History

The suburb of Lalor takes its name from Peter Lalor, leader of the miners who fought at the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854. Originally from Tinakill in County Laois, Ireland, Peter Lalor was the son of a member of the British House of Commons and went on to become Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria.

Carlingford, the name of the original farm, has its own interesting history:

Time line

1925 Mr and Mrs McKee and their children, Tom, Moffat and Gladys bought ‘Carlingford’ and conducted a dairy farm from the Cooper Street homestead. The southern portion (now abutting Kingsway Drive) was known as The Back Paddock and was cropped with oats.
1937 The property was expanded with the purchase of the ‘Lone Gum’ paddock (south of the current Murdesk property) from the Sanderson Estate.
1939 The Lone Gum was ploughed and cropped.
1941 Dairying ceased and the Lone Gum and Back paddocks both sown with grass seed.
1943 Cypress trees planted.
1945 Moffat McKee and his wife Helen take over the running of the property, stock it with sheep and crop for hay.
1966 Lone Gum paddock leased to Consolidated Quarries (taken over by Pioneer Quarries around 1974) but no quarrying actually occurred. Continued as a farm and quarry leases terminated in 2004.
1968
 Peter and Heather Haberfield take over day to day running of the farm. Property used for beef cattle production and grazing with some cropping.
2004 Victorian Government purchase part of the site for the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets.
2006 Cedar Woods purchases part of the site for the Carlingford development.
2008 Cedar Woods commences selling residential lots.

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