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Herbert White (footballer)
Herbert James White (6 June 1907 – 8 April 1944) was an Australian rules football player at the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL). Football In 1926, he became one of the club's premiership players, under the auspices of captain-coach Albert Chadwick. White made his debut against in Round 1 of the 1926 VFL season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 439, based on the order of his debut for the club. See also * 1927 Melbourne Carnival Footnotes External links * * 1907 births 1944 deaths Melbourne Football Club players Northcote Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1907-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston, Victoria
Preston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Darebin local government area. Preston recorded a population of 33,790 at the 2021 census. History Settlement The area was first surveyed by Robert Hoddle in 1837. Parcels of land between 300 acres (in the southern area) and over 1000 acres (in the north) were all sold during the Melbourne 'land boom' sales of the late 1830s. The first permanent white resident was Samuel Jeffrey in 1841, and from him the area's early name was Irishtown. In 1850, Edward Wood, a settler from Sussex, England, opened a store at the corner of High Street and Wood Street, which was also the district's first post office. Meeting at Wood's store, members of the Ebenezer Church, Particular Baptist from Brighton, England met to change the name. They wanted to name the town after their former home in Sussex, but Brighton was already taken. Instead they named it after Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
