CITY OF MOORABBIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC (CMHS) City of Moorabbin Historical Society ‘It must not be thought that Moorabbin (CMHS) was established in 1960 by a is by any means quiet’ ( group of local residents to preserve the Historical Website). The City of Moorab- history and heritage of the (now bin was dissolved in 1994 and former) City of Moorabbin. integrated into the cities of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston and Monash. At the time, the municipality began at MoorabbinMoorabbin North Rd & Thomas St and stretched Visit CMHS on Open Days at its home south along Nepean Hwy to include in Box Cottage Museum, Joyce Park, Newsletter Box Cottage Museum (BCM), Joyce Park, Ormond Cheltenham with Clarinda & Heather- and find out why Sir Stanley made that City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc (CMHS) ton to the east. comment.

When Sir Stanley Argyle, 1867–1940, CMHS is a member of the South Metro who was the 32nd Premier of , History Group, the Bayside History APRIL 2015 ISSUEirro 2 r irroLEST we FORGETr 1932–1935, proclaimed Moorabbin a Network, and Kingston History Societies In this issue we commemorate WW1 City on 10 October 1934, he noted that Network. It is affiliated with the Royal Hi- M volunteers with links to the (former) Shire the name Moorabbin indicated ‘a rest- storical Society of Victoria (RHSV) and M of Moorabbin—now in the Cities of Glen ing place’. He then went on to say:- Museums Vic (MAV). Eira, Kingston and Bayside.

Address Box Cottage Museum, Joyce Park, Ormond, 3204 In 1914, Moorabbin Shire included:- Beau- maris & Black Rock (until 1917), Bentleigh, Postal Address PO Box 4028, McKinnon, VIC 3204 Bentleigh East, Chelsea (until 1920), Website http://home.vicnet.net.gov.au/~cmhsbcm Cheltenham, Clarinda, Dingley, Hampton Email [email protected] (1917), Heatherton, Highett, Keysborough,

Ormond (part), McKinnon, Mentone (1920), Image: CMHS Collection BOX COTTAGE MUSEUM, JOYCE PARK, ORMOND 3204 Moorabbin, Mordialloc (1920), Parkdale (1920), Sandringham (1917).

home of City of Moorabbin Historical Society Inc BOX COTTAGE MUSEUM OPEN DAYS 2015 SANDBELT ANZACS COMPACT DISPLAY Before embarking overseas for the war zone, the 2-4PM last Sunday ea month February to November following number* of citizen volunteers nominated the Shire of Moorabbin as their “place of Public welcome Entry $2 donation Children free association” — extracted from Australian Defence WW1 Force Academy records ([email protected])

26 April: Compact WW1 Display MEMORABILIA 9, nominated Beaumaris; 77, Black Rock; 45, Bentleigh; 31 May, 28 June, 26 July, 30 August, from CMHS collection + loan from Bentleigh RSL 27 September, 25 October, 132, Cheltenham; 3, Clarinda; 3, Dingley; 29 November:-ANA & Henry Lawson Society 120, Hampton 18, Heatherton; Bryan Kelleher Memorial Picnic 1.30PM SUNDAY 8, Highett; 10, Keysborough; 6, McKinnon; 58, Moorabbin; This newsletter was produced by Frances Bader & Valma Sharp. 26 APRIL 2015 91, Mordialloc; 19,Ormond, 219,Sandringham.

It was reproduced by the office of the Hon Andrew Robb AO MP, Minister for Trade & Investment, Federal Member for Goldstein, *Disclaimer:- above figures may be incomplete. bkgs:[email protected] Assistance needed to help cross-reference numbers who photocopied it under community printing entitlements. and rectify any omissions or errors. 12

