In April 1851 Johann Gottlob Blumel purchased section 6595, Hundred of Talunga. In 1854 he acquired section 6587 from George Fife Angas and in 1856 sold portion of this section to J.C. Handell, a blacksmith, and J.G. Cloke, a wheelwright. Bluemel's mill stood on this land and the adjacent wheelwright and blacksmith shops were the nucleus of the town which he named 'Blumberg', probably taken from portion of his name 'Blum' and berg, German for 'mountain'. However, it should be noted that there is a town of 'Blumberg' in the province of Brandenburg, Germany from whence he emigrated.
In 1860 he subdivided a further portion of this section which comprised nine allotments of which he retained lots 1, 4 and 5. The name was changed to Birdwood in 1918 (Sir William R. Birdwood, an English General of World War I who commanded the Australian troops) after the Nomenclature Committee had suggested 'Peroomba' meaning 'wattle blossom'.
General Notes. Blumberg School opened in 1859 and became Birdwood in 1916
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Nomenclature
In April 1851 Johann Gottlob Blumel purchased section 6595, Hundred of Talunga. In 1854 he acquired section 6587 from George Fife Angas and in 1856 sold portion of this section to J.C. Handell, a blacksmith, and J.G. Cloke, a wheelwright. Bluemel's mill stood on this land and the adjacent wheelwright and blacksmith shops were the nucleus of the town which he named 'Blumberg', probably taken from portion of his name 'Blum' and berg, German for 'mountain'. However, it should be noted that there is a town of 'Blumberg' in the province of Brandenburg, Germany from whence he emigrated.
In 1860 he subdivided a further portion of this section which comprised nine allotments of which he retained lots 1, 4 and 5. The name was changed to Birdwood in 1918 (Sir William R. Birdwood, an English General of World War I who commanded the Australian troops) after the Nomenclature Committee had suggested 'Peroomba' meaning 'wattle blossom'.
General Notes. Blumberg School opened in 1859 and became Birdwood in 1916