Fruit Industry
From the early days of settlement in this district, fruit growing was successfully carried on. All orchards had their own dams for irrigation, , pumps Read More
From the early days of settlement in this district, fruit growing was successfully carried on. All orchards had their own dams for irrigation, , pumps Read More
Mary’s Childhood I was born on 7 May 1887 in a rather pleasing, but humble, stone cottage that my father built, following the design of Read More
In Parkside Avenue, Blackburn a 250 year old stringybark is believed to have been the focus in a place of ritual of the Wurundjeri people, original inhabitants of the Nuwawading area. Read More
The Australian Tesselated Tile Company was established in Mitcham in 1886, south of the station. It almost collapsed after the end of the land boom Read More
Johann August Schwerkolt (August) was born in Prussia in 1822. He was a brickmaker by trade and married his first wife Paulina Richter in 1849. Read More
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