Deloraine's Legacy: A Century of Yarragon's Evolution and Ownership

Title: Deloraine's Legacy: A Century of Yarragon's Evolution and Ownership
Description: The history of " Deloraine " property at 63 Yarragon-Leongatha Road. Gives the locality history of Yarragon orginally named Waterloo until 1883. The township's population in 1800s.
Coal and timber industry, dairying.
Original owners J Rollo, Margaret Elligott and John Gallagher.
1928 owners the Best family - 2 residential houses on property
1. Higgins - 1892-1935
2. Deloraine C/A 12 James Slater, John Carty, Benjamin Stanton with information 1895- 1904 several owners.
1904 - 1913 Rosetta Roberts
1913 - 1940 Thomas Baldwin Richards who married 1914 house built c.1913-1915
1940 Burt Best became legal owner but had been living at Deloraine from 1928, daughter Amy married Edward (Jack) Carter in 1930, so partnership Best and Carter.
Features of the residence are largely Edwardian with editions, and images of Deloraine.; Excellent
Identifier: 30489
Type: Article
Date: 2020
Date Accepted: 2023-11-02
Contributor: Sylvia Thompson; Jo Dickson
Subject: DEVELOPMENT
Spatial Coverage: Vault 1 | Filing Cabinet 2
Date Created: 2023-11-20