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Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan, Borough of Kew Detail Plan No.1577, 1904
The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) plans were produced from the 1890s to the 1950s. They were crucial to the design and development of Melbourne's sewerage and drainage system. The plans, at a scale of 40 feet to 1 inch (1:480), provide a detailed historical record of Melbourne streetscapes and environmental features. Each plan covers one or two street blocks (roughly six streets), showing details of buildings, including garden layouts and ownership boundaries, and features such as laneways, drains, bridges, parks, municipal boundaries and other prominent landmarks as they existed at the time each plan was produced. (Source: State Library of Victoria)This plan forms part of a large group of MMBW plans and maps that was donated to the Society by the Mr Poulter, City Engineer of the City of Kew in 1989. Within this collection, thirty-five hand-coloured plans, backed with linen, are of statewide significance as they include annotations that provide details of construction materials used in buildings in the first decade of the 20th century as well as additional information about land ownership and usage. The copies in the Public Record Office Victoria and the State Library of Victoria are monochrome versions which do not denote building materials so that the maps in this collection are invaluable and unique tools for researchers and heritage consultants. A number of the plans are not held in the collection of the State Library of Victoria so they have the additional attribute of rarity.Original survey plan, issued by the MMBW to a contractor with responsibility for constructing sewers in the area identified on the plan within the Borough of Kew. The plan was at some stage hand-coloured, possibly by the contractor, but more likely by officers working in the Engineering Department of the Borough and later Town, then City of Kew. The hand-coloured sections of buildings on the plan were used to denote masonry or brick constructions (pink), weatherboard constructions (yellow), and public buildings (grey). MMBW Plan No.1577 includes some of the most significant houses in Kew: Herbert Henty’s ‘Roxeth’ (now part of Trinity Grammar), ‘Butleigh Wooton’, ‘Bokara’ and ‘Harrow’. It also includes the streets that have since changed their names. That part of College Parade linked to Glenferrie Road is now named College Place, College Parade now extends further north, and Charles Street did not yet reach Barkers Road. Roxeth is one of a number of Henty houses in Kew. Herbert Henty made his home here and was elected a member of Kew Municipal Council in 1864 and mayor in 1868-69. Walter Henry Serle, of Harrow served in the First World War. He was awarded the Military Medal ‘’For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. On 29th September near BELLICOURT he showed the greatest bravery and determination when his platoon was attacked by enemy bombing parties. It was due largely to his personal efforts that all the attacks were repulsed. Until wounded, his utter disregard of personal safety and boldness in dealing with the attacks were the means of saving the situation and were an inspiring example to his men.’melbourne and metropolitan board of works, detail plans, maps - borough of kew, mmbw 1577, cartography -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Financial record - Account - Professional Services, May-21
Account directed to Mr. W. Vivian, from Dr. Julian Smith, 59 Collins St. Melbourne, for professional services - operation with the assistance of Dr Crivelli. Cost £30:0:0 May 1921. Account receipted and stamped paid by cheque 27 May 1921 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1952
Yields information about the bogie tram No. 38 before its conversion to a one man format.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No 38 prior to its conversion to a one-man-tram early in 1953 (See Reg Item 5551). In the background are Patersons Ltd,. Taylor & Taylor Chemist, McNulty's Dry Cleaners, The Ritzy Grill Rooms.trams, tramways, sturt st, one man trams, tram 38 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Joy's home won't be blown down
Article on Joy Mudge, founder of the Oxford Children's Theatre.Article on Joy Mudge, founder of the Oxford Children's Theatre.Article on Joy Mudge, founder of the Oxford Children's Theatre.mudge, joy, oxford childrens theatre -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan, Sydney Arnold Best & Co, Field Place, Kew, c.1929
Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.An unnamed subdivision in Studley Park including five lots for sale in Studley Park Road, Highfield Grove and Tara Avenue. Unidentified on the plan, but clearly existing, are the Henty family mansion of Field Place and Tara Hall in Studley Park Road. The first attempted subdivision of Tara Hall was advertised in 1927 in which Lots 5, 6 and 7 in this plan were also advertised. Unusually, Lot 2 in Studley Park Road was created from the northern part of the Henty mansion, rather than Tara Hall. In the subdivision, lots were advertised at varying prices, with the highest price for land being Lot 2 in Studley Park Road. The plan notes that only one villa is to be allowed on each allotment.subdivision plans - kew, field place subdivision -- studley park – kew (vic.), highfield grove – kew (vic.), tara avenue – kew (vic.) -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Haeusler Glass Negatives Collection - Louis Haeusler and Ilma's Wedding Day 19 February 1919
