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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2022
SIGNAL SUCCESS OVER 100 YEARS New Expo date
■ The Casey Pet Expo has been re-scheduled to be held from 11am-2pm on Saturday, September 3, at Wilson Botanic Park Berwick. This follows a two-year hiatus because of COVID.
Fire exhibition
■ Cardinia Shire’s Emerging from Fire photographic exhibition is now on display at Cardinia Cultural Centre. The exhibition is a visual reflection of the 2019 Bunyip Complex Fires, which directly affected the communities of Tynong North, Garfield North, Bunyip North, and Tonimbuk.
Indian arts
■ The Indian Performing Arts Convention returns to Melbourne from September 22-25 with performances in the Alexander Theatre and The Count’s at Monash Performing Arts Centres. There will be a celebration of creativity with performances, collaborations and talks by acclaimed musicians and dancers from India.
■ Frankston MLA Paul Edbrooke has spoken in State Parliament about the 100-year anniversary of the local railway signal box. “The action I seek is for the minister [for public transport] to attend the Frankston signal box centenary birthday celebrations in Frankston this month,” Mr Edbrooke told the Legislative Assembly. “The signal box, which is located at the north end of the station and adjacent to the Beach St pedestrian crossing, was built in 1922 and at the time it controlled the station, the stabling yard, the Stony Point line and the Long Island junction as well. “It is interesting because the Frankston signal box and Flinders Street station actually have something in common, and that is that they share the same architect, James Fawcett. “James Fawcett, of Fawcett and Ashworth, was an English-born architect. He was first hired by the then Victorian Railways in 1889 and eventually became the chief architect in 1919. “He was a contributor to the arts and crafts movement, and Fawcett also designed the pressed metal ceilings that were heavily incorporated into the construction of Flinders Street station and can still be seen in the station today,” Mr Edbrooke said.
Links to local railway history
● Frankston signal box is 100 years old this month.
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■ The architects of the Frankston railway signal box, Fawcett and Ashworth, won the competition held for the detailed design of Melbourne’s Flinders Street station, local MP Paul Edbrooke told State Parliament this month. “But not without some controversy as both architects were employed by Victorian Railways at the time and some felt that this had given them an unfair advantage. “I know that my community would love the minister to join us in ringing in the next chapter of history at the 100th birthday celebration of the Frankston signal box.” The railway line from Caulfield to Mordialloc opened in December 1881 and was extended to Frankston in August 1882. It was electrified in three stages between March and August 1922. There was a 70-foot (21 m) turntable at Frankston until mid 1960. The station featured briefly as a location in the 1959 Hollywood movie On The Beach.
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