Showing 31859 items in the category Documentation with item type Document
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: STATE BATTERIES
Two sided foolscap sheet, written on top in pencil: ' To State Battery, Easter Saturday, 21.4.1973 ( Mr. Bert Terrill).' The operation of the six state batteries is described, including the rates for crushing, the procedure of crushing and treatment, and the clean up. State batteries Group 1 were: Bendigo, Bright, Rutherglen. Group 2 Maldon, Edgerton and Wedderburn.Mines Department Museum, State Offices Annexe, 107 Russell Street, Melbourne.bendigo, mining, state battery -
Merbein District Historical Society
Document, Victorian Municipal Industrial Survey - Merbein, 1972
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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Jones Family History
Brief history of the Jones FamilyBrief history of the Jones Family from emigration of James Jones in 1852 to 1970 with papers relating to purchase and fencing of land, part of Crown Allotment 116G, Lot 2, for building of Nunawading South Primary School No 4808, including a native flora area, c 1957. Also papers from the Native Plants Preservation Society of Victoria.Brief history of the Jones Family jones, james, jones family, bette, walter edgar, lionel arthur, kones, k.e. & l.a., native plants preservation society of victoria, nunawading south primary school, no. 4808, mount pleasant road, nunawading, florists, lorikeet street, dagola court, koala avenue -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LIST OF MAPS, PLANS, REPORTS PUBLISHED BY MINES DEPARTMENT VICTORIA 1938
Blue booklet, on front ' List of Maps, Plans, Reports and other publications of the Mines Department of Victoria. Issued by Geo Brown Secretary for Mines under the authority of The Hon. E.J. Hogan, MLA, Minister of Mines. Booklet contains list of publications of geological reports, maps etc for Ararat, Ballarat, Beechworth, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Gippsland, Maryborough.Geo Brown, Secretary for Mines under the authority of The Hon.E.J. Hogan, M.L.A. Minister of Mines.organisation, government, geological maps list -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (Item) - Heritage Report, Biosis Research Pty Ltd, Heritage Report-Dismantling of Wilks Creek Brdige Deck Marysville, Unknown
A heritage report on the dismantiling of the Wilks Creek Bridge deck in Marysville in Victoria.A heritage report on the dismantiling of the Wilks Creek Bridge deck in Marysville in Victoria. The Wilks Creek Bridge is a former timber and bluestone road bridge on the Yarra Track, and is located just off the Black Spur route, between Narbethong and Marysville, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1870 to the design of colonial Public Works Department engineer Clement Wilks as part of the construction of a new road to the Woods Point and Jordan Goldfields. Like many bridges of the period, it had a timber superstructure employing squared beams supported by struts and straining pieces, on cut bluestone abutments. The bridge was remodelled around 1900 by engineer John Monash of the famous bridge-engineering firm of Monash and Anderson. It was last used for heavy vehicular traffic in 1980 following the realignment of Marysville Road, and was left to decay until its demolishment in 2008. All timber traces of the bridge were destroyed in the 2009 Black Saturday fires. The handcrafted bluestone masonry wingwalls and abutments, especially shaped to receive timber struts, rate among the earliest of its kind surviving intact in Victoria.wilks creek bridge, yarra track, narbethong, marysville, victoria, clement wilks, wood's point goldfields, jordan goldfields, john monash, monash and anderson, 2009 black saturday bushfires -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Hotels in Port Melbourne
The letter on the outside of the sheet is from Jim (?) to Les (Turner). It gives some of his childhood recollections of Port Melbourne Hotels These include the Shamrock which he understood that it was "... a weatherboard Building - very Badly Conducted and when it was burned down it was not rebuilt... I did know that there was a murder there."Inside is hand drawn map of Port Melbourne with the hotels marked in position as well as a Key down the left hand side. The accompanying typed sheet lists the 50 original hotels on the left hand side and the 20 remaining on the right.A large ruled sheet of paper with a letter on the outside & inside a hand drawn map of Port Melbourne with the location of hotels marked. A typed sheet lists the hotels.Hotels of Port Melbourne. Originally there were 50. today there are 20.business and traders - hotels, shamrock hotel, leslie stanley turner -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO SALEYARDS COLLECTION: FAT CATTLE SALE BENDIGO 13/6/95