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. Louis Alfred Haeusler was the 6h child of Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Haeusler and Ernestina Wilhelmine nee Rogasch. He married Ilma Margaret Ernestine Tasker in the Presbyterian Church in Tallangatta on 19th February 1919. Ilma was born in Tallangatta, Victoria in 1900 to Michael John Tasker and Louisa Ida nee Schultz. Ilma died in childbirth in 1928 giving birth to a stillborn child. She was survived by her husband, Louis Alfred Haeusler and one surviving son, John Alfred Lyell who was born in 1922.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Digital image created from the Haeusler Glass negative collection. A portrait of Louis Haeusler and Ilma Tasker taken on their Wedding Day on 19 February 1919.wodonga pioneers, haeusler family, glass negatives, dry plate photography, wodonga families, early farming -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, George W. Bell, Gahan house, Main Road, Eltham, c.1964
View of Gahan house originally known as 'Derril' framed by an old tree. Part of a collection of photos donated by George W. Bell to the former Shire of Eltham, c.1970. In 1964 the Shire of Eltham acquired the land upon which Shillinglaw Cottage stood for the purposes of building a new Shire Office. Shillinglaw Cottage was to be demolished but a campaign was managed by the local community to save Shillinglaw Cottage which was relocated to its present day site, (Panther Place, Eltham) immediately in front of the Gahan house as viewed in the photo. The Gahan house was subsequently demolished.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book, "Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, eltham, shillinglaw cottage, gahan, gahan house, george w. bell collection, houses, main road, panther place, significant tree -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Victorian Poultry Journal, 1917 - 1933
Extracts from Poultry Journal, 1917, 1931, 1932, 1933, mostly re Eastern Districts Sub-branch and advertisementsExtracts from Poultry Journal, 1917, 1931, 1932, 1933, mostly re Eastern Districts Sub-branch and advertisements.Extracts from Poultry Journal, 1917, 1931, 1932, 1933, mostly re Eastern Districts Sub-branch and advertisementspoultry farms, gedye brothers, orana poultry farm, tilley, percival norman, devon poultry farm, berwyn poultry farm, w.e. molson poultry farm, variety manufacturing co., surrey road, blackburn, no 188, whitehorse road, nunawading, no 396 -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Haeusler Glass Negatives Collection - Man seated on a chair between two girls, c1910
The Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection provides invaluable insight into life in late nineteenth and early twentieth century north east Victoria. The collection comprises manuscripts, personal artefacts used by the Haeusler family on their farm in Wodonga, and a set of glass negatives which offer a unique visual snapshot of the domestic and social lives of the Haeusler family and local Wodonga community. The Haeusler family migrated from Prussia (Germany) to South Australia in the 1840s and 1850s, before purchasing 100 acres of Crown Land made available under the Victorian Lands Act 1862 (also known as ‘Duffy’s Land Act’) in 1866 in what is now Wodonga West. The Haeusler family were one of several German families to migrate from South Australia to Wodonga in the 1860s. This digital image was produced from one of the glass negatives that form part of the collection, probably taken by Louis Haeusler (b.1887) with the photographic equipment in the Wodonga Historical Society Haeusler Collection.This item is unique and has well documented provenance and a known owner. It forms part of a significant and representative historical collection which reflects the local history of Wodonga. It contributes to our understanding of domestic and family life in early twentieth century Wodonga, as well as providing interpretative capacity for themes including local history and social history.Digital image created from the Haeusler Glass negative collection. An unidentified man seated on a chair between two girls. There are trees in the background.wodonga pioneers, haeusler family, glass negatives, dry plate photography, wodonga families -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Article - "Mayor honours a vow", re reception given by Lord Mayor, Jack WOODRUFF for Port Melbourne Football Club, Sep 1980
From the Woodruff family archives, photocopy of "Mayor honours a vow" Sept 1980 article re reception given by Lord Mayor Jack WOODRUFF for the Port Melbourne Football Clubsport - australian rules football, john william (jack) woodruff, port melbourne football club, pmfc -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Ballarat School of MInes Allotments
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Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Sketch of Elands River Siege, 1900
