Mordialloc – Kingston Yesteryear

Welcome!

‘Mordi’, as you might know it, is a lovely Kingston suburb popular for anybody that enjoys a good beach. You’ll find boats moored along the Mordialloc Creek, fisherman with their lines out over the Mordialloc Pier and cyclists fighting the wind down Beach road. Just a stone throw from this find the Main street with palm trees breaking up cafes and shops.

A major supplier of fish for Melbourne, Mordialloc was known as a fishing village. Park Street had rows of houses which were all occupied by Scottish fishermen. From the 1870s Mordialloc became a popular holiday spot. Steam Paddlers would take passengers from Port Melbourne all the way to the Mornington Peninsula. It was known as a great place for a picnic many heading down in their house drawn vehicles before the advent of trains. The Melbourne Hunt Club and the Findon Harriers (from Mill Park) held fox hunts. Hunting for duck and snipe (a type of wading bird) was also popular in Mordialloc. But unfortunately for hunters, there was also lots of snakes on the banks of the creek too. Race horses, jockeys and trainers were a popular sight in Mordialloc right up until the 1990s.

Mordialloc is now a residential suburb with a shopping strip along the Nepean Highway. The population grew in the mid 1990s with lots of new houses built between 2001 and 2006.

Paddle on over to these Mordialloc quick facts:

Mordialloc is 25 km from Melbourne and has an area of 4.4 km².
Mordialloc – Braeside is bounded by Lower Dandenong Road in the north, Springvale Road in the east, Governor Road, the suburb of Waterways and Mordialloc Creek in the south, and Port Phillip Bay, Bay Street, Como Parade West, White Street and Warren Road in the west.
The State electorate for Mordialloc is the Mordialloc District.
The Federal electorate for Mordialloc is the Division of Isaacs.
You can also visit the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail.

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Name origins

In February 1827, explorer W. S. Howell met 9 Boonwurrong aboriginals in the area now known as Mordialloc. In 1837 there was a settler's farm called Moodi Yallo and the 1841 census used the name Moode Yallock. A painter named Georgiana McCrae wrote of visiting Mordy Yallock in 1844. The name Mordialloc is thought to have come from two Indigenous words Mood meaning 'creek' or Marida meaning 'near little sea'. Describing a shallow muddy creek deepening before it entered the bay. The name Moodealla used by the Keys family is possibly nearest to the original language used.

Alexander Vause Macdonald came to the area in the late 1830s. He built a house called 'Travellers Rest' which offered beds and food to visitors. By 1853 this had become a hotel on the site of the now Kingston Sporting Club. He often kindly provided food and blankets to the aborigines who lived near the creek. Macdonald Street is named after him. Access the Kingston Local History website

From 1855, Mordialloc became a fishing village after the land became available for sale. As many early residents were Scottish, Mordialloc was often known as Gaelic town.

On May 26, 1920 Mentone and Mordialloc became a Borough leaving the Shire of Moorabbin. 17 April. 1923 the name changed to the Town of Mordialloc. Mordialloc was gazetted a City on Wednesday May 5 1926. There were three wards Mentone, Parkdale and Mordialloc.

Macdonald Homestead, Mordialloc. Image courtesy Kingston Collection.

Population

Statistics were collected for both Mordialloc the suburb and Mordialloc the Local Government Area.

Census DatePopulation
1871134
1881328
1891681
1901623
19111434
20015577
20066982
20117537
20168,166

Events

1850
1853
1863
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1881
1885
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1900
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1911
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1850

Mordialloc’s appreciation of its water features begin here in 1850, when the first small jetty was built. Access the Mordialloc Historical walking Trail : Stop 05.

F. W. Niven & Co.'s Employees 1st Annual Picnic and Sports Held at Mordialloc 17th December 1910. Image courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

1853

Alexander Vause Macdonald built his hotel the Modialloc. Later on the hotel was a coach office for coaches runing from Melbourne to Frankston daily. The hotel is now known as the Mordialloc Sporting Club. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail: Stop 23.

