A History of St. Matthews Presbyterian Church in StawellPale blue card cover with brown print, below which is a photograph of a church and more printSt. Matthews Presbyterian Church Stawell Centenary 1860-1960stawell religion

History of the St Matthews Church(2 Copies 1 trimmed on A4 Size) Photocopy white paper with black print and B/W/ Photo of a church.Jubilee History 1860-1911 St Matthews Presbyterian Churchstawell religion

Black and white photograph of group of people in garden standing in front of wooden wall.Written below photograph, "C/E Bazaar - 1885" Written on backing sheet, "C of E (East Ringwood ) - 1885 (Herry). Assistants at a bazaar".

Bella Guerin was born on 23 April 1858, at Williamstown, Victoria. She studied at home to matriculate in 1878, and then gained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne in 1883, becoming the first woman to graduate from an Australian university; she followed this with a Master of Arts in 1885. She taught at Loreto Convent, Ballarat, urging the establishment of higher education scholarships to produce ‘a band of noble thoughtful women as a powerful influence for good’. She married an elderly poet, Henry Halloran, who died shortly afterwards leaving her with a young son, Henry. She returned to teaching and from the mid-1890s frequented suffragist circles. A second marriage in 1909 to George D’Arcie Lavender was also short lived. Bella Guerin was vice-president of the Women’s Political Association from 1912–14 and co-authored Vida Goldstein’s 1913 Senate election pamphlet. However, dual membership of the non-party feminist camp and the Labor Party was prohibited by the latter in 1914, so from that date she campaigned for the Victorian Socialist Party and the Women’s Socialist League, speaking out on a range of controversial issues. She led the Labor Women’s Anti-Conscription Fellowship during the 1916 referendum campaign. In 1918, as vice-president of the Labor Party’s Women’s Central Organising Committee, she caused controversy by describing Labor women as ‘performing poodles and packhorses’ who were used for fundraising but under-represented in policy decisions—and she was right. Bella died in Adelaide on 26 July 1923 of cirrhosis of the liver and is remembered for her idealism, her oratory skills and her commitment to equity for women. Duplicate photograph of Julia Margaret (Bella) Guerin the first woman graduate of The University of Melbourne, B.A. 1883, M.A. 1885, The original is held by Melbourne University Archives. bella guerin, bella halloran, julia margaret guerin, university of melbourne, graduation, feminist, university women

By around circa 1850 Braybrook was already well established, and during the gold rush period also became a staging point for prospectors on their way to the diggings. Local government for the area began on 28th May 1860 when the BRAYBROOK ROAD BOARD DISTRICT was proclaimed, however this authority was soon superseded on 23rd January 1871 when the SHIRE OF BRAYBROOK came into existence. The Shire of Braybrook continued as the local government authority for the district until the CITY OF SUNSHINE was proclaimed in 1951. This Honour Board was unveiled on Monday 18th March 1940 at 8:30 p.m., and was hung in the Council Chamber, at the Shire of Braybrook Hall, Sunshine.The Honour Board is a historical record of the people who served as heads of local government in the district from 1860 to 1950.Large brown stained wooden structure comprised of two board sections positioned side by side to make one display board. Contains in gold coloured lettering the names of people who served as CHAIRMEN of the BRAYBROOK ROAD DISTRICT and as PRESIDENTS of the SHIRE OF BRAYBROOK during the years 1860 to 1950.braybrook road district, shire of braybrook, chairmen, presidents, 28 may 1860, 23 january 1871, 1950, sunshine., braybrook road district, shire of braybrook, chairmen, presidents, 28 may 1860, 23 january 1871, 1950, sunshine.

detail of historic buildingColour photo Buninyong Uniting Church (1860, formerly Presbyterian) Learmonth St. western wall, showing buttressesbuninyong, church, presbyterian, uniting, learmonth st.

Victorian Government Gazette 1885.Cloth cover with red leather spine & corners, very worn at extremities. Cloth lifted in places, leather corners torn. Foxing to front and rear pages. Fair condition.Nilvictoria, government, gazette

4 colour photographs of 25 Allens Rd, Heathmont. Weatherboard house since demolished.On back of photos: A: F Miller - 1860 Acorn from ?? B: Oak Trees planted (from) acorn from England by Frank Miller (1860) C. F. Miller 25 Allens Rd.D. ditto + "Heathmont"

Written on backing sheet, "C of E, East Ringwood - Assistants at Bazaar 1885".

