Narre Warren & District Family History Group meeting meeting. When: Wednesday,  October 12, 2022 at 7.30pm

Where:  Admin Building Conference Room, Cranbourne Complex (enter via the Casey Radio Entrance), 1/65 Berwick Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne, and via Zoom

Presentation:  Melbourne Land Boom – During the 1880s the city of Melbourne expanded and developed dramatically. Land prices boomed and a great number of people invested in housing developments. In the 1890s the boom collapsed leaving many insolvent. Penny Mercer looks at these times through the lens of her family. Mentions her Davies, Mercer, and Hearle families.