| 1803 | Charles Robbins sights future Parish of Mulgrave (Feb) |
| 1837 | Joseph and John Hawdon graze cattle along the “Dandenong Creek” flats |
| 1837 | Robert Hoddle traces the first 5 miles and 30 chains of Kooyong Koot Creek (Sept) |
| 1839 | Thomas Napier leases west bank Dandenong Creek, later Bushy Park Run (Oct) The Woi Wurrung, a nomadic tribe of aborigines, included the present Waverley area in their hunting grounds (before 1839) |
| 1840 | John McMillan applies for licence of Scotchman’s Creek Run (Jan) Survey of Dandenong Creek, Scotchman’s Creek and Kooyong Koot (Gardiner’s Creek) (Thomas Nutt during Sep) |
| 1841 | |
| 1842 | South Yarra Pound gazetted (later site of Oakleigh) (July) |
| 1846 | John McKean takes over McMillan’s lease (Dec) |
| 1850 | R Hoddle instructs surveyor B H Foote to lay out a 640 acre reserve, later known as Oakleigh township |
| 1850 | Wesleyan Methodists held cottage meetings at Black Flat |
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| 1852 | |
| 1853 | Survey of the Parish of Mulgrave by Eugene Bellairs (Bellairs resigned before completing the survey) First land sales of country block in Mulgrave (Sep – Oct ) Dr James Silverman purchases a site in what was to become Mt Waverley (Dec) |
| 1854 | Dr James Silverman subdivides and sells first lot of the “Waverley Estate” subdivision (Feb – Mar) Mulgrave Arms Hotel built (Princes Highway, Oakleigh) |
| 1855 | |
| 1856 | Common school built at Mulgrave, corner of Wellington and Springvale Roads Wooden bridge on High Street Rd constructed across creek 0.5 mile east of Boundary Rd (Warrigal Rd) |
| 1857 | Oakleigh Mulgrave Roads Board Constituted Road District of Oakleigh – Mulgrave gazetted (Jan ) |
| 1858 | |
| 1859 | Mulgrave Common School established (cnr Springvale & Wellington Rds) |
| 1860 | First road board elected (Jun) |
| 1865 | St Stephen’s Church of England, Mount Waverley built, first service (23 Jul ) |
| 1866 | Judge Sir Redmond Barry buys land at Syndal Wesleyan Church, Black Flat |
| 1867 | |
| 1868 | Louisa Barrow buys St Johns Wood |
| 1869 | St Matthews Church of England, Mulgrave, built Wesleyan Church, Black Flat, establishes church school |
| 1871 | Road district becomes a Shire (Dec) “Breakneck Road” becomes Waverley Rd |
| 1874 | Act of Parliament phases out all toll gates on public land |
| 1875 | Warrigal Road State School opened |
| 1876 | |
| 1877 | Oakleigh township moves south, closer to Railway |
| 1878 | |
| 1879 | Melbourne-Gippsland railway link (via Oakleigh) completed (Mar) |
| 1880 | Black Flat brick schoolhouse opened (NE cnr Springvale & Waverley Rd) First stone metal road constructed in Glen Waverley |
| 1881 | |
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| 1885 | First Postmaster of Black Flat appointed – (the Black Flat school master) |
| 1886 | Oakleigh Mechanics Institute completed |
| 1887 | First Shire offices completed in Oakleigh (Oct) Mt Waverley Methodist Church opened |
| 1888 | |
| 1889 | Oakleigh (&FTG) Times commenced publication Reticulated gas in Oakleigh |
| 1890 | Waverley Rd – Oakleigh railway opened (Part of Outer Circle) |
| 1890 | Melbourne and Metropolitan water supply installed |
| 1891 | Borough of Oakleigh severed from Shire of Oakleigh (13 Mar) Mulgrave Presbyterian Church FTG Rd, Wheelers Hill built |
| 1892 | |
| 1893 | Gold discovered at Black Flat G V Blackburne of Tally-Ho purchased Dr Hewlett’s place Letcombe |
| 1894 | |
| 1895 | |
| 1896 | Hollands Reward Goldmine, Black Flat, High Street/Springvale Rds. (Philip Holland and sons Frederick & Robert) (reported 5 Aug ) |
| 1897 | Shire of Oakleigh changed to the Shire of Mulgrave (19 Feb) |
| 1898 | Methodist Church established at corner of Charles St and High Street Rd |
| 1899 | Opening of the horticultural hall “Horty Hall” Mount Waverley (Sept) |
