Showing posts with label Shire of Cranbourne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shire of Cranbourne. Show all posts

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Voters' Roll, compiled July 1927, for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1928.

Voters' Roll, compiled July 1927, for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931. This booklet is from the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society collection. There are 191 people on this list, of which 23 are women. The more valuable your property was, the more votes you got.  Eleven people had property valued over  £200 - Mary Dunlop of Koo Wee Rup  £646; Percy J. Einsiedel, Monomeith £485; James Greaves, Yannathan, £390; John Mickle of Malvern  £327; Matthew Bennett, Caulfield,  £245; Alice Mickle, Yallock, £242; Charles Hornbuckle, Catani,  £240; William Paterson, Koo Wee Rup,  £235; Clements Greaves, Yannathan, £231; David Coles, Bayles  £219; Keith Cameron, Catani,  £215.

You can see the Voters roll for 1931, here.


Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1928 - cover


Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1928 -
Roll numbers 1-60.
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1928 -
Roll numbers 61-119.
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1928 -
Roll numbers 120-173
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1928 -
Roll numbers 174-191
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I have transcribed the list - just the names and the addresses - so the names can be picked up in a Google and other Internet searches. Many of these people are also on the 1931 list, some with a slightly different spelling, so it is worth looking at that list as well, see it here.

  1. Anderson, Andrew P. - Koo Wee Rup
  2. Armstrong, John J. - Catani
  3. Ashby, Arthur W. - Yallock
  4. Bailey, Alfred P. - Yannathan
  5. Bath, Olive C. - Koo Wee Rup
  6. Bath, Wilfred J. - Koo Wee Rup
  7. Beattie, Henry - Caulfield
  8. Bennett, Matthew - Caulfield
  9. Bethune, Allen J. - Koo Wee Rup
  10. Bethune, Alexander J. - Koo Wee Rup
  11. Bethune, James - Koo Wee Rup
  12. Bethune, John W.M. - Koo Wee Rup
  13. Bethune, Norman - Bayles
  14. Bickerdike, Arthur -Sandringham
  15. Blyth, Edward V. - Bayles
  16. Body, William H. - Catani
  17. Bourke, Mrs D.J. - Koo Wee Rup
  18. Boxhall, Henry - Yallock
  19. Burgen, Frederick T. - Koo Wee Rup
  20. Burhop, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  21. Burton, Charles H. - Clyde
  22. Burton, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  23. Bush, Robert J. - Portarlington
  24. Byron, Johnson - Koo Wee Rup
  25. Cahill, Dennis - Yallock
  26. Cahill, John - Yallock
  27. Cahill, Mary - Yallock
  28. Callanan, John - Koo Wee Rup
  29. Callanan, J. Patrick - Koo Wee Rup
  30. Cameron, Keith - Catani
  31. Campbell, Alister - Koo Wee Rup
