Local historical sites

Dec 68 min read

A brief history of Wattle Park – Part 2

In Part 2 of the history of Wattle Park, how it acquired a Lone Pine, Clock and the famous Tram shell picnic shelters.

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Nov 2211 min read

A History of Wattle Park: Part 1

Let’s examine how Wattle Park’s creation involved the murder of an inconvenient peacock.

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Aug 143 min read

Kooyong Koot (Gardiner's Creek) in Pictures

The collection of photographs and pictures I have acquired concerning Kooyong Koot/Gardiner's Creek.

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Nov 22, 20228 min read

The Stocks Family and the Ashburton Dairy

If you’re a reader of a certain age, you may remember waking up very very early in the morning – far too early for your mother’s liking –...

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