| 1900 | Opening of the Black Flat Ladies’ Rifle Club |
| 1901 | Federation of Australia |
| 1902 | |
| 1903 | |
| 1904 | Township of Mulgrave proclaimed 24 October (see 1905 below for an alteration) |
| 1905 | Mount Waverley Post Office named Glen Waverley, formerly Black Flat, township gazetted (Jan) Glen Waverley township officially gazetted (May 31) (The proclamation of Mulgrave of 1904 was officially altered to Glen Waverley!) Waverley becomes Mount Waverley and Mount Waverley post office officially named (Jul) |
| 1906 | Mount Waverley Primary School opened |
| 1907 | Referendum to select Mulgrave Shire council location (FTG Rd chosen) |
| 1908 | First football match at Glen Waverley reserve |
| 1909 | Glen Waverley Mechanics Institute opened (Aug) |
| 1910 | Motor Vehicle Registration and Driver’s Licences introduced in Victoria (1 Jan) |
| 1911 | Australia adopts its own currency. Standing Committee on Railways finds that a railway to Glen Waverley connot be justified |
| 1912 | |
| 1913 | Oakleigh Borough divided into three Wards (30 May) St Leonards RC Church south of Waverley Rd built |
| 1914 | Red Cross Branch formed in Waverley district |
| 1915 | |
| 1916 | St Stephens Church enlarged |
| 1917 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1919 | Loan obtained for building of the Mount Waverley Co-operative Cool Store Avenue of Honour planted in High Street Rd (from the Reservoir to Lawrence Rd >Note reservoir was yet to be constructed<) |
| 1920 | First Mulgrave Council meeting in new Shire Offices – Notting Hill (Dec) Mount Waverley Cool Store opened |
| 1921 | Oakleigh Council Chambers Atherton Rd Oakleigh connected to sewerage system St Paul’s C of E, Waverley Rd, Glen Waverley built Halfway House Hotel renamed the Nottinghill Hotel (21 Mar) |
| 1922 | Melbourne-Oakleigh-Dandenong railway electrified Burnley – Darling railway electrified Browns Stores operates in High Street Rd, Mount Waverley Oakleigh RSL established |
| 1923 | |
| 1924 | |
| 1925 | Hughesdale railway station opened |
| 1926 | Bridge across Gardiners Creek on High Street Rd opened by Joshua Jordan /C H Coleman Electricity mains connected in Waverley district. Standing Committee on Railways finds that a railway from Darling to Glen Waverley, although considered to operate at a loss, was supported |
| 1927 | Borough of Oakleigh declared a City, (28 April, proclaimed 2 Aug) Mount Waverley reservoir begun Railway survey party establishes camp near where railway now passes under Stephensons Rd |
| 1928 | East Oakleigh (now Huntingdale) railway station opened |
| 1929 | |
| 1930 | Railway line (Electrified) East Malvern – Glen Waverley opened by Lord Somers (5 May) at 2.30pm |
| 1931 | |
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| 1933 | Waverley Riding School established by the Irving Sisters at “Grandview“, Jordanville 26.12.1933 |
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| 1942 | Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) formed from local men, to assist war effort |
| 1943 | |
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| 1945 | High Street Rd Methodist Church (near reservoir) burnt down (Feb ) |
| 1946 | Tuhan’s Boundary Store, SE corner Waverley and Warrigal Rds, demolished for road widening Nicholas buys site of Aspro factory NE corner of Waverley and Warrigal Rds |
| 1947 | High Street Rd Methodist Church (near reservoir) rebuilt and opened (July) |
| 1948 | Public Housing commences in Jordanville |
| 1949 | Severance of part of South and Centre Ridings and annexed to Oakleigh (15 Dec) |
| 1950 | Glen Waverley RSL formed Mt Waverley Youth Club formed Waverley Riding School moves from Grandview, Jordanville to Oakwood Park, Dandenong and Jordanville area subdivided Extra carriage added to the East Malvern – Glen Waverley Railway shuttle service in peak periods |
