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SUMMARY:Brimbank Parkand Horseshoe  Bend Circuit
DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;We start the walk at Brimbank Park :About 40\,000 years 
 ago: first signs of possible human habitation along the Maribyrnong River.
  The Keilor Cranium and femur of an aboriginal person\, found in 1940 in a
  sand bank\, has been carbon dated at about 12\,000 years. The area is hom
 e to the&nbsp\;Wurundjeri&nbsp\;people of the&nbsp\;Kulin&nbsp\;nation. In
  the late 1830s\, Europeans first settled the area and used the fertile ri
 ver valley as stock runs. They often drove stock&nbsp\;around the brim of 
 the bank\, thus the park's name\,&nbsp\;Brimbank. The river flats on the e
 ast bank were used for market gardening until 1983. &nbsp\;We walk to the 
 Homestead owned and operated as a farm by the Dodd family from 1860 to 197
 4. The Homestead was the residence of the Dodd Family whose farming activi
 ties included dairy farming\, market gardening\, beef cattle farming and o
 rchards. In 1976\, Brimbank Park opened to the public as part of the Marib
 yrnong Valley Park\, combined with the adjacent Horseshoe Bend Children's 
 farm and Greenvale Reservoir Park. The&nbsp\;Maribyrnong River&nbsp\;has h
 ollowed out a valley some 55 metres below the Keilor Plain\, with a steep 
 bank on the northern side and gentle terraces on the southern side. &nbsp\
 ;We then walk down and cross the ford to Horseshoe Bend .Until 1854 the 26
  ha property which is now Horseshoe Bend Farm served as the Keilor Village
  Reserve. This meant it was used for grazing and by any travellers who wer
 e passing through the area.
 From 1854 until the early 1900s the land was
  subdivided. In the early 1900s William O'Neil Jnr purchased the property 
 and operated it as a dairy farm. After O'Neils death in the 1930s the farm
  was subdivided into smaller lots. These lots passed through the hands of 
 various owners who used them as orchards and market&nbsp\; gardens The far
 m features an original weatherboard 1930s cottage complete with cottage ga
 rdens and outbuildings. It was closed 2012.
 We will then walk down to th
 e Old Calder&nbsp\; freeway and walk uphill following the road around and 
 down to the River and follow this track around&nbsp\; the river back to th
 e start.
LOCATION:Park Drive\, Brimbank Park
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