My parents’ first date in the 1950s was at a party in my now home suburb. The area was popular at the time with creative types such as writers, artists, actors, fashion designers.
Opinion pieces from local writers exploring their suburb’s cliches and realities and how it has changed in the past 20 years.My parents’ first date in the 1950s was at a party in Beaumaris. It was, my dad explained, an “interesting” suburb. The area was popular at the time with creative types such as writers, artists, actors, fashion designers – Prue Acton, Linda Jackson, and Jenny Brown grew up in Beaumaris – and for some reason, airline pilots. .
When you see a map of the bay, Beaumaris is the place that protrudes out before the long curve of beaches to Frankston. It has a rich history, beginning with the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation and their middens can still be discovered on guided coastal walks. When we moved to Beaumaris, we found it was half an hour to the city by train from Sandringham and even longer by car. Yes, it did seem like a long way out … but a long way from what? With boys aged six and 10 it was the perfect place for us to live with its beaches, parks and nature reserves.
When we first moved to Beaumaris, we found it a bit quiet and quite conservative. In the past 20 years, young families have moved in, the primary schools have doubled their enrolments, and we now have a shiny new secondary college with capacity for over 1000 students. Beaumaris is probably still a bit “suburban” but there is certainly a bit more diversity in our community now as another generation makes their mark.
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