Showing 46 items
matching "pigeon bank" kangaroo ground
-
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Memoir, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 ...A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on1 October 2001.Photocopy, 4 pages1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery...-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven ...A huge warrior of a gum tree still stands sentinel at the wrought iron gates. In the distance some pencil pines. Survivors too of the disastrous bushfires which in the past have swept the district. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven...-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along...-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven ...The simple brass plaque mounted on granite tells when the cemetery was established. 1851. See story of Judith Furphy. Other names observed were the plaque to Judith Furphy. The first burial and whose family name is recorded in our language, " A Furphy' . A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven...-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along...-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven ...We wanted to see how the construction of a rotunda at the cemetery was progressing and were surprised and pleased to see it finished. A new green plastic water tank was atop a stand not far away. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a... at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson..., peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson ...Another of a good friend and neighbour, Jean Stewart. Lloyd's wife and the mother of Mardi Crocker whose son Zac played with our G'son Richard last weekend. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diana Bassett-Smith and Stevenson graves; A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17... are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia... locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17..., passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson ...A little further on are the well worn headstones of Stevenson graves. Joseph Stevenson, my Gt, Gt, Grandfather he married Ruth Boyd. Their daughter Isabella married Donald Grant, and their son David being my paternal grandfather who married Louise Gordon my grandmother. The Stevensons being original settlers and Donald Grant an original settler of Diamond Creek. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diana Bassett-Smith and Stevenson graves; A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17... are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia... locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17..., passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson ...A little further on are the well worn headstones of Stevenson graves. Joseph Stevenson, my Gt, Gt, Grandfather he married Ruth Boyd. Their daughter Isabella married Donald Grant, and their son David being my paternal grandfather who married Louise Gordon my grandmother. The Stevensons being original settlers and Donald Grant an original settler of Diamond Creek. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 ...A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Bourchier graves; A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... Bourchier graves; A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground... Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven ...Wandering on we came to the grave of the Bourchiers who previously owned our property Birrarung, for many years, I had met Jack many times in the ' 30s. Their family's name is retained by Bourchiers Road. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a...-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven ...Our attention was drawn in the distance to a beautiful flowering rosemary bush beside geraniums . To our surprise they were growing on the grave of Billy Roach-Pierson [Robinson] then [Ricketson] we did not know of her remarriage. Her parents lived at the Crest, Panton Hill where they ran the school. [ Steven Crawford Baes son was there for a while.] Kay, Billies mother lived at the Grey House in Diamond Street, Eltham and was our neighbour at Rath, Eltham. A long time family friend of Peter's mother and us. Barrie, Billies brother married Pam Chevallier a relation of the Chevalliers, they were later divorced, then he married Helen Kohn with whom I nursed, she was in Elizabeth Cottee' s [Exon' s ] group at the Alfred. They now live in Queensland. Barrie sadly wheel chair bound. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a... at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson..., peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson ...We walked northwards to a new building, yes the toilets you wouldn't know it by the design. The new trustees are working miracles very fitting for a cemetery. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 ...A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana Bassett-Smith, 1 October 2001, 2001
