House Cleaning Services in Upwey

Upwey is a residential suburb in hilly surrounds 34 km. east-southeast of Melbourne and 2km. 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-southeast of Melbourne and 2km. west of Belgrave. Upwey was a part of the Parish Of Scoresby and the parish of Narree Worren, and was so known during the 1800s. After several ship masts were removed from the gully in 1850, Upwey was called Mast Gully. (Mast Gully Creek, Mast Gully Road)

John Ferguson was the first white settler to Upwey. He settled in Upwey (then known as Ferntree Gully) in about 1870. He was a coach builder, with properties in Collins Street and Wellington Parade. There were also other residential properties in Oakleigh or 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. The Ferguson homestead was purchased by Misses Tullidge in 1897. It was the Tullidge sisters who denoted the area Upwey, after the English village Upwey on the River Wey. They convinced the Victorian Railways that a stop was allowed near their home, and the name Upwey was adopted. 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 possibly selected as early as 1855, but definitely before 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. It was renamed Eloera in 1920s when it was sold by J Pettigrew. You can still see the Eloera Homestead at 265 to 279. Glenfern Road. It was originally located on the south-west corner of today’s Morris Road (towards Ferntree Gully). This road runs from Ferny Creek to its north and Napoleon Road to its south. (See 1880 map). The eastern boundary of the property was formed by today’s Morris Road. The Monbulk Creek ran through his property, as does today’s Lysterfield Road and Glenfern Road. This property was originally tea-tree swampland that covered the creek flats. On the Napoleon Road side, he farmed potatoes.
John Zevenboom bought 82 acres of Crown land in Upwey, 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. Callanan was originally the only way he could access his property.

William Dean purchased 80 acres crown land on 24 Aug 1875. He named the property Forest Park. It was believed to have been occupied before the purchase date, as $555 pounds worth of improvements were made at the time. In 1903, William Dean sold Forest Park to John Griffiths, the Melbourne Team Merchant. He later bought additional land in the region. 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.