NEW CMHS MEMBERS LOCAL ALLNUTT PARK CMHS a very warm welcome to Allnutt Park, Wheatley Rd, Mckinnon was most likely named after Councillor ROSEMARY K., ROBERT, HERITAGE John William Allnutt, 1887–1967, who was BUSINESS MICHELLE, JON, ROSEMARY R., born into a market gardening family in who joined us in recent months. SANDBELT VINES 1 Centre Dandenong Rd, Cheltenham. MEMBERS MEETINGS In the later 1840s, Henry Moor , (1809 General Meetings are held in the –1877), magistrate and pastoralist, J.W. Allnutt enlisted in the AIF on 7 July DONATIONS TO COLLECTION Grace Lewis Room, Box Cottage planted a vineyard of 5 acres on the 1915 as a private in the 23rd Battalion, CMHS thanks those listed below for Museum, 1‒2pm last Sundays corner of South Rd and what is now 5th Reinforcement. His Unit embarked donating the following items to our February to November. Agenda Nepean Hwy. Its location was just from Port aboard HMAT Collection. RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915 for items 24 hrs in advance Email: outside Dendy’s “Brighton Estate” in [email protected] JAMES DALE the Parish of Moorabbin, County of Egypt. By the time they arrived Gallipoli WW11 Sewing Kit Bourke, in the Westernport District. had been evacuated. The 5th Reinforce- CMHS COMMITTEE 2014–2015 BRIGHTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ment was then posted to the According to Weston Bate, History of Committee meetings held as rqrd. VIA ROBINA Western Front where J.W. Allnutt was Chair F Thatcher Costello Real Estate brochures Brighton (p97), by 1848 (maybe earlier) wounded. After being hospitalised in Deputy Chair V Sharp & local sales records he had 100,000 vines “either planted England he was repatriated in 1917. Treasurer B Richardson ca 1920s–1940s out or in the nursery”. Later on from 1927–1949, J.W. Allnutt Correspondence Secretary J Dale Around the same time, Brightonian, represented Moorabbin residents as a Minutes Secretary Daniela Rodriguez VIA ROBINA 2 Henry O’Neill established his vineyard councillor. He became shire president in Committee F Bader, J Moore, C Poole Copies of Moorabbin HS on the cnr of North Rd & Nepean Hwy. cuttings, records, reminiscences 1930 and was mayor of the City of CMHS PO BOX 4028 Others followed their example. Soon, Moorabbin in 1936 and 1948. Documented significant photos, slides CMHS now has a secure and and DVDs specifically relating to vineyards (as well as orchards, nurser- Main source: City of Kingston Historical consistent postal address. Please the former and current local munici- ies and market gardens of various Website: Whitehead., G.J., Article Ref 254. direct all hardcopy correspondence, palities/cities are accepted. sizes) began proliferating in the Parish notices and the like to:-PO Box of Moorabbin “as far south as 4028, McKinnon, VIC 3204. CMHS LEAFLETS & BOOKLETS Cheltenham”. Within a few years, the Updated leaflets and booklets funded area had become one of the largest RETIREMENT by a community grant from GECC are grape-producing localities in VIC. The Community historian Dennis Maynard now printed. They were compiled and fruit was used to produce wine, raisins has decided to retire after many years produced by Joan and Carol, Dennis, and table grapes. and Fran with assistance from Valma, of contributing to the development of The neighbouring Parish of Prahran Bill, Daryl, Holger and Mario. One the Box Cottage Museum and its also planted vines. By 1856, both complimentary copy goes to current garden as well as being a mainstay of parishes were producing 157,000 lbs CMHS. Our very best wishes go with and new CMHS members. RRP $5. of grapes between them — represent- Dennis into the future. ing two thirds of Victoria’s output for the PROMOTIONAL EQUIPMENT year. (Sheehy,T.,1979) RESIGNATION For promotional purposes, CMHS After ensuring the smooth administra- committee agreed to purchase some However, the Sandbelt vigneron era tion of the Box Cottage Museum and much-needed equipment to transport ended abruptly in the early 1860s CMHS, Bill Richardson has resigned historical items and heritage artefacts when phylloxera (similar to aphids) as acting secretary. CMHS are fortu- to various community venues for devastated the vines. Image: John William Allnutt nate that Bill will continue on in his talks, festivals and the like. The 1Moor retired to Brighton, England in 1854. His role as CMHS Treasurer. Jim will act equipment consists of:- a retractable vineyard was taken over by Henry Creswick and, by on crutches at a hospital in England... Courtesy: Dorothy Allnutt, as correspondence secretary until the banner, a foldaway table, a reinforced 1859, transferred to James Gordon. (Bate, W., p114). 2CMHS welcomes further information on H.O’Neill. Kingston Collection, City of Kingston AGM. wheel-bag and a collapsible trolley. 2 11

