Joseph William Hazledine of Picola Rosebud and Dromana Victoria Australia

JOSEPH WILLIAM HAZELDINE (sic) OF ROSEBUD AND DROMANA.
This journal is based on my post of August 11, 2015 on the HISTORY OF DROMANA TO PORTSEA Facebook group page, followed by many Hazledine descendants (who informed me that the usual "el" spelling, which I've deliberately left in the title of the post, is wrong.) At the time having conducted special rate research, I attempted to submit a journal but internet connection issues prevented this.

Joseph William Hazledine Jnr. married Lizzie, daughter of Rye's Michael Cain, and many Hazledine descendants still live in the area. One, John, wrote an article in the Rye Historical Society's White Cliffs which includes a photo of J.W.H.Jnr, his son (Neville) and grandson (John.)
'White Cliffs' - Rye Historical Society - Weebly
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.... My father's name was Neville Joseph Hazledine.

From A Dreamtime of Dromana.
P.67. On 22-11-1888,Mr Hazeldine's black mare was served by George McLear's Gay Lad and left in the paddock with him. The horse was required in about a fortnight for drill practice. (G.McLear's account book.)
P.53-4. When H.B.Simon died, his house, which was situated about 230 yards above Boundary Rd, was purchased by the Shire Rate Collector, Mr Hazeldine, who moved it onto his land in Foote St, Dromana and with his family took up residence therein. His descendants occupied it until comparatively recently (stated Colin)when it was removed to make way for the new Roman Catholic Church.
P.166. Ticky Hazeldine was a member of the Dromana footy team in 1946 and is in the back row in this photo.
P.195.Ticky Hazeldine delivered meat orders on his horse and cart.

SHEPPARTON, MONDAY.
At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Shepparton Shire Council today a letter was received from Mr. Charles W. Morgan, of Echuca, on behalf of Mr. J. W. Hazeldine, State school teacher at Picola North, applying for the payment of £250 for a libel contained in a letter written by the secretary of the council to the Minister of Public Instruction in November, 1882, in connexion with rates due to the council. It was resolved to place the matter in the hands of the shire solicitor.(P.7, Argus, 3-7-1883.)

POULTRY.-Cochins-First, J. W. Hazeldine, Picola.Common Cochins-First, A. E. Kinsey; second. J.W. Hazeldine. Dorkings-First, J. W. Hazeldine.
White-crested Polish-First. A E. Kinsey. Polish (othervariety)-First, J. W. Hazeldine. Black Spanish-First, A E. Kinsey; second, J. W. Hazeldine. Bantams First, James Malono, Moama. Golden Hamburgs First. J. W. Hazeldine; seoond, T. Taylor. Silver Hauibunra-First, T. Taylor. Silver-spangled Hamburgs-first, J. W. Hazeldine; etc.(P.31, The Australasian, 15-8-1885.)

BOARDS FOR HEARING OF REASONS AGAINST FORFEITURE OF LICENCES. [coming soon]
Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) Saturday 19 October 1889 p 9 Detailed Lists, Results, Guides
... "” Benjamin White, 133 a., Kunat ICunat. Echuca, 29th October, at 10 a.m."” Joseph W. Hazeldine, 11 a., Picola,

DROMANA.
The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Literary Association was held on Monday
last in the Mechanics' Institute. The proceedings took the form of a mock parliamentary election. There were five candidates desirous of representing the electors of the County of Mornington. Messrs Brady and Wright stood in the Free trade interest, whilst Messrs Hazeldine and Heather were Protectionists, and Mr T.Chapman was the nominee of the Temperance party.
(P.3, Mornington Standard, 19-10-1889.)

When the late John Vans Agnew Bruce Jnr's northern portion of Jamieson's Special Survey (from coast to Bulldog Creek Rd between lines indicated by Ellerina Rd and Martha Cove Waterway) was advertised for sale, Joseph William Hazeldine, was the local agent.
It is part of the celebrated Jamieson's Special Survey, in the parish of Kangerong, and the land will be pointed out by the driver of the coach from Mornington to Dromana, or by Mr J. W. Hazeldine, electoral registrar and agent, Dromana. (P.2, Mornington Standard, 26-12-1901.)

