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Distinguished and Famous people from Langwarrin
🌿 Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch’s long association with Langwarrin centred on Cruden Farm, given to her as a wedding present in 1928. She helped shape its garden over more than eighty years, fitting early-morning and evening watering around extensive charitable work. Not every design decision pleased her: after an elaborate house extension, she set about surrounding it with planting. Her public service included 33 years on the Royal Children’s Hospital board and support for many arts, health and community organisations. Cruden Farm joins those parts of her life: a working home and garden that also became a place for other people to enjoy.
🎨 Harry and Annie May McClelland
Painter Harry McClelland built his studio on Langwarrin bushland in the 1930s. His sister Annie May, known as Nan, later left the property and her estate to create an art gallery and cultural hall in his memory. The gallery opened in 1971. Harry had studied at the National Gallery School and painted the Victorian countryside and coast; Annie was a poet, broadcaster and entrepreneur in her own right. Their creative circle included other prominent artists, but their most visible local legacy came from land and a bequest. The sculpture park and gallery grew out of a place where art had already been made.
