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Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat: The Garden City
Soft Covered souvenir booklet. Images include * Ballarat Botanical Gardens * Wallace Statue * Sturt Street with Tram * Eureka Stockade Memorial * Lake Wendouree * Ballarat Town Hall * Begonia Glasshouse * St Andrew's Kirk (Presbyterian) * St Peter's (Anglican) * Statues * Ballarat Post Office * Ballarat State Offices * Ballarat Orphanage * Queen Elizabeth Benevolent Home * Adam Lindsay Gordon's Cottage * Lydiard Street * Congregational Church * Ballarat Cenotaph * St Patrick's Cathedral (Catholic) * St Patrick's College * Ballarat Arch of Victory * Arch of Vitoria * Eureka Swimming Pool (natural water) * Prime Ministers Avenue (statues) * I & R. Morley Pty Ltd ballarat botanical gardens, wallace statue, sturt street with tram, eureka stockade memorial, lake wendouree, ballarat town hall, begonia glasshouse, st andrew's kirk (presbyterian), st peter's (anglican), statues, ballarat post office, ballarat state offices, ballarat orphanage, queen elizabeth benevolent home, adam lindsay gordon's cottage, lydiard street, congregational church, ballarat cenotaph, st patrick's cathedral (catholic), st patrick's college, ballarat arch of victory, eureka swimming pool (natural water), prime ministers avenue (statues), i & r. morley pty ltd, ballarat, arch of victory, ballarat churches -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, Chatham-Holmes Collection: Wedding of Elizabeth Holmes to Philip Chatham, 1957, 1957
This Holmes Family photograph was taken in Elizabeth's parents front garden at "Launchley" Ascot before her marriage to Philip, second son of Jack [John] and Jessie Imogene [Gene ] Chatham (nee Furniss), on the 20 Feb 1957 at St Augustines Catholic Church's Creswick L- R Eldest brother, Jack [John] Holmes, [Mary] Elizabeth Holmes, mother Edith Holmes , brother Bill [William] Holmes. Her father, Henry, and brother David were deceased. Jack Holmes "gave her away".Black and white photograph mounted on beige card. Wedding photograph of Elizabeth Holmes with her mother Edith Holmes (nee Pickford) and brothers Jack (on left) and Bill on the occasion of her marriage to Philip Chatham. Taken in the front garden of the Holmes family home “Launchley” Ascot, Victoria"John Smith Ballarat" signed at bottom on cardchatham-holmes collection, elizabeth holmes, philip chatham, edith holmes (nee pickford), bill holmes, wedding -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Lydia Chancellor collection: A Prussian priest gave Bendigo his heart
George Henry Backhaus (1811-1882) was born in Prussia. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1836 and began his missionary work in India. In 1846 he came to Australia, first ministering in Sydney and then Adelaide. With the discovery of gold in Victoria, Backhaus believed he was called to become a missionary on the goldfields. His first Bendigo mass was celebrated 2/5/1852. He travelled extensively throughout the goldfields eventually establishing a tent church on the site of St Killians in 1852. In 1853 this was replaced by a slab-walled and canvas-roofed church.. The site also included a Catholic school. In 1863 he returned to Germany but came back to Bendigo in 1867. He retired from parish work in 1881 and moved to Melbourne but as his health declined he returned to Bendigo in 1882 to die.The age from 08/01/1966. Article titled: A Prussian priest gave Bendigo his heart, Churches of history - 9 by John Hetherington. The article details the life of Dr. Henry Backhaus, the first Catholic priest in Bendigo.In blue pen "The Age" 8-1-66bendigo churches, backhaus, st.killian -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE BLESSED EUCHARIST: BELIEF OF THE EARLY ENGLISH CHURCH
... collection book religions Roman Catholic Church Melbourne ...A small paper booklet titled '' The Blessed Eucharist : Belief of the Early English Church,'' by the Most Rev. T.J. Carr, D.D., Archbishop of Melbourne. Melbourne; The Australian Catholic Truth Society, 312 Lonsdale Street. 1912. No. 147. One Penny.48 pgs.Melbourne; The Australian Catholic Truth Society, 312 Lonsdale Street. 1912. No. 147religions, christian, roman catholic, lydia chancellor collection, collection, book, religions, roman catholic church -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - WIEGARD COOPER COLLECTION: MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Document. Sandhurst Marriage certificate No 2271. Patrick Cooper aged 32 years and Mary Wiegard dated 30th April 1889. Marriage held at St Killians Catholic Church, by Minister Sylvestir Barry.church, celebration, australia bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORRESPONDENCE: THE REGISTRATION (REGISTRATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS) OF ORGAN AT ST. KILIAN'S, 29/01/1882
