Peter SAULTRY - longest serving President of Port Melbourne Football ClubDuration 00:45:11sport - australian rules football, port melbourne football club, pmfc, peter saultry

Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria

Recording of the Oral History by Beryl RIGBY nee DIXON discussing growing up in Port Melbourne, particularly Poolman St and Clark St (2 separate recordings). Recorded by Graham and Margaret BRIDE on 12.03.2008. Recording duration 29:16families, domestic life, beryl rigby nee dixon

vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, american

Margaret Bride on the built environment of SandridgeDuration 00:47:47families, built environment, margaret bride

Miles Lewis talks on architectural development and building trends in historical geographical areas. Duration 50'11"built environment, miles lewis, architecture

vietnam war (1961-1975), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, documentary films.

Elva MASON (nee MOWLAM) and Pat FRISBY (nee MOWLAM) discussing growing up in Cruikshank St. Interviewed by Graham BRIDE.Duration 01:27:40 (2 separate recordings)built environment, families, elva mason nee mowlam, pat frisby nee mowlam

These items were collected by a PMHPS member during 2018-19 and they have been retained as a group of ephemeraVarious ephemera of local interest showing changes in community. . Flyer regarding proposed ring road around Port Melbourne. Map of proposed route and listing key contact people. Campaign by Social Media Realty.built environment, ring road, social media ready

Single page flyer, green paper, black print, advertising Scott's Pictures, at the Free Library Hall, PortlandBack: List of names and numbers, handwritten, pencil

Interview used in contribution to the book "They Can Carry me Out" (Originally taken from a Radio Australia program)Tom HILLS discussing his life working on the wharves, Communist politics, standing for Port Melbourne Council and moreDuration side 0:25:26piers and wharves - webb dock, local government - city of port melbourne, politics, tom hills

Set of three newsletters, printed both sides on yellow or white A4 sheets, titled "Trammie Talk", by the PTC with The Met banner. .1 - September 1994 - Welcome, gives names of people involved, Automated Ticketing System, Priority Services, Tram Fleet (B class), Recruitment, W class tram preservation, marketing and training. .2 - undated - December 1994 - speed of trams in Swanston St, Enterprise Bargaining, Uniforms, hot weather, Priority Service, Awards. Has a calendar for 1995. .3 - undated March 1995 - employee health, short trip tickets, overhead wires and electrical safety, Priority services.trams, tramways, operations, the met, metropolitan transit, buses, domain interchange, avm, overhead, safety

Coloured film of the Badcoe Club in Vietnam & some Vietnamese people shopping in markets.peter badcoe club (vung tau, vietnam), vung tau taxis, vung tau markets

Yields information about the operations of the BTPS in 1976 and has a strong association with those involved., Yields information about the operations of the BTPS in 1976 and has a strong association with those involved.Set of 6 "Fares Please!" and other documents printed for distribution to BTPS members as news. All printed by the Gestetner duplication process. Consolidated from other items or holdings from donations into a single year set of newsletters. All produced during 1976. .1 - Fares Please! February 1976 .2 - Sales List .3 - Appeal Sheet .4 - Fares Please! April 1976 .5 - Fares Please! June 1976 .6 - Sales List .7 - Fares Please! August September 1976 .8 - Fares Please! October 1976 .9 - Sales List .10 - Fares Please! December 1976 All documents scanned as pdf images. museums btps, publicity, sales

This edition includes a report on the Progress Association's October 1972 meeting, Councillor's report, Plenty River report, Yandell Reserve, Talking about natives, Women... were mothers before they clerks School and Kinder news, Open forum, Amnesty International, Waterbirds, Roads report.Newsletter, 27 p., illus., map.greenhills and north greensborough progress association, greenhills

VHS tape re the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- australia, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives - australian

vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- battlefields