Scenes at Mordialloc. Images courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1863

The year a post office opens in an area is really a good signal of when a suburb has ‘made it’. Mordialloc Post Office was opened on Saturday 17 October. In the same year Main Rd was proclaimed between Mordialloc and Mornington. This was a toll road, meaning you had to pay to travel on it, until 1874.

Mordialloc Post Office image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1868.

On the 6th January the Mordialloc Common School building was opened. This later became the Modialloc Beach Primary School. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : Stop 17. The first Hotel was built on the site of the Bridge Hotel. Access the Mordialloc Historical walking Trail : Stop 08.

Mordialloc Primary School, 1973. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

1871

A double storey bluestone Hotel was built which remains part of the current Bridge Hotel. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail: Stop 08

Bloxsidge's Hotel, Mordialloc, Vic. [art original] / William Tibbits. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1874

The first Church of England was built in Bear St, it was replaced with a new building in the 1920's. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : Stop 20.

1877

Methodist Church started.

1881

Mordialloc Railway Station opened on the 19th December. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : Stop 16.

Town News : Opening of the Mordialloc Railway 1881, December 24. Image courtesy of Trove.

1885

Mordialloc Cricket Club begins. Access the Mordialloc Cricket Club website

1886

Moorabbin Council built Sea baths at Mordialloc. Access the Kingston Local History Website. Whilst James Smith Jenkins built Epsom Race Course. Access the Kingston Local History Website

Mordialloc c. 1886 by Charles Bennett. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1889

The first race was held at Epsom Race Course on the 15th June. It was the Mayfield Handicap with prizemoney of 75 sovereigns,(equivalent of around 10 thousand dollars!). The Presbyterian Church is opened. In 1925 it changed it’s name to St Andrew’s which still stands today. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail

Presbyterian Church Mordialloc. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1891

Mordialloc Football Club known as the Bloodhounds begins. The club is now a Football Netball club. Access the Mordialloc Football Netball Club website

Ron Porta, captain and coach of Mordialloc Football Club stirs up his team, 1962. Image courtesy Leader Collection

1900

Impressive new pier built in the early 1900s.

Holiday Sketches Mordialloc.January 23, 1878 Three separate images on one engraving. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1908

Mordialloc Hot sea baths opened. The heater made the baths the place to go. Mixed bathing was not allowed with long queues forming. Access the Kingston Local History Website.

The Baths Mordialloc c. 1911. W.R. Miller. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria

1909

Mordialloc Tennis Club started on Foreshore land on Beach Rd. Access the Mordialloc Tennis Club website

1910

The Mordialloc railway water tower was built by James Younger. This is the last remaining Edwardian water tower. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail: Stop 19 Access the Victorian Heritage Database.

Four Children With a Damaged Canoe Beside the Pier, Mordialloc, Victoria, 1924

1911

St Brigid’s Primary started as a two room school on January 23rd. Access the St Brigid"s Primary School website

1912

Mordialloc Bowls greens are completed and the first match is held against Dandenong. Access the Mordialloc Bowls Club website

Members of the Mordialloc Bowling Club at play. 1912 Punch. Image courtesy of Trove.

1913

On July 13th a motion was passed starting the Mordialloc (Woodlands) Golf Club, opening day was the 6th September starting with a nine hole golf course. Access the Woodlands Golf Course Website.

Entrance Mordialloc Railway Station c. 1915. Image courtesy Mordialloc & District Historical Society

1914

New Methodist Church opened in Barkly St on 1 February.

1919

On Sunday, 30 November the 60 foot memorial Flag staff on Main St was unveiled by Brigadier General Charles Brand. Moorabbin Council opened an auxiliary hospital at Barwon House in Mordialloc to help nurse Spanish Flu victims. Access the Kingston Local History Website.

Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. (1919, December 2). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 8. Image courtesy of Trove.

1920

On Wednesday 26 May the Mentone and Mordialloc Borough was created, separating from the Moorabbin shire. Access the Kingston Local History website Epsom Race course was the scene of Australia's first Aerial Derby.

