Two items about the Attwood Family: A seventeen page computer typed copy of the memories of John Attwood, compiled by Colin Smith in January 2002. Includes memories of his childhood, contact and impressions of local identities including Merric Boyd and others; the retailers and business owners in the Murrumbeena area, the trains and railway stations, picture theatres and other businesses. A photocopy of an article taken from the Herald Sun newspaper 06/11/2007. Myra Attwood, wife of John, local business person in Murrumbeena Newsagency; includes brief local history of family and Myra’s personal hobbies, till the time of her death. Also a newspaper clipping of her death notice, unknown source and date.emily street, murrumbeena, elsternwick, railway stations, signal boxes, beena avenue, murrumbeena state school, primary schools, attwood john, attwood myra, attwood rhonda, attwood colin, attwood warren, attwood murray, attwood janine, attwood susan, attwood michael, attwood greg, attwood gerard, black bridge, outer circle railway, murrumbeena newsagency, newsagents, murrumbeena railway station, railway stations, book binders, stevens alf, sykes harold, attwood motors, neerim road, boyd merric, boyd mrs., timber houses, outbuildings, artists, trains, car parks, christie’s woodyard, ferguson cam, railway accidents, ardyne street, north road, dalny road, brett street, barnes family, newspapers, roads and streets, soils, flower growing, market gardens, world war 1939-1945, land subdivisions, air raid precautions, bicycles, drawing, springthorpe park, mass media, murrumbeena shopping centre, butcher shops, grocer shops, green grocers, shoe shops, confectionary shops, barber shops, beck george, bowyer ralph, rennie bill, bookmakers, presbyterian church, methodist church, hanna’s milk bar, sunday school, woodland bill, ssw grocery chain, drays, woodland alec, lee ron, jewellers, bakeries, fish shops, dressmakers, delicatessens, east bentleigh, selkrigs family, pottery, heads’ garage, head lindsay, head doug, head clarry, head ron, murrumbeena road, car retailers, petrol pumps, motor vehicle repair shops, billy one motors, bird mr., real estate agents, w.b. tonks and company, sparrow mr., pidgeon mr., hardware stores, florist shops, murrumbeena post office, tile shops, gardens, murrumbeena chamber of commerce, kiosks, gardeners, carnegie citizens band, spurway nursing home, argosy theatre, cinemas, dance halls, the capri, theatre groups, caulfield council, the blowfly train service, billiard rooms, printers, hammond olsen and company, l.j. miles and company, moody’s real estate agency, paddocks, flats, es&a bank murrumbeena, esanda bank murrumbeena, state savings bank murrumbeena, commonwealth bank murrumbeena, fuel merchants, hobart road, golden fleece service station, quince’s buses, bus services, ardyne street, timber yard, gow mr., railway parade, shell service station, pharmecies, house miss, bicycle shops, barnhill les mr., fliner mr., boot makers, widdop peter, moran and cato’s, grocers, pizza shop, car yards, classic caravan, o’brien kevin, wrought iron work, williams mr., candle making factory, lights, power tom, gates, fences, whitelaw monier tiles, whitelaw bill, hanna rex, dandenong road, cumloden grammar school, independent schools, emmaus rest house, oakdene, house names, taranto bob, hanson cab service, billy one motors, grey mr., horse troughs, horse drawn vehicle, taxis, board roy, buick cars, charleston’s bakery, carnegie, rosstown hotel, corum’s dairy, kangaroo road, reids dairy, dalny road, reid shaver, racehorses, cove’s dairy, wilson street, police, murrumbeena police station, dunoon street, murrumbeena park, footballers, gangs, liberal party, labour party, united australian party, uap, woodland alec, liquor shops, johnson suzanne, singers, taylor squizzy, boyd family, artists, criminals, skase christopher, skase charles, sunaria competition, herald and weekly times, ralph j.w., j.h. ralph butchers, butcher shops, pennington gardens, home units, flats, schrape frank, builder, smith colin, mansions, death registers, hockley myra, esperanto, book keepers, accountants, solicitors