Continuous seven page Sale No. 21 Fat Cattle Sale Bendigo dated 13/6/95. Report issued on the 22/9/95 by Ben. Report lists the buyers name and the number of head purchased each time from each agent and the total number purchased. Agents names are abbreviated. Buyers names are: Bennetts Meats Pty Ltd, Boydies Butchers, RJ Gilbertson, N Grenfell, GF & VC Hardwick, Highland, Masons Meat Pty Nicholas & Sons, Safeway No 188, Andrew Schenk, Smorgan Consolidated, Starr A, Tehan TP & MW, Wiegard B & S, Woodhead B, Woodward RH & Co Pty, calliaster ?algballarat, Wignall K and ?aville,.Benbendigo, council, cattle markets, bendigo saleyards collection - fat cattle sale bendigo 13/6/95, bennetts meats pty ltd, boydies butchers, rj gilbertson, n grenfell, hardwick gf & vc, highland, masons meat pty ltd, micholas & sons, safeway no 188, andrew schenk, smorgan consolidated, starr a, tehan tp & mw, wiegard b & s, woodhead b, woodward rh & co pty, callister, ?algballarat, wignall k, ?aville -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - R.S.L. BENDIGO COLLECTION: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE SERVICE
City of Bendigo Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Cessation of Hostilities in Europe. A Service arranged by the Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of the City of Bendigo in Collaboration with the Churches. The inside and back contains the Order of Service. Printed by Boltons Print, Bendigo. 1945 is handwritten on the back page.Printed by Bolton Print Bendigobendigo, council, celebration, r.s.l. bendigo collection - cessation of hostilities in europe service, city of bendigo, boltons print bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - EDWIN BUCKLAND COLLECTION: MOTOR CAR ALLOWANCES, 1957
Document. Municipal Association of Victoria. Circular No. A.41/57. Signed by J.D. Fagan (Secretary) Motor Car Allowances. 1957.the municipal association of victoria, motor car allowances, edwin buckland -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (item) - CAC AiResearch Manufacturing Company -Specification Cooling Tube Model No.CT12-7
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: TUBERCULOSIS WHAT IT IS AND ITS PREVENTION, 3/04/1900
Printed sheet published by order of the Board of Health Eaglehawk, with Richard Jones as its medical Officer, entitled 'Tuberculosis: what it is, and its prevention'organization, government, health, richard jones, tuberculosis, eaglehawk -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document - (SP) AAP 7002.038 Electronic Circuit Fabrication and Repair Technology Defence Instruction
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Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Document - Course Outline, VIOSH: Ministry of Employment and Training; Occupational Health and Safety Public Discussion Paper, March 1983
Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (VIOSH) Australia is the Asia-Pacific centre for teaching and research in occupational health and safety (OHS) and is known as one of Australia's leaders on the field. VIOSH has a global reputation for its innovative approach within the field of OHS management. VIOSH had its first intake of students in 1979. At that time the Institution was known as the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. In 1990 it became known as Ballarat University College, then in 1994 as University of Ballarat. It was 2014 that it became Federation University. VIOSH Australia students are safety managers, senior advisors and experienced OHS professionals. They come from all over Australia and industry. Students are taught active research and enquiry; rather than textbook learning and a one-size fits all approach. VIOSH accepts people into the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hazard Management who have no undergraduate degree - on the basis of extensive work experience and knowledge. The booklet sets out in detail the proposals for the implementation of Government policy on occupational health and safety. The objective is to improve standards of health and safety in Victoria. The Government intends involving workers and employers directly in developing new standards and practices. Submissions to be forwarded to the Ministry of Employment and Training by 20 May 1983. Responses from Tom Norwood of Ballarat College of Advanced Education and Mark Hennessy from Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences indicate what is already being done in courses available at Ballarat, Lincoln and Deakin. Mark Hennessy comments that "a united approach might ensure rational decisions by government, beneficial to our mutually complimentary courses." . Booklet - outlining proposals. Nine A4 pages - typedEmblem of Ministry on cover. Signature of Jim Simmonds, Minister; Mark Hennessy, Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences; Tom Norwood, Ballarat College of Advanced Education. Letterhead Ballarat BCAE and Lincoln Instituteviosh, victorian institute of occupational safety and health, ministry of employment and training, public discussion paper, tom norwood, mark hennessy, jim simmonds, workers, employers, ballarat college of advanced education, lincoln institute of health sciences, deakin university -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Car used on 22/8/1969", 22/08/1969 12:00:00 AM