Mornington Peninsula Football Association.
A meeting of delegates of the above Association was held at the Grand Hotel, Mornington, on Monday night last, the president (Mr L. Harrison) in the chair. The following delegates were also present :-Messrs W Odgers and T. Hutchins (Mornington), H.Firth and W. Monk Somerville), J.Griffith and Hazledine (Dromana), Oswin and Callanan (Balnarring), Pearce and Wilson (Hastings), H.Noble and McLaurin (Tyabb), A.Bartlett (Sorrento).
In the absence of Mr H. Menck (who is at present in ill-health), Mr Hazeldine was appointed secretary pro tern, on the motion of Messrs J. Griffith and H.Firth. etc. (P.3, Mornington and Dromana Standard, 21-8-1909.)

DROMANA.-CORIO, superior Accommodation, near beach and golf-links; terms moderate; garage. Mrs. Hazeldine. (P.12, Argus, 28-3-1916)
So Joseph's wife, Mary Margaret Hazeldine (nee Hamilton?), former teacher, really did become a boarding house keeper!

OBITUARY
MR. J. W. HAZELDINE.
The death occurred on Friday of Mr. Joseph William Hazeldine, aged 82 years, at his residence, Dromana. Mr. Hazeldine settled in the Dromana district 48 years ago and was a State school teacher at Rosebud for NINE* years. He was a teacher in the service of the Education Department for 28 years. Until his death he was registrar of births and deaths at Dromana. The funeral took place on Saturday. Requiem mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father O'Sullivan, who also read the burial service.
Burial took place in the Dromana cemetery**. The casket was carried by his six sons. The pall-bearers were Cr Wilson, Messrs. A. W. Farrell, L.Carrigg, J. Matthews, A. Cooper, B.Wilson, J. Moraes, and G. Brown. The funeral was conducted by Mr Hector Gamble, of Frankston. Mr. Hazeldine leaves six sons and four daughters.(P.1, Frankston and Somerville Standard, 30-8-1935.)

• From my ROSEBUD POST OFFICE post.

LOUIS ANDERSON AND JOSEPH WILLIAM HAZELDINE.--------Louis Anderson was appointed postmaster at Rosebud on 22-9- 1890, following the resignation of teacher Joseph William Hazeldene who started at Rosebud State School on 20-9-1886 and conducted a post office at the school (as he had done at Picola) from 38-3-1889 to September 1889, retiring as a teacher at the end of the year. "Although Louis Anderson was postmaster for the next seven years, regretably no one today has ever heard of him. Early records of the school show that the post office continued to be conducted from the school and the head teacher who replaced Mr Hazeldene at the beginning of the school year in 1891, Mr Frederick Cooper Green, was appointed postmaster on 11-5-1897 and continued in the role, despite the control of Post and Telegraph passing to the Commonwealth on March 1,1901, until he left the school at the end of 1901.
(The above would indicate that Joseph William Hazeldine was at Rosebud State School only for four years. However 48 years before 1935 would have been 1887 and he might have started at the school then. It is also possible that Mr Green started at Rosebud State School in 1897 and the last digit has been misread as a 1. However the latter theory is disproved by the following extract from the report of a Flinders and Kangerong Shire meeting.

BOARD OF HEALTH.
A. G. Clayton, teacher, Flinders, wrote asking permission to re-open his school, which had been closed owing to prevalence of whooping cough.- There being no objection on the part of the health officer, the re-opening wassanctioned.
From F. Green, Rosebud, reporting two cases of whooping cough. Received.
(P.2, Mornington Standard, 7-4-1892.)
The obituary indicates that Joseph's wife, Mary Margaret, had pre-deceased him so the information would have come from their children. It is possible that it was Mary Margaret Hazeldine who taught at Rosebud State School for nine years. Her occupation was given as teacher as late as the 1910-11 assessment (and perhaps in 1911-12 which I skipped) before her description changed to boarding house keeper in 1913-14.

**DROMANA CEMETERY.
These are the only Hazeldine details recorded from headstones.
HAZELDENE Barbara M 11/10/1941 9/08/1993 Hus Edwin
HAZLEDINE Robert Roy 18/08/1948 18/07/1993
HAZLEDINE Ronald Roy 6/05/1921 25/03/2000
HAZLEDINE Doris Lillian 2/03/1918 11/08/2002
It could be assumed that Mary Margaret was also buried at Dromana. Their headstone was probably destroyed by the terrible 1939 bushfire.