Jump from Aeroplane, 1920. Image courtesy of Trove.

1921

Swim between the flags, folks! Lifesaving Patrols begin on Mordialloc Beach. Access the Mordialloc Life Saving Club website.

Mordialloc Lifesaving junior members on duty, 1962. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

1923

On Tuesday 17 April Mordialloc became a town. On April 24 the name was changed to the Town of Mordialloc. On the 24th March the new building of St Nicholas’s Church of England designed by Louis Williams was dedicated by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Harrington Lees. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : Stop 20 website

Mentone and Mordialloc Borough declared a town. Victorian Government Gazette Online Archive Gazette 43, Date: Wednesday, April 18th 1923. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1924

In February Mordialloc Carrum High School was opened( later to become Mordialloc College. Access theKingston Local History website.

Assembly of students in quadrangle at Mordialloc-Chelsea High School for investiture of prefects, 1964. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

1925

Mordialloc Rotunda was opened. http://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/library/Library-Services/Local-History/Kingston-Historical-Walking-Trails/Mordialloc-Trail/Rotunda Mordialloc Masons Lodge opened on the 20th October. http://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/library/Library-Services/Local-History/Kingston-Historical-Walking-Trails/Mordialloc-Trail/Former-Mordialloc-Masonic-Lodge

Mordialloc Brass Band, 1926. Image courtesy Kingston Collection.

1926

On Tuesday 27 April , Mordialloc became a city.

Town of Mordialloc declared a city. Victorian Gazette Online Archive 1836- 1997, Gazette 57, Wednesday 5 May 1926. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1930

Mary Therese Robertson is the first female Councillor for Mordialloc City.

1934

The baths were washed away in a storm. There was major flooding in Mordialloc

Storm of 1934 lashes Mordialloc Baths causing damage that ultimately led to their demise. Image courtesy Kingston Collection, City of Kingston

1935

The Pompei boat building business opens their boat yard. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : stop 13.

Jack Pompei, boat builder, standing near the Mordialloc Pier, 1986. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

1938

Epsom Race Course Grandstand burns down. This was the end of race meetings at Epsom. The track was still used for training horses until 1997.

Epsom Fire (1938, December 29) Image courtesy of Trove.

1945

Mordialloc Theatre Company was formed. Access the Mordialloc Theatre Company inc. website.

1946

Mordialloc Sailing Club begins. Access the Mordialloc Sailing Club : About website

1954

Mordialloc Life Saving Clubhouse is destroyed by fire. 4th Mordialloc Sea Scouts begins.

Description: Members of 4th Mordialloc Sea Scouts and Guides Group have a practise row. Terry Evans, Sean Fergus, Margaret Fitzsimons, Michelle Honan, Steven Petraitis, Michael Evans and Larry Smith, 1977 Image courtesy Leader Collection

1956

Archbishop Daniel Mannix blessed St Brigids Catholic Church on 28 October. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail: Stop 25

St Brigid's Catholic Church with impressive stained glass windows. Image courtesy City of Kingston

1957

The current Mordialloc Life Saving Clubhouse was opened.

Airspy, photographer. (1950). Mordialloc, [Vic.] Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

1963

On the 17th of August the Mordialloc Elderly Citizens Club building opened.

1969

Mordialloc –Braeside Football Club was formed by 3 13 year old students, Peter Moait, John Ronke and Dean Carroll.

1982

On 1 August the Mordialloc Pedestrian bridge was opened by the Mayors of Chelsea and Mordialloc.

Main Street, Mordialloc 1986. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

1992

On the 2 December Mayor Reg Marlow opened a new complex of swimming pool and squash centre. It was named after the City Engineer Don Tatnell. Access theKingston Local History website.

1994

On Thursday, 15 December all of Mordialloc, except a small part which is in Beaumaris, becomes a part of Kingston.

Aerial photo with close of Mordialloc Pier. Image courtesy City of Kingston.

1997

Epsom Training Track closes down. There were over 40 trainers still using the track who argued that Epsom was the best training track In Victoria.