Correspondence re the registration (Registration of Historic Buildings) of organ at St. Kilian's . A letter dated 29/1/1982 from Ministry for Planning, Victoria to the Secretary Bendigo Historical Society (request for any information held regarding importance); b copy of application from the Organ Historical Trust of Australia to ''Add a Building to the Register of Historic Buildings''. Details of the organ are within the application - builder: August Randebrock, Paderborn, Germany , 1871; statement of significance re the organ - 'It is the only large example of a large (sic) 19th C German organ in Australia, such instruments are rare even in Germany. It is of international importance''.Ministry for Planning Victoria. 500 Collins Street Melbourne.church, history, st. kilian's catholic church, bendi, august randerbrock, paderborn, germany. 19th c german organ. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Memorabilia, Memorabilia of Mick Scrase
Contains a newspaper article about Mick Scrase and Father Paul Van Chi 4 decades after the Vietnam War. Also a document about the Vietnamese Catholic Churchvietnam war, 1961-1975 - veterans - australia, royal australian army signal squadron -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - St Joseph's School football premiers, 1967
B&W photo of St Josephs school football premiers 1967education - primary schools, sport - australian rules football, tony cannatelli, st josephs catholic primary school, religion - roman catholic church (st josephs) -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - St Joseph's School football premiers, 1967
B&W photo of St Josephs school football premiers 1968education - primary schools, sport - australian rules football, tony cannatelli, st josephs catholic primary school, religion - roman catholic church (st josephs) -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - St Joseph's football team, Lagoon Reserve, Port Melbourne, 1960s
St Joseph's football team on Lagoon Reserve, 1960's. Large gasometer on corner of Graham and Pickles St at back right. Colour photo.education - primary schools, sport - australian rules football, st josephs catholic primary school, religion - roman catholic church (st josephs), lagoon reserve -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Newspaper article on Phyl NICHOLLS of St Joseph's boys football team, 1973
Black and white photo of article from Sun News Pictorial 1973. Phyl NICHOLLS coach of St Joseph's boys football team preliminary final.phyl nicholls, education - primary schools, sport - australian rules football, st josephs catholic primary school, religion - roman catholic church (st josephs) -
Ukrainian Museum of Australia
Cross on chain
The cross worn by Father Vasyl Kmetj, a priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, when performing religious activities.Metal cross on metal chain. body of Jesus Christ hanging on cross. a prayer on the back of the crosscross -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newsletter - The Grapevine Cuttings by Rob Upson, 1998 to 2000
Rob Upson became a volunteer at the Bendigo Visitor Centre in 1998. The Staff produced a monthly newsletter called ‘The Grapevine’. Being reasonably new to Bendigo, Rob became interested in its history and began writing articles to share with the volunteers. He called them ‘Grapevine Cuttings’ under the pen name of ‘Merlot’. Rob wrote about 90 articles over a period of 12 years until ‘The Grapevine’ was finally pruned and shutdown. Rob is a valuable volunteer for the Bendigo Historical Society.Sixty Five Newsletters in PDF format from the Grapevine collection that cover the following historical items: Grapevine Newsletters by Rob Upson (Bendigo Historical Society) 10828 Index 10828 Index - Parent Document (This Page) 10828.00 ‘Objection your Honour’ 10828.01 Bendigo’s Gold Volume 10828.02 Harry Boyle (Cricketer) 10828.03 Ellen Clacy on the Goldfields 10828.04 Gold Fever and Vandemonians 10828.05 The Railway to Bendigo (Part 1 and 2) 10828.07 The Pioneer’s Grave at Maiden Gully 10828.08 The First Parliamentary Election, Bendigo 1855 10828.09 The Origin of Place Names 10828.10 The Tram (Parts 1 to 4) 10828.13 W.D.C. Denovan 10828.14 Knipe’s Castle 10828.15 John Hanlon Knipe 10828.16 1st January 1900 in Bendigo 10828.17 William Gay – Bendigo Poet 10828.18 St. Aidan’s Orphanage 10828.19 The Year 2000 – a Prediction from 1967 10828.20 Dr. Henry Backhaus 10828.21 St. Kilian’s Catholic Church 10828.22 S.T. Gill – Goldfields Artist 10828.23 Cobb and Co. 10828.24 ‘The Lights of Cobb and Co.’ by Henry Lawson 10828.25 Federation Celebrations – Sydney 1901 10828.26 The Australian Flag of Stars 10828.27 Old Treasury Building – Melbourne 10828.28 Key Dates in Bendigo’s First 50 Years 10828.29 The March from Robe to Bendigo and China’s Long March 10828.30 A Goldfields Quiz 10828.31 Did You Know That ………..? 