Andersons Park
Anderson's Park situated in SW corner of Reynolds Road and Andersons Creek Road occupies part of a site that was originally East Doncaster Primary School or the Deep Creek Primary School.
Originally 5 acres were allocated to the school.
The school site was ill chosen. I the late 1880's, the school community was moved to the cnr of George St and Blackburn Rd. The buildings were taken away and it became a disused government site.
Probably only a small part of the 5 acre site was occupied by the school building, and the school grounds so the vegetation survived.
The reason that there is alleged to be remnant native vegetation is because it was government land even until the present time and therefore was never planted with orchards or cultivated.
According to the "Back to Doncaster East Souvenir" Publication (1973) in about 1909-1911, George McKinley contacted "the powers that be" and got a permissive occupancy for the Doncaster Ramblers Cricket Club.
The park is now larger than the original 5 acre site due to the addition of new land for ovals.
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