In 1976, the Shire of Pakenham recognising that Cockatoo was the second largest township within the shire, acknowledged requests for the provision of recreation facilities. Council purchased four hectares of land strategically located in the Town Centre and in conjunction with the local community, embarked upon a programme of staged development of the site. The first stage saw the construction of the kindergarten building which was opened in 1977, followed by the bowling green, tennis courts, netball courts and public toilets. The Community Complex Building was the final development of the site.The Cockatoo Community Complex building, was the final stage of the development and was opened on the 20th November 1982. It was a replacement for the old Cockatoo Hall, which had not been renovated since 1936. The old Cockatoo Hall was lost in the Ash Wednesday fires on the 16th February 1983. The community complex played an integral part in the recovery stages after Ash Wednesday.Four page document, including Acknowledgements, Order of Ceremony, Menu and Site Plan of the Cockatoo community ComplexTwo punctured holes for folder storagecockatoo community complex, cockatoo hall, hall opening, cockatoo

Built in 1923-1927, the school is the gift from the children of the state of Victoria, Australia, to the children of Villers-Bretonneux as proof of their love and good-will towards France. Twelve hundred Australian soldiers, fathers and brothers of these children, gave their lives for the heroic recapture of the town on April 24th and 25th, 1918. On the front of the building there are two plaques (one in French and one in English) referring to this. In the School Yard, as well as an Aboriginal style mural created by the students of the school and inaugurated on ANZAC Day 2009, is an inscription over the porch on a green background in yellow writing saying : DO NOT FORGET AUSTRALIA Due to the strong bond of friendship between the Australian population and the inhabitants of Villers-Bretonneux. This message expresses the need to remember and show gratitude. Also situated in the school is the Victoria Hall, with its wooden paneling, co-ordinated by the Ballarat Technical Art School with most of the carving being undertaken by Australian sculptor John Grant of Daylesford Technical College in Victoria. The carvings represent fauna and flora from Australia. (http://www.museeaustralien.com/en/?Victoria_school, accessed 04/02/2014)Photographs of each of the Pilister at Victoria School, Villers Bretonneux. Each pilister is carved with an Australian Animal.villers-bretonneux, ballarat technical art school, victoria school, victoria hall, world war, world war 1, australian animals, possum, cockatoo, kookaburra, platypus, lyrebird, koala

Photograph taken at their Cockatoo holiday home. The BOROWSKI family lived in Spring Street West, Port Melbourne, for nearly 50 years. Jim DELLAR died in 1911.Photograph taken of members of the BOROWSKI family at their Cockatoo holiday home in the Dandenong Ranges. Back Row L _ R: Matilda & James BOROWSKI. Centre Row L - R: Ruby May BOROWSKI & James DELLAR. Front row couple with baby are unknown.families, matilda borowski, james borowski, ruby may borowski, jim dellar

Photograph taken at Cockatoo during a family holiday. The BOROWSKI family lived in Spring St East, Port Melbourne for nearly 50 years.Photograph taken of members of the BOROWSKI family at their holiday home in the Dandenong Ranges. Back Row L _ R: Matilda & James BOROWSKI with Ruby May BOROWSKI. Seated in front are Rudolf Henry and Mary Matilda BOROWSKI.families, james borowski, ruby may borowski, rudolf henry borowski, mary matilda borowski, matilda borowski

Photograph of a family picnic taken at the BOROWSKI holiday home in Cockatoo. The BOROWSKI family lived in Spring Street West, Port Melbourne, for nearly 50 years. Photograph of a picnic at the BOROWSKI's Cockatoo holiday home in the Dandenong Ranges. families, borowski family

Photograph of the BOROWSKI holiday home in Cockatoo. The BOROWSKI family lived in Spring Street West, Port Melbourne, for nearly 50 years. Photograph of the BOROWSKI's Cockatoo holiday home in the Dandenong Ranges. families, borowski family

Holiday snap of Ted Woolrich (1st left) and Iris Woolrich (2nd left) with a group of five relatives/friends. There is a cockatoo on a man's shoulder and two kookaburras being held by group members.ted woolrich, iris woolrich