History - Rosebud Primary School
www.rosebudps.vic.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content...1...
The Education Department announced in November 1886 that a school house with a teacher's residence attached would be built on the recently acquired land. The plan of this building was the standard design being built throughout Victoria in this era. It consisted of a 24 foot by 16 foot school room with iron gable roof and a small gabled front porch. A four-roomed teacher's residence was attached running at right angles to the school room. A skillion verandah ran the length of the dwelling. The whole building was clad in weatherboards.On April 7th, 1887 the school furniture was moved from the leased building and placed in the new schoolhouse. Presumably the Head Teacher, Mr Joseph Hazeldine, moved into the residence. He had four school-age children of his own enrolled at the school.
About this time, wandering cattle were a problem because they liked to sleep the night in the shelter of the school building. The school site was bare of vegetation and Mr Hazeldine promised to plant shelter trees if the Department would fence the property to keep out the cattle. In 1888 a split post fence with three rails was built around the school site. It had a large and small gate facing the Main Road and cost £26, half of which was paid with local funds.
A large rotting stump of a cypress tree just inside the front fence is all that remains of Mr Hazeldine's "shelter" trees.

ABOUT THE HAZELDINES.
Comment from Jenny Skelton.
Dad told me about a man called 'Ticky' Hazeldine when I showed him my form 2 photo from High school, he went on to say that 'Ticky' had heart problems, (thus the) nickname. He worked for my uncle Jack Wilson Butchers.
N.B. Melbourne Brindle's map of Dromana shows that Ewart called one of his friends "Chap Hazie". This was probably one of Ticky's brothers.

We've seen one of Joseph's interests, which probably provided much eggscitement. He should have sought counsel before taking on this old adversary, but there again counsel WAS his adversary.
A chess match between two old antagonists, Mr Frank Counsel and Mr J.W. Hazeldine, which had been pending for some time was played last week. The conditions were the best 4 games out of 7. Mr Counsel proved too good
for his opponent, winning the first 4 out of 6. Mr T. Bryan acted satisfactorily as umpire. (P.2, Mornington Standard, 5-5-1898.)

JOSEPH'S FRIENDS.
One would assume that his pall bearers were among his closest friends,i.e.
Cr Wilson, Messrs. A. W. Farrell, L.Carrigg, J. Matthews, A. Cooper, B.Wilson, J. Moraes, and G. Brown. Cr Wilson would have been Henry Burdett Coutts Wilson whose son almost drowned at Dromana circa 1906 while he and Mr Townsend (who saved the boy using mouth to mouth half a century before it was invented) were building the slaughteryard shown on Melbourne Brindle's map. Henry took charge of the Sorrento butchering operation after acting as a footy umpire (as Joseph also did.) B.Wilson would have been Ben. A.W.Farrell served as Shire Secretary of the F & K and Mornington Shires; he is in the photo (displayed in the Dromana Museum) taken in 1928 when the Old Shire Office was first used. Lou Carrigg owned the Dromana Hotel from about 1914 and remodelled it in 1927; he was a stalwart of the Dromana Football Club and Joseph served as the club's delegate. James Matthews was an early builder who married a descendant of Sarah Wilson as detailed in Petronella Wilson's GIVING DESTINY A HAND, and was badly injured. A. Cooper, whether the surname was spelt Cooper or Couper, was probably a Rosebud pioneer. (Ramsay and Nora Couper were early owners of The Thicket.) John Lima Moraes may have been another Cape Verde Islander; In 1910 he was farming on 10.5 acres on 31A Wannaeue (southern portion of Rosebud Public Golf Course) and in 1919 he was also farming another 53 acres nearby, possibly William Hobley's grant, now occupied by Firway Grove and Burunda Rd. G.Brown was possibly a son of Charles Brown who was running the Arthurs Seat hotel when it burnt down in early 1898.

THE TWO HAZELDINE HOUSES IN DROMANA.
When Joseph retired from teaching and moved to Dromana, possibly in early 1897,he leased crown allotments 1 and 3 of section 2, Township of Dromana from J.F.Hughes of Castlemaine. Crown allotment 3 had a 20 metre frontage to both Foote St and McArthur St starting 40 metres from the Esplanade and was granted to Alexander Haldan on 16-11-1859. Crown allotment 1 on the western corner of the Esplanade and Foote St was purchased from the crown by R.Walker and W.D.Scurfield on 10-5-1858 but had probably been sold at a tidy profit to Haldan soon afterwards because Alex. was running the township's post office by the end of 1858. Scurfield's hotel was erected at the same time on the east side of Foote St and being run by Richard Watkin (who later established the Dromana Hotel in 1862)by the end of 1858, in conjunction with selling Arthurs Seat timber.

