European Settlement of Boorondara by https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0 en-us 2016-07-14 02:39:46 UTC 2023-05-11 03:02:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png Reasons for settlement baglen https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431720 The land was settled by John Gardiner because he saw farming potential for the land. The land had good farming possiblities and the land was fertile.  He established a settlement at the junction of the Yarra River and Kooyongkoot Creek in December 1836.]]> 2016-07-14 22:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431720 Remaining Aboriginal names baglen https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431730
Toorak was named after Toorak House, an Italian residence built by James Jackson, in 1849. The name of the house is thought to have originated from Woiwurrung language with words of similar pronunciation meaning black cow or remedy swamp.

The name Kooyong, a suburb in Boorondara is thought to derive from an aboriginal word meaning  camp or resting place or haunt of the wild fowl.

Orrong Road is another road whose name derives from an Aboriginal language.]]> 2016-07-14 22:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431730 Street names carrying the names of early settlers baglen https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431735 Gardiners Creek takes its name from John Gardiner, the first settler in the city of Boorondara in 1837.
Glenferrie Road is named after Peter Ferrie, an early settler in the 1840's. 
Other names include; Bellevue St, Solway Rd, Riversdale Rd, Lynden Rd, Coththam St, Gardiners creek, , Mailing St and Maranoa Rd.]]> 2016-07-14 22:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431735 <b>Discovery and settlement by European explorers baglen https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431855 Boorondara was first settled in, in 1837 by John Gardiner and his family.  The area was surveyed by Robert Hoddle and declared the 'Parish of Boroondara'. The area of Boorondara was densely wooded and the word was taken from the Woiwurrung language, and translated as ' where the ground is thickly shaded'.]]> 2016-07-14 22:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/baglen/qvvobavnzoj0/wish/116431855