10828.32 The Weekly Times 1869 10828.33 Mark Twain in Australia 10828.34 Bendigo’s Jewish Synagogue 10828.35 Sly Grog on the Goldfields 10828.36 A Brief History of Breweries in Australia 10828.37 The Breweries of Bendigo 10828.38 The Cohn Brothers of Bendigo 10828.39 Mary McCarthy – aged 114 10828.40 Langley Hall and Bishopscourt 10828.41 William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson 10828.42 Lachlan MacLachlan 10828.43 ‘Said Hanrahan’ by John O’Brien 10828.44 The Origin of Sandhurst 10828.45 Lister House 10828.46 Arthur Thomas Woodward 10828.47 The Students of Arthur Thomas Woodward 10828.48 Henry Leggo 10828.49 Chiko Rolls and Four ‘n Twenty Pies 10828.50 HMVS Nelson and Victoria’s Navy (Parts 1 and 2) 10828.52 Anthony Trollope in Australia (Part 1 to 3) 10828.55 Regional Towns of Victoria – a Quiz 10828.56 Exploration and Settlement of Victoria (Parts 1 and 2) 10828.58 The Major Mitchell Expedition into Victoria (Parts 1 to 3) 10828.61 The Gold Rush (Part 1 and 2) 10828.63 The Road to the Diggings (Part 1 and 2) 10828.65 Harold Desbrowe-Annear (Part 1 and 2) 10828.71 Nom de Plumes 10828.72 The New Zealand Gold Rush 10828.73 Ernst Mueller and Ettore Cadorin 10828.74 Sir John Monash 10828.75 P & O Ships 10828.76 Rosalind Park 10828.82 Bendigo Street Names 10828.83 A Constitutional Proposal and Early Bendigo Vineyards 10828.84 Ferdinand von Mueller 10828.85 John Boyd Watsonhistory, bendigo, grapevine cuttings -
Victorian Interpretive Projects Inc.
Photograph - colour, Clare Gervasoni, Statue of Saint Mary MacKillop, 2013
Mary MacKillop was the first Australian canonised a saint by the Catholic Church.Detail of a Statue of St Mary MacKillop from the exterior of the Catholic Cathedral at Adelaide, South Australia. -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, c. 1986
Kathleen Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, nee Pitt (1905-1990) was an historian, born Omeo Victoria. A Catholic, she studied in Melbourne and Oxford, and was Professor of History at Sydney University. (See Australian Dictionary of Biography for full details.)B & W photograph of Professor Kathleen Fitzpatrick seated at a desk.kathleen fitzpatrick, historian, melbourne university, oxford university, sydney university -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Catherine DeMayo Executive Officer Force 10, 1985
... of Churches, and Australian Catholic Relief.... of the Australian Council of Churches, and Australian Catholic Relief ...Catherine DeMayo was appointed Executive Director of Force Ten the joint overseas aid program of the Australian Council of Churches, and Australian Catholic Relief.B&W head and shoulder photograph of Catherine DeMayo."Catherine DeMayo Executive Officer Force 10 Appointed 1 March 1985 Worldwide Photos Ltd 2nd floor 7 Wilmot Street Sydney NSW 2000 Tel 264-7220"demayo, catherine, force ten, australian council of churches -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, C. 1870s
ADB entry: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/langham-frederick-3987 Frederick Langham (1833-1903), Wesleyan missionary, was born on 24 April 1833 at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, son of Samuel Langham, builder, and his wife Eliza, née Robinson. Nurtured in a Methodist home he attended the Paterson Street Sunday school and was 'converted' under the ministry of Rev. William Butters. In 1847 the family moved to Victoria where Langham joined the Fitzroy Church. After two years training as a teacher in Britain he returned to Melbourne and on 16 November 1854 at Richmond married Ann Elizabeth Knight. In January 1855 Langham became headmaster of the Wesleyan Denominational School at Barker Street, Castlemaine, where he was a contemporary of Shirley Baker at the other Wesleyan school. Influenced by Rev. Thomas Raston to consider missionary work, Langham was prepared for the ministry by Rev. John Harcourt and in 1858 was received into the Victorian Conference. He was appointed to Fiji where he arrived in June. Langham served at Lakemba in 1858-63, Bau in 1864-66 and Viwa in 1868-70. As one of the assertive 'colonial young men', he was resented at first by Rev. James Calvert and his colleagues, but Langham soon dominated the mission and was chairman of the Fiji district in 1869-94. From 1871 he lived at Bau where he won repute among Methodists as King