regional networks such as the South Eastern Historical Association. We have our own network here in the Casey Cardinia Region, the Local History Reference Group, who meet quarterly. It’s good to know that if you can’t answer a query, then you can pass it onto someone who may be able to help. Secondly, it brings up the issue that the role technology now plays in Local History – without email we could never have passed around this query so quickly and if the BMI had not decided to scan all their records would Judith and Corinne have had easy access to the original registers and recognized the art work? Scanning has made all these old Registers immediately available at the click of a mouse button and another click can have these images whizzing around the world.

Thanks to Maurice for sharing his envelope and giving Horace Bennett and the Quietly Club a place in our history. I would love to hear from you if you know anything about Horace.

Footnotes
(1) Early Days of Berwick and its surrounding districts, compiled by Norman E. Beaumont, James F. Curran and R.H. Hughes (3rd edition published by Rotary, 1979); Indexes to the Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages; John Warne's obituary Dandenong Journal, March 26, 1941, see here;
(2) Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library: a history by Richard Myers (Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library, 1999)
(3) The history of Pooncarie and District by Rob Lans, Thelma Smith and Bill Smith. (Pooncarie School Centenary & Historical Committee c. 1988.)

Sister Florence Vines - World War One Nurse

Florence Vines operated the Shepton Private Hospital in Berwick, served in the Australian Army Nursing Service in World War One and later became a Chiropodist.

Florence  was the twelfth and last child of Joshua and Mary (nee Nicholls) Vines and  was born in Geelong in 1885. Her own mother, Mary, died ten years later at the age of 51 and her father died at the age of 72 in 1906. Florence attended Clarendon College in Ballarat and later undertook her three years of nursing training at Ballarat Hospital, completing her exams in 1908, as we can see from the results list below.  (1).

Florence successfully completed the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Association exams in 1908.

Ballarat Star, January 1 1909,  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217274558

Two weeks after the results were published, the Ballarat Star reported that Florence and some of the other  nurses from the Ballarat Hospital were granted the Hospital seal on their certificates. Florence was later to work with Kathleen Duigan (2), who had also passed her examinations.

Granted the Hospital seal on their certificates.

Ballarat Star, January 14 1909 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217275846

In December 1913, Florence and her fellow Ballarat Hospital nurse, Kathleen Duigan, took over the management of Shepton, a small private hospital in Station Street (now Gloucester Avenue) Berwick from Nurse Grace Mary Dunphy (3).

Advertisement for Shepton Private Hospital

Berwick Shire News March 4, 1914  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89083297

Florence joined the Australian Army Nursing Service at the age of 29 on June 25, 1915, leaving Kathleen to operate the hospital. Florence left Australia on July 17, 1915 on the HMAT Orsova (on the same day as Norah and Aileen Lehman, who I have written about, here.) Sister Vines was attached to the 2nd A.G.H at  Harefield Park in England but suffered from various illnesses including dysentery and attacks of rheumatic fever and returned to Australian in December 1916 to convalesce. Florence re-embarked on June 12, 1917 for Salonika (now Thessaloniki) in Greece but was finally invalided back to Australia in April 1918 suffering from debility and colitis. She arrived on May 1, 1918 and was discharged on medical grounds in the August of that year (4).

Report of Nurse Vines leaving for the Front

South Bourke and Mornington Journal, July 8,1915 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66188026

Florence from a group photo of Nurses with our Expeditionary Reinforcements. 

Punch July 29, 1915 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138700459

Group portrait of members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) most of whom embarked from Australia on the Orsova during July 1915, outside the Ivanhoe Hotel in London.

Florence Vines is second from left, middle row.

Australian War Memorial, see all the names here https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1003033

A report of the 11th annual reunion of Clarendon College, Ballarat, paid this tribute to old collegian, Florence Vines and her nursing colleagues.

Ballarat Star, October 30, 1917  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154754867

Florence did not return to the Shepton Private Hospital in Berwick after the War, although a visit was reported in the local paper, when her many friends were glad to welcome her. Kathleen Duigan, operated the hospital until 1920 (5).