SERGEANT ALONZO SHELDRAKE BOX TRICHOSURUS CMHS thanks Glen Eira City C OMMUNITY Alonzo Box, (left) born 1881, Council for installing possum-proof enlisted in the First AIF on 10 Sep- grating in the chimney of the cot- tage museum. The grating will EVENTS tember 1914. He joined the original surely put a stop to any more B Company of the 6th Infantry Bat- MOORLEIGH U3A talion as a private. After training at nocturnal flings by our local CMHS Treasurer, Bill Richardson Broadmeadows, Alonzo embarked Trichosurus Vulpecula. presented a talk titled The City of aboard HMAT Hororata at Port Mel- Moorabbin: A Short Hi-story of its bourne on 18 October 1914. B RYAN K ELLEHER Long Life, 1841–1994, to U3A Further training took part in Egypt MEMORIAL P ICNIC Moorleigh’s Summer School on 16 before the Battalion landed at Gal- The Bryan Kelleher Memorial Picnic January 2015. lipoli on 25 April 1915. On withdraw- —conducted jointly by the ing from the Peninsula, the Battalion Australian Natives Association (ANA) ST PAUL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL refitted and retrained before service now Australian Unity1, and the Henry On 5 March, Bill, assisted by Joan, in France and Flanders. Lawson Memorial & Literary Society2 gave a talk to Grade 3 pupils at St — was held in the grounds of Box Paul’s School, Bentleigh. Alonzo returned to Australia on 13 Cottage Museum, 30 November 2014. February 1919. A few months later, ALLNUTT PARK PET EXPO when he and Mary Louise Closter* All present enjoyed the open air read- CMHS are very grateful to the Glen married on 12 June 1918, he noted ings and recitals of the works of Eira Historical Society (GEHS) for his birthplace as Bentleigh. Lawson as well as several other Aus- sharing their marquee with the BCM tralian poets. (Pencil in Sunday 29 Thanks to PROV, Mary Louise’s (Box Cottage Museum) & CMHS on Nov 2015 for the next literary picnic.) unique Chinese silk wedding Sun 15 March, at GECC’s Pet Expo ALONZO SHELDRAKE BOX dress is on display in the Box Afternoon tea included the 2nd tier of at Allnutt Park, McKinnon.

Image: Box Cottage Museum Cottage Museum. the wedding cake donated by Robina Fran, Joan, Holger, Frank and —kindly decorated by Mr & Mrs Kings- Lorna were happy to have our new ford—for the unveiling of CMHS’ new ALONZO’S PARENTS trolley to ferry stuff to and from their cabinet to display Mary Louisa Box vehicles—including our new banner Alonzo’s father, John Box was the younger brother of William Box (first long- nee Closter’s wedding dress. The th and foldaway table. During the day, term owner of the Box Cottage). Alonzo was the 9 child of John Box and his cabinet and mesh mannequin were first wife Martha Louise Box nee Sheldrake who died in 1895. John Box’s ten they networked with other commu- funded by a grant from the Public nity groups and handed out leaflets children were all born in East Brighton now in Bentleigh and Bentleigh East . Records Office Vic (PROV). & membership forms to the public. According to Victoria and its Metropolis Past and Present also titled The 1. Australian Unity has an illustrious history Colony and its People –1888 by Alexander Sutherland:- dating back to the 1840S. GLEN EIRA REMEMBERS 2. Henry Lawson Society meets 3rd Sat each Bill agreed to represent Box Cottage Box, John, East Brighton was born in Sussex England in 1841 month, 1.30–4.pm at Monastery Hall, rear St and came to Victoria with his parents in 1856. He remained with Francis Church, 326 Lonsdale St. Museum and CMHS at the Glen them for a number of years engaged in market gardening and then Eira Historical Society’s Glen Eira in partnership with his father carried on the same business for KINGSTON HISTORICAL Remembers night on 25th March at fifteen (eleven) years on a piece of land in East Brighton. After that the Carnegie Library. SOCIETIES NETWORK (KHSN) he purchased 10 acres at Nth Rd the whole of which now is under Frank attended the February KHSN Net- GECC EXPLORER PROGRAM cultivation....His real estate also included a house in Davey St, work Meeting and has agreed to represent GECC’s Older Adults Explorer Oakleigh... CMHS at future meetings. The Network Group selected a tour of Box Cot- When Alonzo Box volunteered for AIF service in September1914 he resided includes Chelsea, Dingley, Moorabbin~ tage Museum for their first stop on in Davey St, Oakleigh and gave his occupation as “stonewaller”. Kingston, Mordialloc and District. a day excursion, Fri 27 March.

