Some events in the history of Drysdale :-
Pre-European Settlement | Area inhabited by Bengalat balug (Clan) of the Wathaurong Tribe |
1802 | First European explorers. January : Lieutenant John Murray April : Captain Matthew Flinders |
1803 - 1835 | William Buckley the first European living in the area |
1835 + | Area investigated and surveyed by Wedge and Gellibrand |
1836 + | Area occupied by squatters |
1843 | Anne Drysdale & Caroline Newcomb take up land at Coriyule |
1848 | Alexander McLarty opens "Black Bull" Hotel |
1849 |
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1851 | Bellarine (later Drysdale) laid out by Government Surveyor |
1852 | Bucks Head Hotel opened |
1853 |
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1854 | Church of England school opened |
1855 | Tuckfield Chapel built |
1863 | Foundation stone laid for Drysdale Wesleyan Church |
1868 | Coriyule House plus 80 acres of grazing land advertised to be let |
1871 | Foundation stone of St. James Church of England laid by Bishop Perry. Foundations completed 18/11/1871 |
1872 |
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1873 | Drysdale Jetty completed |
1874 |
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1875 | Drysdale State School started on land next to St. James Church of England : school completed 9/7/1875, opened 2/8/1875, amalgamating the church schools |
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1879 |
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1880 | Foundation stone laid for new Shire Hall & Court House : opened 28/10/1880 |
1881 |
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1882 | Light snow fell for the first time |
1885 |
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1887 | New Wesleyan Church under construction |
1888 | Rev. J D Dodgson sells Coriyule |
1889 | New telephone service between Drysdale & Clifton Springs opens |
1890 | Scarborough Railway Station near Drysdale closed |
1891 | United Service Home opened in Drysdale |
1897 | Mr. McDermott purchased Coriyule Estate |