Image of a Charles Conder painting on front of soft covered book titled The Artists' Camps: Plein Air Painting In Melbourne 1885-1898. FOREWORD by Margaret Plant - Department of Visual Arts, Monash University. The paintings of the 'Heidelberg school" are the best loved group of works in Australian art. The affection is linked in the national mind with a recognition that the authentic Australian landscape had been discovered and colonial bonds broken. The painting activity of the 1880s and 1890s was by no means confined to Heidelberg. Helen Topliss painstakingly presents the variety of sites around Melbourne, in the bush and on the coast, reconstructing their original character and the history of their accessibility. The major figures are well known — Roberts, McCubbin, Streeton and Conder — but there were a number of 'minor' artists associated with the various painting spots that have been too long neglected. A research programme is here initiated in the hope that some of these figures might be more fully returned to us. The restoration of the sites provokes a more extensive roll-call of artists involved in the plein air phenomenon. Various expressions of nationalism in the late nineteenth century have been accorded attention: the painters contributed in varying degrees. But it is, finally, the quality of the painting, the freshness, the particularity of nuance, the calculated aesthetic angles that have governed response and inspired affection. The elegant relaxation themes of many of the paintings have in fact been overlooked in the intellectualization of the quest for 'national identity'. The orchards and the beaches, the ladies promenading a la mode on the beach at Mentone or in the grasses of Box Hill are as important to our artistic tradition and social history as the shearers of rams.

detail of historic buildingBuninyong Uniting Church (1860, formerly Presbyterian) Learmonth St. front view from east, showing steeple and gothic arched windows and entrance.buninyong, church, presbyterian, uniting, learmonth st.

A Brief history of the Presbyterian Church StawellLight Blue card cover with dark blue tape om spine Blak handwritten text.St Matthew's Presbyterian Church, Stawell Ninetieth Anniversary 1860-1950 Centenary 13 April 1969stawell religion

Black and white photograph of group standing in garden. Duplicate of item no. 208.Written on backing sheet, "Church of England, East Ringwood 1885. Mr. J. Hann on right".

Record of Victorian era church in 1980's. Colour photo, Buninyong Uniting Church (formerly Presbyterian, 1860), north side, from Learmonth St. Viewed through trees that are coming into leaf, lawn carpeted in white flowers.uniting church, presbyterian church, learmonth st., trees, flowers

J B Were was associated with Henry Dendy. Were Street, Montmorency possibly named for Were. "Were's were importers, exporters, and agents for shipping, land, cattle, sheep and wool. In 1851 they became brokers and buyers of gold, and in 1853 began to deal in shares." - ADB Hardback, no dust jacket; xv, 309 p. : ill., facsim., geneal. tables (folded), maps, ports. ; 20 cm.ISBN 0646002287ship voyage, early settlers, plymouth england, melbourne

Kodachrome cardboard mounts of the History Trust SA horse tram with a sign "1st Horse Tram in Australia (1860) - prior to reconstruction. Slide mount has a date of August 1970. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, horse tram, adelaide, preserved trams

historic building, built by Richard RennieSepia photo, Royal Exchange Hotel, (originally Royal Mail Hotel), SE cnr. Learmonth and Cornish Sts, Buninyong, in 1860's. W.S.Smith. licensee. Attached hall on left built as Adelphi Theatre, became known as Oddfellow's Hall.buninyong, hotel, royal mail, royal exchange, adelphit theatre, oddfellows hall

Memento - comprising a section of Melbourne grooved or flanged cable tram rail sawn and then mounted on a varnished wooden board with a plastic sign mounted in front "Melbourne Cable Tramway /1885-1940 / Original Rail: Not known who made the item.trams, tramways, cable trams, rail section, melbourne

Pamphlet, one fold, titled "Melbourne' cable trams 1885-1940", created by Geoff Brown for a tour of cable tram buildings for his Probus group on 6 Feb 2019. Has a map showing the Melbourne Cable Tram Network and a brief history of the cable tram network.trams, tramways, melbourne, map, routes, cable trams

Photograph of Stawell Hospital Meeting Notice. 1860stawell

Brief history of Heidelberg and surrounding areas, 1860-193317 p. photocopy of 31 p. originalheidelberg

Scene. W.H. Rees First Home. a Tent 1860stawell

Stawell District Hospital Annual Reports 1860 - 1978 (not inclusive)Grey Plastic Cover with Black Print.( See Note for list of Reports) 19 Card Cover Various colours and Designs Hand Written with under lined text: Stawell District Hospital Reports. Not Underlined 1868 - 1978 (not inclusive) stawell, stawell hospital, annual reports