Sister Vine visits Berwick after her return from the War.

South Bourke and Mornington Journal January 9,1919 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66195348

The Electoral Rolls give us some details of her life and career after serving her country. In 1919  Florence was at the Army Base Hospital in St Kilda Road and over the years they note other addresses in  Malvern, Armadale and the St Kilda area.  In 1924, the Electoral Rolls list a change of career, to that of a Chiropodist, a profession she continued with until her retirement. In the 1930s she practiced at the upmarket department store, Georges of Collins Street.

Florence returns from twelve months abroad. 

The Chappe Salon was based in Georges Department store in Collins Street.

The Herald January 12, 1938 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244945982

Florence died on September 11, 1979 at the age of 94, at the Repatriation Hospital and was cremated at Springvale. Florence was a single woman, of perennial cheerfulness (6) who had to make her own way in the world to support herself.   She was a well trained and hard working nursing sister, who along with her colleague, Kathleen Duigan, operated their hospital where they dealt with the whole range of medical issues from the birth of babies, nursing people back to health after operations and disease to the death of patients whose time had come. She served her country during World War One, nursing under tiring and trying conditions and on her return to Australia, Florence devoted herself to a  new career as a Chiropodist. 

Florence's death notice from The Age, September 13, 1979

Footnotes
(1) Indexes to the Victorian Births, deaths and marriages; Clarendon College connection - Ballarat Star, October 30, 1917, see here.  

(2) Kathleen Marie Lytton Duigan.  The daughter of Charles Beamish and Frances Elizabeth (nee Graham) Duigan. She died September 27, 1954 aged 69. This short report tells us that her father was a doctor,  as was her grandfather, so if is perhaps no surprise that Kathleen took up nursing as a profession.

Punch April 9, 1914 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129698232

(3) Grace Mary Dunphy. Grace established Shepton Private Hospital in 1910, according to Shire of Berwick Rate Books. She died April 18, 1948 at the age of 67, and her informative death notice lists her husband, William, whom she married in 1912; her son, and parents. After she left Berwick she operated Kynaston Convalescent and Rest Home in Bambra Road, Caulfield with her sister, Sara Theresa Dunphy, who was also a nurse. A photograph of Kynaston is here. 

The Argus April 19, 1948  https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22550036

(4) Attestation papers from the National Archives of Australia, see here.

(5) In September 1920 she sold her superior household furniture and effects, due to the fact she was leaving the district, see the advertisement in the South Bourke and Mornington Journal of September 9, 1920, here.

(6) South Bourke and Mornington Journal, July 8,1915, see here.

This is a revised and expanded version of a post, which I wrote and researched, that appears on my work blog, Casey Cardinia Commemorates: Our War Years.

The Arthur Streeton painting of the Brown family of Berwick

I was reading Early Days of Berwick (1) and came across the following in the Harkaway chapter - For some time an artist, Mr Ford Patterson [sic], lived on this property. Whilst there he painted on the stable door a stockman which was a very fine piece of work. What became of it is not known. Mr Paterson was the brother of Mrs Geordie Brown, of the Berwick Border Store. Her son represented Australia as a hurdler in the Olympic Games. After her husband's death Mrs Brown married James Gibb, M.H.R. (2).

That was interesting, because it is said (3)  that Arthur Streeton (1867-1943) painted a portrait of the Brown family in their house, Inveresk, at Berwick, but there didn't seem to be any evidence that this family portrait existed, so when I found the reference above about the link between the Brown family and the artist John Ford Paterson (1851-1912), I thought I would investigate further.

John Ford Paterson's Australian Dictionary of Biography entry by Marjorie Tipping, says, in part, as a landscape painter he was not as successful as others in the Heidelberg group. His work was more romantic in mood and his sense of colour, draftsmanship and mystical feeling for the bush placed him among the important Australian artists of the nineteenth century. With such artists as Conder and Roberts he broke away from the Victorian Academy of Art to found the Australian Art Association. In 1888 these organizations amalgamated as the Victorian Artists' Society; Paterson was its president in 1902 (4). The two other men mentioned are Charles Conder (1868-1909) and Tom Roberts (1856-1931).

