Author: Cameron McCullough

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In 1932, two people drowned after their car plunged off the end of Mordialloc pier. The following account is taken from contemporary newspaper reports. ROYDEN Kennedy Patterson was a wealthy 49-year-old grazier who owned Tammit Station, near Euston, in New South Wales. He had travelled to Mentone to stay as a guest of his business partner, Selborne Kennon, at his home in Beach Rd, Mentone. Patterson owned Tammit station in partnership with Kennon. Patterson also was a prominent racehorse owner and with Kennon had the horses David Garrick, Binna, Tammit, Own, and Gudroon. Mr Patterson had travelled from his property…