| 1951 | Mt Waverley Infant Welfare Centre opens |
| 1952 | Chadstone Church of Christ in Waverley Rd was built in 12 hours |
| 1953 | Glen Waverley Infant Welfare Centre opened Ashwood Primary School opened (3 Feb) Jordanville Sth Primary School opened (10 July) Seven car Tait trains commence (10 Oct) |
| 1954 | Foundation stone for Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Seminary (now the Police Academy) laid End of Glen Waverley rail shuttle service (11 Sep) and ABMs turned into parcel vans. |
| 1955 | Opening of Mulgrave Municipal Offices, Springvale Road (Aug) Passing loop at Mt Waverley Station (14 Nov) Railway motive power changed from 25Hz to 50Hz at Mt Waverley Substation |
| 1956 | May Rd and Hewlett Rd became Blackburn Rd Bay View Rd renamed Huntingdale Rd. Bayview Primary school opened (16 Apr 1956) Mulgraves’s first naturalisation ceremony St Leonards RC Church moved to north of Waverley Rd |
| 1957 | Chadstone (Birrahlee) Infant Welfare Centre opened |
| 1958 | 3 position Signalling on Railway: Mount Waverley – Syndal (Sunday 7 Sep) Syndal Railway duplicated (Sun 7 Sep) Mt Waverley Shopping Centre established Glen Waverley Mechanics Institute burned down (Sep 10) Monash University created by Act of Parliament |
| 1959 | Further severance of South Riding (Oct) Mt Waverley Nth Post Office opened Mt Waverley Police station opened (1 July) |
| 1960 | Glen Waverley Heights Primary School opened (25 July). |
| 1961 | Shire of Mulgrave proclaimed the City of Waverley on 14 Apr 1961. Population approx. 45,000 William Muir is installed as first Mayor of Waverley Monash University opens in Clayton Cutting widened on Waverley Rd East of Stephensons Rd Petersville Factory to be established on SW corner of Wellington and Springvale Rds Mulgrave Country Club purchases land at Wellington and Jells Rd (from Cr Doug Belcher) (Dec) |
| 1962 | VFL purchases 272 acres in Mulgrave for a football stadium Syndal Infant Welfare Centre opened Pinewood Infant Welfare Centre opened St Lukes (Uniting) Church established at 94 Essex Rd, Mt Waverley Essex Heights Primary School opened (16 July). Mt Waverley Youth Centre opened Manchester Unity opens Wahroonga Aged Care home in Coleman Pde, Glen Waverley Mount Waverley Golf Club moves to Stud Rd Rowville |
| 1963 | Glen Waverley station moved back west beyond Kingsway about 120m St Lukes (Uniting) Church kindergarten established at 94 Essex Rd, Mt Waverley Library Committee formed Essex Heights Infant Welfare Centre opened in Outlook Rd. |
| 1964 | East Malvern – Mt Waverley railway duplicated (Sunday 28 Jun) 3 position signalling on Railway: East Malvern – Mt Waverley (Sunday 28 Jun ) Syndal – Glen Waverley railway duplicated (Sunday 29 Nov) 3 position signalling on Railway: Syndal – Glen Waverley (Sunday 29 Nov) Mt Waverley West Post Office opened Ron Fauld’s swimming pool in High Street Rd (Syndal) opened New stations at Holmeglen, Jordanville and Syndal completed. |
| 1965 | Waverley Municipal Pool opened (late in year) Essex Height State School opens 5 March Monash High School opens Waverley Council Offices Extended Woolworths GW store construction started. Village Green Hotel Opened 9 June (by Premier Henry Bolte) Sandown Racecourse opened 19 June Brandon Park house lots first auctioned on 19 Sep New rail track between Burnley and Richmond to allow express working on GW and Box Hill lines Scout Hall, 8th West Waverley, opened inValley Reserve (Nov) Pratts Safeway Supermarket (High Street Rd – Warrigal Rd ) opens |
| 1966 | Mt Waverley Bowls Club-House Melway No 1 produced in a Mt Waverley garage Dollars and Cents – Decimal Currency introduced (14 Feb) Wellington Infant Welfare Centre opened Amstel Golf Club departs and course closed Clayton Pool opened (7 Dec) |
