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06-January-2014
06-January-2014

Photographs supplied by Nancy Alford / Sandra Brown

The plaque commemorates David Connor who pioneered the construction of the building in 1887. 

Location

Address:Smith Street, Warragul, 3820
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.163339
Long: 145.930761
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Settlement

Dedication

Front Inscription

Rumbalara Property Trust

This plaque perpetuates the memory of David Connor whose enterprise and pioneering spirit inspired construction of this building in 1887.

Originally known as Connor Buildings, and later to be identified as Cromie's Corner Shop.

Joseph Cromie conducted a drapery and universal providers business in this building early in the Twentieth Century and became widely identified with  public life in the Warragul township

Source: MA,RHSV
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