Jenkins Betty

July 19, 2011

Betty Jenkins (nee Drummond) grew up at Stamford Park where her father ran a dairy farm. Aloysius ("Wish") Drummond was an enterprising man and Betty's story details his colourful life. Betty Jenkins is the eldest child of Aloysius ("Wish") and Ada ...

Knox Historical Society

July 19, 2011

History of Lysterfield and District This is an edited extract of a paper presented to the Knox Historical Society in 1982 by Heather Ronald and later published in the "Knox Historian". The Early Settlers In Helen Coulson's book Story of the Dand...

Lightwood Park

July 19, 2011

When I interviewed Hedley Hobbs for the article that appeared in the December 1997 and February 1998 editions of the News, he showed me an old poster advertising the Lightwood Park subdivision. It was too yellowed with age to copy but it is reproduced here a...

Lyster William

July 19, 2011

William Saurin Lyster William Lyster, in whose honour Lysterfield is named, was an extraordinary man whose great energy and many talents left an abiding legacy, not only in this district where he led the way in opening up the potential of the beautiful Ly...

Lysterfield Quarries

July 19, 2011

In this article Jack Smith takes us on a journey in time far more wide-ranging than any other history articles. He takes us back into the deep history of Rowville-Lysterfield when the very rocks were being formed and then on to a vista of the Lysterfield hil...