Clearly, Paterson was an artist of some note, he knew Arthur Streeton, and they socialised together at Paterson's  house in Carlton (more of which later).  In July 1888, the fact that they were both elected to the Victorian Artists' Society Council (5) and they exhibited together in May 1892 (6), are other examples of  their connection.  This connection strengthened the likelihood in my mind that Arthur Streeton may have painted a portrait of the Brown family at Inveresk.

Inveresk, Berwick, the residence of George Brown, designed by Little and Beasley.

Image originally in Building, Engineer and Mining Journal, March 28, 1891 and republished in Berwick Nostalgia: a pictorial history of Berwick (Berwick Pakenham Historical Society, 2001)

Inveresk was built by George Brown, a draper, of Berwick in 1891 (7). George had been in Berwick for many years and was originally married to Margaret Stewart. Margaret was the sister of Susan Bain, the wife of Donald Bain, who had established the Border Hotel, also called the Berwick Inn, in High Street Berwick in 1857. Donald and Susan married in 1859 and George and Margaret married in 1864. George and Margaret had one son, George in 1864, who died in tragic circumstances on May 31, 1887 when he was hit by a train. Margaret died July 28, 1884, aged 50 (8).

George Brown married again in January 13, 1887 to Mary Jane Paterson. He was 50 and she was 32 and a widow (9). Her first husband, Thomas Esson, had died in Scotland around 1881 and Mary Jane came to Australia with her son to join other family members, who were already in Melbourne (10). Her son, Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson (1878-1943) was the playwright, poet and Socialist (11). Mary Jane had two other brothers in Melbourne, apart from John Ford Paterson; her brother Hugh was also an artist and the father of artists Esther Paterson (1892-1971) and Betty Paterson (1895-1970). Another brother Charles was a decorator whose firm, Paterson Bros later monopolized the decoration of wealthy homes and such public buildings as Government House, Melbourne Town Hall, the Parliamentary Library and the Prahran Public Library (12).

George and Mary Jane had the one son, Francis Paterson Brown on November 13, 1887 (13). Louis Esson's entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography said that Francis was his mother's favourite and that Louis considered his mother to be flighty and economically irresponsible (14). In spite of the fact that Francis was supposedly his mother's favourite the brothers apparently lived together and  socialised. A story was published in The Argus on May 21, 1938, about the suburb of Carlton in the 1890s (15) - Melbourne had its Bloomsbury -

John Ford Paterson, one of Victoria's pioneer artists, lived in a three-story house in Queensberry street with his brother Hugh, and the two were the centre of as famous a group of Australian artists as ever got together for a pipe and an argument.

Every Sunday morning and evening the Patersons' studio was filled with Melbourne's intelligentsia, and Scots voices and tobacco smoke fought for the mastery. Here came Fred McCubbin, who lived with his wonderful wife and growing family round the corner, and Arthur Streeton and John Longstaff. Walter Withers was not often absent, and Max (then better known as Duncan) Meldrum, Alec Colquhoun, Montagu Brown, and Mather were all among the stalwarts who could carry on wordy warfare as slickly as they could wield a brush. When he was in Melbourne Phil May was a joyous visitor and kept the Campbells coming as only he could.

In those days the boys came on almost from the cradle. If you lived in Melbourne you supported Melbourne and it upheld you. Louis Esson and Frank Brown, the former our first real dramatist, and the latter one of our Olympic champions, lived next door to the Patersons and joined the Sunday circles almost as soon as they were breeched (16).

In 1891, George and Mary Jane built, as we said, Inveresk at 93 High Street, Berwick.   It was made of local Berwick bricks, roofed in slate imported from Wales and designed by architects were Little and Beasley, who had who also designed the Berwick Grammar School  at 76 Brisbane Street (17).  John Little and Hillson Beasley had formed a partnership in January 1891 (18). John Little was later in partnership with John Grainger, the Architect and Civil Engineer, a man overshadowed in life by his famous son, Percy Grainger (18). Hillson Beasley's previous work included the East St Kilda Congregationalist Church on the corner of Hotham and Inkerman Streets and in 1896 he moved to Western Australia where he became the Chief Architect of the Public Works Department (20). 