Newspaper cuttings relating to Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education. These are from various newspapers and include The Age, Ballarat Courier, The Australian, The Herald. The cuttings cover the period from 18 September 1974 to 18 December 1974. Book with yellow cover, front. Spiral bound.ballarat institute of advanced education, biae, employment advertisements, application for enrolment, outline of courses, a question of management, biae joins admission scheme, social development council, multi-storey car parks, src increases fees, librarianship may be added to biae studies, student numbers drop -metallurgy and geology, prince charles to visit ballarat, ann leverett charity queen, student allowance increase, ballarat metallurgist gains london degree, kevin foo, `books from usacity child care needs, govt control of media dangerous, nucleus of community college in ballarat, biae conference, graduation at state collegebiae seminar centre for brewing men, school places stress on development of individuals, brother artists studied at smb, zivco and domenico micich, edward pope receives award

This file contains 2 items relating to plans for the buildings and grounds of the school: 1/2 copies (1photocopy, 1 original) of the July 1982 ‘Shelford Planning Brief: Church of England Girls’ Grammar School’, written by the Caulfield City Council. The brief describes the history of the school, its current grounds and plans for future expansion. It also contains 2 ground plans: one of the existing school site and 1 of the planned future school site. 2/1 copy of a City of Caulfield Council memo regarding the July 1982 Shelford Planning Brief, describing small changes to the brief. Written by J. Floyd, 24/11/1982.city of caulfield, shelford c.e.g.g.s., caulfield, glen eira road, st mary’s anglican church, seymour road, allison road, ‘helenslea’, hood justice mr, hood crescent, st mary’s parish hall, helenslea road, education, gymnasiums, schools, students, secondary schools, primary schools, bentleigh, classrooms, car parks, libraries, traffic, playgrounds, teachers, windows, plans, shelford planning brief, kilvington planning brief, shelford church of england girls’ grammar school, floyd j, fences, kilvington baptist girls’

This file contains one item pertaining to Glenhuntly: 1/A copy of the 11/1981, Vol. 1, No. 1 edition (that is, the first edition) of the Glenhuntly News, a local newspaper. Each of its 8 pages except pages 6 and 8 contain material of relevance to Glen Eira. Page 1 features 3 items: an article about the action taken in the wake of a fire occurring at Glenhuntly Primary School on 29/10/1981, a short article about Caulfield resident’s misuse of rubbish bins, and an article (continued on page 7) about the beautification of the Koornang Road Shopping Centre. Page 2 features 2 items: an advertisement for Homestead Handyman Hardware, and an article in which the Liberal candidate for the seat of Glenhuntly, Peter Norman, comments on the State Government’s decision not to extend trading hours for large retailer. Page 3 features 4 items: 2 advertisements for volunteer work for the regional branch of the Liberal Party, an article about the many difficulties people face using an underpass at a railway crossing in North Road, and an article describing the aims of the newly-established newspaper itself. Pages 4 and 5 feature 1 item: an article about Peter Norman; his life, work and opinions. Page 6 features 1 item: an article(continued on page 7) by three American children – Anita, Fabos and Adrian (surnames unspecified) – detailing their visit to Melbourne. There does not appear to be anything of relevance to Glen Eira. Page 7 features 5 items: the continuations of the articles from pages 1 and 6, an advertisement for a pool party for young Caulfield/Glenhuntly Liberals, an advertisement for an antiques sale, and an article about the establishment of a technical school on the site of former Holmesglen Construction Factory in Malvern (not relevant to Glen Eira). Page 8 features 2 items: an article about the three certificates the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia offers children for swimming competency, and an advertisement for an automobile called the Gemini Sandpiper II. Neither is relevant to Glen Eira). Numerous black and white photographs throughout the newspaper illustrate the subjects at hand.‘glenhuntly news’, glenhuntly primary school, primary schools, fires, dolphin bill, st anthony’s school, dalton des, caulfield south primary school, gardenvale central primary school, norman peter, rubbish bins, koornang road shopping centre, carnegie neighbourhood study, car parks, caulfield city council, homestead handyman hardware, hardware stores, liberal party, railway crossings, north road, ormond railway station, strong chris mr., kendall press, norman carol, ormond east primary school, norman stuart, norman cameron, estrella kindergarten, solway primary school, higgins electorate committee, higgins area finance committee, national stationers and office suppliers association, oakleigh chamber of commerce, anti-c3 action group (actag), haywood don, ireland jim, ramsay jim, gardner barry, sessler kurt, thompson lindsay, booran holden, glenhuntly road, caulfield

