The Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria, now known as Vicdeaf, (the Victorian Deaf Society), was founded in 1884 as the Victorian Society for Promoting the Spiritual and Temporal Welfare of the Adult Deaf and Dumb. The provisional committee being Mr W Bates, Mr J M Bruce, Mr J D Gowan, Mr Edwin Newbiggin, Mr C M Officer, M. L, A., and the Rev. W. Moss. The Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission's objects were: 1. To provide the means for religious worship and instruction for the adult deaf and dumb of Victoria 2. To visit the deaf and dumb in their homes, especially when sick or in distress 3. To assist the deaf and dumb of good character in obtaining suitable employment 4. To provide technical and other education for the adult and dumb 5. To give pecuniary assistance to adult deaf and dumb who are in needThe Annual Reports of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society are historically significant providing insight into the history of the evolving Deaf Community in Victoria. They are a annual 'snapshot' of the year with references not only to the progress of the Society but also to the significant people and events within the Deaf Community.Cream/Pink Cover, Size 21.5Hx13.5W, 24 pagese. r. peacock, eugene gorman, norman armstrong, l. a. cleveland, j. oehr, dr w. j. craig, dr. a. j. fargie,w. h. crush, g. fethers, f. e. frewin, m. j. hoath, e. l. morton, g. newnham, edgar h. peacock, f. w. spry, g. w. sweetland, s. watkin,ernest j. d. abraham, j. mclean, e. empson, j. m. johnston, e johnson, m. g. b. mortimer, e. noble, n. webb o. quinton, rev j. j. booth, mrs a. piper, maurice mark, blackburn, cricket, lacrosse, jolimont square,

The Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria, now known as Vicdeaf, (the Victorian Deaf Society), was founded in 1884 as the Victorian Society for Promoting the Spiritual and Temporal Welfare of the Adult Deaf and Dumb. The provisional committee being Mr W Bates, Mr J M Bruce, Mr J D Gowan, Mr Edwin Newbiggin, Mr C M Officer, M. L, A., and the Rev. W. Moss. The Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission's objects were: 1. To provide the means for religious worship and instruction for the adult deaf and dumb of Victoria 2. To visit the deaf and dumb in their homes, especially when sick or in distress 3. To assist the deaf and dumb of good character in obtaining suitable employment 4. To provide technical and other education for the adult and dumb 5. To give pecuniary assistance to adult deaf and dumb who are in needThe Annual Reports of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society are historically significant providing insight into the history of the evolving Deaf Community in Victoria. They are a annual 'snapshot' of the year with references not only to the progress of the Society but also to the significant people and events within the Deaf Community.Green Cover, Size 21.5Hx13.5W, 28 pagesl. a. cleveland, norman armstrong, f. w. spry, w. f. rowe, dr w. j. craig, dr. a. j. fargie,e. j. l. bremner, g. fethers, f. e. frewin, m. j. hoath,s. g. hobson, e. l. morton, j. mclean, edgar h. peacock,, g. w. sweetland, a. sutherland, s. watkin, ernest j. d. abraham, e. empson, j. m. johnston, e. johnson, m. g. b. mortimer, e. noble, t. farnam, g. martin, n. webb o. quinton, c. monahan, maurice mark, blackburn, cricket, lacrosse, jolimont square,

Caption indicates that the Surrey Hills Church of Christ football team was not only A Grade Premiers in 1938, but also Premiers B Grade in 1935 and Runners-up in C Grade in 1934. Identification per caption as follows: Back row L to R: I T Robertson, K Balding, R T Hayes, M Holmyard (Hon Treasurer) Centre row L to R: M Neilson, L Weeks, F Hayes, A C Sneddon (Hon Secretary), J Andrews, K Webster, J McNiesh. Front row L to R: J F H Peers (Vice-President), R Watkins, K Turnley, E Little (Captain), F Neilson (Vice-Captain), M Neilson, R Weeks, W Nankivell (President). The inauguration of the Association took place at a meeting held at Camberwell Methodist School Office on the 19 March 1923. The following churches were represented at this meeting: Auburn Presbyterian, Kew Presbyterian, Hawthorn Presbyterian, Camberwell Methodist, Canterbury Methodist and St Marks Church of England, Burke Road and Holy Trinity Church of England, Surrey Hills. From 1923 to 1992 there were at least 160 clubs / teams that competed through the various grades with many of these combining & /or changing names, as well as those that competed irregularly.Black and white studio photo of the 1938 Surrey Hills Church of Christ football team with the ESPCFA A Grade Premiers flag in the background. The team includes 17 players and 2 club officials, seated at each end of the front row. The premiership cup is on the floor in centre position.Black and white photo measuring L 20.6 cm x H 15.4 cm mounted on its original brown mount with darker brown borders; the original mount is not glued to the standard cream mount card.72.681 in biro in top RH corner; COURTESY: ALAN SNEDDON in biro beneath the printed identification of the team members. On rear of original mount card in Jocelyn hall's writing: "Have 5 extra copies of this ORIGINAL / in our separate (ORIGINAL) COLLECTION" - PARTIALLY UNDERLINED. On back of the loose cream mount card in Jocelyn Hall's writing: "This ORIGINAL at Centre as have / 5 more ORIGINALS (same) in separate / ORIGINAL collection" in black biro; also "Football / dark card (underlined) in pencil.churches, espcfa, surrey hills church of christ, football, football clubs, sporting clubs, i t robertson, k balding, r t hayes, m holmyard, m neilson, l weeks, f hayes, a c sneddon, j andrews, k webster, j mcniesh, j f h peers, r watkins, k turnley, e little, f neilson, r weeks, w nankivell, eastern suburbs protestant churches football association, alan sneddon

Township of Eltham, Parish of Nillumbik, County of Evelyn / lithographed at the Department of Lands & Survey Melbourne 5th June 1888, amended 2 October 1929 This amendment from the 1888 original shows the reserve for the the State School marked as permanent with dimensions added to Main Road and block frontages along Main Road between Mount Pleasant Road and Dalton Street and Metery Road Possibly photocopied from a copy held at PROV by Harry Gilham whilst resaerching Eltham Primary School history in 1995.a. armstrong, a. lavard, arthur c. allan, arthur c. allen, b. bowatere, baxter street, benjamin oliver wallis, bolton steet, c. souter, c.s. hain, cemetery reserve, charles brown, charles newman, charles symons wingrove, christopher caldwell, church of england, d. anderson, dalton street, david ballard, e. james, e.m. peck, edward dumaresq, eltham town, ely street, f.e. falkiner, f.m. peck, falkiner street, flint street, g. buckingham, g. drabble, george stebbing, godalmin street, h. peck, h.c.whess, h.h. farquharson, h.j. bews, henry stooke, j. goer, j. mcdonald, j. mclaren, j. roberts, j.b. knagers, james irish, jane bailey (nee matthews), john l. smith, john mason, john scott, john smith, joseph stevenson, joseph verse, k. wingrove, k.e. dunstan, kerby street, kirby street, location tbd, m. coman, map, michael o'shea, o.b. mccutcheon, p. & g. tumbull, p.k. mccaughan, p.p. cotter, porter street, pound reserve, robert hepburn, roman catholic church, s. evans, samuel dagley, samuel phillips, samuel ramsden, t. upton, t. watkins, t.a. stark, t.c.b. batt, t.p. cross, thomas grant, thornton street, w. adam, w. blain, w. long, w. watkins, w.f. ford, w.h. hull, w.r. belcher, w.t. schultz, william thomas, eltham primary school, eltham state school, eltham state school no. 209, quarry reserve