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Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan, JC Brown, Detail of Step Butt and Screen for Miniature Rifle Range, 26 February 1910
On 19 July 1907, The Box Hill Reporter published an article on the Miniature Rifle Range. It stated: "Miniature Rifle Range for Kew. The Kew rifle club has made arrangements for the establishment of a miniature rifle range. The Kew borough council has provided a site in the yard at the rear of the town hall, fronting Brougham street. The site has been inspected by the military authorities, who have approved of the locality selected and the arrangements to be made to render the range absolutely safe. The plans are at present being prepared, and it is expected that the range will be completed within the next two months. The range will be under the direct control of the rifle club, subject to the supervision of a joint committee from the council and the club. The first committee will consist of Crs Wishart (mayor), Kellett, and Hiscock as representing the council, and Captain Argyle and Mr S. Abbott representing the rifle club. The range when completed will be available for the use of cadets, friendly societies, and other miniature rifle clubs in the district. Miniature rifle ranges are now occupying a great deal of attention in Great Britain, on the Continent, and in America. Lord Roberts, writing recently on the subject, remarks- "While I do not for a moment pretend that miniature rifle shooting is, in all respects, as useful as knowing how to shoot on a long range, I am satisfied that men can learn to shoot on miniature ranges, and that unless miniature ranges are very generally made use of, the greatest majority in this country will never learn to shoot at all." It is possible by this means also to divert the at present dangerous enthusiasm of uninstructed youths for the pea rifle into safer and more useful channels."Important early document identifying the specifications for a miniature rifle range in central Kew. Rifle clubs and rifle ranges were an important element in defending Victorians and Australians to outside threats. Single page plan (folded), created and approved in 1910, listing the approved specifications for a miniature rifle range in Brougham Street, Kew.Handwritten signature: J.M. / Staff officer for Works Victoria / 26-2-10rifle clubs - rifle ranges, miniature rifle ranges, rifle clubs -- kew (vic) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Award, Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches Football Association, SHUF Premiers 1931, A.C. Seidel, 1931
South Hawthorn United were premiers of A Division, Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches FA in 1931. Scores EHU 8-9 d Box Hill United 6-12. (No goal or best players recorded) Other teams in A Division were Balwyn Baptist, Box Hill Combine, Hawthorn C/C, Prahran/Malvern C/C, Highfield Rd, C/C (Glen Iris), Surrey Hills Methodist. Holy Trinity Kew competed in B Division. (Research: Ian Job)Small silver plated trophy on a brown bakelite stand, awarded to A.C. Seidel who was part of the South Hawthorn United Football Club premiership team in 1931. "S.H.U.F.C / Premiers 1931 /A. C. Seidel"south hawthorn united football club, a c seidel, eastern suburban churches football association, trophies -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Box Hill Operatic Society, 'Viktoria and Her Hussar' by Grunwald & Lohner-Benda /, 1958
The Box Hill Operatic Society was founded in 1945 and was sponsored by the Box Hill City Council. Past productions listed on the back page of the programme include The Quaker Girl, High Jinks, A Night Out, The Lilac Domino, Wildflower, Gipsy Love, Katinka, and Maid of the Mountains. Arthur Henry Dear was an employee of the City of Kew, acting as Hall Keeper of the Kew Recreation Hall in Wellington Street, and later the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road. The Arthur Dear Collection contains memorabilia - tickets, programmes, invitations - as well as his identification badge. Items in the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1960s. The Kew Recreation Hall (Wellington Street) and later the Kew City Hall (Cotham Road) were major locations in suburban Melbourne in the postwar period for civic and private events including theatre productions and exhibitions. The Arthur Dear Collection (in conjunction with the scrapbooks compiled by Marion Tilley) provide a comprehensive snapshot of performing arts in Kew during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes valuable data about performances, performers, directors etc., during this period. Theatre programme issued by the Box Hill Operatic Society. The 8-page programme contains a title page, a cast list, details of the management, and a brief history of the Company. The performance was held in the Box Hill Town Hall in 1958. arthur dear collection, theatre memorabilia, performing arts - box hill, box hill town hall -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Plan - Subdivision Plan, J R Mathers & McMillan, Willsmere Park Estate, c.1940
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. In 1910, the Willsmere Park Estate Dairy was lauded in the Box Hill Reporter as ‘an object lesson in dairying’. Ten years later, in 1923, it was to be sold. The first subdivision of the Estate included 77 grand allotments with frontages to Belford and Kilby Roads, Elm and Willow Groves, and Acacia Avenue. Every lot was claimed to be ‘high and dry’, and with panoramic views of Kew and East Kew. The balance of the Estate, and the largest proportion of allotments was to be subdivided and sold from 1940. This second sale included 109 lots fronting Kilby Road and Elm and Willow Groves. Annotations on the plan indicate that the more expensive lots faced Belford Road opposite the Kew Golf Links. Two of these sold for £310. Lots further to the west in Willow Grove were sold for £60 less. Many of the houses to be built on these 109 allotments after the War faced Government restrictions on building materials and the dimensions of each house due to postwar shortages.subdivision plans - east kew, willsmere park estate -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Programme, Syd Ellwood Operatic Productions, Strike It Rich, 1957