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HERBERT STANLEY HAWKER HISTORY QUIZ HISTORY (ctd from p8) Winner is the FIRST person to email both correct answers to Herbert enlisted in the First AIF during QUERIES [email protected] August 1914 as an Armourer Sergeant in the 5th Infantry Battalion. If you can supply further information Prize:- Induction into the By then he was living at Gourlay or add more details to any of the SANDBELT HALL OF FAME. Street, St Kilda with his wife Lilian. following queries, please email [email protected] or write to Winner and solutions in next issue. The battalion departed Port Mel-

PO Box 4028 McKinnon 3204. 1: What was the Nepean Hwy bourne on HMAT Orvieto on 21 Oct 1914 and Herbert Hawker survived originally called...... ? JOYCE PARK the Gallipoli Landing, 25 April 1915. Does anyone know if Joyce Park is 2: Whose or what “boundary” did Later on, he served on the Western named after Dr Arthur Fleming the East Boundary Road once Front where he was promoted to Joyce, or his son Dr Colin Joyce? define...... ? captain and received the Military Cross, 1914–1915 Star, British War CARLYON ST Medal and Victory Medal. Jon is looking for more information on NOTICES On returning home, Herbert worked the architectural detailing of Victorian for some time as an engineer and villas. PMI Vic History Library National Trust Heritage Week Event was a founding member of the Caul- ANCESTORS 39 St Edmunds Rd, Prahran field Army & Navy Club (RSL). He died in the Caulfield Repatriation Lisa requests information on exhibition from the HERBERT STANLEY HAWKER Hospital in 1942. His funeral the Clements family. GLEN EIRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Image: reproduced from côrtège departed from Duke St, Chris Hawker’s Facebook Page JOSEPH WEST BREWER RD On the Home Front: South Caulfield for the Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery. Carmel seeks more information on WW1 in Caulfield & Beyond farmer and market gardener Joseph 18 April–26 May West (1809–1891) and his family. He Opening 11am Saturday 18 April HARRY GEORGE HAWKER 1899–1921 bought land in 1847 in the East Brigh- incls talk & tour of exhibition Harry Hawker (below right) was born in Moor- ton area with frontages to Brewer and abbin Shire and, like Herbert, his older brother, Patterson Roads. Several years later, Brighton Cemetorians attended Worthing Rd Primary School, Moorab- two of his sons settled on Phillip Island bin (pic p8) as well as state schools at St Kilda and played a part in its development. ANZAC WALK and Brighton. 2pm, 19 April, Brighton Cemetery. OLDEST EXISTING BUILD- Non members $10 Members $8, Following an apprenticeship and then working as a mechanic, Harry went over to England where ING IN BENTLEIGH includes refreshments and tour pamphlet. Bkgs:95584248 he became chief test pilot for the Sopwith Avia- CMHS received an inquiry about the tion Company. During WW1 he was involved in street location of the oldest E:[email protected]. the design of many of their military aircraft, some existing building in the former East GECC Story-Telling Festival of which were also used by French, Belgian and Brighton now Bentleigh & E. Bentleigh. U.S. air services. CMHS will participate in this year’s GECC Story-Telling Festival. The Festival takes When the war ended, Harry co-founded Hawker Send us short articles place from 13 to 28 June. Bill will present Aircraft Company (later Hawker Siddeley) with or suggestions for future articles “Our Story” on Thursday 25 June at the Thomas Octave Rupert Sopwith and two others. email: [email protected] Carnegie Library from 10.30–11.30am Unfortunately, Harry died on 12 June 1921 when or to PO Box 4028 McKinnon 3204 (10am arrival to help set-up). All welcome . his aircraft crashed at Hendon Aerodrome.

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HERBERT STANLEY HAWKER by J. DALE AIF PRIVATE ALBERT OGDEN Jim Dale is a committee member of CMHS plus the Harry Hawker Pioneer Aviation Society Box Cottage Museum is privileged to AIF Captain Herbert (Bert) Stanley Bert, who was blessed with a good have the bible of Private Albert Ogden Hawker (1885–1942) was the first born singing voice, sang at Primitive Meth- of Jasper Rd in its Collection (image son in the family of two sons and two odist Church services in Carpenter St, below right). According to AWM online daughters of George Hawker and Mary Brighton. With his sisters Maude and records, Private Albert Ogden, a nee Anderson. Ruby, he would also assist at services Bentleigh market gardener, enlisted on when George was circuit minister He, and his sister Maude, were the older 17 Oct 1916 in the AIF Regimental No. from Ormond to Mordialloc. Bert and siblings of aviator Harold (Harry) George 6416, 6th Infantry Brigade, 22nd Infan- his brother Harry played in the Austral (1889–1921), and their sister Ruby. Not try Battalion,18th Reinforcements. He Brass Band (later, the St Kilda City only was George Hawker a smith and was aged 24 and single. His parents, Band) where his father was band wheelwright who reputedly designed a Walter and Amelia Ogden, Butler St, leader. Additionally, on Saturdays steam engine to power his workshop, he Camberwell are noted as next of kin. during the summer, Bert and Harry was a noted rifleman and a Primitive

would help their father who was Sec- Methodist minister. retary of the Highett Cricket Club.

