OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Lightwood Vale, 2012

DATE2012

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1205.3

HISTORY

Lightwood Vale house and property is located on Tyabb Road, halfway between Stump Gully and Coolart Roads. it commenced in 1902 as a grazing property by William Cranston Murray in 1902. In 1909 when he branched out and became a butcher. Lightwood Vale was described as being “In the exact middle of the Peninsula”. William had a slaughter yards on the property and later freezers and cool rooms. He also drove a bullock team, and he travelled with a cutting cart, selling his meat as far afield as Shoreham, Flinders and Hastings.

DESCRIPTION

Image of a dirt road with grass and trees and 2 people walking along the road. There is an old faded white painted sign in the left foreground with the name “Lightwood Vale” .

SUBJECTS

Agriculture, Butchers, Farming, Historic buildings, Houses, Livestock

KEYWORDS

Agriculture, Butchers, Farming, Historic buildings, Houses, Lightwood Vale, Livestock, Moorooduc, Murray, William Cranston, Tyabb Road