Occupations Frankston 1961-1971

Frankston by the 1960s had ceased to depend on agriculture. The city had become like many other outer suburban areas of Melbourne with a mixture of factory and white collar workers as the most typical residents. Some parts of the present city still bears the agricultural flavour of the later nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. A few buildings do relate closely to this history. Most of those surviving however are the larger buildings connected with early grazing properties or wealthy residents who came to Frankston looking for a retreat from city life. Ballam Park, Marathon, the original home of Dr James Madden, Yamala and Westerfield are amongst the few surviving buildings which reflect the City of Frankston's rural past. Elsewhere in Frankston the development of the twentieth century has erased many of the reminders of the prosperous local orchards.