  32. Carson, William - Koo Wee Rup
  33. Cleversley, Edgar - Catani
  34. Cochrane, David - Koo Wee Rup
  35. Cochrane, Lucy - Koo Wee Rup
  36. Cochrane, Albert W. - Koo Wee Rup
  37. Cole, David - Bayles
  38. Collins, Mary L. - Koo Wee Rup
  39. Colvin, Andrew C. - Koo Wee Rup
  40. Colvin, Mrs John (Junr.) - Koo Wee Rup
  41. Colvin, Oliver - Koo Wee Rup
  42. Conway, Michael - Koo Wee Rup
  43. Cougle, Ernest - Lang Lang
  44. Davenport, Wilton Rowan - Koo Wee Rup
  45. Davey, John (junr) - Koo Wee Rup
  46. Davies, James - Catani
  47. Davis, Charles J. - Koo Wee Rup
  48. Dick, William - Koo Wee Rup
  49. Duncan, David H. - East Malvern
  50. Dunlop, Mary - Koo Wee Rup
  51. Dunning, A.A. - Melbourne
  52. Dusting, Robert - Koo Wee Rup
  53. Egan, Francis - Bayles
  54. Einsiedel, Percy J. - Monomeith
  55. Ferguson, Robert - Koo Wee Rup
  56. Forster, George - Koo Wee Rup
  57. Gardiner, Reginald E. - Catani
  58. Garnett, Garibaldi - Koo Wee Rup
  59. Giggins, Ernest - Bayles
  60. Gilchrist, Albert J.- Koo Wee Rup
  61. Gilchrist, Lillian - Koo Wee Rup
  62. Giles, John -Koo Wee Rup
  63. Gill, Samuel C. - Koo Wee Rup
  64. Goble, William - Koo Wee Rup
  65. Gray, George - Yannathan
  66. Gray, Margaret - Koo Wee Rup
  67. Grayden, Samuel - Yallock
  68. Greaves, Clements - Yannathan
  69. Greaves, James - Yannathan
  70. Greaves, William H. - Dandenong
  71. Griffiths, Bertram - Koo Wee Rup
  72. Griffiths, Cornelius - Koo Wee Rup
  73. Griffiths, Henry - Koo Wee Rup
  74. Guest, William - Koo Wee Rup
  75. Heffernan, Kate J. - Koo Wee Rup
  76. Henwood, William - Catani
  77. Hewitt, Allan - Koo Wee Rup
  78. Hobson, Edward - Catani
  79. Hogan, John - Caldermeade
  80. Holloway, Percy - Catani
  81. Hopkins, George F. - Koo Wee Rup
  82. Hornbuckle, Charles - Catani
  83. Hornbuckle, Robert J. - Myrnong (presumably Myrniong)
  84. Hornbuckle, Thomas - Melton
  85. Hornbuckle, William - Essendon
  86. Hubbard, Ward - Koo Wee Rup
  87. Hudson, James - Koo Wee Rup
  88. Hyland, John - Koo Wee Rup
  89. Jack, Thomas (Senr) - Koo Wee Rup
  90. Jack, Thomas M. - Koo Wee Rup
  91. Johnson, Eliza - Koo Wee Rup
  92. Johnson, John G.B. - Koo Wee Rup
  93. Johnson, Walter - Koo Wee Rup
  94. Kane, John - Koo Wee Rup
  95. Kean, Edmond H. - Bayles
  96. Keighery, Christopher - Koo Wee Rup
  97. Kershaw, Benjamin J. - Ankie
  98. Killeen, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  99. Kirwin, Thomas H. - Koo Wee Rup
  100. Knowles, James R. - Koo Wee Rup
  101. Kraft, Miss S.A. - Bunyip
  102. Lalor, V.S. - Koo Wee Rup
  103. Lavelle, Michael - Koo Wee Rup
  104. Leeson, Mary - Yallock
  105. Leyden, Edward - Koo Wee Rup
  106. Light, Thomas - Bayles
  107. Lineham, Benjamin - Yannathan
  108. Lineham, Frederick J. - Yannathan
  109. Lineham, George J. - Yannathan
  110. Lineham, William J. - Bunyip
  111. Livock, Glenelg - Koo Wee Rup
