Hardy Reserve, Macpherson Street, North Carlton

Hardy Reserve is named after two members of the same family, father and son Robert and Fred Hardy, both of whom served on the Melbourne City Council. Robert John Hardy, a local resident and merchant, was elected to Victoria Ward on 17 May 1915 and represented his constituents until his death at the age of 67 years on 23 May 1937. He was buried at the new Melbourne General Cemetery at Fawkner, where he was on the board of management. Two years later, his son Frederick George Jack (Fred) Hardy was elected to Victoria Ward on 24 August 1939. Fred Hardy served in this capacity until his death on 29 May 1975, at the age of 68 years. Like father, like son.

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