Plan based on the field notes of Captain David John Ham, V.B.C. For article written by Ham on the event, see http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9542500 For obituary of Ham, see http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11023251Sketched paper map of forces' distribution at the Elands River siege. Map details surrounding hills, roads, rivers, and names all soldiers involved in siege. boer war, map, sketch, victorian's bushmen contingent, hocking, fowles, methuens, david john ham -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, The good life in Nunawading, 1994
The City of Nunawading provides a wide range of amenities to cater for varied interests of its citizens.The City of Nunawading provides a wide range of amenities to cater for varied interests of its citizens, sporting facilities, arts and crafts, many facilities catering for Over 50s, including investment and community groups, NOVA Nunawading 50+ Volunteers Agency.The City of Nunawading provides a wide range of amenities to cater for varied interests of its citizens. retirement, city of nunawading, nunawading recreation centre, vermont south hostel, older persons action group, u3a nunawading, meals on wheels, nunawading 50+ volunteer agency, nunawading adult day care centre -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article - Article, Newsletter, Watsonia ambulance station officially open, March 2021
The official opening of Watsonia Ambulance Statiion took place in 2021, although it had been open since October 2020.Printed article from Brooksy's Briefing, colour imagewatsonia, ambulance -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, The Ensign Bearer, n.d
Foreword and first chapter of a book by Ossie Green on Robert Campbell Edwards, founder of the Burwood Boys Home.Foreword and first chapter of a book by Ossie Green on Robert Campbell Edwards, founder of the Burwood Boys Home.Foreword and first chapter of a book by Ossie Green on Robert Campbell Edwards, founder of the Burwood Boys Home.edwards, robert campbell, burwood boys home -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Article - Article, Clipping, The Pigs Go To War
A black and white page with three images: one whows two soldiers and two dogs, one shows two men in costume of a pig and a tiger, one shows taking care of his bootsThe Pigs (They're proud of their names) go to war. A battle eager. New Battalion is on the move to Vietnamthe pig battalion, dogs - war use, pte tom blackhurst, justin tracker dog, cassius tracker dog, 7 rar, article, clippings -
Clunes Museum
Plan - PLANS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE CLUNES, 1878
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUT THE CONTRACT OUT TO TENDER, LEWIS AND ROBERTS OF BALLARAT, CONTRACTORS, WON THE TENDER AT A PRICE OF 4099 POUNDS. THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 1878.1 PHOTOCOPY OF DRAWING NO.1 INCLUDES SIDE AND FRONT ELEVATIONS, GROUND, FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF DRAWINGS .2 PHOTOCOPY OF THE DRAWING NO. 2 INCLUDES SIDE AND FRONT ELEVATIONS, GROUND, FIRST FLOOR AND ROOF DRAWING SCALE IS 8 FEET TO ONE INCHON REVERSE: WRITTEN IN BLACK BIRO "C.- TAMMY VAN DRUIN, 17 TAIL ST SEBASTOPOL 3336" .1 & 2 INITIALLED BY GWW (GEORGE WILLIAM WATSON) AND STAMPED WITH GOVERNMENT SEAL "DEPARTMENT OF WORKS MELBOURNE VICTORIA" post office, telegraph office, george william watson, department of public works, lewis & roberts ballarat -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plan - Plan - CRB concrete handrail, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Intersection of Mt Pleasant Road at Main Road, Eltham, c.Dec. 1983
Reconstruction work was planned for Main Road to install a roundabout at Mount Pleasant Road. Traffic to Lower Plenty and Templestowe to be diverted down Bridge Street (and Bolton Street) effective January 1984. The proposed roundabout did not proceed. Instead traffic islands on Mount Pleasant Road were installed in place of temporary blocked out islands and revised extended driveway to properties 622-642 Main Road with access off Mount Pleasant Road instead.Film - Kodak CM 400 5079 7 strips, 26 framesinfrastructure, roads, road construction, roundabout, road sign, main road, mount pleasant road, eltham -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Plan - Photocopy, Plan Research Institute, 1986-1989
Donated by Emma Ferguson and Jo van Berkel for their Oct 1994 Thesis.Photocopy of site plan of the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. Scale 1:500. Overall plan of garden with main buildings and gardens named. (Also see B11.0711 and B11.0715 for the same plan.)Note on reverse, "Not from Archives."victorian college of agriculture and horticulture, research institute, emma ferguson, jo van berkel -
Melbourne Legacy
Journal - Newsletter, Melbourne Legacy Widows' Newsletter 1987-1990, 1987 to 1989