Horses on Epsom Training Track, c1989. Image courtesy Kingston Collection

Places

Epsom Race Course.

You don’t see many horses trotting around the petrol station on the corner of Boundary Rd and White Street but head back into last century and, in the same spot, you would have seen a team of horses sprinting along the turf of Epsom Race Course. Epsom was built on the south-eastern corner of Boundary Rd and White Street in 1886. James Smith Jenkins built the course on 104 acres of land. It had a grandstand which could hold up to 3,000 people. The course was slightly smaller than Caulfield’s at nine furlongs and 129 yards, (approx. 1928.5 metres) the straight approximately 1.5 furlongs (approx. 302 metres). Ownership of the track swapped over from Mr Jenkins to Epsom Racecourse Pty. Ltd in 1909 and then again to Epsom Turf Club in 1929. The Grandstand was renovated in 1934 but was destroyed by a fire in December 1938. Unfortunately, this signalled the end of racing at Epsom. In the 1930’s more than 100 horses were stabled and trained at Epsom. Epsom was a popular training truck until 1997 until the land was sold on and the horses found greener pastures. Property on the Epsom estate is very popular with a house selling for 1.53 million in 2017. Access the Courses for Horses - Epsom website. Access the Kingston Local History website

Horses on Epsom Training Track, c1989. Image courtesy Kingston Collection

Dave White Memorial Clock Tower, Main St Mordialloc.

On the death of beloved Cr. Dave White, the local community raised money to build a Clock tower in his honour. In the 1990’s the clock was refurnished with decorative brickwork. The clock tower is approximately 7.3m high with a base of 1.5m x 1.5m. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : Stop 14

Rose Stereograph Co. (1920). Main Street & Monument, Mordialloc, Vic. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc Pier.

The Pier started as a small jetty in the 1850's. A fishing hot spot known for Yellow eyed mullett, Australian Salmon, squid, snapper, flathead and others. Mordialloc pier is 174 meters long. Steam driven passenger ferries the Weerona and Hygea used to call into Mordialloc pier. In the 1920's open air Church services were held on the pier.The force of the waves over the years signifcantly damaged the pier. In 1983 a shorter pier was suggested but local boat builder Jack Pompei led a succesful fight against this. In 2009 the pier had some renovations.Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : stop 05.

Andrew and Peter Mollison fishing off Mordialloc Pier, 1966. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

Mordialloc Creek.

The Mordialloc Creek was one of the outlets of the Carrum Carrum swamp, it was used to control flooding. By 1975 pollution was a serious problem for the creek. The reserve is 4 hectares in total area. You can find many types of water birds and mammals and other birds along the creek. The plant groups found at the creek are mainly indigenous with some planted species. In summer you may see a Lowlands Copper Head snake sunbaking or eating a few frog. Possums are also common in the area. In the 1850's fishermen found the creek a safe place for boats and there were up to 50 moored there. Flooding was a problem in the 1920s and 30s. Many efforts over the years have been made to improve the condition of the creek.Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : stop 6.

View on the Creek at Mordialloc c. 1905. Image courtesy Shirley Jones Collection of Postcards, State Library of Victoria.

People

Hazel Pierce.

Hazel Pierce’s life was filled with tireless community work and achievements to inspire us all. Born on 28 September, 1922 Hazel was a Mordi resident from the 1940s. Hazel served as President of the Mordialloc Life Saving Club for an amazing 32 years. She ran a bridal shop in Mordialloc and served as President of the Mordialloc Trader’s Society. Hazel found time to served two terms as Mayor of the City of Mordialloc from 1983-1984 and from 1992-1993. Hazel was awarded the OAM, Order of Australia Medal for her selfless Community Work. A reward she certainly deserved. Hazel died at 93 on the 15th April, 2016. Her funeral included a water tribute from the Life Saving Club. You can reflect upon her awesome life wandering through Hazel Pierce Reserve in Main Street, Mordialloc. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail.

