A paper prepared by the City of Nunawading Committee of management for Wandinong Sanctuary to record the history, the underlying principals and objectives of management of the Sanctuary and to establish guidelines for its development. Includes titles, maps, plant list, birds of the area.billing> janet emma, woods> john, purches> frederick, purches> edwin, coppin> george seeth, horkings> john, parsons> a.w., blackburn road, lalwa street, canterbury road, ronley street, eustace street, blackburn, hooke> albert arthur, wandinong sanctuary, horkings paddock, holland road, windermere court, gresham place, wildlife, native plants, hooke> joan, hooke> norman, hooke> bernard, hooke> margaret, hooke> elizabeth, hooke> mary, blackburn and district tree preservation society, nunawading city council, parks and reserves, environment, bicycles, stott's paddock, gardeners, wandinong, house names, main street, hooke> janet emily, hooke> albert arthur

Two articles from Nunawading Gazette and The Sun on Mr & Mrs Arthur Hooke donating their 4 acres of land at Blackburn to create Wandinong Sanctuary. They did not want their property subdivided so left it as a perpetual sanctuary for the people to be maintained by Nunawading Council.Two articles from Nunawading Gazette and The Sun on Mr & Mrs Arthur Hooke donating their 4 acres of land at Blackburn to create Wandinong Sanctuary. hooke, albert arthur, hooke, janet emily, wandinong sanctuary

Article from The Age, 21 Jan 1967, re Blackburn couple Arthur & Janet Cooke deciding to hand over their house and land to the Council on their death to keep as a sanctuary for birds, plants and flowers.Article from The Age, 21 Jan 1967. hooke, albert arthur, hooke, janet emily, wandinong sanctuary