Berwick Selectors

The Berwick parish was subdivided early. There are three areas.

Town lots, as surveyed initially, were situated on the nothern side of High Street. They were divided into sections and then into lots, many of them measuring half an acre. (Abbreviated BER-TOWN)

Further north, between the town lots and Inglis Road were the suburban lots (BER-Subn), these measured between five and thirty-three acres.

Large agricultural allotments were opened up for selection as Crown Allotments (BER-Crown). These surrounded the town and suburban lots on the south, west and north. Cardinia Creek forms the eastern boundary of the Berwick parish.

The Melbourne newspapers regularly published the results of the crown land sales, noting the name of the buyers/selectors, the area of land and the price paid. The newspaper journalists did not always write down the names correctly. The table below attempts to identify these early landowners, and where they have been identified their names link to a page which contains further information.