Hazel Pierce, Councillor and Mayor of Mordialloc, 1983/84. Image courtesy City of Kingston Leader Collection

Ben Kavanagh

Ben Kavanagh was born on the February 14, 1905. He was perhaps the most devoted sportsman Mordialloc has ever seen. He played football for Essendon and North Melbourne in the AFL/VFL between 1927 to 1929 for 24 games. Ben coached the Mordialloc Federal League team for many years. He married Christiana Howes in 1933 and gave Mordialloc another 5 young athletes, all boys. Ben coached, umpired and helped with the operations of sporting clubs for years. In 1965 the South East Suburban League began awarding the Ben Kavanagh medal for the underage player who got the most votes in the season. Ben loved to visit schools to inspire young players. He was also involved in raising money for Community Groups, he also worked as a Probation Officer. After helping establish the Mordialloc Youth Centre in 1976 the Mordialloc Rotary gave Ben its first Annual Citizenship Award. He was well known for his selfless devotion to community service. When he passed in 1978, they renamed the Mordialloc oval the ‘Ben Kavanagh Reserve’, and for good reason. Here’s to Ben! Access the Kingston Historical website

Ben Kavanagh with Cr Roy Ward presenting medal to Colin Antonie at Mordialloc Youth Clubs’ football breakup for the player who got most umpires’ votes in the South Eastern Football League, 1965. Courtesy City of Kingston, Leader Collection.

Dave White.

The unveiling of the Memorial clock on December 1937 celebrated the life of Dave White. Born in Ballarat in 1875 he came to Mordialloc in 1896 where he was a hairdresser and Real Estate Agent. Dave White had been a Councillor at both Moorabbin 1908- 1920 and Mordialloc Councils 1924- 1937. He was Mayor twice. Very athletic he played bowls and was a dashing footballer. When he wasn’t on the football field or in a Councillors meeting. He was also part of two local choir groups. At his funeral in 1937 it was impossible to find room for all who wanted to attend. "Mordialloc will never find another Dave White, a man who laboured long and earnestly for its progress for nearly 40 years." The streets in Modialloc and Mentone were lined with school children with flags flying at half mast. Access the Mordialloc Historical Walking Trail : Stop 14 . Access the Frankston and Sommerville Standard 1937 on Trove

Dave White, councillor and president of Shire of Moorabbin, Late Mayor of Mordialloc. 1912/13. Image courtesy Kingston Collection, City of Kingston.

Fun Facts

Mordialloc was a favorite picnic spot for people from Melbourne. I am sure that they had the same problem we have today with sand and ants.

F. W. Niven & Co.'s Employees 1st Annual Picnic and Sports Held at Mordialloc 17th December 1910. Image courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

Bradshaw Bushland Reserve was once going to be a cemetery. Access the City of Kingston website

The Melbourne Hunting Hounds were kept at the Mordialloc Hotel. During the winter months they hunted foxes or kangaroos.

The Master of the Hounds. Melbourne Hunt Club c. 1895. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

There were Chinese Fishermen at Mordialloc who caught large amounts of dried fish which was sold to Chinese diggers on their way to the Goldfields.

In the 1880’s Paddle Steamers operated from Port Melbourne down the Peninsula. Mordialloc was one of the stops day trippers could choose to visit.

A paddle steamer off the beach at Mentone Victoria, circa 1925. Image courtesy Museums Victoria Collections.

In the early 1900’s sharks were often caught off the Mordialloc Pier.

There was a Woman’s Farm called the Women's Rural Industries Co-operative Project which ran from 1915-1917. Started by members of the Women’s Political Association no men were to be employed. The farm was inspired by the Suffragette movement (a movement where women protested their inability to vote) and the writings of the Pankhurst sisters. Access the Kingston Local History Website.

Mordialloc Lifesaving Club ran a dance called the Shindig which ran from 1956-1978. Party! Access the Kingston Local History Website.

Member of the Paul MacKay Sound get it together with some of the gang at Shindig at Mordialloc Life Saving Club. Group members pictured from top left are organist and guitarist Peter Waddell, pianist and organist Noel Tresider, vocalist, Hazel Pierce, organizer, Paul Meaney and bass guitarist Don Bailes, 1974. Image courtesy the Leader Collection.