Examples of Melbourne Legacy Club newsletters, covering the activities of Melbourne Legacy Widows' Club. Information includes a notice from the Chairman of the Widows' Committee, dates of meetings, possible day trips and theatre outings, and cruises. The ladies were welcome to attend monthly meetings, card afternoons, indoor bowls competitions, outings and tours, plus the annual fete and Christmas concert. The first edition of the newsletter was in 1960, previously there had been a quarterly magazine but the distribution was limited, they changed to a 4 page newsletter format to reach more of the widows. By 1987 and 1988 it was a 8 page publication, by the end of 1989 it was 12 pages long. Editions were edited by Joan Miller, the Widows Club Co-ordinator. Various pages of interest have been added to show different news items. Other editions haven't been scanned.Brings to life the activities provided for the widows and the work of Melbourne Legacy in the early years.Black typed newsletter x 24 editions from 1987 to 1990, No 161 to 184, each edition 8 or 12 pages. No 161, January 1987 No 162, March 1987 No 163, May 1987 No 164, July 1987 No 165, September 1987 No 166, November 1987 No 167, January 1988 No 168, March 1988 No 169, May 1988 No 170, July 1988 No 171, September 1988 No 172, November 1988 No 173, January 1989 No 174, March 1989 No 175, May 1989 No 176, July 1989 No 177, September 1989 No 178, November 1989 No 179, January 1990 No 180, March 1990 No 181, May 1990 No 182, July 1990 No 183, September 1990 No 184, November 1990newsletter, activities -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 1962
Yields information about the tram services on the Mt Pleasant line.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No 11 outbound to Mt Pleasant in Barkly St, photographed from the back yard of Wal Jack's sisters home, near Eastwood St, possibly 28-10-1962 - see Reg Item 5262 for another similar photograph of Ballarat 43. trams, tramways, barkly st, mt pleasant, tram 11 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Life Story covers 90 Years, 2014
Joyce Suto, a poet, is releasing a collection of work called 'Horsehair Worms Under Shark'.Joyce Suto, a poet, is releasing a collection of work called 'Horsehair Worms Under Shark'.Joyce Suto, a poet, is releasing a collection of work called 'Horsehair Worms Under Shark'.suto, joyce. horsehair, worms under shark, poetry -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Mayor wants candidate for council, 1972
Mayor of Nunawading, David GawlerMayor of Nunawading, David Gawler, wants a citizen to nominate for the West-Central by-election for Nunawading Council.Mayor of Nunawading, David Gawlerlocal government, gawler, david, city of nunawading -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Ellis Collection, c1940
Negative (120) of a view of Bourke St looking east between Elizabeth and Swanston St showing many motor vehicles and a cable tram - Saloon car 235. In In the background are the Leviathan, Coles, Edment's, Dunklings, Myer, Melba Theater, Royal Arcade, T. Gaunt and a Public Benefit Bootery. A low resolution A4 laminated was received with the negatives. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3585large.jpgtrams, tramways, bourke st, cable trams, tram 235 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Negative - Glass Plate Negative - Fawthrop Lagoon Portland, 1890-1910
Glass plate negative. Two men and two women in a clinker built dinghy on Fawthrop lagoon. Estimated dress to be late 19th, early 20th Century. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan, Borough of Kew, 1910
This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The overhead transparency is of a map produced by H.C. Crouch Borough Surveyor in 1910The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.An overhead transparency of a plan of Kew comparing the roads in 1860 with later roads constructed by 1910. Sections of the plan are marked with the location of particular buildings, farms or transport routes.Borough of Kewborough of kew, h.c. crouch -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Ellis Collection, 1940
Negative (120) of a cable tram grip car and saloon car northbound in Nicholson St between Victoria Parade and Gertrude St. Has the Salisbury Place (34 Nicholson St) block in the view. Photo 1940 based on the date that other photos were taken in the area - See Reg Item 3593. Hi Res image filed in the dbtext/hawthtramcoll/Large Images/htd3593large.jpgtrams, tramways, cable trams, nicholson st, cable trams -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, St Helliers Estate, Kew, circa 1910, c.1910
Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.In the subdivision of part of Crown Portion 82, bordered by John and Sackville Streets and Cotham and Burke Roads, over 100 lots were offered for sale. In addition to the designated lots, a number of key locations are also identified. These include the Genazzano Convent to the north of Cotham Road, the Reservoir, St Hilary’s and the land holding of Colonel Parnell on the corner of John Street and Cotham Road. On the Plan, No. 5064, is the handwritten name ‘St. Hellier’s Estate’. St. Helliers, the home of the Dumaresq family is shown beside St. Hilary’s.subdivision plans - kew, st helliers estate -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Financial record - Invoice, Town Clerk, E C Clark to Sandridge Marine Lodge re rent of Town Hall, Edward Clark, Town Clerk, 30 Oct 1885
Donated to PMH&PS on closure of SM Lodge May 2000.Invoice handwritten by E.C. Clark to Sandridge Marine Lodge for rent of Town Hall for 10th annual Masonic Ball, October 1885 (Six pounds and 11 shillings)Purple stamp of Town Clerk's Office. Embossed seal of the Lodge on back.societies clubs unions and other organisations, social activities, edward clark, town clerks