... A walk through the cemetery at Kangaroo Ground, Diana..., pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven... buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs... are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs...Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, Australia..., passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson..., passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson ...Sauntering along the freshly mown grassy pathways, we noticed Bill Pellings Grave, marked with a Bronze plaque with pink artificial roses beside the inscription. Marion Erswell who with her husband Ambrose lived in Eltham at Willandra, their poultry farm where the Judge Book Village is now . She had taught Bill at school and said he was one of her brightest students at Dandenong. Bill later became Chairman of Kraft Foods. We were reminded of our wanderings in the cemetery at Worthing, England, where we discovered Pelling graves when hunting for Henty ones. A brief collection of reminiscences by Diana Bassett-Smith of locals who are buried at Kangaroo Ground Cemetery along with 17 photographs following a visit on 1 October 2001.Colour photograph print1983 bushfire, air vice marshall wackett, ambrose erswell, barry roach-pierson, bill pelling, billy roach-pierson, birrarung, bourchiers road, ca 13, crichton, david grant, diamond street, diana bassett-smith, donald grant, donaldson road, dorrie bourchier, duff, early settlers, elizabeth cottee, ewan cameron mp, grey house, helen kohn, isabella grant (nee stevenson), jack bourchier, james balfour, james wilson, jean stewart, jessie bull (nee haughton), jimmy cook, jocelyn, joseph stevenson, judge book village, judith furphy, kangaroo ground cemetery, kay roach-pierson, keith jocelyn, kraft foods, lacey, lloyd stuart, louise grant (nee gordon), mardi crocker, marion erswell, ned haughton, nursery, pam chevallier, passiona, peter bassett-smith, pigeon bank, rath, ricketson, robinson, ruth boyd, steven crawford baes, tintagell, tosch, vera jackson, wackett trainer, watershed jackson, willandra poultry farm, zac crocker -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Ewen Cameron
... pigeon bank...pigeon bank...Cameron, Ewen Hugh, M.L.A.., J.P. Kangaroo Ground, is a...Cameron, Ewen Hugh, M.L.A.., J.P. Kangaroo Ground...Folder of information on Ewen Hugh Cameron, MP, Kangaroo...Folder of information on Ewen Hugh Cameron, MP, Kangaroo... cameron pigeon bank Folder of information on Ewen Hugh Cameron, MP... cameron pigeon bank Folder of information on Ewen Hugh Cameron, MP ...Cameron, Ewen Hugh, M.L.A.., J.P. Kangaroo Ground, is a native of Inverness-shire, Scotland, and came out to Victoria in the ship Hurricane, 13th September, 1853. After he had been engaged for two years int eh building trade in Melbourne in company with is two brothers, since dead, he carried on storekeeping for several years at the Caledonia gold diggings. In 1860 he purchased 80 acres of land at Kangaroo Ground, where he now resides, and later 160 aces of lands at Yarra Flats; he has also 600 acres rented, and is occupied in grazing and agricultural pursuits generally. Mr Cameron holds the prize given by the agricultural society for the best-kept farm in the district. In 1863 he was elected a member of the shire council, and has held the position to represent the Castlemaine mining board, which office he still holds, and in 1874, he was elected to a seat in the Legislative Assembly for the County of Evelyn, which seat he still retains, having the contested the constituency five times, and been elected once without opposition. from "Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present" written in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland. Chapter 19, "The Upper Yarra District" pages [402] - 415. Includes descriptions of some townships and short biographies of local residents. Page 405 Folder of information on Ewen Hugh Cameron, MP, Kangaroo Groundewen cameron, pigeon bank -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Agnes Cameron
... pigeon bank...pigeon bank...Folder of information on Agnes Cameron, Kangaroo Ground...Folder of information on Agnes Cameron, Kangaroo Ground... melbourne Agnes Cameron pigeon bank Folder of information on Agnes... melbourne Agnes Cameron pigeon bank Folder of information on Agnes ...Folder of information on Agnes Cameron, Kangaroo Groundagnes cameron, pigeon bank -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Scarce, Henry and others
... Kangaroo Ground..."Pigeon Bank" Kangaroo Ground... Station", Yarra Flats, then in 1849 settled at Kangaroo Ground... Station", Yarra Flats, then in 1849 settled at Kangaroo Ground..." Kangaroo Ground "Pigeon Bank" Kangaroo Ground E H Cameron Mrs P D... "Pigeon Bank" Kangaroo Ground E H Cameron Mrs P D Coysh Mrs V ...Henry Scarce of Suffolk worked on John Dickson's farm "Gulf Station", Yarra Flats, then in 1849 settled at Kangaroo Ground. Contents Letter J Scarce to Eltham Historical Society, 19 April 1976 seeking information on Henry Scarce. Letter Eltham Historical Society to J Scarce, 10 June 1976, proving information on Henry Scarce. Photocopy of photograph: Smith family, Panton Hill, 1894, identifying Florry, later Mrs Scarce. Handwritten notes by Joy Ness, undated: Extracts from "Victoria and its Metropolis 1888" and "Victorian Post Office Directory" and other notes regarding Henry Scarce. Handwritten notes, undated, no author: Notes on Scarce family. Letter from Norma Lawler, undated (earlier page/s not present). Request for information on woman (presumably named in earlier page/s) who came from Kangaroo Ground to Eltham in the 1900s. Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etchenry scarce, kangaroo ground, florry scarce (nee smith), vera jackson, henry john (jack) scarce, john jardine scarce, thomas scarce, keith scarce, kangaroo ground school, john dickson, gulf station, john bell, "violet bank" kangaroo ground, "the hall" kangaroo ground, "kiata" kangaroo ground, "woodlands" kangaroo ground, "pigeon bank" kangaroo ground, e h cameron, mrs p d coysh, mrs v wippill, bob meadows, jack jarrold, john jardine, thomas jardine, "garden hill" kangaroo ground, edward haughton, "coorie bank" kangaroo ground, margaret charlton