Image of Charles Newman's Gravestone from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templestowe,_Victoria
- 1838 Wood started sheep station at Bulleen. J. Anderson arrived in Warrandyte.
- 1841 Unwin's special survey.
- 1842 First Presbyterian church service held.
- 1845 Unwin's Estate reissued to Atkinson and named Carlton Estate.
- 1847 First school in the area opened near Heidelberg Bridge.
- 1850 Joseph Pickering arrived in Doncaster.
- 1851 Gold discovered at Warrandyte.
- 1852 John Robert Wilson settled in Doncaster.
- 1853 Tom Petty and Gottlieb Thiele arrived.
- 1854 Wilson built Doncaster Arms Hotel.
- 1856 First services held by Lutheran and Church of England.
- 1856? Templestowe and District Roads Board formed.
The earliest reference I can find in Trove to the Templestowe District Road Board is dated 9 March 1857. The board was then calling for tenders for construction of a stretch of road. The Board must have been formed prior to that. See http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page192443 (Kay Mack, April 2017) - 1857 Warrandyte Post Office opened.
- 1858 Old Lutheran Church built on Waldau Hill.
- 1860 Post Offices opened at Templestowe and Doncaster.
- 1863 E. S. & A. Bank building built by Pickering as home for Schramm.
- 1864 Church of Christ opened first church.
- 1865 Schramm's Cottage built.
- 1866 Methodist Church dedicated at East Doncaster.
- 1869 Holy Trinity Church of England, Doncaster opened.
- 1870 Anglican Church opened at Warrandyte.
- 1871 Atheneum Hall opened.
- 1874 Doncaster School purchased by Education Department.
- 1875 Shire of Bulleen formed.
- 1878 Hummel built third tower.
- 1881 Box Hill Railway opened.
- 1887 Doncaster East Post Office opened.
- 1888 First land sale at Doncaster.
- 1889 Tram started.
- 1890 Serpell's Corner store built. Shire of Doncaster formed.
- 1892 Doncaster Shire Hall built.
- 1894 Tram closed.
- 1895 Old Tower Hotel burnt down and new Hotel built.
- ???? Two inch water main to Doncaster.
- 1906 Government Cool Store built.
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