Carbon copy of a report or list written on 3 ruled Foolscap sheets, that were stapled in the top left hand corner., titled "Car used on 22/8/1969", listing the various runs by number for Kew Depot, time, destination, car used and car in time. On rear of first sheet has details of the day and night services. The cars used are only list on the first and part of the second sheet. Was this a record kept by the depothas in ink in the top left hand corner "60 crew"trams, tramways, tramcars, kew depot, tram services, records -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Document (Item) - Research Document, Judith Vimpani, Notes re the beginning of the Log Cabin, 2019
A document outlining the beginning of the Log Cabin in Marysville in Victoria.A document outlining the beginning of the Log Cabin in Marysville in Victoria. The Log Cabin was built by Thomas Henry Branchflower who had arrived from England late in 1921. It was built for Gwendoline Pitman after the death of her father Clarence Pitman and the disappearance of her sister Olive in July 1926. Gwendoline operated an artist and souvenir shop in the newly built Log Cabin in partnership with Peter Mackey who was a Melbourne optician and artist.the log cabin, thomas henry branchflower, gerald branchflower, marysville, mary chain, gwendoline pitman, clarence pitman, kooringa guesthouse, olive pitman, wilbur anderson, peter mackey -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GLOVER COLLECTION: MENU CITY OF BENDIGO MAYORAL BALL, 30/06/1914
Cream menu with blue printing, dated June 30 , 1914, for Bendigo Mayoral Ball. On the front it has the City Coat of Arms, menu, name of Mayor, Cr. D. Andrew, and date and place of ball. On the inside is the Wine, Ales, etc. List and the Menu. On the back is the name of the caterer and the printer. Also C. J. Glover written on back.bendigo, council, mayoral ball, menu, city of bendigo mayoral ball, cr d andrew, mrs andrew, c h leggo, cambridge press, c j glover -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (Item) - RAAF Specification for a Light Utility and Training Helicopter, RAAF Specification Engineering: AC179 Aircraft Specification for a Light Utility and Training Helicopter
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Ballarat Tramways - Training notes - Preliminary Draft, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Sept. 1947
Set of draft notes or points for the training of motormen. Covers tramcar electrical equipment, defects, cutting out motors, tramcar braking, failure of brakes, emergency braking, automatic braking (dead man controls), electric signals, general instructions running in trams, tram stops, preparing trams, derailments and track cleaner tram. Dated 29/9/1947, has initials "AVM:VM"Yields information and demonstrates a set of draft training notes for tram motormen in Ballarat.Twenty foolscap typed sheets and one handwritten quarto sheet.secv, ballarat, trams, tramways, sec, tramcar equipment, motors, employees, training, motormen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO SALEYARDS COLLECTION: FAT CATTLE SALE BENDIGO 11/7/95
Continuous ten page Sale No. 40 Fat Cattle Sale Bendigo dated 11/7/95. Report issued on the 11/7/95 by Ben. Report lists the buyers name and the number of head purchased each time from each agent and the total number purchased. Agents names are abbreviated. Buyers names are: Rawiller, Bennetts Meats Pty Ltd, Boydies Butchers, Elders Ltd, Ellis Nuttall & Co, Friswell K, RJ Gilbertson, Hardwick GF & VC, Highland, Masons Meat Pty Ltd, McGregor RH & Co, McIvor Meats, Midfield Meat Wholesa, No Commercial Value, Nicholas & Sons, Newman Livestock Sales, JH Ralph & Son, Safeway No 188, Saville, Andrew Schenk, Starr A, Tehan TP & MW, D & K Webb, Welsh, Woodhead B, Woodward RH & Co Pty, ?ay and Rodwell B.bendigo, council, cattle markets, bendigo saleyards collection - fat cattle sale bendigo 11/7/95, rawiller, bennetts meats pty ltd, boydies butchers, elders ltd, ellis nuttall & co, friswell k, rj gilbertson, hardwick gf & vc, highland, masons meat pty ltd, mcgregor rh & co, mcivor meats, midfield meat wholesa, no commercial value, nicholas & sons, newman livestock sales, jh ralph & son, safeway no 188, saville, andrew schenk, starr a, tehan tp & mw, d & k webb, welsh, woodhead b, woodward rh & co pty, z?ay, rodwell b -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction, The English Electric Company Limited, “Specification for DK 29, 30, 31 and 32 Ventilated Traction Motors”, “Specification for ventilated traction motor DK34 – box frame for 24” or 27” car wheels”, 1921