Cakobau's adviser. Although his policies did not please all the missionaries, they accepted him as their spokesman. Believing himself the champion of the Fijians he encouraged annexation by Britain, but often nettled the colonial administrators by his paternalism and lack of imagination. To his colleagues he was 'Father' Langham and Sir Arthur Gordon referred to him as 'The Cardinal'. In 1874-75 and 1890 Langham and his wife visited Melbourne mainly for their health. They finally left Fiji in April 1895 and lived in Sydney where Langham worked on the revision of the Fijian Bible. Though always reluctant in Australia to travel on deputationary work, he identified himself with the Orange cause and was easily persuaded to give anti-Catholic missionary lectures, which involved him in public controversy with Cardinal Patrick Moran. In 1898 Langham went to England to see his New Testament through the press. The subsequent burning of some testaments at the Roman Catholic mission at Namosi received much publicity in Australia. Langham's wife had helped his revision and was author of many Fijian hymns. Their adopted (European) daughter Annie Langham Lindsay died on 21 December 1901, just before the revised Old Testament was completed. His wife did not recover from this shock and died on 5 January 1902. Langham became a supernumerary in 1901 and travelled on deputationary work in Britain, mainly for the British and Foreign Bible Society, of which he was a life governor. He also shared in the 'simultaneous mission' of the Evangelical churches. In addition to the Fijian Bible he had published other works in Fijian, some in conjunction with other authors. Recommended by Sir William MacGregor, Langham was awarded a doctorate of divinity by the University of Glasgow. He died at Wilton Villa, Albion Grove, Hackney, on 21 June 1903 and was buried in Abney Park cemetery. Although he bequeathed a 'cannibal fork with human bone attached' to a sister in Melbourne, the rest of his Fijian collection was sold. He instructed his trustees to destroy his journals and correspondence but many of his original letters are in other collections. Physically impressive with leonine hair and beard, Langham cut his missionary role in the cloth of the schoolmaster. As a disciplinarian his punishments were severe but tempered with justice; he once insisted on being caned by a wrongfully punished boy. His relentless energy and simple piety won him renown as a great missionary by his denomination and those of the religious public familiar with the romanticized version of his career. Sepia toned carte de visite studio portrait of the Rev. Frederick Langham"Langham c.1873-77"rev frederick langam, wesleyan methodist missionary, minister, fiji -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church 1920 -- Postcard
Rose series postcard c1920 of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Side view of church with wooden sanctuary at back of building. Later the sanctuary was built onto this side of the Church in 1927.Post card of St Patrick's Church Stawell and a photographic enlargement. Both photos are black & white, showing a side view of the church with a wooden sanctuary at the back of the building. Pine trees can be seen front and back of the church.The rose series P. 4873 St Patrick's Church Stawell, Vic. on the back POST Card A Real Photograph Produced in Australiastawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - Article, Australia's most unusual church, 1/06/1953
Article in Australian Home Beautiful about St John's Catholic Church, Mitcham. The idea was taken from an American magazine by Father G. Coghlan. Architect Alan G. Robertson.st johns catholic church, mitcham, coghlan, gerard, fr, robertson, alan g. -
Unions Ballarat
The great Labor schism : a retrospective, 2005
A collection of chapters by different historians and writers; the book is about the 1955 split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and its longer-term effects.Significant to the history of the ALP around 1955 and subsequent formation of the DLP. Includes interference by the Groupers, Bob Santamaria and other characters.Paper; book. Blue and white cover with red and black writing.Title and names of editors on the front cover.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, alp, australian labor council, 1955, dlp, democratic labor party, alp factions, politics, government, b.a. santamaria, peter love, brian coster, paul strangio, catholic church, communism -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, St Mary's Catholic Church, Bairnsdale, 2011, 28/08/2011