The Marion Tilley scrapbook is a significant record of performing arts in Melbourne during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook includes programmes, photographs, newspaper reports and personal annotations which are a rich source of detail about repertoire, performers, and artistic sensibility in the period.Souvenir programme isued for a Syd Ellwood Operatic Production of the musical 'Strike It Rich'. Performances were held in the Essendon and Box Hill Town Halls in 1957. The programme forms part of a scrapbook that includes programmes, photographs and theatre reviews for the Kew Light Opera Company and later "Q" Theatre Guild.syd ellwood operatic production, strike it rich (musical) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Aspinall, Joseph, n.d
Photocopy of a photograph of Joseph Aspinall circa 1878. Joseph Aspinall arrived in Box Hill 1850, Roads Board member 1857 - 62, Shire Councillor 1872 - 78, First chairman Cemetery Trustees 1872.aspinall, joseph, local history -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Three pioneer families of Box Hill South, 20/05/1965
Document by Marjorie De Freyne Bishop of Box Hill Historical Society on three pioneer families - Talbett, Bedford and Britnell.talbett, henry, bedford, charles james, britnell, jonah -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, One man and his time
1. Article on 'Uplands', Vermont home of Edward Bishop from 1885 - 1895. 2. Photocopy of photograph of Edward Bishop 3. Article re a family business Tom Bishop, Frank Bishop, E.F.G. Hodges and the Reporter newspaper. 4. Article re first combined picnic of Box Hill Wesleyan and United Methodist Sunday School teachers. 5. Photocopies of photographs of Edward Bishop and daughter Alice, 1873. 6.Note re 'Uplands' and references in book 'One man in his time' by Margery de F. Bishop.bishop, edward, local government, uplands, vermont, terrara road, vermont, canterbury road, vermont, vermont, bishop, tom, bishop, frank, hodges, e.f.g., box hill wesleyan church, box hill united methodist church -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Obituary, Obituary of Mr H.T. Bishop, 19/01/1940
Article from the Reporter 19 Jan 1940. Obituary for Herbert Thomas Bishop.bishop, herbert thomas, shire of blackburn and mitcham, box hill methodist church -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, As Time Goes By, 2/10/1996 12:00:00 AM
City of Whitehorse, historical feature. Supplement to Whitehorse Post 2/10/1996.City of Whitehorse, historical feature. Supplement to Whitehorse Post 2/10/1996.City of Whitehorse, historical feature. Supplement to Whitehorse Post 2/10/1996.blackburn, mitcham, forest hill, nunawading, wattle park, box hill, burwood, surrey hills, mont albert, vermont -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Death Certificate, 23/07/1977
Photocopy of the death certificate of Kathleen Kenny Blackburne who died 1/2/1887 in Box Hill aged 11months.Photocopy of the death certificate of Kathleen Kenny Blackburne who died 1/2/1887 in Box Hill aged 11months.Photocopy of the death certificate of Kathleen Kenny Blackburne who died 1/2/1887 in Box Hill aged 11months.blackburne, kathleen kenny, death certificate -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Raleigh Armstrong, n.d
Article in local paper about Raleigh Armstrong, director of Drake & Co Real Estate, Mitcham.Article in local paper about Raleigh Armstrong, director of Drake & Co Real Estate, Mitcham. His father, Norman was the first Mayor of the City of Nunawading. Raleigh has been involved in many local associations.Article in local paper about Raleigh Armstrong, director of Drake & Co Real Estate, Mitcham. drake & co, armstrong, raleigh edward, armstrong, norman, city of nunawading, vermont primary school, no. 1022, box hill high school, mitcham chamber of commerce, real estate and stock institute of victoria, nunawading high school parents association, armstrong, patricia -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Map, Surrey Hills to Croydon map, c1980
Surrey Hills to Croydon map, Drake & Co Pty Ltd.Surrey Hills to Croydon map, Drake & Co Pty Ltd.Surrey Hills to Croydon map, Drake & Co Pty Ltd.surrey hills, box hill, blackburn, forest hill, vermont, ringwood, mitcham, nunawading, maps -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, John Ellingworth arrived in Box Hill 1855, n.d
Copy of a photograph of John Ellingworth who arrived in Box Hill 1855.ellingworth, john -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Mary Ellingworth arrived in Box Hill 1855, n.d
Copy of a photograph of Mary Ellingworth who arrived in Box Hill 1855.ellingworth, mary -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Do you recall when, n.d
Copy of turn of the century verses by the late W. H. Elsum, Box Hill author, poet and printer.Copy of turn of the century verses by the late W.H. Elsum, Box Hill author, poet and printer.Copy of turn of the century verses by the late W. H. Elsum, Box Hill author, poet and printer.elsum, w.h. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Illustration, George Gatter, n.d
