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There were several more large floods, notably in
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In March 1862, a deputation of Eltham residents approached the
Commissioner of Railways and Roads, requesting the government to buy the Templestowe Bridge then give it back to the Eltham District Road Board, as while its toll earning capability was not as "remunerative" as had been hoped, the bridge
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In March 1865 another deputation this time of
Templestowe residents to the Acting Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, offered £600 English Pounds raised by them towards a new bridge to replace the Templestowe Bridge and requested a government grant towards the cost. The Acting Commissioner "promised
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A stoppage in the works of the
Templestowe Bridge was explained by Wekey on 22 September, as being a dispute between the Board and the contractors over payment when the foundation on the Lower Plenty side was found to be different from expected, causing a change in the design – the contractors were
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The bridge would have a span of 43 metres and a width of eight metres. It would cost £2200 English Pounds (AU$ 450,000 in 2022 dollars). It would be located at the end of what is now Bonds Road, Lower Plenty, the land for this road being donated by local landowners John
Seymour and David Bell, and
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Unfortunately in
January 1856 the Victoria Vineyard and Garden Fruit Company was forced to sell its land. The sale was to Mr King for eight English Pounds an acre – the land had been acquired originally for £4.60 English Pounds an acre – but Wekey had been confident it would soon be worth £18-20
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Around 1855 another bridge was built in what is now Lower Plenty but over the Plenty River. The Lower Plenty Toll Bridge, referred to above, bluestone blocks and steel, still stands today and is part of the Plenty River Trail, close to the
Heidelberg Golf Club and the Lower Plenty Hotel. It is
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A plan, backed by a group of
Melbourne businessmen who would form the 'Templestowe Bridge Committee', attracted the necessary shareholders and the project was underway. Colonial Architect of the day, James Balmain did the design as a private commission, engineers and builders were Allott and
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Lower Plenty has a low density of urban dwellings compared to nearby suburbs, and is dominated by large homesteads that are built away from the main roads. These houses sharply contrast with the relatively undeveloped roads (some unsealed) and infrastructure of the area.
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immigrant
Sigismund Wekey purchased 211 acres (0.85 km) in what is now Lower Plenty, via The Victoria Vineyard and Garden Fruit Company of which he was manager, with a vision to start a wine industry in the new settlement of Melbourne.
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In March 1855, Wekey held a meeting at the
Bulleen Hotel and called for shareholders, each "according to his means", for a proposed toll bridge, the first bridge ever built over the Upper Yarra, joining Lower Plenty to
516:), after playing and winning a Premiership in the Panton Hill and District Football League during the 1980s. A victory after the siren in the 2018 Grand Final put Lower Plenty back into the Division 1 competition.
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The Argus newspaper in February 1935. No other references have yet been discovered (regretfully no picture of Templestowe Bridge has been found and most residents don't even know a bridge was there).
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newspaper, dated 1 May 1879, reveals two lads, Corkhill and Hodgson, "broke the windows of the old tollhouse, Lower Plenty bridge", some 19 years after the bridge was built.
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The last 'bits' of the Templestowe Bridge, joining Bonds Road, Lower Plenty to Finns Reserve at Thompson's Road, Templestowe, finally washed away in the 1960s.
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The built-up features of Lower Plenty are the Heidelberg Golf Club, the Lower Plenty Hotel, the distinctive radio masts that rise above Bonds Road, and the
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and the Plenty River Trail cycling and walking tracks, exposing the beauty of the rivers in a bushland setting, while joining Lower Plenty to the City and
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Lower Plenty also has a primary school, on the main road as well as a scout hall along Para Road. Also a baseball club is located at Glenauburn reserve.
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being operated by the company. The bridge would cut five kilometres off the trip from the Eltham township to Melbourne, it was claimed at the meeting.
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Greenwood. The foundation stone, laid by John Hodgson M.L.C., on 18 August 1855, concealed a manuscript giving details of the ceremony.
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Golfers play at the course of the Rosanna Golf Club on Cleveland Avenue, or at the course of the Heidelberg Golf Club on Main Road.
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to give the matter further consideration" though he did not see "from what fund a sum of money could be granted to them".
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the Central Road Board agreed to level the road to the bridge on the Templestowe side through the estate of Henry Stooke.
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to improve and shorten the trip to the city even further. By 21 September the plan for this second bridge was underway.
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and Cricket Clubs are located in nearby Montmorency, at Montmorency Park, on Para Road. Since 1995 the
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English Pounds per acre. The company was to be wound up shortly after.
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102:145°06′58″E
89:Coordinates
863:Categories
768:Heidelberg
734:Briar Hill
669:Heidelberg
536:References
127:Population
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165:Location
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798:Macleod
783:Ivanhoe
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601:7 April
340:History
218:Suburbs
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