Melbourne and suburbs : Gregory's Road Map no. 33, 1952
Full title: Melbourne and suburbs : Gregory's Road Map no. 33 / prepared by Clive Barrass, 1906-1970
Publisher: Sydney : Gregory Publishing Co., [1952]
Date: 1952
This map includes several features of relevance to Monash City's history.
The "main through road" route along Ferntree Gully Road at Wheelers Hill (map reference R -14) takes drivers along The Deviation, across Jells Road and through the reserve that's between the shopping centre and petrol station, along what is now Wendy Court and onwards to rejoin Ferntree Gully Road via Marykirk Drive. This avoided the steepest part of the journey and was built in 1920s (Mulgrave Shire requesting the Country Roads Board (CRB) to "to go on with the Wheeler's Hill deviation" in 1924) and was open until the 1970s. The cost of its upkeep was an ongoing issue between the municipal authorities and the CRB, such as when there were moves to close either The Deviation or the steepest section of Ferntree Gully Road in 1940, with the issue being raised again in 1946. Of interest, is that route to the east of Jells Road was also the proposed course for the Ferntree Gully tramway.
Of interest also is that the southern portion of Huntingdale Road is named "Box Hill Rd. Sth.". This stretch of road was previously known as Victoria Street.
Of particular note is the mapping of two golf links that were developed for residential subdivisions in the 1960s.
At P-14 is the Amstel Golf Links, on Ferntree Gully Road. The eastern boundary of the course runs along the section of Stephensons Road north of Ferntree Gully Road that was build in the 1960s. From Fernteree Gully Road, the course stretched back to Scotchmans Creek, where the Monash Freeway runs. According to the Waverley Historical Society, the golf course was named after Daniel Ploos van Amstel, of the Dutch Consulate. The links was adjacent to the Amstel Park subdivision, sold in 1908.
According to the Waverley Historical Society's street name database, the links is remembered in the naming of Amstel Court, plus several less obvious titles:
- Bellerive Avenue (after the prestigious Bellerive Country Club in America)
- Ben Hogan Court (Ben Hogan being a famous American golfer)
- Como Court (likely after the Lake Como Golf Club in Italy)
- Cremin Court (named for Eric James Cremin, a famous Australian golfer)
- Dai Court and Rees Court (Dai Rees was a famous Welsh golfer)
- Eagle Court (named after a golfing term)
- Ganton Court (named after Ganton Golf Club in England)
- Long Beach Crescent (named after Long Beach golf course in California)
- Nagle Court (after the golfer South African Kel Nagle)
- Palmer Court (named after American golfer Arnold Palmer)
- Ryder Court (named for the Ryder Cup)
- St Andrews Court (named after the golf course at St Andrews in Scotland)
- St Cloud Court (likely named after Saint-Cloud golf course near Paris)
- Snead Court (after the American golfer Sam Snead)
- Sunnyside Road (likely named for the Sunnyside Country Club in America)
- Woodlands Avenue (likely named after the Woodlands Golf Club in Mordialloc)
At map reference Q-13 is the Waverley Golf Links on the north-east corner of Blackburn Road and Waverley Road. Lasting reminders of this course are Bunker Crescent, Stableford Avenue and Wedge Court, all named after golfing terms and on land formerly occupied by the links.
Subjects:
Roads--Victoria--Melbourne--Maps
Melbourne (Vic.)--Maps
Road maps
Tourist maps
Notes: "Sept. 1952"
Includes index to suburbs.
Inset: Melbourne.
On verso: Melbourne's outer environs and hills district -- City of Melbourne.
Shows main routes, local roads, distances, places of interest, railways, tramways.
Information transferred from the Mitchell Library shelflist catalogue as part of the eRecords Project 2009-2010.
Source: State Library of New South Wales
Call numbers: M2 821.09gmb/1952/1
Record identifier: 4VvazAawOJd
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Melbourne and suburbs : Gregory's Road Map no. 33, 1952
Full title: Melbourne and suburbs : Gregory's Road Map no. 33 / prepared by Clive Barrass, 1906-1970
Publisher: Sydney : Gregory Publishing Co., [1952]
Date: 1952
This map includes several features of relevance to Monash City's history.
The "main through road" route along Ferntree Gully Road at Wheelers Hill (map reference R -14) takes drivers along The Deviation, across Jells Road and through the reserve that's between the shopping centre and petrol station, along what is now Wendy Court and onwards to rejoin Ferntree Gully Road via Marykirk Drive. This avoided the steepest part of the journey and was built in 1920s (Mulgrave Shire requesting the Country Roads Board (CRB) to "to go on with the Wheeler's Hill deviation" in 1924) and was open until the 1970s. The cost of its upkeep was an ongoing issue between the municipal authorities and the CRB, such as when there were moves to close either The Deviation or the steepest section of Ferntree Gully Road in 1940, with the issue being raised again in 1946. Of interest, is that route to the east of Jells Road was also the proposed course for the Ferntree Gully tramway.
Of interest also is that the southern portion of Huntingdale Road is named "Box Hill Rd. Sth.". This stretch of road was previously known as Victoria Street.
Of particular note is the mapping of two golf links that were developed for residential subdivisions in the 1960s.
At P-14 is the Amstel Golf Links, on Ferntree Gully Road. The eastern boundary of the course runs along the section of Stephensons Road north of Ferntree Gully Road that was build in the 1960s. From Fernteree Gully Road, the course stretched back to Scotchmans Creek, where the Monash Freeway runs. According to the Waverley Historical Society, the golf course was named after Daniel Ploos van Amstel, of the Dutch Consulate. The links was adjacent to the Amstel Park subdivision, sold in 1908.
According to the Waverley Historical Society's street name database, the links is remembered in the naming of Amstel Court, plus several less obvious titles:
- Bellerive Avenue (after the prestigious Bellerive Country Club in America)
- Ben Hogan Court (Ben Hogan being a famous American golfer)
- Como Court (likely after the Lake Como Golf Club in Italy)
- Cremin Court (named for Eric James Cremin, a famous Australian golfer)
- Dai Court and Rees Court (Dai Rees was a famous Welsh golfer)
- Eagle Court (named after a golfing term)
- Ganton Court (named after Ganton Golf Club in England)
- Long Beach Crescent (named after Long Beach golf course in California)
- Nagle Court (after the golfer South African Kel Nagle)
- Palmer Court (named after American golfer Arnold Palmer)
- Ryder Court (named for the Ryder Cup)
- St Andrews Court (named after the golf course at St Andrews in Scotland)
- St Cloud Court (likely named after Saint-Cloud golf course near Paris)
- Snead Court (after the American golfer Sam Snead)
- Sunnyside Road (likely named for the Sunnyside Country Club in America)
- Woodlands Avenue (likely named after the Woodlands Golf Club in Mordialloc)
At map reference Q-13 is the Waverley Golf Links on the north-east corner of Blackburn Road and Waverley Road. Lasting reminders of this course are Bunker Crescent, Stableford Avenue and Wedge Court, all named after golfing terms and on land formerly occupied by the links.
Subjects:
Roads--Victoria--Melbourne--Maps
Melbourne (Vic.)--Maps
Road maps
Tourist maps
Notes: "Sept. 1952"
Includes index to suburbs.
Inset: Melbourne.
On verso: Melbourne's outer environs and hills district -- City of Melbourne.
Shows main routes, local roads, distances, places of interest, railways, tramways.
Information transferred from the Mitchell Library shelflist catalogue as part of the eRecords Project 2009-2010.
Source: State Library of New South Wales
Call numbers: M2 821.09gmb/1952/1
Record identifier: 4VvazAawOJd
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