Photocopy of photo of George Gatter, 1828 - 1886, market gardener, purchased land in Box Hill 1861.Photocopy of photo of George Gatter, 1828 - 1886, market gardener, purchased land in Box Hill 1861. First secretary , Horticultural and Agricultural Society of South Bourke.Photocopy of photo of George Gatter, 1828 - 1886, market gardener, purchased land in Box Hill 1861. gatter, george, market gardeners -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Real estate between Box Hill and Croydon, 26/06/1935
Article dealing with real estate development in the suburbs between Box Hill and Croydon.real estate, box hill, ringwood, croydon, blackburn, mitcham -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Blood's Cottage, Box Hill, 2/12/1992
Blood's Cottage [ the oldest surviving house in the Parish of Nunawading] recently used by Oxford Childrens Theatre.bloods cottage, box hill, blood, robert, oxford childrens theatre, mudge, joy, port, ian -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Sunfield Estate, 3/12/1955 12:00:00 AM
73 home sites at Sunfield Estate to be Auctioned by Frank Fisher & Co. on 3 Dec 1955.73 home sites at Sunfield Estate to be Auctioned by Frank Fisher & Co. on 3 Dec 1955.73 home sites at Sunfield Estate to be Auctioned by Frank Fisher & Co. on 3 Dec 1955.sunfield estate, frank fisher co., middleborough road, box hill, first avenue, box hill, second avenue, box hill, third avenue, box hill, eram road, box hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Box Hill High School Memoir, 1/12/2015 12:00:00 AM
A Collective Memoir of the Box Hill High School; 1950-55 Cohort and the Foundation Matriculation Class.A Collective Memoir of the Box Hill High School; 1950-55 Cohort and the Foundation Matriculation Class. School Motto 'Ad Altiora Certarrus' meaning 'To Strive Higher'A Collective Memoir of the Box Hill High School; 1950-55 Cohort and the Foundation Matriculation Class. box hill high school, hayes, robert l., hiscock, peter mcl., smith, graeme c. -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Toogood's Estate, 15/12/1956 12:00:00 AM
Auction brochure of Toogood's Estate, Middleborough Road, Box Hill NorthAuction brochure of Toogood's Estate, Middleborough Road, Box Hill NorthAuction brochure of Toogood's Estate, Middleborough Road, Box Hill Northtoogood's estate, box hill north, middleborough road, box hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, I'm a Bokky Boy, 1945 - 1959
An autobiography of the early life of Robert Creek in Box Hill 1945 -1959An autobiography of the early life of Robert Creek in Box Hill 1945 -1959An autobiography of the early life of Robert Creek in Box Hill 1945 -1959creek, robert, box hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Special Debut, 1987
45 disabled people who attended NADRASCA in Nunawading.45 disabled people who attended NADRASCA in Nunawading will make their debut at the Box Hill Town Hall, organised by the Nunawading Lions Club.45 disabled people who attended NADRASCA in Nunawading.nadrasca, lions club of nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, All about Halliday Park, 17/10/1958
'All about Halliday Park', by Norman Armstrong, in Box Hill Reporter, 17 October 1958.parks and reserves, halliday park -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, And So Today, 1956
A downloaded copy of the book "And So Today" by Jean Field. Along with her original hand written Manuscript.A downloaded copy of the book "And So Today" by Jean Field along with her original hand written Manuscript.A downloaded copy of the book "And So Today" by Jean Field. Along with her original hand written Manuscript.box hill, doncaster, blackburn, nunawading, mitcham, vermont, field, jean -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, City of Whitehorse Calendar 2014, 2014
2014 Calendar, celebrating 20 years of the municipality.2014 Calendar, celebrating 20 years of the municipality, following the amalgamation of the former cities of Box Hill and Nunawading in 1994. 2014 Calendar, celebrating 20 years of the municipality. city of whitehorse, amalgamation -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Plan of Box Hill and district, 1890?
Collins' plan of Box Hill and district.Collins' plan of Box Hill and district.Collins' plan of Box Hill and district.box hill, county of bourke, plans -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Rating on unimproved land values, 1911
A letter from 'Ratepayer' in the Open Column of the Reporter (Box Hill).A letter from 'Ratepayer' in the Open Column of the Reporter (Box Hill) .A letter from 'Ratepayer' in the Open Column of the Reporter (Box Hill). shire of nunawading, mitcham road mitcham, whitehorse road mitcham, station street mitcham -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter
Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter issues with accompanying index booklets. 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938 covering Mitcham, Blackburn, Tunstall, Vermont, Forest Hill and East Burwood with fruit growing industry in Doncaster and events in Box Hill. From 1934? includes Doncaster Reporter.Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter issues with accompanying index booklets 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938 covering Mitcham, Blackburn, Tunstall, Vermont, Forest Hill and East Burwood with fruit growing industry in Doncaster and events in Box Hill. From 1934? includes Doncaster Reporter.Blackburn & Mitcham Reporter issues with accompanying index booklets. 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938 covering Mitcham, Blackburn, Tunstall, Vermont, Forest Hill and East Burwood with fruit growing industry in Doncaster and events in Box Hill. From 1934? includes Doncaster Reporter.mitcham, blackburn, tunstall, vermont, forest hill, burwood east, box hill, fruit industry