Pioneering Northway Family of Hazelwood Exhibition
21st October, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
The Northway family were pioneers of Hazelwood arriving in 1877 and their descendants continued farming in Hazelwood until 1962 when the Housing Commission of Victoria compulsory acquired their land for the planned town of Hazelwood. William Full Northway and his two sons, Thomas and William Jnr., were selectors. Thomas married Barbara Lyons and had 3 sons and 11 daughters, William Jnr. married Agnes Dorothy Dorothea Schleiger and had 8 daughters.
The Exhibition has been curated by Morwell Historical Society member Rob de Souza-Daw.
The Exhibition is a graphic display of 130 posters following the life of William and Mary Northway from their immigration in 1848 from England to their life at Hazelwood. There are many photographs, documents and maps relating to three generations of the Northway family.
