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Riddells Creek the Beginning
IN 1840 JOHN CARRE RIDDELL AND THOMAS FERRIER DISCOVER RIDDELLS CREEK -
1st School in Riddells Creek
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new school
our school was build -
Railway opened
Railway was opened at this time -
Rail line
In 1862 the Woodend to Kyneton and Kyneton to Bendigo train lines were complete and running. -
smiths nursery was opened
Smiths nursery was opened at Riddells Creek and was later to achiebe wide recognition -
Transport
There was no morer transport of crimnals from over seas to Ausatralia. -
Australian goldfields
In 1867 Chinise miners destroyed the Crocodile Creek goldfields in Australia -
George L Mitchell
He was the head teacher at Riddells Creek primary school by Joel
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Anzac
In 1915 The Anzacs landed in Gallipoli. Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corp. -
Riddells Creek blacksmith
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st John's church
The church was opened in 1926 it looked really good. -
The swimming pool opened
Frank Beaurepaire (Olympic swimming champion) opened the swimming pool located near the lake. -
Sir Charles Edward Kinnford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingford Smith was the first one to flight from U.S.A to Australia in 1928 -
eletricity
Eletricity came to redel 1929 7 of march -
fred hollows
fred hollows was a idocter
fred went to nepal to do eyes surgery on people -
Dummy Tram
An old cable tram dummy placed in the school yard as a play facility. -
The first basketball club
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Pharlap
23 Occtober 1932 the death of pharlap. Pharlap was killeed on the orders of US gangsters.Pharlap won the Melbourne cup in 1930. -
the ute
With a front like car and a rear like truck the ute was invented by lewis brandt -
RIDDELL FOOTBALL PREMEIRSHIP TEAM
Riddells Creek won the grand final for football. -
cool dress
in the mid 1950s, the bloomer costume became the vogue . there was less emphsis of the bust line, and the material around the hips puffed out. -
RDFL premiship
The morden RDFL was formed -
FOOTSCRAY WIN PREMIERSHIP
Footscray won against Demons 51-Footscray 102.
Jack Collines scored 7 goals. -
The 1954 premiship
footscray by 51 points and Jack collines kicked 7 goals and the score was 102 to 51 -
Jone brack
John Brack painted The Car in 1955 -
The black box flight recorder
The black box flight recoder helps people know how a plane crashed. Because it gets data and voice recordings from the last 20 minutes of the flight. -
tv was made...
tv was made in 1956 . -
MELBOURNE OLYMPICS
In 1956 Melbourne hosted the Olympics.
The Soviet union won and Australia came third. -
1956 olypics games
Australia finished 3rd in the 1956 olypics games -
The road bridge across Riddells Creek was replaced!
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RCPS still located at current Montessori Kinder site
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Riddell Event - Riddells Creek Seniors Premiers
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The Beatles Break up
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Munich Olympics
The Munich Olympics were intended to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by its official motto, "the Happy Games." It was the first Olympic that had a named Mascot - Waldi the Dachshund. The Games were marred by the terrorist attacks on Israeli athletes. Mark Spitz won 7 Gold Medals in swimming -
Gough Whitlam elected PM
It's Time ClipAfter 23 years of a Liberal Conservative Government, Labor was swept into power. The Labor party used a very successful advertising campaign which featured many television and music personalities. The campaign was called "It's time" -
Dromkeen
In 1973, Dromkeen was purchased by Joyce and Court Oldmeadow. They used the homestead as a private residence and as a bulk store and freight centre for their educational bookshop. Before long their love and interest in children’s literature led to the establishment of the Dromkeen Collection, and Joyce and Court's house became a home for Australian children’s literature. Joyce and Court Oldmeadow dedicated their lives to preserving for public display the original artwork and manuscripts of Aus -
Gough Whitlam sacked as PM by Governor General Sir John Kerr
The DismissalMany of us can remember that famous speech that ended, "Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God Save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General." Read all about what happened here. -
Malcolm Fraser Prime Minister
After the Govenor General Sacked the Whitlam Government, Malcom Fraser and the Liberal Co alition team were swept into power in a landslide victory, He was re elected in the 1977 Election just as easily. -
Montreal Olympics
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Elvis Presley Dies
Elvis footage Many people remember exactly where they were when they heard the news - Mrs Grierson was sitting at her family dinner table about to eat dinner! Elvis caused sensations from the time he appeared on the Frank Sinatra show until his death. Even today, there are some people who don't believe he has died...! -
Railway Station renamed from "Riddell" to "Riddells Creek"
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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
In order to bolster the Parcham faction, the Soviet Union—citing the 1978 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Good Neighborliness that had been signed between the two countries—intervened on December 24, 1979. Over 100,000 Soviet troops took part in the invasion backed by another 100,000 plus and by members of the Parcham faction. -
1868
The first English trout brought to Australia were realised in Riddells Creek. -
1868
Benjamin Disraeli becomes British Prime Minister -
riddles creeks telephone
riddles creek got there first phone in 1874 -
Happy Birthday Riddells Creek
