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| | Land and Environment: Railway Station at Bay Road |
 | | Thomas Bent, as President of the Shire of Moorabbin led a delegation of councillors and ratepayers to the Commissioner of Railways asking that a station be built at Bay Road. |
 | | The stations at that time were known as Highett’s Road, Balcombe’s Road, East Brighton, South Brighton, Glenhuntly Road and North Road. |
 | | Thomas Bent was a councillor at Brighton from 1874-1909, Mayor 1874, 1878, 1879, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1903, and 1908; councillor at Moorabbin 1863-1909, President 1884-85, 1885-86, 1887-88, 1888-89, 1900-01, 1901-02, Commissioner of Railways in 1881-83 and Minister 1902-03, Premier 1904-1908. |
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