Contains three items about this: 1/A photocopied article (across 3 long columns) from the Southern Cross newspaper dated 21/07/1928. The article contains details of the opening of the Gardenvale Martin Street subway ceremony. Mention is made of the Caulfield Council’s spontaneous assistance, harmony working alongside Brighton and their financial assistance, as well. Councillor E.F. England (Mayor of Caulfield) attended on behalf of the Caulfield Council. He referred to the large patronage on the Brighton line, also mentioning similar issues for the Elsternwick level crossing. There are brief summaries from the many speakers. The pupils from Gardenvale and Elsternwick schools were congregated around the subway, and the Brighton municipal Brass Band rendered selections. 2/Newspaper clipping (source not stated perhaps Melbourne Sun), ‘Elsternwick to get underpass’, dated 25/02/1959, stating that ‘work has begun to build an underpass that will abolish the Glenhuntly Road level crossing’, with photograph and a map of the level crossing. 3/Handwritten note, signed ‘FEC, 17/11/2006’, headed ‘To be researched – Shooting in foot underpass-policeman killed-murder last man to be hanged in Victoria’, with note on Glenhuntly Road underpass.‘southern cross’, gardenvale progress league, point nepean road, newspapers, caulfield council, north road, ‘made in australia’ week, railways department, parliamentary representative, railway crossings, councillors, gardenvale school, elsternwick school, schools, market gardens, gardenvale progress association, england e.f.(mayor), elsternwick, caulfield, hoyts theatre, theatres, glenhuntly road, elsternwick station, police, murders, executions, shops, elsternwick plaza, petrol stations, ‘the hub’, flats, brothels, ‘the daily planet’ (sic), car parks

This file contains one item: 1/A cutting of an article from the commercial real estate subsection of The Age, dated 13/11/2010, describing a property located at 230-232 Balaclava Road, Balaclava Junction, Caulfield North. The property is commercial, though it is not specified as to whether it is a shopping centre, warehouse, or whatever else. Listed are the building’s size, condition, current rental revenue, parking facilities, nearby amenities, auction date and expected selling price range, as provided by Gross Waddell Real Estate Agency.commercial establishments, balaclava road, hawthorn north, caulfield north, rents and renting, car parks, gross waddell, real estate agencies, gross michael

Whitehorse Council plans to cut car-parking requirements for new developments.Whitehorse Council plans to cut car-parking requirements for new developments.city of whitehorse, car parks

Collection of papers relating to the Mitcham Chamber of Commerce proposal for redevelopment of Mitcham Shopping Centre, in particular, parking, and reconstruction of Whitehorse Road by the Country Roads Board. Incl. correspondence, plans, news cuttings.Collection of papers relating to the Mitcham Chamber of Commerce proposal for redevelopment of Mitcham Shopping Centre.mitcham shopping centre, whitehorse road, mitcham, mitcham chamber of commerce, armstrong, raleigh edward, car parks, victoria. country roads board

Part of a set of eight photographs taken by Jan Pigot to record demolition of shops and the old theatre in 1992-3canterbury, maling road, bradshaws motor garage, car parks

Collection of letters and drawings between A.D.Jackson and the Victorian Railways, relating to the purchase of land 1937 - 1939canterbury, canterbury road, canterbury station, victorian railways, jackson> a.d., pharmacies, car parks