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Ruby Harker (nee Wilson) and friends on holiday in the Grampians and elsewhere, Victoria., and Rockhampton.
28 small Black and white photos of scenic spots in the Grampians in Victoria, Coastline, caves and also Rockhampton Gardens. Ruby and friends. Some have written descriptions on the reverse but no dates. (Scanned in groups of 6).
See also VC record 28011 which has more holiday photos of the Grampians etc.
Parent Record for Archive collection of photographs and documents relating to Wieland Family of Heathmont
Wieland Genealogy of Carl Ferdinand Wieland and Caroline Christensen married 11/11/1874 Hawthorn
The Wieland family were orcharding pioneers in Ringwood., Carl Ferdinand Wieland arrived in Heathmont in 1872 where he took up 50 acres, 37 perches of Crown Land.for the cost of 49 pounds.
Typed pages , photographs,family group records all collected for the book.
Ruby and Archie were connected to the Wieland family through the marriage of Ruby's sister Amy to Stan Wieland
Collection of business letters between Archie at Wm. Bedford in Melbourne, where he was Joint Manager and Company Secretary. And the Author Artur Upfield when he worked in Heinemann Press
Connected with the Wieland Family. Ruby's sister Thelma married Stan Wieland.
Hand written letters from Harker relations in England. dated 28/12/1953, 25/11/1962, 15/10/1975
material for Wieland book
Maroon spiral binder with photographs, cerificates , hand written family trees collected for the published book.
Collection of pages (originally in a blue plastic binder labelled "Wieland History"). Includes various trees with Car WIELAND at the head, His oath of Memorialist, Oath of Allegiance, Marriage Certificates and a short typed biography of Raymond Stanley WIELAND
Wieland Family were early Orchardists in the Heathmont area.
1. Photograph of the Wieland's old horse paddock now Wieland Park' 2. Photograph of the Plaque with Stanley Wieland's image and text of the history of the reserve formerly the horse paddock and dam. 3.Photograph of the. Old house site
2 two page email letters between Don Talbot and his sister Dorothy in Winchester Uk.
Archie Harker and Ruby Wilson (whose sister Amy married Stan Wieland) conducted their courtship between England and Melbourne.in the early 1930s.
Colection of letters from The Myer Emporium to Archie Harker and 4 receipts for goods bought. 1 receipt for pearl necklet from Ciro Pearls , Cheapside London. !
Stanley Wieland took over the property called "Fairview" at the corner of Dickasons Road and Canterbury Road, Heathmont after his Father's death in 1945. He married Thelma Wilson in 1930. Their daughter Pat wrote the Wieland History with her husband Don Talbot.
Architect's plan on heavy blue paper for residence at Balfour Avenue , Heathmont
Ruby Wilson was related to the Wieland family through the marriage of her sister Thelma to Stan Wieland.
55 photos taken in the Grampians. Black and white prints. Plus 1 colour. Scanned in groups as too many to scan individually. A number have annotations written on the back. These are mostly photos of Ruby.
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Ruby and Archie moved to Mont Albert and this was teir first house. They were married in 1937.
4 x Black and whitephotos of Ruby at her house in Mont Albert
On the back of one photo: "Grang St Mt Albert / Jack and Ruby's 1st house". This probably refers to Grange St Mont Albert. (Street No not given)
Archie and Ruby Harker were connected to the Wieland Family through Ruby's sister Thelma who married Stan Wieland. Archie did well in the printung company he worked for and was a Manager.
6 Black and white photos of the Harker house and garden and 38 coloured photos of rooms and particularly the chandeliers and ceilings. (Scanned as groups of 3 or 4 photos due to the number)
Ernest Ferdinand Wieland was Carl's son and one of the earliest pupils at BayswaterSchool . The title of the property was transferred to him on his father's death in 1904..
Cardboard cylinder with partial Paris address with" boutique de portrait " on it and partial hand written address with "Tasma" just visible.Inside a sepia portrait of possibly Ernest Ferdinand Wieland as a young man. Dated 1903.
Certificate and letter between members of the Wallop family in an attempt to find out if the Harker /Wilson Archie and Ruby , are related to them and the Earl of Portsmouth. Ruby is the connection with the Wieland Family.
Original scroll pertaining to the Earl of Portsmouth in England, and a printed photocopy. Letter on blue airmail paper with family tree. Tha aim is to find a connection with this family and the Harked / Wilson part of the Wieland Family. All contained within PostPak cyclinder.
