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Upwey is a residential suburb in hilly surrounds 34 km. east-south-east of Melbourne and 2 km. west of Belgrave. Until the turn of the century Upwey did not have a separate identity. Upwey is a residential suburb in hilly surrounds 34 km. east-south-east of Melbourne and 2 km. west of Belgrave. Upwey was part of the Parish of Scoresby and the Parish of Narree Worren and as such known by those names during the 1800s. Upwey was known as Mast Gully, after several ship masts had been cut from the gully in 1850. (Mast Gully Creek and Mast Gully Road remain).

John Ferguson was the first known white settler in Upwey. He settled in Upwey (then known as Ferntree Gully) in about 1870. He was a coach builder with premises in Collins Street and Wellington Parade, and other residential properties in Oakleigh and Elwood. Together with his three sons John, Samuel and Archibald, he ran cattle on his farm. He had approximately 600 acres covering the present Upwey township as well as land on both sides of Morris Road and Glenfern Road. He originally named his homestead Glenlissa, and it was later renamed Quamby and then Glenlucia. The house is still standing today at 28 Birdwood Avenue. In 1897 three sisters, Misses Tullidge, bought the homestead portion of the Ferguson property. It was the Tullidge sisters who denoted the area Upwey, after the English village Upwey on the River Wey. They persuaded the Victorian Railways to approve a stopping place near their house, and the name Upwey was given to it. The name was adopted by common usage, the Upwey Church of England being built in 1904 (now in the neighbouring locality of Tecoma).

Henry Morris selected 300 acres between the Monbulk Creek and Ferny Creek with the eastern boundary now being the road named after him, Morris Road. (see 1880 map). This land was selected possibly as early as 1855, though definitely prior to 1872. He later selected an additional 80 acres of land that adjoining the Monbulk creek and adjacent to today’s Birdsland Reserve on 10 January 1872. Morris called his home View Hill Farm. Later when it was sold to J Pettigrew in the 1920s, it was renamed Eloera. The Eloera Homestead can still be seen today at 265 to 269 Glenfern Road.Mr Patrick Callanan selected land in 1867 on the south-west side of today’s Morris Road (towards Ferntree Gully) that bounded Ferny Creek to the north and today’s Napoleon Road to the south. (See 1880 map). Today’s Morris Road formed the eastern boundary of the property. The Monbulk Creek ran through his property, as does today’s Lysterfield Road and Glenfern Road. This property was originally tea-tree swamp land covering the rich creek flats. He farmed potatoes on the Napoleon Road side of the property. John Zevenboom purchased 82 acres of crown land in Upwey on 21 March 1876. He named the property Kooringal. This property was said to have had $1105 at the time of the sale, also indicating it had probably been occupied prior to purchase. He originally could only access his property through Callanan’s selection.

William Dean purchased 80 acres of crown land on 24 August 1875. He named the property Forest Park. It had probably been occupied prior to the purchase date as it was said to have $555 pounds of improvements at the time of the sale. In 1903, William Dean sold Forest Park to John Griffiths, the Melbourne Team Merchant. He later purchased further land in the area. On 17 October 1917, Mr John Griffiths purchased 11 acres of land fronting on to Morris Road and Glenfern Road for 17 pounds an acre.

On 28 November 1925, John Griffith offered Forest Park Estate land subdivision for sale comprising 150 mountain blocks and 17 small farms as well as 1 weekend cottage and 1 Gentleman’s cottage. Forest Park Estate had consisted of a homestead and a dam. The original farmstead remains, located on the grounds of the current Upwey South Primary School. The dam was located on Ferny Creek between the current properties at 70 and 72 Hume St and 225 Glenfern Rd. The dam walls broke in the 1980s though the remnants can still be seen. Many blocks in the south of Upwey are part of this Forest Park subdivision, with the houses along Glenfern Road continued to be known by their subdivision lot numbers until the late 1990s. Most of the original buildings date from the 1930s and 1940s from this subdivision which were used as gentleman’s cottages and holiday homes.

John Henderson purchased a selection known as Torry Hill that adjoined the Ferny Creek. He continued to own 40 acres of land on the Torry Hill estate for many years.