It was at Inveresk that Arthur Streeton was said to have painted the portrait. This has been an on-going mystery for myself and others for many years. In 2013, a colleague of mine, Alice Woolven, asked what I knew of this portrait and she then emailed Dr Anna Gray at the National Gallery of Australia who kindly contacted Oliver Streeton, the grandson of Sir Arthur Streeton and this was his response -
Dr Anna Gray has forwarded on to me your e-mail to her of 8th April. I have no knowledge of a print by Arthur Streeton of “Inveresk”, Berwick, but a portrait of a child, Frank P. Brown '91 has been offered for auction three times, according to the Australian Art Sales Digest record: Joels 22/11/1995 - lot 108 - unsold; Joels 27/11/1996 - lot 111 - unsold; Joels 3/8/1999 - lot 246 - unsold.

The date '91 is possibly a mis-reading of the date inscribed on the painting because there is mention of a visit to Berwick in two letters of Arthur Streeton; to Tom Roberts, June 1892, “... - I’m off this week to Berwick to work at the two £10 commissions I have......” ; to Tom Roberts, 29th June 1892, Berwick Sunday Evening; see the text of these letters in Letters from Smike; the letters of Arthur Streeton 1890 - 1943, edited by Ann Galbally and Anne Gray, Oxford University Press, Australia, 1989 - pp 51 - 54.

There is mention of a possible portrait of Mrs Brown, but I do not know if one exists. When I find a better image of the portrait of young Frank P. Brown, I will try to examine the date to determine what has actually been inscribed. As the painting appears to have remained unsold, I suppose there is a possibility that it can be tracked down from Joels vendor records.

There are two early watercolours by Arthur Streeton, Berwick (Joels, 13/4/1988 - lot 1219 and Joels, 20/4/1993 - lot 150) and Haystacks at Berwick (Joels, 8/11/1978 - lot 521 and Joels, 27/5/1981- lot 509). Both watercolours are undated but appear to me to be in an mid-1880s style. So far I have not come across any reference that would explain Streeton’s visit to Berwick at this time. I attach an image of the Frank P. Brown portrait below.
With best wishes,
Oliver Streeton

Portrait of Frank P. Brown, 1891 by Arthur Streeton

www.aasd.com.au, who credited Leonard Joel for the image.

Frank P. Brown - is surely  Francis Paterson Brown, the son of Mary Jane Brown, nee Paterson,  and the nephew of artist, John Ford Paterson. Frank Brown, attended Scotch College, and played for Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League. He was an all-round athlete and Australian Hurdles Champion, and represented Australia at the Festival of the Empire Games held in London during the festivities held during the Coronation of King George V in 1911 and won the 120 yards Hurdle at an International meet in Berlin in 1912, but I can find no evidence he competed in the Olympic Games, as stated in the Early Days of Berwick.  Frank served in the A.I. F during World War One. He was the boxing and athletic editor of the Sporting Globe, when he died at only 41 years of age in  November 26, 1928. One of his obituaries in The Herald is written by C.J. Dennis (21).

Francis Paterson Brown during his Scotch College days.

https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2010sepGS/51.htm

There may well still be a portrait of the Brown family, painted at Inveresk by Arthur Streeton, waiting to be discovered, but I am of the opinion that Arthur Streeton did paint a portrait at Inveresk, but it wasn't of the Brown family, it was of their son, little Frank Brown. 

Acknowledgment
Thank you to Alice Woolven, Dr Anna Gray and Oliver Streeton. It was Alice, who in 2013, was curious enough to email Dr Gray, who contacted Mr Streeton. Between the four of us, we have (I believe) solved a mystery.

