B OX C OTTAGE M USEUM HOME OF CITY OF MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CMHS was established by a group of When Sir Stanley Argyle, 32nd local residents to preserve the history Premier of Victoria, proclaimed and heritage of the (now former) City of Moorabbin a City on 10 October 1934, MoorabbinMoorabbin Moorabbin in 1960. At the time the he noted that Moorabbin [Mooroobin in municipality began at North Rd & Bunurrung, various spelling] Thomas St and stretched south along indicated “a resting place”. He then MM irror Nepean Hwy to include Cheltenham went on to say:- “it must not be irror Newsletter City of Moorabbin Historical Society (CMHS) with Clarinda & Heatherton to the east. thought that Moorabbin is by any The City of Moorabbin was dissolved in means quiet”. Visit CMHS at the Box 1994 and integrated into the new cities Cottage Museum on Open Days or our ISSUE ONE NOVEMBER 2014 MOORABBIN MIRROR of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston and website and find out why he made that The Moorabbin Mirror reflects the Monash. comment. history and heritage of the former City of Moorabbin — derived from Open Days: 2‒4pm last Sunday of each month Feb‒Nov Mooroobin, ‘a resting place’ in the Address Box Cottage Museum, Joyce Park, Ormond, 3204 Bunurrung spoken language. Website http://home.vicnet.net.gov.au/~cmhsbcm In 1994, the City of Moorabbin was Email
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