The events which shaped Clyde and its people.
1837-39 Squatters could
take up land with a £10 lease
1844 Thomas Field takes up “Big Plains” run
1844 Thomas Field takes up “Big Plains” run
1851 "Mayune"
is leased by Cameron
1852 Survey and land sales in Clyde
1858 School No 118 at Clyde (North) opened
1864 Clyde (North)
Post Office opened (1864-closed1981)
1865 Church of England - Clyde
North first service
1878-90 Clyde
(North) hive of activity
1888 Railway comes to
area
1889 Clyde
Railway Station Post Office opened
1889 Survey of Clyde Township
1905 General Store opened on Railway Road
1909 Methodist
Church-first public building in Clyde
1910 Clyde
State School
1913 Clyde P.O. moved to
the General Store in Railway Road
1915 Renaming of Clyde and Clyde
North
1918 Clyde State
School
1920's Clyde
township booms
1923 Telephone extended
to Clyde
1928 Motorised trucks pick up milk from farms
1928 Clyde Public Hall
and Mechanics Institute built and officially opened
1930-40 Years of steady
and quiet growth
1931 Petrol Bowser erected at Clyde
1950 Electricity comes to the district
1950 Electricity comes to the district
1977 Mains water supply
reaches the township
1978 Lineham Recreation Reserve opened (last
pioneer owned property sold)
1978 Jubilee Year of
Public Hall celebrated
1981 Railway Services to Clyde
discontinued
1980's Both schools began receiving children from outside of the Clyde area
1992 Clyde
North School
1994 Casey City Council
replaced Cranbourne Shire Council
2009 Clyde
re-zoned as an Urban Growth Area
2010 ? First housing
estate begins selling house blocks
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