  112. Lyall, Ewen - Murray River
  113. Lyall, Helen, Manly, N.S. W.
  114. Mackin, Debbie - Koo Wee Rup
  115. Mackin, John Charles - Koo Wee Rup
  116. Malcolm, John W. - Catani
  117. Mallcott, William J. - Koo Wee Rup
  118. Marshall, Edward - Koo Wee Rup
  119. Marshall, Samuel - Koo Wee Rup
  120. Marshall, William - Koo Wee Rup
  121. Martin, Lawrence - Koo Wee Rup
  122. Matthews, John - Catani
  123. Methven, Thomas J. - Koo Wee Rup
  124. Mickle, Alice - Koo Wee Rup
  125. Mickle, John A. - East Malvern
  126. Millard, Albert E. - Koo Wee Rup
  127. Mills, Vern - Koo Wee Rup
  128. Misson, Edward W. - Lang Lang
  129. Moore, James H. - Koo Wee Rup
  130. Morrison, Joseph A. - Drouin
  131. Mortensen, Henry - Koo Wee Rup
  132. Mortensen, William - Koo Wee Rup
  133. McCord, Ellen - Yannathan
  134. McCord, Mary - Yannathan
  135. McDonald, John J. - Cora Lynn
  136. McEarchan, James - Melbourne
  137. McKay, John - Yannathan
  138. McKay, John - Koo Wee Rup
  139. McKissock, John T. - Bunyip
  140. McLeod, C.S. - Koo Wee Rup
  141. McNamara, James - Koo Wee Rup
  142. McWilliam, Ernest - Koo Wee Rup
  143. Nestor, Patrick - Koo Wee Rup
  144. Nicholson, Jane S. - Bayles
  145. Nicholson, Norman - Bayles
  146. O'Hehir, Richard - Koo Wee Rup
  147. Ollson, Karl N. - Catani
  148. Ollson, Louis William - Catani
  149. O'Neill, Annie - Catani
  150. O'Neill, Francis J. - Catani
  151. O'Neill, James P. - Koo Wee Rup
  152. O'Neill, John - Koo Wee Rup
  153. Osborne, Henry - Cora Lynn
  154. O'Toole, Mary - Albert Park
  155. Parkes, John R. - Koo Wee Rup
  156. Paterson, William K. - Koo Wee Rup
  157. Patullo, Abraham - Catani
  158. Patullo, Elsie M. - Catani
  159. Peck, Frederick - Yannathan
  160. Peck, William R. - Yallock
  161. Pollock, William J. - Koo Wee Rup
  162. Potter, Gordon - Koo Wee Rup
  163. Quigley, Thomas (Junr) - Cora Lynn
  164. Ridgway, Mark - Yannthan
  165. Rutter, John - Cora Lynn
  166. Sage, Michael - Gardenvale
  167. Sage, William T. - Bayles
  168. Salmon, William E. - Melbourne
  169. Saunders, William H. - Bayles
  170. Savage, Roy - Koo Wee Rup
  171. Secomb, Frederick S.L. - Bayles
  172. Sluiter, Cornelius - Koo Wee Rup
  173. Sluiter, William Ed. - Koo Wee Rup
  174. Smith, Francis G. - Melbourne
  175. Stephens, Francis P. - Yallock
  176. Stewart, John A. - Yannathan
  177. Tattam, Felix - Koo Wee Rup
  178. Taylor, William - Koo Wee Rup
  179. Turner, Ben - Koo Wee Rup
  180. Turnbull, Mary D. - Koo Wee Rup
  181. Wadsley, Thomas H. - Koo Wee Rup
  182. Walsh, Mary Ann - Catani
  183. Walsh, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  184. Whiteside, Robert - Koo Wee Rup
  185. Wilkinson, Ernest - Cora Lynn
  186. Wilkinson, Sarah E. - Cora Lynn
  187. Wilkinson, William - Cora Lynn
  188. Wilmott, Milford M. - Koo Wee Rup
  189. Wilson, James - Koo Wee Rup
  190. Wise, William - Bayles
  191. Woodman, Henry J. - Bayles