Amy Ellen Wieland (Thelma) ( nee Wilson) lived at "Stanley Park' with her daughter Pat Talbot for 2 years before retiring to Ballarat wher she died in 1999.
Death certificate on blue paper with black printing Certificate of cremation on buff coloured paper with black printing.Also a letter on paper headed Byrne , Jones and Torney, Barristers and Solicitors to Pat and Don Talbot sending them the two certificates..
Envelope has note: Thelma Wieland's estate and Alan Wieland's Will, but does not contain the will.
Alan Wieland was ummarried and left his estate to his nephew Raymond Wieland, his niece Pat Talbot and several others.including the Christian Blind Mission International in Kew, melbourne.
5 pages of type with Yuncken and Yuncken Solicitors heading. including a letter to the Talbots. One page typed letter from Pat and Don Talbot to Yuncken and Yuncken re same will.
Ruby Wilson was related to the Wieland family through the marriage of her sister Amy Ellen Thelma to Stanley Wieland.
Blue covered book with black stenciled picture of gum tree , koala , kangaroo and kookaburras.All pages filled with hand writing and drawn pictures In ink on back the name Wilson.
Ruby Wilson was related to the Wieland family through the marriage of her sister Amy Thelma to Stanley Wieland
Three grey covered drawing books, two full, the third with the back page missing and two empty pages.
Ruby married Archie Harker. They lived laterly in Grange Street Mont Albert.
6 various coloured papers tax assessments in a buff coloured envelpe from the Taxation Office Commonwealth of Australia.
Archie Harker worked for a publishing Company for several years. He was engaged to Ruby Wilson and married her in 1937 after arriving in Australia on board the' Oronsay'. They conducted their courtship by letter . He in England and Ruby in Mitcham. The hand written story is very hard to decipher and several of the pages are torn. Archie did well and eventually he and Ruby lived in Mont Albert in a very nice house of which there are many photographs in the memorabilia collection of the Wieland family.
7 hand written pages on lined paper enclosed in brown paper.
Ruby Harker was Amy Thelma Wielands sister. The Certificates are in an envelope addressed to Mre. J.A. Harker 16, B, Churchill street , Mont Albert. Ruby's sister also lived in Churchill Street at one time after their house in Heathmont burnt down..
2 buff coloured Cards with blue printing and the Box hill Horicultural Society crest at top. In a brown envelope with he address 16 B Churchill Street , Mont Albert. E 10. No post mark.
thelma Wieland went to live in Queensland with her daughter ,Pat , and son-in-law Don Talbot. They started a pig farm but there was some friction between the families and Thelma left and returned to live in Ballarat. Her son Ray lived with her in Queensland.
3 lined pages of hand written poetry, by Thelma Wieland.
Paper included in Ruby Harker's collection. She won First Prize in the 1963 Chrisanthemum Flower Show in two categories.
Buff coloured broadsheet newspaper . 6 pages.
Catherine Ruby Wilson married Archie Harker and this family tree was found in his papers.
Hand written family tree of the Bakers and Wilsons.
. Archie Harker worked in a publishing so would have had an interest in literary figures.
1. Page listing the works of Sir Walter Scott. 2. Hand written page with Christies Auctions of 1, Darling Street South Yarra and some Scott details. 3.Printed page from newspaper (undated or named) notes about Scott in article titled Education Briefs. Query - of no relevance to RDHS?
Carl Wieland's brothers Frederick John, Harry, and Johann (John) left Berlin after him fleeing from religious persecution . Their story is told in part in the Wieland's of Heathmont book by Don and Pat Talbot.
Hand written family tree of Carl Wieland's brothers who left Berlin after him. Buff coloured plain paper with pencil writing.
Ruby was Jack (Archie'S) wife who died in 2000. She was buried in Box Hill Cemetery but when Jack died a year later he could not be nuried with Ruby as he wished. So Shirley, who wrote the letter, related how the problem was solved by cremating Jack and then placing the ashes with Ruby. The Talbots lived in Queensland.
3 pages hand written on heavy pink paper. No date or address which has been cut off.right hand corner page one.
Ruby Wilson wrote to an English paper asking for a pen friend in 1930. John Archibald (Archie) Harker answered her request and thus started a long correspondence between the couple.eventuating in Archie sending Ruby an engagement ring. in July 1931. The correspondence continued till Archie came to Melbourne in June 1933 on the" Oronsay" and they married in December 1937. 280 letters in all. Ruby's elder sister Amy Thelma married Stanley Wieland thus placing the couple in the Wieland family and their story is in the Wieland's of Heathmont book by Pat and Don Talbot.