| 1967 | The Glen Shopping Centre opened. Postcodes began in Australia |
| 1968 | Matthew Flinders Hotel opened (Mar Labour Day Weekend) Jordanville Youth Centre opened Mazenod Secondary School Mulgrave opened (2 Nov) Mt Waverley South Post Office opened Waverley Little Athletics Centre opened (Nov) St Phillips Church Completed and dedicated (Nov) St Stephens new Church completed Lutheran Chapel, Glen Waverley dedicated (1 Dec) |
| 1969 | Mt Waverley Library opened Clayton Library opened (1 April) Highvale Primary School opened Jells Park area sold to MMBW (Melbourne Water) Great Hall at Glen Waverley High School completed |
| 1970 | VFL Park opened (Apr). Sports Pavilion on GW Central Reserve opened (Apr) Brandon Park Shopping Centre opened Ambulance station at Waverley Rd & Heany St opened Waverley Historical Society formed |
| 1971 | Legend Park Estate, Glen Waverley opened by developer Hooker Rex Estates, (June ) Holmesglen Hostel closed |
| 1972 | Roman Catholic Seminary and 40 acres passed to the Victoria Police College Brandon Park Infant Welfare Centre opened Cooinda Primary School opened Wheelers Hill Library opened (Apr). |
| 1973 | Work commenced on Mulgrave (now Monash) Freeway Mulgrave Freeway – Springvale Rd to Jacksons Rd opened temporarily for football crowds (26 Aug). Chadstone Church of Christ (built in 12 hours in 1952) is moved a few metres across the site to allow new building First McDonalds Restaurant in Victoria opens (12 Sep) at cnr High Street Rd & Springvale Rd. Mt Waverley Sth P.O. closed. |
| 1974 | Monash Freeway – Stud Rd to Jacksons Rd opened. Jell’s Park started. Metrication of distance, weight and measure Southern Youth Centre opened. Waverley Cinema opens in Pinewood Shopping Centre (August) |
| 1975 | Monash Freeway – Stephensons Rd bridge opened (connecting Waverley & FTG Rds ) |
| 1976 | Monash Freeway – Blackburn Rd to Springvale Rd opened. Jells Park opened. |
| 1977 | Monash Freeway – Blackburn Rd to Forster Rd opened Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre opened Methodist, Presbyterian & Congregational churches combine as the Uniting Church Mt Waverley West Post Office closed |
| 1978 | Mt Waverley Community Centre (Miller Cres.) opened |
| 1979 | Monash Freeway – Forster Rd to Huntingdale Rd opened Zone tickets introduced for metro rail travel (7 May) |
| 1980 | Metcard introduced for both trains and trams |
| 1981 | Fire destroys the Fruit Growers Hall (Horty Hall) in High Street Rd, Mt Waverley. July Great garbage strike |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | Mt Waverley Nth Post Office closed |
| 1984 | Waverley Workshop Industries Limited opened (on FTG Rd, 15 Nov 1984) New Waverley City Council offices opened ( 22 Nov) by The Governor of Victoria, Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray and the Mayor D.C. McIntosh, J.P. Glen Waverley Police Station opened 20 June (by Hon C.R.T. Mathews MLA Minister for Police & Emergency Services) |
| 1985 | |
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| 1988 | First sod turned for building of Arts Centre at Jells Rd and Ferntree Gully Rd |
| 1989 | Oakleigh Municipal Offices renovated Scratch tickets for rail travel introduced (1 Dec) |
| 1990 | Foot bridge over Blackburn Rd at Waverley Hospital (Aug) St Lukes (Uniting) Essex Rd, Mt Waverley, new Church built (29 Apr) Monash Arts Centre opened (17 June) |
| 1991 | Mt Waverley Reservoir roofed over. Bus interchange constructed Nth of GW Railway Station Aspro Company moves from Warrigal Rd to Heatherton Rd, Clayton The Glen Shopping Extension Centre opens (Aug) |
| 1992 | |
| 1993 | Ashwood Primary School closed Jordanville Primary School closed Jordanville Technical School closed |