List certified on July 25, 1927 - D.S. McCulloch - Chairman; Fredk C. Curtis - Councillor; Geo. R. Burhop - Councillor; L.T. McLaren - Shire Secretary.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Voters' Roll, compiled July 1930, for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931.

Voters' Roll, compiled July 1930, for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931. This booklet is from the Koo Wee Rup Swamp Historical Society collection. There are 243 people on this list, of which 47 are women. The more valuable your property was, the more votes you got.  Fifteen people had property valued over  £200 - Agnes Dunlop of Yallock  £646; James Greaves, Yannathan,  £410; John Daniher, who owned the Royal Hotel, Koo Wee Rup,  £403; John Mickle of Malvern  £327; Christopher Coughlin, also of Malvern  £286; Charles Hornbuckle, Bunyip,  £285; Alice Mickle of Koo Wee Rup  £285; William Paterson, Koo Wee Rup,  £269; Henry Beattie, Caulfield  £234; David Coles, Bayles  £234; Matthew Bennett, Caulfield, £231;  Robert Jeffers, Cora Lynn  £226; John Bethune, Koo Wee Rup,  £219; George Benham, Bayles,  £218; Keith Cameron, Catani,  £218. 

You can see the Voters roll for 1928, here.


Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931 - cover


Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931 - 
Roll numbers 1-55. 
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931 - 
Roll numbers 56 - 112
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931 - 
Roll numbers 113-168.  I believe this booklet was owned by David Mickle, hence the correction.
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931 - 
Roll numbers 169 - 224
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Voters' Roll for the Koo Wee Rup Riding, Shire of Cranbourne 1931 - 
Roll numbers 225 - 243.
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I have transcribed the list - just the names and the addresses -  so the names can be picked up in a Google and other Internet searches. Many of these people are also on the 1928 list, some with a slightly different spelling, so it is worth looking at that list as well, see it here.  
  1. Abel, David G. - Bayles
  2. Anderson, Andrew P. - Koo Wee Rup
  3. Armstrong, John J. - Catani
  4. Ashby, Minnie Agnes - Yallock
  5. Bailey, Alfred P. - Yannathan
  6. Barr, Horace - Bayles.
  7. Bath, Olive C. - Koo Wee Rup
  8. Bath, Wilfred J. - Koo Wee Rup
  9. Beasley, Alfred J. - Koo Wee Rup
  10. Beattie, Henry - Caulfield
  11. Bedwell, Albert V. - Koo Wee Rup
  12. Benham, George - Bayles
  13. Bennett, Matthew -Caulfield
  14. Bethune, Florence E.M. - Bayles
  15. Bethune, John - Koo Wee Rup
  16. Bethune, Norman - Bayles
  17. Bickerdike, Arthur -Sandringham
  18. Blyth, Edward T. - Bayles
  19. Body, William H. - Catani
  20. Bourke, B.J. - Monomeith
  21. Boxhall, Henry - Yallock
  22. Burgan, Frederick - Koo Wee Rup
  23. Burton, Annie - Koo Wee Rup
  24. Burton, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  25. Bush, Robert J. - Burwood
  26. Byron, Johnson Mrs - Koo Wee Rup
  27. Callanan, J. Patrick - Koo Wee Rup
  28. Cameron, Keith - Catani
  29. Carson, William - Koo Wee Rup
  30. Casey, George - Dandenong
  31. Coburn, Phil - Koo Wee Rup
  32. Cochrane, David - Koo Wee Rup
  33. Cochrane, Albert W. - Koo Wee Rup
  34. Cochrane, Ernest D. - Koo Wee Rup
  35. Cochrane, Lucy - Koo Wee Rup
  36. Cole, David - Bayles
  37. Colvin, Andrew C. - Koo Wee Rup
  38. Colvin, Anne - Koo Wee Rup
  39. Colvin, Oliver - Koo Wee Rup
  40. Conway, Sarah - Koo Wee Rup
  41. Coughlin, Christopher - Malvern
  42. Cougle, Ernest - Koo Wee Rup
  43. Crameri, Paul D. - Koo Wee Rup
  44. Cuff, Kate - Koo Wee Rup
  45. Daniher, John P. - Koo Wee Rup
  46. Daniher, Marie Ann - Koo Wee Rup