The Battle of Mordialloc: or how we lost Australia was a book of 64 pages written by Edward Maitland in 1888. The books plot had a joint force of Russian and Chinese troops 55,000 invading Victoria in 1897. The main battle is at Mordialloc a watering station (for horses) 16 miles or 25.74 kilometres from Melbourne. The badly outnumbered Victorian troops are defeated. Access the Kingston Local History Website.

For three years 1908-1910 a Fancy dress Carnival was held at Mordialloc. The event included a parade, sports program and a concert in the evening. The carnival reappeared in the summer of 1923-1924. Expanding to go right through January the Carnival continued until 1968. Access the Kingston Local History Website.

Mordialloc monster beach carnival Christmas Eve to Easter. Posters by Victorian Railways advertising events in Victoria. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

For many years people complained of an onion smell around Mordialloc. A local resident W J Abbott had been dehydrating onions and other vegetables in his back yard. After many complaints even from the Parish Priest and a petition the business finally closed down in 1959. Access the Kingston Local History website

Palm Trees have lined the main street of Mordialloc since the 1920's.

The Shopping Centre, Mordialloc. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Cobb and Co coaches ran from Melbourne to Mornington. Fresh horses were often picked up at the Rennisons Hotel. This continue to 1889 when the railway to Mornington was opened.

Scenes at Mordialloc. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Oh wait - it is a plane! An aviator from Bendigo Mr Basil Watson landed his plane at Epsom Race Course on Saturday 2 December 1916. Excited crowds gathered to watch an aerial display. Unlike today aeroplane's were a rare sight.

Mr Basil G. Watson in the aeroplane in which he will ascend today from the Epsom Race Course. (1916, December 2. Image courtesy of Trove.

Mordialloc was one of the first places in Australia to get a road beacon. Known as a Highway lighhouse it was on Point Nepean Road (Nepean Highway) warning of a dip in the road before the approaching bridge.

New Road Beacon for Mordialloc. 6 September 1924. Image courtesy of Trove.

There used to be a toll for crossing the Mordialloc Creek. Many tried to avoid paying by taking their animals through shallow parts of the river. This led to a very messy road. Access the Kingston Local History website

At one time they used to deliver the evening newspaper, The Herald by plane. It was dropped on to an oval to be picked up and delivered.

Peter Scullin Reserve is located near Mordialloc Pier. Peter Scullin was a Mordialloc City Councillor from 1971 to 1975 and Mayor in 1974.

Cr Peter Scullin with his wife Fran, 1974. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

Photos

The Lawn Beach and Pier Mordialloc, Vic. Rose Series. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Scenes at Mordialloc. Images courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Nepean Highway Mordialloc, Vic. Rose Series. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Catholic Church, Mordialloc. Rose Series. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Bloxsidge's Hotel, Mordialloc, Vic. [art original] / William Tibbits. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Scenes at Mordialloc. View from lawn towards Mordialloc Creek with row boats pulled up on bank, Bridge Hotel visible in left background. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc Post Office. Post Offices In Victoria 1917-1930. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc Lifesaving junior members on duty, 1962. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

Hazel Pierce, Councillor and Mayor of Mordialloc, 1983/84. Image courtesy City of Kingston Leader Collection

Assembly of students in quadrangle at Mordialloc-Chelsea High School for investiture of prefects, 1964. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

The Shopping Centre, Mordialloc. Rose Series. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc Creek, Victoria c,1909. Shirley Jones Collection of Victorian Postcards, Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Holiday Sketches Mordialloc.January 23, 1878 Three separate images on one engraving. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Jack Pompei: Boat Builder and Advocate for Mordialloc Creek. Image courtesy of the Leader Collection.

Epsom Race Trials c.1983. Creator: Rowley, Philip. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

Boats on Mordialloc Creek. Attenborough Park on right, Railway Bridge in background, 1982. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

Dave White, councillor and president of Shire of Moorabbin, Late Mayor of Mordialloc. 1912/13. Image courtesy Kingston Collection, City of Kingston.