| 1994 | Commissioners brought in to manage Waverley City and City of Oakleigh Women’s Sports centre at Jell’s Park opened Mimosa Primary School closed Cooinda Primary School closed Monash Gardens Hostel opened (9 Oct) City of Waverley and City of Oakleigh amalgamate to form City of Monash (Gazetted 15 Dec) |
| 1995 | Mt Waverley becomes the first Premium metro railway station (18 Jan) Guards on Metro trains discontinued |
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| 1997 | |
| 1998 | Novotel Hotel, and Century Walk, Springvale Rd, Glen Waverley opened Oakleigh Police move to old Municipal Building site. Feasibility study completed for proposed Monash Aquatic Centre |
| 1999 | Syndal the former home of Sir Redmond Barry demolished ( April ) |
| 2000 | Rail Crash at Holmesglen (26 July ) Central Reserve skate park opens |
| 2001 | Monash Federation Centre opened Spirit of the Land Sculpture erected in Hurst Reserve, Oakleigh East (Feb) Monash Aquatic & Recreation Centre opened (Dec) |
| 2002 | Scratch travel tickets withdrawn (1 Jan) and cancelled 30 (Jun) |
| 2003 | Brandon Park Secondary College closed Ritchies (IGA) Supermarket opens in Mt Waverley Village |
| 2004 | |
| 2005 | Heritage Steam Train service Darling to Glen Waverley to mark the 75 years since opening |
| 2006 | Eastlink construction commences Madeline’s Restaurant opened in Jell’s Park First Ashwood Chadstone Fun day (In Batesford Reserve) |
| 2007 | New Grandstand at Jack Edwards Reserve (Oakleigh) opened March Once There Was Jordanville published by the WHS. Official launch (14 Nov) Heritage Steam rail service Darling to Glen Waverley Smoking ban in Monash Playgrounds Australian Synchrotron Opned WHS Rooms flooded from heavy rain |
| 2008 | Clayton Community centre opens (March -April) Sandoz/Clarient Factory in Warrigal Rd demolished New Oakleigh Motors Buildings on FTG Rd (Near Stephensons Rd) demolished Wellington Reserve Community Centre opened (May) Oakleigh Swimming Pool rebuilding starts Sussex Heights Primary School fire (June) Eastlink Toll Road opens (29 Jun) |
| 2009 | Brickmakers park (Oakleigh) revamped Waverley Netball Cenre (Jells Park) upgraded Heritage Steam rail service Darling to Glen Waverley (June) Works begins on undergrounding the railway line on Springvale Rd, Nunawading Electra Community Centre opened (30 Nov) Connex Rail service ends in Nov 30. MTR takes over Melbourne’s Rail service 1 Dec Mt Waverley Primary School extensively renovated Holy Family Primary School extensively renovated. |
| 2010 | Darling – Glen Waverley railway line turns 80 years old. (5 May) Ashwood College fire (17 June) Sussex Heights Primary School fire damaged rooms opened (Aug 14) John Sands sells its Clayton Rd site for $10M (Oct) “Then and Now” published by the WHS. Official launch (Oct ) |
| 2011 | Batesford Hub development completed. (opened March) Gardiners Creek cycling path underneath Warrigal Rd completed. Monash Mens’ Shed opened (March) John Sands Greeting Cards leaves its Nottinghill, Clayton Rd site. Waverley North Primary School rebuilding completed Essex Heights Primary School rebuilding completed. (Dec) |
| 2012 | Work commences on the upgrade of Central Reserve, Glen Waverley (Jan). Euneva Carpark GW opened 10 Sept.6 Euneva Monash Link Complex opened. Last paper ticket issued on Metro rail network (12 Oct) |
| 2013 | Smoking ban in Monash city |
| 2014 | Building Complex cnr Warrigal and Power Ave, Holmesglen opens Rowallan/Meteora Receptions Warrigal Rd, Ashwood demolished Ikon building and GW station rebuilding Oakleigh Mall upgrading Work commences on Syndal station carpark (Dec completed 2015) |