Large number of personal letters, separated into pockets - letters written on lined note paper from Archie Harker to Ruby Wilson. Some postcards. Due to the private nature of these letters, they have not all been scanned and will not be made public. They can be inspected by appointment at the RDHS Archives
One of the Baker Granddaughter Amy Thelma married Stanley Wieland and this document is on page 84 of the book "Wiielands of Heathmont.
Picture of Sailing ship Australia Bound . Hearts of oak in oaken ships. Founders of Australia.who arrived prior to 1866.
In Commemoration of the Founders of Australian branch of this family. Recorded in the book "Founders of Australia".by Mrs. E.A. Butterworth (Granddaughter) added later in ink Name John and Anne Baker and 5 children Where from London Ship Omega Port of Arrival; Port Henry , Geelong Year 1850
Archie Harker married Ruby Baker whose sister Thelma married Stanley Wieland and they are mentioned in the book "Wieland's of Heathmomt". They are notable for their collection of letters to each other and the memorabilia they retained.including these photographs.
50 Black and White photographs of Archie Harker and friends and postcards of scenes. Scanned in groups
Many of the photos have annottions on the reverse but these were to scanned (except for one postcard)
Archir Harker was married to Ruby Wilson and mentioned in the "Wielands of Heathmont "book.
Kodak negatives in various packets from pharmacies and Kodak printerss in Melbourne. The negatives have not been digitised and may be negatives for hard copy photos catalogued in other records of the Wieland collections
Kodak Printers , Amcal chemist Melbourne.Block Pharmacy , Elizabeth Street ,Melbourne.
Ruby and Archie were related to the Wielands through Ruby's Sister Thelma who married Stan Wieland .
Black and white photo of Archie and Ruby Harker
Archie and Ruby scratched on back of original backing board (discarded)
Ruby and Archie with two young people
Coloured photograph of the harkers and two teenagers
Found among the Wieland memorabilia but unknown young man.
Small black and white photograph of young man on glass made in London but name mostly rubbed off.
Very badly rubbed London address and name of studio.
These notes were used extensively in the book the "Wielands of Heathmont", pages 18 and 19, written by Pat Talbot and her husband Don. The notes tell how in 1922 a Railway League was formed with Herman Pump as chairman. The Wieland brothers used their horses and plough in 1926 to help build the Heathmont station. Pat was the-great -Granddaughter of Carl Wieland. The notes also include the Heathmont Information League.
Short history typed and handwritten of Heathmont Railway station 1889-1927 among other notes for the Wieland history.written by Pat Talbot (nee Wieland). Large pad of note pages.
Ticket found within overseas Trip photographs
Small gray ticket for Imperial Airways Limied. Year Unknown but possibly 1930's
Passenger FLight by AImperial AIrways Limited in a Multi-engined Air Liner in use on the Continental Air Services Valid for One Flight 10/6 per Passenger
Postcard with photogrpah of House, with Harry standing in the door way, and two hand drawn cat sketches on the roof
See image of reverse of postcard
3 Black and White and 1 sepia photographs from Harry to Ruby Wilson.
23043-001 "WITH MUCH LOVE FROM HARRY" 23043-002 'To Ruby, my "Aussie" girlfriend, From Harry' (Taken by Charles Howell, Photographer, Blackpool and Belfast and dated 9 Sep 1930) 23043-003 "Father in Back Garden" 23043-004 "Height 5'7, Dark Hair, Blue Eyes' 'WIth Love, Harry'
Archie Harker and Ruby Baker conducted their love affair through correspondence betwen England, where Archie lived , and Heathmont where Ruby lived. They became engaged in 1931 and Archie sent Ruby an engagment ring. He came to Australia on the Oronsay and lived in Carlton for a while. They were married in 1937, lived in Mitcham Ruby's sister Amy married Stanley Wieland hence the connection with the Wieland Family
Letters from Archie Harker to Ruby Wilson on his voyage to Australia on the SS Oronsay (part of the Orient Line). One letter sent via Paquebot, and a fan-fold picture letter sheet with letter and shipboard photos sent via Airmail from Perth.
Collection of Letters and war records from large binder labelled "Alan Harold Wieland - story of his side of the family (Wanke). Split into two records 28050 and 28051. This record contains Alan's War Records, 24th AIF Booklet "Red Platypus" (only the cover of this scanned), various letters
Wanke Family History, handwritten, together with shipping and ware records, section on each of his 15 children, land titles including Hillcroft, photographs etc. pdf's 1-6 are in sequence as per the original contents of Lever Arch file. The first 5 parts contain information on the 15 children in sequence.
