A. R. Haywood collection 1859 - 2008
A. R. Haywood collection 1859 - 2008
DATE1859 to 2008
MEDIAArchive
COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society
REG NO.A135.14
HISTORYDr. Arthur Robert Haywood was born in Caulfield in 1895 and went with his parents to Sandstone Island in Western Port Bay in 1899, where they lived until moving to Hastings in 1915. In 1918 the family moved back to Melbourne, where Arthur completed his secondary schooling and a medical degree at Melbourne University. He returned to Hastings in 1928 to work as a general practitioner, with rooms in Victoria St., close to the Hastings Bush Nursing Hospital which he was instrumental in founding. Dr. Haywood also farmed cattle at Windrest and Heatherset in Bittern and leased Sandstone Island from about 1930 to 1960 to graze the cattle, which were towed to and from the island behind a rowing boat. He also bred sheep and pigs and won numerous prizes for them at agricultural shows. He represented the West Ward of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings from 1946 to 1949 and died in Melbourne in 1981.
DESCRIPTIONA collection of memorabilia of Arthur Robert Haywood, consisting of a brief genealogy, a photocopy of a discharge notice from the Australian Military Forces dated 1942 (2 copies), a student pilot licence, a land auction catalogue (1 original, 1 copy), 2 valedictory newspaper cuttings, a photocopied letter of condolence, a certificate of Life Governor of the Frankston Community Hospital, and 3 sheets of family history information.
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