  47. Darington, Benjamin - Koo Wee Rup (surname is actually Darlington)
  48. Davenport, Wilton R. - Koo Wee Rup
  49. Dick, William - Koo Wee Rup
  50. Dickson, Richard J - Koo Wee Rup
  51. Donelly, Horace - Koo Wee Rup
  52. Duncan, Andrew W - Catani
  53. Duncan, David H. - East Malvern
  54. Dunlop, Agnes M - Koo Wee Rup
  55. Dusting, Robert - Koo Wee Rup
  56. Eason, William - Koo Wee Rup
  57. Edney, A.E. - Hampton
  58. Egan, Alice - Bayles
  59. Egan, Dennis - Bayles
  60. Egan, Francis - Bayles
  61. Einsiedel, Arthur L. E. - Monomeith
  62. Einsiedel, Claude G.P. - Monomeith
  63. Einsiedel, Percy J. - Monomeith
  64. Farmer, Stanley - Koo Wee Rup
  65. Finck, Louis W., Jr. - Yallock
  66. Forster, George - Koo Wee Rup
  67. Games, Robert S. - Koo Wee Rup
  68. Garnham, Jessie - Koo Wee Rup
  69. Garnham, John - Koo Wee Rup
  70. Garrett, James - Monomeith
  71. Gilchrist, Albert J.- Koo Wee Rup
  72. Gilchrist, Lillian - Koo Wee Rup
  73. Gilchrist, William - Koo Wee Rup
  74. Gill, Samuel C. - Koo Wee Rup
  75. Goble, William - Koo Wee Rup
  76. Gorey, Bridget - Koo Wee Rup
  77. Gray, George - Yannathan
  78. Gray, Margaret - Koo Wee Rup
  79. Graydon, Samuel - Yallock
  80. Greaves, James - Yannathan
  81. Green, Alfred - Bayles
  82. Gregory, James - Caulfield
  83. Hall, George - Koo Wee Rup
  84. Hall, Hilda Ruby - Koo Wee Rup
  85. Hall, John - Koo Wee Rup
  86. Hall, Robert - Dandenong
  87. Hamilton, Margaret - Koo Wee Rup
  88. Hawker, Catherine - Bayles
  89. Hayes, Thomas - Dandenong
  90. Haylock, Albert H. - Koo Wee Rup
  91. Heffernan, Kate J. - Koo Wee Rup
  92. Hester, Thomas J. - Koo Wee Rup
  93. Hewitt, Allan - Koo Wee Rup
  94. Hogan, John - Caldermeade
  95. Hornbuckle, Charles - Bunyip
  96. Hornbuckle, Robert J. - Myrnong (presumably Myrniong)
  97. Hornbuckle, Thomas - Melton
  98. Hornbuckle, William - Catani
  99. Humphries, Alexander - Koo Wee Rup
  100. Humphries, Arthur E. - Catani
  101. Hyland, John - Koo Wee Rup
  102. Jack, Thomas Sr - Koo Wee Rup
  103. Jack, Louisa - Koo Wee Rup
  104. Jackson, Annie V. - Koo Wee Rup
  105. Jeffers, Robert B. - Cora Lynn
  106. Jeffers, Thomas M. - Cora Lynn
  107. Jeffrey, William H.K. - Koo Wee Rup
  108. Johnson, Eliza - Koo Wee Rup
  109. Johnson, John G.B. - Koo Wee Rup
  110. Johnson, Joseph S. - Koo Wee Rup
  111. Johnson, Walter - Koo Wee Rup
  112. Kane, John - Koo Wee Rup
  113. Keighery, Christopher - Koo Wee Rup
  114. Keys, Thomas - Oakleigh
  115. Killeen, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  116. Kirwin, Eliza - Koo Wee Rup
  117. Kirwin, Thomas H. - Koo Wee Rup
  118. Knowles, James R. - Koo Wee Rup
  119. Kroft, Mrs S.A. - Bunyip (surname is actually Kraft)
  120. Lalor, V.S. - Koo Wee Rup
  121. Lavelle, Michael - Koo Wee Rup
  122. Lavelle, Michael Jr. - Catani
  123. Leeson, Mary - Yallock
  124. Leydon, Edward - Koo Wee Rup
  125. Light, Thomas - Bayles
  126. Lineham, Benjamin - Yannathan
  127. Lineham, Frederick J. - Yannathan
  128. Lineham, George J. - Yannathan
  129. Lineham, William J. - Bunyip
  130. Livock, Glenelg - Koo Wee Rup
  131. Long, Althea - Nathalea (presumably Nathalia)
  132. Loveday, Elaine N. - Koo Wee Rup
  133. Loveday, William - Koo Wee Rup
  134. Mackin, John Charles - Koo Wee Rup
  135. Malcolm, John W. - Catani
  136. Mallcott, Mary  A. - Koo Wee Rup
  137. Marrett, Francis - Koo Wee Rup
  138. Marshall, Edward - Koo Wee Rup
  139. Marshall, Samuel - Koo Wee Rup
  140. Marshall, William - Koo Wee Rup
  141. Marshallsea, Henry G - Shepparton
  142. Martin, Lawrence G. - Koo Wee Rup
  143. Matthews, John - Catani
  144. Maughan, George - Tooradin 
  145. Methvin, Thomas J. - Koo Wee Rup (surname is actually Methven)
  146. Mickle, Alice - Koo Wee Rup
  147. Mickle, Joseph J. - Koo Wee Rup (Joseph crossed out and David written in red ink)