Mordialloc c. 1886 by Charles Bennett. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Presbyterian Church Mordialloc. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc monster beach carnival Christmas Eve to Easter. Posters by Victorian Railways advertising events in Victoria. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc Primary School, 1973. Image courtesy Leader Collection, City of Kingston

Main St. Mordialloc c. 1910. Shirley Jones collection of Victorian Postcards. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Scene at Mordialloc near Melbourne c.1 907. Shirley Jones collection of postcards. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Modialloc the Creek. Shirley Jones collection of Victorian postcards.

Mordialloc : 11 valuable business sites, 11 ... public auction, Saturday, 2nd Dec., 1922. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

The Baths Mordialloc c. 1911. W.R. Miller. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria

Mentone and Moridalloc Borough declared a town. Image courtesy Victorian Government Gazette Victorian Archive1836-1997. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Aerial photo with close of Mordialloc Pier. Image courtesy City of Kingston.

The original Bridge Hotel. Image courtesy Mordialloc & District Historical Society

Entrance Mordialloc Railway Station c. 1915. Image courtesy Mordialloc & District Historical Society

Macdonald Homestead, Mordialloc. Image courtesy Kingston Collection.

Jump from Aeroplane, 1920. Image courtesy of Trove.

Members of the Mordialloc Bowling Club at play. 1912 Punch. Image courtesy of Trove.

New Road Beacon for Mordialloc. 6 September 1924. Image courtesy of Trove.

Main Street, Mordialloc 1986. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

Andrew and Peter Mollison fishing off Mordialloc Pier, 1966. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

Holiday Sketches Mordialloc.January 23, 1878 Three separate images on one engraving. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Mordialloc, Vic. C. 1944. Sentries guarding an Avro Anson aircraft which had been assisted to make a night landing on a forced landing ground by the Emergency Landing Team of the Mordialloc Post of the Voluntary Air Observer Corps. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial

Epsom Racing Club. (1889, December 27). The Argus Image courtesy of Trove.

View on the Creek at Mordialloc c. 1905. Image courtesy Shirley Jones Collection of Postcards, State Library of Victoria.

St Brigid's Catholic Church with impressive stained glass windows. Image courtesy City of Kingston

Mordialloc Hotel, Mordialloc, Vic. Rose Series. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

The Master of the Hounds. Melbourne Hunt Club c. 1895. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

A paddle steamer off the beach at Mentone Victoria, circa 1925. Image courtesy Museums Victoria Collections.

Mr Basil G. Watson in the aeroplane in which he will ascend today from the Epsom Race Course. (1916, December 2. Image courtesy of Trove.

Storm of 1934 lashes Mordialloc Baths causing damage that ultimately led to their demise. Image courtesy Kingston Collection, City of Kingston

Nepean Highway, Mordialloc, Vic. Image courtesy Rose Series, State Library of Victoria.

Town of Mordialloc declared a city. Victorian Gazette Online Archive 1836- 1997, Gazette 57, Wednesday 5 May 1926. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.

Ron Porta, captain and coach of Mordialloc Football Club stirs up his team, 1962. Image courtesy Leader Collection

State Heritage Listed Water Tower. Image courtesy City of Kingston

Horses on Epsom Training Track, c1989. Image courtesy Kingston Collection

Epsom Fire (1938, December 29) Image courtesy of Trove.

Four Children With a Damaged Canoe Beside the Pier, Mordialloc, Victoria, 1924

Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. (1919, December 2). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 8. Image courtesy of Trove.

F. W. Niven & Co.'s Employees 1st Annual Picnic and Sports Held at Mordialloc 17th December 1910. Image courtesy of State Library of Victoria.

Cr Peter Scullin with his wife Fran, 1974. Image courtesy Leader Collection.

Rose Stereograph Co. (1920). Main Street & Monument, Mordialloc, Vic. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.

Airspy, photographer. (1950). Mordialloc, [Vic.] Image courtesy State Library of Victoria.