Footnotes
(1) Early Days of Berwick and its surrounding districts, compiled by Norman E. Beaumont, James F. Curran and R.H. Hughes (3rd edition published by Rotary, 1979), p. 74. The book was originally published in 1948.
(2) The reason I was looking up Early Days of Berwick was to see what information they had on Franz Schmitt, who had the Steinberg vineyard at Berwick. Early Days of Berwick referred to a property owned by a Lotha Schmidt who operated a vineyard and winery and this was the property that John Ford Paterson lived on for a time. Franz Schmitt, Lotha Schmidt their vineyards are a story for another time.
George Brown died December 29, 1896 and Mary Jane married James Gibb on July 30, 1898, when she was 43 years old and he was 55. The Hon James Gibb (1843 - 1919) was the son of Alexander Gibb of Campbellfield. James was the M.L.A for Mornington from 1880 to 1886 and also owned at one time, Melville Park (now Edrington in Berwick, the former home of Lord and Lady Casey). Gibb was also a draught horse breeder and described as one of the most enterprising farmers in the State - a champion ploughman, gentleman an politician. He was a Shire of Berwick Councillor for 30 years and the Federal Member for Flinders from 1903 to 1906. You can read his obituary in the Weekly Times of March 8, 1919, see here. In 1904, Mary Jane Gibb purchased the Tullillan property in Clyde Road. Read about Tulliallan, here. She died on July 30, 1932 aged 78. Read her obituary in the Shepparton Advertiser of August 1, 1932, here.
(3) The Heritage of the City of Berwick, researched by Context P/L and published in 1993, quotes (page 320) A Brief Cultural Review of the City of Berwick by Helen Millicer, which was produced in 1991. I have not seen the Millicer document.
(4) Read John Ford Paterson's entry, written by Marjorie Tipping, in the Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-john-ford-4372
(5) The Argus, July 26, 1888, see here.
(6) The Argus, May 14, 1892, see here.
(7) The Heritage of the City of Berwick, researched by Context P/L and published in 1993.
(8) Family information from various notices in the newspapers and Early Settlers of the Casey Cardinia District researched and published by the Narre Warren & District Family History Group in 2010. George Brown, junior married Emily Gissing on August 14, 1885, she was the daughter of George Gissing of St Kilda. You can read an account of the Inquest into his accident in the South Bourke & Mornington Journal, of June 8, 1887, here.
(9) Marriage certificate of Mary Jane Esson and George Brown.
(10) Louis Esson's entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, written by D.R. Walker, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/esson-thomas-louis-buvelot-6115
(11) Ibid.
(12) Esther Paterson https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3783b.htm
Betty Paterson https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE3782b.htm
Charles Paterson, is mentioned here    https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-john-ford-4372
(13) Scotch College, Melbourne website https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2010sepGS/51.htm
(14) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/esson-thomas-louis-buvelot-6115

(15) I took the date (1890s) from the headline of the article 'a generation ago' and the fact that John Ford Paterson died in 1912. Melbourne had its Bloomsbury: the Carlton of a generation ago was thronged with Artists and Bohemians by Gladys Hain.

(16) Melbourne had its Bloomsbury: the Carlton of a generation ago was thronged with Artists and Bohemians by Gladys Hain in The Argus, May 21, 1938, see here.
(17) The Heritage of the City of Berwick, researched by Context P/L and published in 1993
(18) The Age, January 3, 1891, see here.
(19) John Little https://manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/architects/john-little John Grainger https://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/built-environment/john-harry-grainger/
(20) Hillson Beasley - East St Kilda Congregationalist Church http://skhs.org.au/SKHSchurches/east_st_kilda_uniting_church.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography entry https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/beasley-hillson-12789
(21) Frank Brown - Football career is listed on the Scotch College website https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/greatscot/2010sepGS/51.htm; Other information - Obituary Sporting Globe, November 28, 1928, see here; Obituary The Argus, November 27, 1928, see here; Obituary by C.J. Dennis, The Herald, November 27, 1928, see here.

A version of this post, which I wrote and researched, appears on my work blog, Casey Cardinia Links to our Past.