  148. Mickle, John A. - East Malvern
  149. Millard, Albert E. - Koo Wee Rup
  150. Misson, Edward W. - Lang Lang
  151. Moore, Joseph M. - Tarwin Meadows
  152. Mortensen, Henry - Koo Wee Rup
  153. Mortimer, Annie L. - Koo Wee Rup
  154. Mortimer, James - Koo Wee Rup
  155. Murdock, George - Bayles
  156. Murdock, George P. - Bayles
  157. McCord, Ellen - Yannathan
  158. McCord, Mary - Yannathan
  159. McDonald, Duncan - Catani
  160. McDonald, Jane - Koo Wee Rup
  161. McEarchan, James - Melbourne
  162. McFarlane, George - Caulfield
  163. McKay, John - Yannathan
  164. McKean, Edward H. - Bayles
  165. McKissock, James T. - Anderson's L.B.
  166. McMillan, William J - Koo Wee Rup
  167. McNamara, James - Koo Wee Rup
  168. Nichols, Charles Sr. - Koo Wee Rup
  169. Nicholson, Jane S. - Bayles
  170. Nicholson, Norman - Bayles
  171. O'Brien, John - Melbourne
  172. Ollson, Karl N. - Catani
  173. O'Neil, Annie - Catani
  174. O'Neill, Cyril J.F. - Catani
  175. O'Neill, Francis J. - Catani
  176. O'Neill, James P. - Koo Wee Rup
  177. O'Neill, John - Koo Wee Rup
  178. Opie, Albert - Koo Wee Rup
  179. O'Riordan, John Leslie - Koo Wee Rup
  180. Osborne, George - Bayles
  181. Osborne, Henry - Cora Lynn
  182. O'Toole, Mary - Albert Park
  183. Paterson, William K. - Koo Wee Rup
  184. Patullo, Abraham - Catani
  185. Patullo, Elsie M. - Catani
  186. Peck, Frederick - Yannathan
  187. Peck, William R. - Yallock
  188. Pellissier, Antonne A. - Koo Wee Rup
  189. Pence, R.E. - Koo Wee Rup
  190. Perry, Eli - Koo Wee Rup
  191. Perry, John - Koo Wee Rup
  192. Perry, Noble - Koo Wee Rup
  193. Phillip, Alexander - Koo Wee Rup
  194. Phillip, Margaret - Koo Wee Rup
  195. Pitt, Leonard - Catani 
  196. Pollock, William J. - Koo Wee Rup
  197. Poole, Dick - Caldermeade
  198. Quigley, Thomas J. - Cora Lynn
  199. Ridgway, Harold E. - Bayles
  200. Ridgway, Mark - Yannthan
  201. Robertson, David - Bacchus Marsh
  202. Russell, Elizabeth - Koo Wee Rup
  203. Rutter, John - Cora Lynn
  204. Saunders, William H. - Bayles
  205. Savage, John - Koo Wee Rup
  206. Savage, Roy - Koo Wee Rup
  207. Scott, John H. - Koo Wee Rup
  208. Shields, Arthur - Koo Wee Rup
  209. Sluiter, Charles J. - Koo Wee Rup
  210. Sluiter, Cornelius - Koo Wee Rup
  211. Sluiter, Cornelius J. - Koo Wee Rup
  212. Sluiter, William E. - Koo Wee Rup
  213. Smethurst, Herbert C. - Yallock
  214. Smith, Ross G. - Melbourne
  215. Stanfield, Olga - Koo Wee Rup
  216. Stephens, Francis P. - Yallock
  217. Stevens, Gar. - Koo Wee Rup
  218. Stewart, John A. - Yannathan
  219. Swain, Albert T - Yannnathan
  220. Tattam, Felix - Koo Wee Rup
  221. Taylor, Ephraim G. - Koo Wee Rup
  222. Taylor, Ronald W. - Koo Wee Rup 
  223. Taylor, William - Koo Wee Rup
  224. Timmins, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  225. Tozer, Harold V. - Koo Wee Rup
  226. Turnbull, Mary B. - Koo Wee Rup
  227. Turner, Ben - Koo Wee Rup
  228. Wadsley, Thomas H. - Koo Wee Rup
  229. Walsh, Eileen - Catani
  230. Walsh, Cathleen - Koo Wee Rup
  231. Walsh, Mary Ann - Catani
  232. Walsh, Patrick - Catani
  233. Walsh, Thomas - Koo Wee Rup
  234. Whiteside, Robert - Koo Wee Rup
  235. Wiggins, William W. - Koo Wee Rup
  236. Wilkinson, Roy H. - Koo Wee Rup
  237. Wilkinson, Sarah E. - Cora Lynn
  238. Wilkinson, William - Cora Lynn
  239. Williams, Kevin R. - Koo Wee Rup
  240. Wilson, Alexander H. - Lang Lang
  241. Woodman, Albert - Koo Wee Rup
  242. Woodman, Henry J. - Bayles
  243. Wylie, Helen S. - Black Rock
List certified on July 25, 1930 - Jos. A. Taylor - Chairman; Geo. R. Burhop - Councillor; M. Bennett - Councillor and L.T. McLaren - Shire Secretary.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Shires of Berwick and Cranbourne - a timeline of their history

