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Alexandra Park
In August 1904 the strip of land between the railway line and Commercial Road was named Alexandra Park after Queen Alexandra, wife of the then…
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A.N.Z. Bank of Australasia
The A.N.Z. Bank, had by the 1950s, been established in Morwell for many years. Circa 1903, the bank amalgamated with the Union Bank and became…
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Colonial/National Bank
The Colonial Bank came to Morwell in 1884 and built the existing building in 1888 with Mr Henry McIntosh as manager. In 1918 the bank…
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English, Scottish & Australian Bank
The last major bank to establish a presence in Morwell was the E.S. & A. Bank. They opened their branch at number 13 Church Street…
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Bank of New South Wales
The Morwell branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened at 224A Commercial Road on Monday, March 31st. 1952. The first manager was Mr.…
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State Savings Bank of Victoria
Mr J.O. Lutted purchased Lot 5 Sec 1 of the Township of Morwell when it was made available by the Government in 1878 and started…
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North Side East Businesses
No. 217. C.D. Koenig; Airzone Radio; Frank Johnson – Radio and Electrical Specialist originally at 24 Commercial Road; Ken Billingsley; D. Frame; Max McMahon; IOOF…
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O’Rourke’s Coffee Palace
This site was first occupied by Mrs Henry in 1888 as a Coffee Palace. Other occupiers were Mrs Keegan and later the O’Rourke family who…
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Masonic Lodge
The Morwell Masonic Temple, constructed in 1927, is a simple single-storey red-brick building with a corrugated steel clad gabled roof (with vents along the ridge)…
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Donaldson’s Store
Edmund Kelleher was the first owner of this lot being Lot 12 Sec 1 of Morwell Township. A hotel was built on part of the…
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Gilbert’s Railway Store
No. 190. C.O. Gilbert Purchased Lot 10 Sec. 1 when sold by the government in 1878 and built the first store in Morwell on the…
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Les Hare’s Garage / Maryvale Motors
In 1883 Mr Murdoch built a hall on the site as a meeting place for the community. When the Mechanics Hall was opened this hall…
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Bills Horse Trough
This horse trough was donated to the people of Morwell and District by animal lovers George and Annis Bills. The Return of the Horse Trough…
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Kelleher Hotel
Edmund Kelleher built the first wooden hotel on this site in 1879 and the present hotel building was built in 1886 by Mr Tulloch for…
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Legacy Place
In early Morwell, this area was the site of the War Memorial erected in 1921, and the railway crossing. In 1955, on closure of the…
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Michael Guss
Payne’s Bon Marché ➜
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Murdoch’s Hotel
This solid brick hotel was built for William Murdoch by Mr Tulloch and completed in early 1888.The bricks were made at Murdoch’s brick works in…
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North Side West Businesses
Shops & Offices were built on lots leased from the Railways from the 1920s to 1990s when they could be purchased as freehold. No 187…
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Plummer and Martin Group of Stores
This area is Lot 6 & 7 Sec. 1 of the Township of Morwell and was burned out in the 1890 major fire. The site was…
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Post Office
In 1878 T.J. Matingley purchased this site being Lot 1 Sec. 2 and on the corner part a hotel was built, ‘The Morwell’. Christy Walsh…
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Post Office
Our Post Office at Morwell has had five different sites 1. The first postal service was provided from the railway station soon after the arrival…
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Morwell to Mirboo Railway Line
Construction commenced in 1883. The first section, Morwell – Boolarra, opened in April 1885 and the line to Mirboo North was officially opened on 7th…
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Morwell to Mirboo Railway Line Opening
Extract from Morwell and Mirboo Gazette 12th. January 1886 Opening of the railway from Morwell to Mirboo Thursday last will long be remembered by the…
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Railway Hotel
John Collyer established the “Railway Hotel” on this site c 1878.The name was changed to Collyer’s Hotel and later became known as the Cricketer’s Arms…
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