3701.1 – English Electric Co. Ltd – “Specification for DK 29, 30, 31 and 32 Ventilated Traction Motors”, publication No. 288 – 4 pages. Includes motor performance chart for the DK 30B motor and 2 images of Ventilated traction motors, one box frame and one split frame type. Publication No. 223 and 224 respectively. 3701.2 – English Electric Co. Ltd – “Specification for ventilated traction motor DK34 – box frame for 24” or 27” car wheels”. Publication No. 263, March 1921 – 4 pages. Includes Two photographic images for this motor, showing complete motor and significant parts – publication numbers 283 and 284 respectively. Traction Motor curves for DK34A motor, publication No. 295..1 - has "40HP motor" in pencil in top right hand corner. .2 - ditto for "30HP motor"trams, tramways, english electric, specification, maintenance, motors -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MERLE HALL COLLECTION: VARIOUS INWARDS CORRESPONDENCE
Various Inwards Correspondence from; Crafers Organ and Choral Music Society re Simon Preston; Bendigo Woollen Mills re Craft exhibition; Craft Council of Victoria; Sandhurst Trustees re sponsorship of Craft Exhibition; Regional Arts Victoria re 2001 closure of Arts Bendigo; Bendigo Advertiser re 1988 Annual Supplement; Don Mackay - 2001 congratulatory letter to AB; Barry Ackerman (Mayor) with congratulations to AB 2001; John Little congratulations 2001 to AB; Roman Rudnytsky (pianist) re forthcoming visit 1997; Marketing Images & Technology re visit of Simon Preston 1988 (with supplementary material); William Feasley- guitar?- re confirmation of Bendigo performance (no stated year); Geelong Society of Operatic and Dramatic Art re information as to their use of Plaza Theatre, Geelong; Public Record Office Victoria re application for Local History Grants Program; sue Prain re possible appointment as coordinator/rehearsal leader of Bells and Brass Project; Victorian Arts Council (1981) re performance of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''; Australian Dance Theatre re details of trip to Bendigo October 1987; Sandhurst Trustees Bendigo Easter Fair Festival (1997) re inclusion of AB/BRAC event - ''Facing the Music''; Victorian Arts Council re letter of agreement for ''Wish You Were Here'' (1993). -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Certificate of Title, Landata, Vol. 4930 Fol. 985900, Crown Portion 15 Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik, County of Evelyn, 1925
(Cancelled) Certificate of Title originally issued for Crown Portion 15, Section 5 to Robert David Taylor, of Eltham, County of Evelyn, Farmer, 13 March 1925. It is with this title that the land allotment was subdivided into 48 lots. The title shows the issuance to Robert David Taylor with encumbrance placed upon it by immediate former owner, Hugh Patrick Keogh, a former member for Gippsland and Melbourne Real Estate Agent. Following Taylor's death in 1934 the title passes to his Executors, sons Robert David Taylor of Bible Street, Eltham and William McLelland Vance Taylor of Northcote. The property is then sold to Frank Stokes who develops the Stokes Orchard. Compulsory acquisitions by the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works and State Electricity Commission show provisions of easemenst for town water supply and high voltage power transmission lines. Subsequent lots are then sold off with the development of the Stokes Orchard Estate residential development in the mid to late 1970s. A History of the Development of Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik – Stokes Orchard Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (CA15) is a square allotment of 158 acres or approximately a quarter of a square mile. It lies just beyond the eastern end of Pitt Street, south of Nyora Road to the northern end of Eucalyptus Road and extends east from Eucalyptus Road to Reynolds Road. The topography of CA15 is generally steep, sloping up to a hill near the centre of the land, the ridgeline passing through the properties along the southern side of Diosma Road. Eucalyptus Road is a straight north-south road with its northern end at the north west corner of CA15. Until the end of the 1970s this road was an un-named Government Road and was largely not open to traffic. With residential development in the 1970s the road was constructed, and the council allocated the name obviously in recognition of the predominant species of the local bushland. CA15 was purchased from the Crown by George D’Arley Boursiquot, a prominent Melbourne printer, on 28th October 1852. On November 23, 1922, former Member for Gippsland and Melbourne Real Estate Agent, Hubert Patrick Keogh purchased