| 2015 | Mt Waverley Historic Dillon House, Lawrence Rd. Sold at Auction ($1.6M, 11 Mar) Mt Waverley Police Station refurbished and expanded (Mar) Manchester Unity closes and demolishes Wahroonga Aged Care home in Coleman Pde, Glen Waverley (June) Public Toilet (with local photographs on walls) opened in Hamilton Place carpark (August) Adventure Playground opened in Valley Reserve (August) New playgrounds in Beverely Grv, Brandon Park Reserve, Jordan Reserve, Wellington Reserve, Ashwood Reserve. |
| 2016 | Concrete roads in Alvie Estate rebuilt. Taroona in Lawrence Rd for sale. Manchester Unity aged care site rebuilt. McDonalds Restaurant (High Street Rd / Springvale Rd ) demolished and rebuilt |
| 2017 | McDonalds Restaurant (High Street Rd / Springvale Rd ) re-opened The Glen complex undergoes rebuilding with residential towers to be constructed Atkinson St carpark opens Irene Marriott dies aged 103 (22 June). First Waverley Woman Councillor. WHS founding member. |
| 2018 | MW Youth Centre and Community Centre refurbished First steam train runs to Sale, on the elevated Oakleigh Dandenong rail link (23 June) Avenue of Honour Signboard erected on High Street Rd (Fleet St corner) (15 July ) Jessie Tait Building at the Eastern Innovation Business Centre, formally opened (4 Sep) MW Highway Gallery closes and moves to the MW Community Centre (30 Sep) Friends of Damper Creek Reserve celebrates 50 years (30 Sep) Federal Reserve Playground upgraded Monash Homemaker centre closes The Glen reopens after extensive rebuilding (25 Oct) Morna Sturrock dies aged 93 (26 Sep). Historian, Journalist, Patron of the WHS and other Societies. |
| 2019 | Geological surveys for the Urban Rail Loop (underground) Mt Waverley Library 50th anniversary (Mar) Clayton Library 50th anniversary (Apr) |
| 2020 | Corona Virus infects Australia. States and Territories isolate Damper Creek Reserve and Scotchmans Creek and Valley Reserves declared to be Conservation areas by Monash Council (26 Feb ) Waverley Historical Society Then and Now 2 published (July) The Regent Japara Retirement Home (Mt Waverley) opened ( ) Collision Height Barriers installed at the Alvie Rd railway underpass (Oct) Oakleigh Recreation Centre opens (Oct) Monash M-City Opens |
| 2021 | Corona virus continues High Street Rd Uniting and St Johns Virginia St Churches amalgamate (7 Feb) Surveillance cameras installed at major intersections Freeway bridges widened at Forster Rd and FTG Rd with extra lanes Electronic destination estimated travel times installed in High Street Rd (Mar) ANZ Bank in Hamilton Place MW closes Brentwood College VCE centre completed |
| 2022 | Jordanville station upgraded with extra carparks, new lighting and signage Corona virus continues Monash Council compulsorily acquires land for the Scotchmans Creek Trail between Waverley and Forster Rds Waverley Netball Centre (Waverley & Jells Rds) opens in Jan/Feb Extra lane between Warrigal Rd and Eastlink on Monash freeway completed Green bins collected weekly with food scraps (Aug ) Electric vehicle charge stations in council carparks New State Electoral boundaries with Burwood part into new Ashwood and Glen Waverley, for November election |
| 2023 | Monash Gallery of Art renamed Museum of Australian Photography MAPh (19.3.23) Bogong Ave carpark GW to be extended with 4 new floors of 522 spaces. Jack Edwards Reserve Oakleigh to be upgraded with a 2 storey pavillion. Monash Heart Hospital opens in Blackburn Rd, Clayton (Mar) New water main (M76), in High Street Rd, from reservoir to M22 east of Blackburn Rd commences (Sep) |
| 2024 | Monash Tennis centre opens at the Glen Waverley Sports Hub (Mar) New cricket facilities opened at Wheelers Hill (Mulgrave Reserve) and Oakleigh East (Princes Hwy Reserve) Mar New Monash Council ward boundaries introduced for the October election. (from 4 wards to 11 wards) Work starts on the new grandstand at Oakleigh’s Jack Edwards Reserve (May). The Carlson Reserve multi purpose courts open in Clayton (May) |