Printed Family Group Record for Carl Ferdinand WIELAND and Caroline CHRISTENSEN - married 1874 - and their two children Martha and Ernest Ferdinand. Prepared by Glen Turnbull
Two Printed Family Group Records for Ernest Ferdinand WIELAND. The first relates to his marriage in 1903 to Sarah VAUGHAN and their three children (Stanley, Leslie and Norman). The second relates to his marriage in 1911 to Pauline Frances WANKE and their two children Daisy and Alan. Prepared by Glen Turnbull
Collection of A4 photocopies of maps and plans, some with yellow highlighting, showing locations of Wieland properties and house including sub-divisions. Mostly in Heathmont but also Scoresby Most pages are undated and do not have original sources Document 28054 entitled Brian Pump's Orchard and House Locations has notes with maps of various houses with numbers corresponding to those on the included maps and also to those in 28054-003 document
Extracts from Howard McComb’s handwritten notes of the Scoresby North School (Bayswater School) which were taken from original records kept on file at the Public Records Office of Victoria. Undertaken in the late 1970s.
Small brochure by Glide Farrell & Co, real estate and Business Agents, Melbourne advertising "93 Superb Building Blocks 3Mins Station & Shops", and "Sky-Line Views of Heathmont Hills Estate" , comprising lots in Dresden Ave, Doulton Ave, Devon Ave, Viviana Crescent, Leoni Avenue.
A3 photocopy of Death Certificate and certification from Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria 1988
A4 letter from John L WEILAND in NZ (Note different spelling) t09 Alan WIELAND in Kallista, Victoria with various information about Lutheran Church records and Box Hill Cemetery graves, also electoral roll - mentioning various Wielands and Weilands.
Blueprint copy of Survey Map W27 detailing original Selectors' names and property locations between Yarra Yarra River (Warrandyte) and Mullum Mullum Creek (Ringwood). List of Parish map references including property bearings, distances in Links, and markings on trees. Pound Bend area of Warrandyte marked as Reserve For Aborigines. Descriptive remarks include areas marked "scrubby, flat, sandy soil". Several other references faded and illegible.
(Map) by T.H. Nutt Feb 3 1841.
Buff coloured letter dated 11th March 1965, stating the Council has "decided that as a fitting climax to the ceremony of conferring upon the Unit (Royal Engineers 3 Division) the Freedom of Entry to Ringwood, a Ball be held at the Unit's depot in Dublin road, Ringwood east, on the night of the ceremony - that is, the 27th March next" Proceeds to the appeal for erection of the proposed Maroondah Cojmmunity Hospital. Invitation signed by B.J. Hubbard, Mayor - City of Ringwod Note: At the time of cataloguing (May 2024), no photos of the Ball have been found, nor any reference to the Ball in local newspapers.
Ref A/1/9, Town Hall, Ringwood
Buff coloured booklet referring to the freedom of entry to the City of Ringwood being granted upon Royal Australian Engineers 3 Division. This booklet is the Procedure for Official Guests. Two copies - one has Offical Car Park sticker affixed inside.
Copy of A4 handwritten manuscript with comments and corrections to the 1965 Freedom of entry to the City of Ringwood booklet, for future booklets.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post", 17/2/98, P 11. Gaming outlawed at 17 sites
Gaming has been banned at 17 strip shopping centres across Maroondah. Most of the centres of council's updated list had previously been identified as inappropriate for gaming. According to a council report, the State Government's request "is a clear indication that the statewide cap of 27,500 gaming machines is to be retained.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 17/2/98, P 1. Gamblers lose $27 million. By Faye Michelson
Maroondah gamblers lost just over $27 million on the city's 477 poker machines during the last financial year. Victorian Council on Problem Gambling spokesman, Rob Wootton said research showed that most money spent on gambling came from the household budget. Welfare agency budgets have been stretched to the limit.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 29-10-1996, P 1. GAMING FIGHT. By Jamie Duncan
North Ringwood residents have rallied against a plan to build a gaming venue near North Ringwood shopping centre, with the community chipping in to fund the case before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post", 20-3-96, P`15. New study centre
Students throughout Maroondah City now have greater access to technology assisted learning, with the opening of the Swinburne University of Technology Heathmont Study Centre last week.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 14-5-96, P3. Grant for refuge
A refuge for homeless youth in Ringwood will be refurbished thanks to a State Government grant just announced by Member for Warrandyte, Phil Honeywood. Run by the Wesley Central Mission, the home in Loughnan's Road has provided emergency accommodation for youths for more than 13 years. $22,347 will be spent on rebuilding to provide a better quality home.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post", 24-3-93, P3. Council shops development proposal
Ringwood Council is considering building 25 specialty shops at a claimed cost of between $5 and $7 million on the public car park in front of Eastland shopping centre to cpmplement the proposed redevelopment of Eastland.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 9-2-93, P11, Myer move
Work on the $120 million redevelopment of Ringwood's Eastland shopping centre is expected to start by April.The second stage of the redevelopment was to be put out to tender soon. It was hoped that work would start in late March, early April.
