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Marcus Glasscock
Herbert Marcus Glasscock (3 September 1900 – 11 October 1979) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Herbert Thomas Glasscock (1872–1953), and Alice Betsy Glasscock (1873–1950), née Greaves, Herbert Marcus Glasscock was born at Monomeith, Victoria on 3 September 1900. He married Kathleen Violet "Kate" Barling (1913–2014) in 1937. Education He attended Caulfield Grammar School in St Kilda East, Victoria, East St Kilda for three years, from 1916 to 1918. He played cricket for the school's First XI, and football for the school's First XVIII. In his last year at Caulfield Grammar (viz., 1918), Glasscock, an excellent student, was not only the school captain, but was also the captain of the school's First XI and its First XVIII teams. Football He had been captain of Caulfield Grammar's First XVIII in 1918. Lang Lang Glasscock came to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monomeith, Victoria
Monomeith is a bounded rural locality in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne, Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, central business district, located within the Shire of Cardinia Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Monomeith recorded a population of 69 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. In 1942, during World War II, a military airfield was constructed for the air defence of Melbourne, south of Spencers Road, and is still visible using Google Earth. History Monomeith Post Office opened on 20 July 1900 and closed in 1969. A Monomeith railway station, Victoria, railway station existed from 1890 until the late 1970s. The site of the former airfield has been considered, as of 2015, as a site for Melbourne's third major airport for passenger jet aircraft. See also * City of Cranbourne – Monomeith was previously within this former local government area. References {{Melbourne-geo-stub Shire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |