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Issue 111 February 2017 Spreading Branches Narre Warren & District Family History Group Inc. Specialising in the Casey Cardinia Area Incorporated 1992 – Inc. No. A0023666M – ISSN 1445 - 2162 Issue 111 – February 2017 Our Move We’ve known it was coming for years, but now it’s getting closer and becoming a reality. And, we’re really pleased to be able to start getting some real news about our impending move out to members at last. At this stage, it looks like we’ll be saying our goodbyes to the Narre Warren Library in June or July of this year and moving to a new space that is being made ready for us within the Cranbourne Library complex. Fay and I saw the space this week, if you can ‘see’ a space that is. It is very hard to visualise a space when the wall on the left is going and the wall behind you is moving, and a wall is arriving on the right, and I have no idea what was happening to the wall at the front! Heather and the Local History Archive will be coming with us – or we’ll be going with them. our present one and it will be rectangular, not like Whatever way you want to look at it, this is great the current Research Room with lots of angles news for us. We have always enjoyed working with that make it hard to place furniture. We will have Heather and look forward to being able to continue independent access to the new Research Room to do so. via the entrance on the other side of the library Our new home will be just over twice as big as building where the radio station is. So, we won’t necessarily have to be open only when the main library is open – we will now have a choice. There will also be another access point from the main library itself. There is a long list of things, some of which we haven’t even thought of yet, to be decided. We’ll do our best to keep all members informed of news and developments as soon as we can. We expect to close the Research Room for a few days, possibly a bit more, immediately prior to and after the move. But, in the meantime, if you have any concerns or comments you’d care to share, please contact myself or Fay. Lynne Bradley “For some the bell tolled” Join us Sunday 23 April 2017 at 10.30 am for a walk through Harkaway Cemetery where we will be visiting the graves and telling the stories of those with an ANZAC connection. Narre Warren & District Family History Group Inc. P.O. Box 149, Narre Warren Vic 3805 Web: www.nwfhg.org.au Email: [email protected] Phone: (03) 8787 5558 ABN 15 397 153 919 Committee Members Opening Hours for Research President Lynne Bradley Tuesday 11 am to 3 pm, Saturday 11 am to [email protected] 3 pm, (Room closes at 1.45 pm on Saturdays of our General Meeting) Vice President Fay McCoubrie Thursday 7 pm to 9 pm (From October to April), [email protected] Sunday 2 pm to 4 pm (From May to September). Treasurer Jane Rivett-Carnac We have a large collection of books, maps, [email protected] microfi che, CDs and journals from all over the Secretary Anne Blair world available to our members and visitors. [email protected] Membership Correspondence Secretary Lyne McGregor [email protected] Single $35 + $5 joining fee, Joint $50 + $5 joining fee. Payable 1 July each year. Casual visitors $5 IT Offi cer John Elliott per day. it.offi [email protected] Librarian Lorraine Taylor Membership Renewal [email protected] You are welcome to renew your membership by Membership Offi cer Kerryn Maxwell Direct Deposit into our bank account. Details: membership.offi [email protected] Bank: National Australia Bank BSB: 083 802 Newsletter Editor Marianne Rocke Branch: Fountain Gate Account No: 539450013 [email protected] Please don’t forget to use your name as a reference. Please email a copy of your renewal form to the Publicity Offi cer Steven Smith Membership Offi cer. publicity.offi [email protected] Research Room Manager Di Christensen Research Queries [email protected] We offer a research service for those unable to visit our Research Room personally, but please note Family History Research Room that we can only research our own holdings and Location those of the local municipal libraries. The cost for this service is $15 per hour plus photocopying Narre Warren Branch Library, Overland Drive, expenses. All research queries can be sent to the Fountain Gate Vic 3805. Research Offi cer at the above postal address or email: research.offi [email protected] Meetings Narre Warren Library Meeting Room. Entry Cost $3 October - April: 7.30 pm 2nd Wednesday of the month (except January). May - September: 2.00 pm 2nd Saturday of the month. NWDFHG is a member of: The Narre Warren & District Family History Casey Cardinia Local History Reference Group Group gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Genealogical Society of Victoria the Casey–Cardinia Library Corporation and City South Eastern Historical Association Inc. Royal Historical Society of Victoria of Casey in allowing us the use of facilities at the Victorian Association of Family History Organisations Narre Warren Library. Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. Disclaimer: Contributions made to this newsletter are accepted in good faith and the Committee does not accept responsibility for accuracy of information of submitted articles nor opinions expressed. 2 Spreading Branches - Issue 111 - February 2017 President’s Report are being researched for the next cemetery tour, preparations are under way for the next sausage I trust everyone’s Christmas was merry and your sizzle, the Research Room roster is being drawn new year is showing promise on all fronts, not just up and the newsletter is being drafted and we’re family history. You might have even had a moment still arranging and renumbering resources with our or two to work towards your next big discovery. move in mind. Thanks to Fay and Kerryn for putting together 2017 is going to be challenging for us; we will be a fabulous night to end 2016 at the December busy as usual with cemetery tours, workshops and meeting. Those who were there would know how meetings. And we will be relocating our Research much planning and work must have been done to Room to Cranbourne, no make the quizzes and games so doubt, as exciting as this much fun. And what about the will be, it will be tinged prizes from Southern Advanced with a little sadness. Plants at Dromana, weren’t But, as family historians they great? And we had a bit of we know that nothing unplanned excitement too. Who stays the same forever, would guess that the smoke things change, people detectors would set off the and organisations evolve fi re alarm before we’d fi nished and make the most of singing Happy Birthday to Rex their circumstances and for an upcoming signifi cant opportunities or wither birthday? No, there weren’t that and die. The challenge many candles on the cake and for us in the coming again, we thank the library staff years will be to nurture and the Hallam CFA for their new opportunities patience and understanding. at Cranbourne while As usual every year, the closing preserving our roots in of the Research Room over the Narre Warren, but I think holiday period has not meant we can do it. that everyone is sunbaking Lynne Bradley in the back yard. Soldiers Great recognition for our local Presidentsidentdents A number of members travelled to presentation of fl owers andnnd a Hampton Park on Australia Day card were given to Lynne aandnd to watch the 2017 Holt Australia also to Ruth Crofts, Presidentiddent Day Awards. Federal Member of the Casey Cardinia Nationaltional for Holt Anthony Byrne MP was Trust. This was to recogniseniise presenting the awards. that Ruth had been awardedrdded an Order of Australia Medal andand This award is an opportunity for Lynne a Holt Australia Dayaay the local community to nominate award. The presentation a person who contributes their was done by Michelle time and expertise to do valuable McLean, Acting Library community volunteer work. Technology Manager Our President, Lynne Bradley, Casey Cardinia was one of the recipients of this Libraries. award. It was great recognition of It was a fi tting the valuable commitment Lynne presentation to both has given to us as a group at the ladies. Narre Warren & District Family History Group. As Anthony Byrne Congratulations to both MP said, they are the glue that Lynne and Ruth on greatt binds our groups together. achievements. Then at the Local History Fay McCoubrierrie Reference Group meeting a Spreading Branches - Issue 111 - February 2017 3 Casey Cardinia Remembers—Clusters • Thunderbolt Drive: Frederick Wordsworth Ward also known as (aka) Captain Thunderbolt • Flash Dan Drive: Daniel Charters aka Flash Dan • Wild Scotchman Way: James Alpin McPherson aka the Wild Scotchman • Midnight Rise: Thomas Smith aka Captain Midnight Well, we were going to write about something else, • Moonlight Rise: Andrew George Scott aka but we stumbled across an exhibition entitled Captain Moonlite Cluster: exploring the stories and patterns behind Melbourne street names on the Internet. Sadly, • Starlight Rise: Harry Readford/Redford aka we’re about four years too late to go and see it. Captain Starlight However, it has us thinking because we’re aware • Donohue Street: Jack Donohue that there’s quite a few groups of streets within • Vane Street: John Vane Casey Cardinia that are tied together by a common • Ned Street: Ned Kelly theme.
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