In the mid 1880's, there was a petition organised by George McLear to extend the township's eastern boundary from McCulloch St toward the pier but such a formality wasn't needed when Walter Gibson took over the position of post master and constructed a granite post office fronting the Esplanade not far west from Pier St and Rudduck's Jetty Store. The Haldans ran a guest house called Dromana Villa in the old post office. The building was later owned by George Dawes, who used to buy gold, but he had a serious accident and sold it to Hughes.

So it was Dromana's original post office, probably enlarged to become a guest house, which the Hazledines occupied from 1897 until 1902 when Joseph's name was written under occupant but then crossed out. Melbourne Brindle noted that pre-1918 the house was called Carnavon and occupied by Ricketts, later Hughes.The house survived until the 1950's when it was replaced by a granite house called Carnarvon. The Flemmings found many ink wells in the garden; there weren't biros 1858-1886! A modern building now stands on the west corner of Foote St where the Hazledines first lived in Dromana but the second Carnarvon was not demolished, instead being extended with a granite wall still visible under the carport.

In 1903, Mrs J.W.Hazledine was assessed on 5 lots and building, Dromana. The 1907 rates describe Mary Margaret Hazledine as a teacher who was assessed on 3 lots Foote St, while Joseph, who'd apparently sold 8 acres to Nelson Rudduck, was leasing, or had maybe bought, 11 acres (McRae, sic Estate) from law firm, Stribble. Some of McCrea's land was the site of their second house, "Corio", H.B.Simon's old house.

MARY MARGARET HAZELDINE'S BOARDING HOUSE.
It is mentioned above that in 1906-7 Joseph William Hazeldine was assessed on 11 township lots, a note indicating that this was the McRae Estate.Early in my research, I thought Dr McCrae might have been Dr Farquhar McCrae, the brother of Andrew McCrae of the Arthurs Seat Run. I now know that it was this fellow.

Biography - William McCrea - Australian Dictionary of ...
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mccrea-william-4072
William McCrea (1814-1899), medical administrator and naval surgeon, was born on 14 October 1814 in County Tyrone, Ireland. His father died before William.
I will not detail the location of all of his grants in Dromana Township, just the ones in connection with the boarding house.
1913-14.
Mary Margaret Hazeldine, boarding housekeeper, 1.5 acres and building,crown allotments 7,8,10 section 1.
Section 1 was bounded by the beach road, Permien St,Clarendon St and Foote St. Many blocks near the Beach Road were granted to William Dixon Scurfield whose hotel was being run by Richard Watkin by 1858. Crown allotment 7, 8 and 10 were granted to Dr William McCrea in August 1856.
C/A10 had frontages of 50 metres to the north side of Clarendon St and 40 metres to the east side of Foote St. Lots 8 and 7, each having a frontage of 20 metre to both Foote and Permien Sts were north west of lot 10 (and 9 on the Clarendon/ Permien corner.) Lot 10 is now the site of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, the new Catholic Church for which the Hazeldine home was demolished, that is, the former home of Henry Bernard Simon mentioned at the start of this post. As seen above in an advertisement, the boarding house was called "Corio".

Melbourne Brindle's map calls this "Chap" Hazeldine's house. In the middle of lots 8 and 7 is a cross linked by an arrow to the following text: SCENE OF THE CHAFF CUTTING CONTEST OF THE CENTURY. OLD "DAD" (NOT TOO BRIGHT) WAS THE VICTIM - CHAP HAZEY WAS THE MASTER-MIND!

HAZELDINE. "” On the 13th November, at her residence,"'Corio," Dromana, Mary M., the dearly beloved wife of Joseph W. Hazledine, and loving mother of Mrs. Hurrey (New Zealand), Joe, Mrs. Fleming, Bert,Norman, Reg, Queenie, Lewis, Mary and Jack: aged 58 years. R.I. P.
Immaculate heart of Mary,
Your prayers for her extol.
Oh, Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Have mercy on her soul.
(P.5,Tribune, Melbourne, 23-11-1916.)