Waverley Historical Society Inc NEWSLETTER February 2010 Issue No 190 WAVERLEY HISTORICAL CONTENTS SOCIETY Page 2 Waverley Historical meetings and events Feb - April Established in 1970 Incorporated in Victoria Page 2 The Highway Gallery is 20! Reg. No.: A 0006377 A Page 3 Can you help with these requests? PATRON: Page 4 Street Names; new history resources - Irish girls, Argus Dr Morna Sturrock AM Page 5 An extraordinary view of Mt Waverley PRESIDENT: Page 6 The Tragedy at Black Flat Ed Hore 5233 1056 Page 7 Restoring History to the School Curriculum SECRETARY: Norma Schultz 9802 9332 Extant Pre-Suburban Buildings and reminders of Waverley’s rural days EDITOR: MarJo Angelico 9544 8792 EMAIL:
[email protected] WEB SITE: www.vicnet.net.au/~whsvic POSTAL ADDRESS PO Box 2322, Mount Waverley, Vic 3149 VENUE: 41 Miller Crescent, above Mt Waverley library “Hazelwood” Lawrence Rd Mt Waverley SUBSCRIPTION $15 per person Lawrence Rd is one of the oldest non-mile-grid roads in Waverley, and $20 per family boasts several homes with historic value. Hazelwood was built for Bill and Catherine Hore and their ten children, and We are grateful for the continued the family lived there from 1909 till 1968. support of the City of Monash, without which we could not It was then bought and lovingly refurbished by the current owners, and operate as we do. retains all its charm and many of its original features, but lots more comfort. It is hard to imagine a more charming and elegant home - and this one is a hundred years old! Happy birthday, Hazelwood! May & June WHS Meetings Coming Events In May, the first of our Sunday meetings, we will hear February 25 WHS Meeting about our railway line’s history, and in June we will Come and hear Warwick Woods from the Australian ride it! Very appropriate, since our line turns 80 this Vintage Radio Society, which happens to be May! “stationed” in our own city in Syndal! The Society is focused on collecting and preserving old radios and electronic equipment.