George William Howe

Co-Founder of the Yarra Bay Pleasure Grounds alongside William Rose in 1901. They built camping grounds, refreshment rooms, a boat shed etc. for visitors to use for picnic outings, social gatherings, or short holidays. The use of the grounds declined due to the depression, with the buildings then used as homes for the unemployed. They were then demolished during the 1960s

Howe was prominent in municipal life, being an alderman with both the Redfern Council for 23 years including one term as mayor, and the Randwick Council.

Howe also found time to quarry local stone for the first breakwater at Yarra Bay. However, the project was unfinished when Howe died on the 22nd November 1916 and the breakwater was eventually washed away.