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Eriko Takefuji
Local ResidentEriko at a Chado Workshop at Mitcham Community Centre in 2025
As a dedicated instructor of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony (Chado), one of Japan’s oldest and largest tea traditions, I also conducts workshops introducing the art and spirit of Chado to Australian audiences.
Across my work in traditional crafts, landscape design and tea ceremony, I am passionate about sharing the richness of Japanese culture and the essence of Japanese aesthetics with people in Australia.
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While the online boutique is the heart of TAKEFUJI, Eriko also participates in Japanese cultural events and markets held in Adelaide, creating opportunities for people to discover and experience the richness of Japanese craftsmanship.
Launched in 2026, TAKEFUJI LAWLER is a landscape design practice that explores how Japanese aesthetics can be expressed within the unique natural environment of Australia. Working alongside her husband Richard, whose background is in architectural design, TAKEFUJI LAWLER aims to create gardens that are not confined to the traditional Japanese garden style, but instead draw on the essence of Japanese aesthetics to create spaces that respond to both people and nature.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Tooradin
🏨 Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans purchased many Tooradin township lots in 1875 and took over the hotel in 1877. He promoted the district for hunting and fishing, helping position the small settlement as a destination as well as a stopping place on the Western Port road. His interests included buildings around the inlet, and he constructed his own house, Isles View, towards the end of his time there. Tooradin's early commercial growth was closely bound to its waterways, transport routes and visitors, making a hotel proprietor and landholder an influential figure in the developing township.
🐟 Henry and Elizabeth Kernot
Henry Forman Kernot and his wife Elizabeth came to Tooradin from Hastings in 1876, joining the fishing families working the Western Port inlets. Their household belonged to a community whose boats and cottages helped define the early settlement. The district historian David Mickle recorded them among the early arrivals, following fishermen George Casey and Jimmy Miles. Fishing supplied a household livelihood along the inlet, with boats and cottages forming part of the town's early working landscape.
🏫 Adelaide Dredge
Adelaide Dredge was the teacher when Tooradin State School opened on 12 April 1875. The new school was one of the services that accompanied the township's growth during the 1870s, alongside stores, postal facilities and hotels. Her named place in the opening records provides a direct connection with the beginnings of local education. Her classroom served the children of families making their homes around the inlet.