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Map of Ringwood North and parts of Mitcham, Donvale, Park Orchards and Ringwood East compiled by Dept of Lands and Survey, July 1956, from aerial photographs and Cadastral Survey information.
Sheet 1, Ringwood A2D or 849 A2D Zone 7. Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch. Contour interval 20 feet.
Map of central and southern areas of Ringwood and part of Ringwood East and Heathmont compiled by Dept of Lands and Survey, July 1956, from aerial photographs and Cadastral Survey information. Subsequent hand-drawn addition of streets showing layout of "Township of Ballyduffy Estate 1858-60", an earlier proposed subdivision that did not eventuate. (See attached 5009b Ballyshanassy_ Melbourne’s lost suburb.pdf for Ballyduffy historical naming relevance). Ballyduffy Estate streets include City Road, West Prussia Road, Duffy Street, Ireland Street, Evans Street, Victoria Street, Regina Street, Short Road, Prussia Road, Duffy Street East, Ireland Street East, Evans Street East, Chapman Street.
Misc Topo 93 Sheet 22, Ringwood A4B2. Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch. Contour interval 20 feet.
A0-size (approx) map of named streets and lot-numbered properties within Borough of Ringwood ward boundaries. Colour-coded key marking Land Under Control of Council, Factory Areas, and Business Areas.
Scale: 8 chains to 1 inch. North Ward, East Ward, South Ward.
Digitised video (2.50GB). Duration: 46 minutes. Recorded May, 2024. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)
Guest Speaker, Alli Parker, accomplished scriptwriter, talks about her Ringwood family and her book based on the incredible true story of her Grandparents, Gordon and Cherry - Australia's first Japanese war bride - spanning seven years and two countries reeling from the aftermath of WWII.
Blueprint copy of Survey Map detailing original Selectors' names and property locations. List of Parish map references including property bearings, distances in Links, and markings on trees. Descriptive remarks include areas marked "Farmer's Common", "Poor soil thickly/moderately timbered with stringy bark", and location of water and firewood reserves.
"Surveyed and plotted by N.M. Bickford, Superintendant of Mr. Hodgkinson's Field Party". "The land comprised in this survey is of inferior quality, moderately undulating, and thickly wooded. It is watered by Dandenong Creek and Deep Creek." Inset map showing location of (*proposed) cemetery on southern corner of Lillydale Road from Melbourne and Sawmill Road, later Mount Dandenong Road. (*Cemetery did not eventuate.)
Extract - Ringwood, Place of Many Eagles - Hugh Anderson (1974): William Wedge Darke, from Hereford, England, was a nephew of John Helder Wedge of the Port Phillip Association, who was also a surveyor. William's most important work was probably his survey of the Dividing Range and the country between the Yarra River and Western Port, completed in May 1843, and during which he made a traverse between the Mullum and Dandenong creeks along the higher ground that he labelled the "best line of road from Melbourne". This road was for many years the major route to Gippsland and to the higher country about Alexandra and Mansfield, sometimes known as White Horse Road, and now Maroondah Highway.
Surveyor's relief map of features to the east of Melbourne including Yarra Yarra River, Mullum Mullum Creek, Anderson's Creek, Dandenong Creek.