Bert was born in a rented house on

Bert, who trained as a mechanic, is Dandenong Rd Malvern, and baptised at reputed to be among the earliest Vic- St Johns, Dandenong Rd Nth Caulfield.

torians to get a driver’s license along

After the family moved to Wickham Rd, with his brother Harry. During March

Highett, Bert attended Moorabbin 1910, Bert, with brother Harry and PTE OGDEN 1893–1917 State School No. 1111 in Worthing Rd friends, was at Diggers Rest when (Image: CMHS Collection) (below). The school, dating back to American escapologist Harry Houdini

1872/5, is one of oldest schools in made the first controlled, powered

Moorabbin then called South Brighton. flight of an airplane in Australia.

“Our Fallen Heroes” Pte Ogden’s name is on the marble scroll of the memorial drinking fountain in Hodgson Reserve, Bentleigh Pte Albert Ogden embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 Nov 1916 for service on the Western Front. Ten months later he died of wounds on 18 Sept 1917.

Pte Albert Ogden is memorialized in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

His name can also be located on Panel 97 in the Commemorative Area at the War Memorial Canberra as well as the Moorabbin Primary School No 1111, Worthing Road Bentleigh (above scroll) and Kingston ‘AC‘TIVE SERVICE TESTAMENT 1917’ Image: Jim Dale (www.panoramio.co.user 2873105) Heath Reserve Memorials (p6). Pt Ogden, Camp Reuen 23.6.17

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MOORABBIN REMEMBRANCE GARDEN MCKINNON WW1 BENTLEIGH WW1 MEMORIAL MEMORIAL AND OBELISK WATER FOUNTAIN On 24 April 1993, the mayor of Moorabbin, Cr. Barry Neve, and the The WW1 Memorial Unveiled on 25 mayor of Canakkale, Cr Ismail Ozay Garden and Obelisk July 1920, the dedicated the WW1 Moorabbin with water tap are granite memorial Remembrance Garden, and located in McKinnon water fountain in unveiled the memorial plaque Road, near Wattle Hodgson Rsve (right). Grove. faces Jasper Rd.

The granite memorial The memorial is Canakkale is the closest city to the was erected by d i a g o n a l l y battlefields of Gallipoli (Gelibolu). McKinnon residents: opposite the Canakkalians are now custodians of as a tribute of love B e n t l e i g h the ground where so many of our and gratitude to Library. Australian and New Zealand her glorious dead ANZACs fell in 1915. The shield on its and her returned base reads:- At the 1993 ceremony, sand from men who fought King and Coun- Anzac Cove was combined with to keep the Empire try. In honour of Australian soil and two Aleppo free in the Great Bentleigh Boys Pines were planted to symbolise the Above: Canakkale plaque in Moorabbin War 1914–1918. who have fallen Remembrance Garden, Kingston Heath bond between Moorabbin's citizens Reserve, Cheltenham (formerly in City of Moorab- On the front panel in the Great War and the citizens of Canakkale. bin now City of Kingston). the memorial lists 1914–1918.

the names* of Etched on the marble scroll are the four locals killed in names* of locals who fell in WW1.

action along with ten returnees on * Their individual names may be viewed in the left hand side. Box Cottage Museum on 26 April. Other WW1 memorials in former City of Moorabbin will feature in a future issue(s)

ANZAC BISCUIT RECIPE The traditional recipe is provided by METHOD Valma Sharp, CMHS Vice President,  Mix together oats, flour, sugar and whose mother passed it on to her. coconut in a bowl.

 Melt golden syrup and butter together INGREDIENTS over low heat. 1 cup rolled oats  Mix bicarbonate of soda with boiling 1 cup flour (plain) water and add to the melted mixture. 1 cup sugar (caster)  Stir into dry ingredients and mix well. 3/4 cup (desiccated) coconut  Place dessertspoonfuls on greased WW1 Memorial to the AIF volunteers who enlisted from 1 tablespoon golden syrup baking trays, allow space for spreading. “Moorabbin and Cheltenham ridings, Beaumaris and portions of Mentone” 4 oz butter  Bake in a moderately hot oven for 20 Unveiled Cheltenham Park, 26 April 1925. Relocated to Kingston Heath Reserve in 2000. 1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda the 76 names engraved above may be viewed at Box Cottage Museum Open Day 26 April 2015; dedications on the bases are cropped forward for clarity mins. Remove while still warm. Loosen 1/2 (Image: HBader 2015) 2 tablespoons boiling water. and allow to cool. Makes 2–2 dozen. 6 7