This is a time line of local government in this area -

1842 - The Town of Melbourne created - the first local government body in Victoria.

1860 - Cranbourne Road Board proclaimed June 19. The first members of the Cranbourne Road Board were Dr James Smith Adams, Chairman, who owned Balla Balla Estate; James Bruce, owner of Sherwood Park; Richard Burgh Chomley, owner of Tongola at Lyndhurst; James Lecky, Cranbourne land-owner who also owned the Cardinia Creek property; Edward Malloy, owner of Mayune property; Alexander Patterson, owner of St Germains Estate; Christopher Bond Peed, owner of Springmount; Patrick Thompson, owner of Oaklands, Lyndhurst and John Wedge, owner of Johnswood at Lyndhurst. Population of the Road Board area was 857.

1861 - The town of Berwick and the town of Cranbourne proclaimed on February 25.

1862 - Berwick Road Board proclaimed September 29. The first members of the Berwick Road Board were John Brisbane (Chairman), early Berwick landowner; Robert Bain, the owner of the Border Hotel (Berwick Inn) in Berwick; Francis Barr, a Berwick land owner; Michael Bourke, owner of the La Trobe Inn, later known as Bourke’s Hotel, at Pakenham; James Buchanan, owner of Ardblair, who later went on to be a Member of the Legislative Council; David Connor, licensee of the New Bunyip Hotel on the Bunyip River; John Pitman, Pakenham landowner; John Startup of Mount Ararat Station; John Troup, land owner at Narre Warren North and Gotlieb Wanke, a land owner at Harkaway. The Road Board met at the Border Hotel (Berwick Inn)

1865 - Shire of Berwick Council chambers built in High Street.

1868 - Shire of Cranbourne proclaimed February 24. The Road Board members then became the first Councillors. They were James Lecky - Shire President; Edward Malloy, Alexander Patterson, William Norquay, Frederick Poole of Triuna, Lyndhurst; Edward John Tucker, owner of the Cranbourne Hotel; Thomas Keys, George Poole and Herbert Foley who owned Sherwood Park.