the allotment then sold it March 13, 1925, to local farmer, Robert David Taylor, a former Shire of Eltham Councillor (1911-1920) and Shire President (1919). Taylor had extensive land holdings stretching west towards Bible Street and Main Road. The Taylor home was situated at the top of the hill in Bible Street at present day 82 Bible Street. At the time of Taylor’s purchase in 1925, CA15 was subdivided into 48 lots that could be described as small rural properties or large residential lots. A typical lot size was one hectare or 2.5 acres. The subdivision created two roads, Nyora Road, and Diosma Road, each following an irregular alignment between Eucalyptus and Reynolds Roads. However, the lots were not sold off separately nor were the roads constructed. The land effectively remained as one parcel for many further years. Robert David Taylor died November 30, 1934, and probate was granted to his son of the same name, Robert David Taylor of Bible Street, Salesman and William McLelland Vance Taylor of 73 Emmeline Street, Northcote, Clerk, with the transfer of the land into their names on July 8, 1935. Frank Stokes worked as a qualified accountant at Kennons leather factory in Burnley, while living at 1 Thomas Street, Mitcham. He suffered from migraines and wanted to return to working the land (he had previously worked on farms and orchards since coming to Australia from England in 1926, both in WA and Vic.). He first travelled to the district by train in July 1942 to find land with the intention to establish an orchard. By chance he met Arthur Bird of Bird Orchard (bounded by Pitt Street, Eucalyptus Road, and Wattle Grove) and they got talking over their common interest. Arthur put Frank up for the night and pointed out the land, 158 acres- part of the Taylor Estate- £900, Crown Allotment 15, Section 5, Parish of Nillumbik (CA15) somewhat diagonally opposite Bird Orchard. Stokes applied through the Riverina Agency to purchase the land who in turn applied for permission from Canberra to sell as there was a new government regulation introduced during the Second World War banning land sales except for immediate production. Stokes obtained a loan on his Mitcham house of £600 @ 5% and paid £450 deposit with quarterly payments of £15 spread over 5 years. Stokes was assisted and advised by Arthur Bird who farmed the neighbouring orchard. In early 1943 Stokes took possession and would catch the train out to Eltham on Fridays after work and began building a hut on the corner of Nyora Road and the Government Road (Eucalyptus Road) for shelter and to lock up tools. He established an orchard on the central western part of the land through the centre of which ran a natural waterway (part of the present-day linear park) and was able to pay a neighbour (Hawkins) to help with clearing and fencing 25 acres, and with a horse and single furrowed plough, planted approximately 2,500 fruit trees - cherries, peaches, plums, almonds, pears, apricots and lemons as well as a few apples and oranges; a massive task. Aerial photographs from the 1940s through to the 1990s clearly show the orchard with most of the larger CA15 site remaining as natural bushland. A huge problem was hares and rabbits eating all the new buds off the tiny trees. As well as laying poison he painted the trees with a mixture of cow manure and lime, often working by moonlight. Procurement of wire and wire netting was difficult because of the war but after much effort he obtained a permit from the Agricultural Department for supplies in March 1944. In February 1945 Stokes applied for a permit to build a “packing shed” as no house building was allowed. It was to be 33 feet x 21 feet and cost £312. It was constructed mostly from second-hand materials, which were hard to obtain, especially iron for roofing. Stokes finished work at Kennons on October 31, 1945, and in March 1946 he sold the family home at Mitcham for £1,230 plus £170 for furniture. On May 15, 1946, title to the CA15 property was issued to Frank Howard Alfred Stokes, Orchardist and Gladys Ethel Stokes, Married Woman, both of Pitt Street, Eltham. The family of five then moved into the very unfinished “packing shed” at Eltham, which was a struggle to weatherproof. Eventually rooms were divided off and lined with hessian bags and whitewashed. Their income was firewood (cut and sold), selling rockery stones and cut Sweet Bursaria. (It was discovered during the 1940s that Sweet Bursaria contained the sunscreen compound Aesculin. The RAAF utilised this compound from Sweet Bursaria during WW2 for pilots and gunners.) The orchard’s first fruit sale was a half-case of Le Vanq peaches in December 1947 for the price of 8 shillings. In 1956 plans for house were drawn and Glen Iris bricks purchased (1956 Olympic Rings variant). The building of the house commenced in 1957 - 12 feet of original packing shed was removed – and