xvi, 175 p.; 24 cmnon-fictionA History of the Shire of Berwick now the City of Berwick and the Shire of Pakenhamcity of berwick, shire of pakenham, shire of berwick, list of berwick shire presidents from 1868 to 1973, berwick road board presidents from 1862 to 1867, berwick quarry,

non-fictionFor 25 years of his working life he worked as a Shire Engineer in West Gippsland and developed a reputation for competence and efficiency. Passionate about both trees and golf, he was a careful and measured man with an entrepreneurial spirit who worked behind the scenes He was seen by many as aloof and a hard man and by the very few who became close to him, as warm and fun loving and fond of children. Ross formed a business association with Wally Lawson in Warragul and together they embarked on a number of projects to advance the town and the district. As a young man, Ross had studied geology and working with quarries was familiar to him in his role as a Shire Engineer. In 1959 he established Bayview Quarries in partnership with Wally Lawson. When, in 1968, Bayview Quarries was taken over by Boral Ltd., Ross approached Tom Maw who had an operational quarry at Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula. Ross and Maw became partners in what became Hillview Quarries. Ross also became the largest individual shareholder in Western Mining. Those shares formed the major part of the legacy he left to establish The R. E. Ross Trust and The Trust now operates on its income from assets acquired following the disposal of the Western Mining shares and from the earnings of Hilhnew Quarries. It is the only trust in Australia which owns a quarry as one of its investments.engineering, philanthropy, quarryman, investor, r.e. ross trust, hillview quarries, wally lawson, roy everard ross

40 p.; 24 cmnon-fictionA history of Wilson Botanic Park, including its geological history and palaeobotany, and chapters on pre-European history and Aboriginal settlement, European settlement, the growth of the township of Berwick, the Wilson Quarry, the gift of the site to the people of Berwick, and the growth of the park since its opening in 1992.berwick (vic.), wilson botanic park, george lindsay wilson, fay wilson (nee duff), george pritchard harvey wilson, james wilson

v, 109 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 21 cm.non-fictionThe life of Ronald Clifford Andrews (1930 – 2003). Ron Andrews was born and raised in the district. The founder of the Pakenham Blue Metal Quarry at Mount Shamrock and the Andrews Foundation. ron 'mick' andrews, pakenham (vic.)

106 p. : ill., portraits, map, bib., pbk ; 30 cmnon-fictionContents include: Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey [Edrington]; The Police Paddocks and the Native Police Corps; The changing face of Berwick township; Coaches, tolls and local councils; Berwick Mechanics Institute and Free Library; Berwick Primary School [No. 40] and Berwick Grammar School; A century of quarrying in Berwick; The German settlement of Harkaway; Emerald’s first State School No. 2110 (1879-1909); The railway to Gippsland; Early sawmilling in West Gippsland; Tooradin and the coastal villages; Some notable early residents and their homes; The draining of the Koo-Wee-Rup swamp; Guest houses at Upper Beaconsfield; Ada Armytage of Holm Park; The soldiers of early Berwick; Memorials, commemorations and avenues of honour; Bush nursing hospitals; The Melbourne Hunt Club [The "Kennels" at Cranbourne]; Growing up in Berwick in the 1930s & 1940s; Growing up in Beaconsfield in the 1930s and 1940s; Casey Airfield; The history of Maryknoll [Catholic farming community]; The filming of “On the beach”; Memories of Ash Wednesday; Maps of the Casey-Cardinia area. Notable people : William Lyall and "Harewood'; William Clarke and "Springfield'; Sydney Webb and "Holly Green"; Carl Axel Nobelius; Edwin Flack and "Burnbank"; Carlo Catani;. Includes illustrations, portraits, photographs, maps and bibliography. city of casey, cardinia shire (vic.)