Transmitted to the Surveyor General with my letter of 10th May 1843 (signed) Wm Wedge Drake, Assistant Surveyor. Scale: two inches to a mile. Descriptive remarks include upstream area of Yarra River - "impassable, appears to have been formerly a lake", and to the south - "barren and scrubby swamps of the Western Port Country". Marked tracks include "best line of road from Melbourne", "track to Dandenong", "Road to Port Albert may probably be found on this range", "Best line to Upper Yarra". Several huts also marked.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 21-5-96 P3. Study reveals lack of youth services. By JAMIE DUNCAN
Limited housing, a lack of youth-specific health services and the need for inexpensive and free counselling, were some of the issues uncovered by a council-initiated youth study. It will now be follwed by a forum to discuss the future of young people with Maroondah's chief commissioner Moreton Brown declaring the council should lead the charge in developinfg a youth services plan.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 8-02-1994 P3. NEWS watch. Great school sale rolls on unabated. By LEONORA ELLIOT-BRUCE
Ringwood East and Norwood primary are among 48 metropolitan schools to be sold off by the Victorian Directorate of School Education (DSE). The schools will be advertised by tender during the next few weeks and sold to the highest bidder, according to a DSE spokeswoman. Ringwood East Ward councillor, Chris McCrae, was shocked by the news, and was expected to discuss the matter at council's first 1994 meeting last Monday night.
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Surveyor's map of the part of the main road from Melbourne to Gippsland following "Barker's Track" south of Mullum Mullum or Deep Creek. Map references include Roman numerals marking distances measured in Links between trees at turns in the road.
Submitted to the Surveyor General (Signed) July 2nd 1855.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 1-03-1994 P1. SCHOOLS watch. New Manager is impressed. By Jodie Hawthorne
Former Ringwood East and Norwood primary school students are settling well into their new schools, according to the new general manager of the south eastern region of the Directorate of School Education. Mrs Merril Haeusler, who toured Ringwood and Croydon last week, said the 300 students from the closed schools had made a smooth transition into their new schools.
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Technical drawings of Antimony Mine - Plan view, Transverse Section view, and Longitudinal Section view. Includes Main Shaft, No.1 Level 184', No.2 Level 244', No.3 Level 304', No.4 Level 372'. Multiple copies, including copy with overlay of Civic Centre.
Scale 40 feet to 1 inch. Surveyed 20-12-21. Traced 1-7-66. W-2568/B/1.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post", 16-10-96 P1
Ringwood North Primary School grade four students tasted success recently in the Royal Melbourne Show "year seven embroidery" competition, with Jana (Front Centre) winning first prize, Felicity (right) second, and Kerryn (left) third.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", P8
Ringwood North Primary School has had a big win at the Manningham Eistedfodd recently The 40 strong choir, under the guidance of teacher Pam Peake, and accompanist Marg Baker, won from six schools in the event, held at Bulleen Baptist Chuirch.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Mail", 15-9-93, P9 by Jodie Haythorn
Ringwood East and Norwood primary schools will close at the end of the year if recommendations by quality provision taskforces are implemented.And Marlborough Primary Schoolis set to merge with Heathmont Secondary to form a year prep to 10 campusand a VCE campus at Eastern Secondary College as part of a multi campus disrict facility.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post", 15-9-93, P9
School quality provision taskforce recommendations for the Croydon/Ringwood district have been submitted to South East Metropolitan General Manager Steve Macpherson. District Liaison proncipal Geoff Haw said Mr Macpherson would consider the recommendations and pass the reports onto Education Minister Don Hayward.
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Technical drawings (a) Block Plan - Ringwood Drill Hall Site, Station Street, Ringwood. (b) Plan View, End and Side Elevation, Drill Hall Wodonga - Removed to Ringwood. (c) Plan View, Front and Rear Elevations, Minature Rifle Range at Ringwood Drill Hall.
Commonwealth of Australia. Department of The Interior, Works & Services Branch, Victoria.
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Newspaper clipping from "The Post" Wednesday, October 20, 1993, by Damian Kemp
Despite delegations to Education Minister Don Hayward and a public campaign to save their schools, both Ringwood East and Norwood Primary Schools will close at the end of 1993. Education Minister Don Hayward modified a recommendation from a third taskforce, and no schools will close in the Ringwood schools cluster.
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Technical drawing of Ringwood Railway Station features, surrounding streets and buildings including Cool Stores, Packing Shed, Coke Bin, Coal Box, Dam, Garage, Shops, ES&A Bank, Station Master's Residence, Drill Hall, Goods Shed, Signal Box, Passenger Platform, Footbridge, and Clock Tower at Warrandyte Road. Station entrance and traffic access areas shaded red and yellow.
Scale: 1"=40'
Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey December 1956 and Cadastral Survey information December 1962. This sheet comprises parts of the Municipalities of Croydon, Ferntree Gully, and Ringwood, and Parishes of Ringwood and Scoresby.
Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