was completed in 1959. Water was connected from newly built pressure storage on the property at the end of 1959 and the electricity connection for the first time at 3pm on April 29, 1960. The house remains to present day (somewhat modified) at 1 Nyora Road, home to Nyora Studio Gallery. On occasions, spare remnants of the 1956 bricks have been known to be unearthed in gardens on the estate as they were utilised by Frank Stokes to fill in rabbit holes. On May 26, 1950, a parcel of land was compulsorily acquired by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works on the hilltop to establish an easement for a high-level service reservoir to augment Eltham’s water supply. The project also included pipe tracks for the necessary water mains. The reservoir has now been superseded by higher level water tanks east of Reynolds Road and its former site is now a public reserve. On November 27, 1964, the State Electricity Commission served notice to compulsorily acquire a further parcel through the eastern part of the land for a major electricity transmission line that augmented supply from the La Trobe Valley to Melbourne. The easement was registered February 11, 1966. The easement was widened July 18, 1969 for a second transmission line to be constructed. In 1971 Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme amendments adopted Nyora Road as the boundary between a residential zone to the north and a rural zone to the south. This determined the future development of the land. In the mid-1970s the Shire of Eltham divided the orchard into numerous rate-able parcel lots, the 48 lots having been established in 1925 and the subsequent rates assessment proved unsustainable for Stokes. He commenced selling lots outside the boundary of the orchard, north of Diosma and South of Nyora. However shortly later the land between Nyora and Diosma Roads and west of the electricity easement was sold and subdivided into residential lots, a housing development by Macquarie Builders and marketed as the Stokes Orchard Estate. New streets were created, and most were named after trees, although one, Stokes Place, commemorates the former owners. The development was undertaken in two stages; Stage 1 (1975) encompassing Scarlet Ash Court, Ironbark Close and Peppermint Grove bounded by Nyora and Eucalyptus roads and Stage 2 (1978) encompassing Stokes Place, Orchard Way, The Crest and The Lookout bound by Nyora and Diosma roads. The developer, Macquarie Builders went bankrupt shortly after the release of Stage 2 leaving many purchasers to fend for themselves and arrange for their own independent builders. There were also difficulties with sewerage for the land immediately south of Diosma Road and so the conventional residential lots were abandoned in favour of larger lots. The development of Orchard Way, The Crest and The Lookout did not proceed as planned and the proposed lots were incorporated into five-acre parcels instead. These included a low-density group housing development by the Graves family and the award winning Choong House (1983) with Gordon Ford developed garden immediately next door situated on the ridge of the hill nestled amongst the original bush, Eucalypt trees and Sweet Bursaria. In 1994, Nillumbik Shire Council applied Significant Environment and Significant Landscape overlays upon the properties on the south side of Diosma Road to ensure protection of this natural bush garden environment. With the arrival of the sewer along Diosma Road in the 1990s, most of these five-acre parcels have since been subdivided multiple times. The Choong house presently sits on a 2.7-acre property, which in 2022 Nillumbik Council nominated for Cultural Significance Heritage protection and is considered potentially significant at State level. The Stokes family were also associated with the Eltham Christian Church. In the 1970s this church had met in temporary premises in Eltham. Lots of the original 1925 subdivision remained south of Nyora Road and a number of these lots were utilized for the Eltham Christian School, which was established by the Eltham Christian Church in 1981. The school operated on this site until 2000. The premises are now used by The Vine Baptist Church. By the mid-1980s the whole of CA15 had been developed for residential and school purposes, except for the sections north of Diosma Road and between the transmission lines and Reynolds Road. Sewerage issues had been resolved for the section north of Diosma Road and in 1987 it was in the process of being subdivided into residential lots. The development coincided with the discovery of colonies of the rare and endangered Eltham Copper Butterfly on the site. This resulted in a community and political campaign to save the butterfly habitat. With the co-operation of the land developer the subdivision was altered to create two bushland reserves in the critical butterfly