1868 - Shire of Berwick proclaimed, May 5. The Road Board members then became the first Councillors. They were James Wilson, Shire President; John Brisbane, David Connor, Joseph Smith, H. Smith, John T. Dobson (who later became a member of the Ferntree Gully Council when the Scoresby Ward was annexed to the new Shire in 1889), Francis Barr, Thomas Henty, owner of Pakenham Park at Pakenham and James Buchanan.

1873 - The 'agricultural area of Lang Lang' was annexed to the Shire of Cranbourne on July 4

1875 - Cranbourne Shire Offices opened March 6

1889 - The Scoresby Ward of the Shire of Berwick, including Scoresby, Fern Tree Gully, Clematis, parts of Emerald and Avonsleigh was severed from Berwick and became the Shire of Fern Tree Gully on May 23.

1893 - Yannathan and Lang Lang East annexed from the Shire of Buln Buln to the Shire of Cranbourne on January 23.

1902 - Shire of Berwick Offices move to Pakenham Mechanics’ Institute.

1912 - Shire of Berwick Offices open in Main Street Pakenham, corner of John Street.

1963 - Shire of Fern Tree Gully split and the Shire of Knox was formed on November 16 (it became a City on July 4, 1969) The remains of the Shire of Fern Tree Gully were renamed Shire of Sherbrooke and this was announced in the Victorian Government Gazette of December 23, 1964.

1973 - The City of Berwick and the Shire of Pakenham were formed on October 1, when the Shire of Berwick split. The Shire of Pakenham continued to use the Main Street Offices and the City of Berwick used temporary buildings in Kays Avenue, Hallam until the Civic Centre opened in 1978.

1978 - Cranbourne Shire Offices officially opened in Sladen Street, April 22

1978 - Civic Centre at Narre Warren opened December 8. Demolished in 2018.

1979 - Cr Jeune Matthews first female Shire President of the Shire of Pakenham.

1980 - Cr Jan Bateman, City of Berwick’s first female Mayor of the City of Berwick

1983 - Shire of Pakenham Offices opened July 28 in Henty Way

1988 - Cr Judy Elso, first female Shire President of the Shire of Cranbourne

1994
- City of Cranbourne created on April 22

1994 - The City of Casey and the Cardinia Shire officially came into being on the December 15 at 4.00pm.
The City of Casey was created from the western section of the short-lived City of Cranbourne (Cranbourne, Tooradin, Pearcedale, Devon Meadows, Hampton Park etc) and the entire City of Berwick.
The Cardinia Shire was created from the Shire of Pakenham, the eastern end of the City of Cranbourne (Koo-Wee-Rup, Lang Lang, Yannathan, Bayles, Catani etc) plus Emerald, Clematis and Avonsleigh which were annexed from the Shire of Sherbrooke. Langwarrin and Carrum Downs went to the City of Frankston from the City of Cranbourne.
The City of Cranbourne, Shire of Pakenham and City of Berwick ceased to exist on December 15.

2014 - Cardinia Shire Offices opened on November 17 in Officer.

2014 - Cardinia and Casey both turn 20 on December 15.

2017 - City of Casey Offices - Bunjil Place - opened October 28/29

Sources
Victoria Government Gazettes  http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/

Shire of Berwick
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, revised in 1959 and 1979 and finally republished with an index in 2005.
From Bullock Tracks to Bitumen: a brief history of the Shire of Berwick (Historical Society of Berwick Shire, 1962)
In the Wake of the Pack Tracks: a history of the Shire of Berwick, now the City of Berwick and the Shire of Pakenham (Berwick Pakenham Historical Society, 1982)

Shire of Cranbourne
The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire by Niel Gunson (Cheshire, 1968)
The Good Country: Into the dawn of a new day (1968-1988) by Fred Hooper (Shire of Cranbourne, 1988)

Shire of Fern Tree Gully
The story of the Dandenongs 1838-1958 by Helen Coulson (Cheshire, 1959)

Other information came from resources we have in the Casey Cardinia Libraries Archive, where I used to work and where I first compiled this list for my then work blog, Casey Cardinia Links to Our Past and because I use it frequently, I decided to put it on here as well.