habitat areas. In the late 1980s the State Government was investigating options for establishing a metropolitan ring road link between Diamond Creek and Ringwood. The chosen route was adjacent to Reynolds Road and so this created a freeze on development of CA15 between Reynolds Road and the electricity easement. The ring road proposal was eventually abandoned, and this part of the land was subdivided into low density residential lots. Diosma Road has been discontinued at the electricity easement and the eastern part incorporated into View Mount Court with access from Reynolds Road. The whole of CA15 has now been developed for residential or associated purposes, ranging from conventional density to quite low density south of Nyora Road. Some remnants of the orchard remain, a few cherry trees on the Graves property and a lone apple tree in Stokes Place. The butterfly reserves comprise significant areas of remnant bushland. Linear reserves through the estate link with central Eltham via the Woodridge linear reserve and with Research along the electricity easement. CA15 as it exists today has a complicated history of rural use, Government acquisition, urban development, and community action. References: • “Stokes Orchard, an incomplete history”; Russell Yeoman with Doug Orford • Correspondence, Beryl Bradbury (nee Stokes) • Aerial Photographs, 1931-1991, Landata (landata.vic.gov.au) • Certificate of Title, Vol. 4930 Fol. 985900 • Plan Number LP 10859 neil webster collection, diosma road, eltham copper butterfly, eucalyptus road, ironbark close, nyora road, peppermint grove, power transmission lines, reynolds road, scarlet ash court, stokes orchard estate, stokes place, woodridge estate, frank stokes, certificate of title -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document - Aviation Accessories Service Bulletins, Eclipse-Pioneer Division Bendix Aviation Corporation
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Camberwell Historical Society
Document (Item) - Factsheet, City of Boroondara, Factsheet - Boroondara City of Harmony, 1996
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SOUTH DEBORAH GOLD MINES NL: INCREASE OF CAPITAL, 2/11/1944
Document McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet, 3 page plus Gazette cutting; South Deborah Gold Mine NL; Increase of capital register; treasury consent and Gazette announcementorganization, mining, south deborah gold mines nl -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO REPERTORY SOCIETY PROGRAM, 16,17,18 Sep 1959
Program, Bendigo Repertory Society,presents ''The House By The Lake'' by Hugh Mills. Girton Hall, Vine Street.Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, September 16th,17th 18th. Programme One Shilling.Bolton Bros, . Bendigoprogram, theatre, bendigo repertory society -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
Printed form dated Nov 1 1876 from H. L. Atkinson, Court Surgeon naming Members who came under his care during the past fortnight and those declared off the funds. Readable names are: Geo Dunkel, Schlemm, Joseph Cunneen, W, Hall, W Veale. Signed by H. Atkinson. Form printed by J. Brockley, Printer, Stationer, & c, Williamson Street, Sandhurst.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest, geo dunkel, schlemm, joseph cunneen, w, hall, w veale, h atkinson, j brockley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MARKS COLLECTION: REPORT ACCOMPANYING PLAN ON THE BALLERSTEDT & SONS MINE, VICTORIA HILL
Handwritten two page document. On top of document: Report accompanying plan on the underground working in Messrs Ballerstedt & sons ( indecipherable word ) mine, Victoria Hill. This document refers to item 8300.bendigo, mining, ballerstedt & son mine -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (item) - CAC Collection - Mr A.G Brown - General File No.4 From 06.1.1954 to 30.10.1963
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Robin Boyd Foundation
Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, Australian Architecture, 1971
Discussion of Architectural professional techniques (organisation of the profession, from the societies, registration etc and the growth in the profession, office practices) public and private practices (eg Commonwealth Department of Works,), research and regulations (eg building research, CSIRO), and theory and practice (the vernacular, the professional and the creative).Original manuscript of an article published as 'Architecture in Australia’ in RIBA Journal, Vol.78, No.1, January 1971, pp.11-20.Typewritten (p/copy), quarto, 22 pagesaustralian architecture, royal australian institute of architects, the architecture profession, package dealing, australian architecture students association, public and private practice, commonwealth department of works, building research, csiro, building regulations, john andrews, robin boyd, manuscript