Francesco Floreani was born near Venice and studied painting at the Academy pf Arts, Turin. He arrived in Australia in 1927.Photograph of a ceiling in St Mary's Church, Bairnsdale, by Francesco Floreani. The painting of St Mary's Church was done in two stages - between 1931 and 1934, and 1937-1938.francesco floreani, st mary's church, bairnsdale, bairnsdale -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, St Mary's Catholic Church, Bairnsdale, 2011, 28/08/2011
Francesco Floreani was born near Venice and studied painting at the Academy pf Arts, Turin. He arrived in Australia in 1927.Photograph of a ceiling in St Mary's Church, Bairnsdale, by Francesco Floreani. The painting of St Mary's Church was done in two stages - between 1931 and 1934, and 1937-1938.francesco floreani, st mary's church, bairnsdale, bairnsdale, baptisimal font -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, St Mary's Catholic Church, Bairnsdale, 2011, 28/08/2011
Francesco Floreani was born near Venice and studied painting at the Academy of Arts, Turin. He arrived in Australia in 1927.Photograph of a ceiling in St Mary's Church, Bairnsdale, by Francesco Floreani. The painting of St Mary's Church was done in two stages - between 1931 and 1934, and 1937-1938.francesco floreani, st mary's church, bairnsdale, bairnsdale, baptisimal font, italo-australians -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, St Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, Sandon, 2017
... Office goldfields St Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, Sandon st ...St Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, SandonColour photograph of a brick church at Sandon.st laurence o'toole church, sandon catholic church, sandon -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Clare Gervasoni, Former St Columba's Catholic Church, Bowning, New South Wales, 05/05/2022
St James Anglican Church Bowning was built c.1878. Bowning is one of Australia's earliest settlements, this village is home to a renewed and growing community. It lies at the foot of the 796 metre Bowning Hill which gives a good idea of how early explorers and settlers saw the area.Photograph of a weatherboard church in Bowning, New South Wales/bowning, former st columba's catholic church, rev. j. gallagher, rev. j.f.le nard -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Toilet at St Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, Sandon, 2017, 08/04/2023
St Laurence O'Toole church and cemetery is located in a rural setting at 801/821 Creswick-Newstead Rd, Sandon. Originally a small wooden school (22’x14’) was erected in Sandon by Father Patrick Smyth (who was involved in the Eureka Stockade movement) in 1859. It was also used for Mass and became known as a chapel. In June 1882 tenders were called for the construction of a brick Church by the Castlemaine architect, T.F. Kibble, and it was built at a cost of 1000 pounds. The church was blessed by Archbishop Goold on 06 May 1883 and dedicated to St Laurence O'Toole. The brick building demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian Rudimentary Gothic style, including the steeply pitched, parapet gable roof form, together with a central steeply pitched, gabled porch that projects slightly from the main gable end. Other intact qualities include the exposed brick wall construction, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, minor gabled porch at the rear, small ventilation dormers nearby the roof ridgeline, series of stone steps that lead to the central porch with its double pointed door opening and vertical boarded doors, simple rose window in the main gable end, pointed windows, brick buttresses with double lower copings, and the light masonry detailing (the banding marking the floor level within, buttress copings, window and door surrounds and quoins, and the drip moulds).(Shire of Mount Alexander: Heritage Study of the former Shire of Newstead, 2000) The visually connected cemetery demonstrates important visual qualities formed by the regular rows of graves and cemetery architecture, and the grassed and treed rural landscape. It is a rare and substantially intact example of a Victorian Catholic Church with a cemetery in its churchyard. Many headstones and cemetery architecture, date from the 19th century and represent some fine examples of masonry craftsmanship. Some refurbisments occurred during the 1940s and in 2002 a major restoration project was undertaken from roof to footings, by a dedicated band of volunteers and trades people. Work was completed mid 2003 and in November 2003 St Laurence’s was re-dedicated with the celebration of Mass and a picnic tea. Colour photograph of a long drop toliet at the Catholic Church, Sandon, Victoria.sandon, sandon cemetery, st laurence o'toole catholic church, sandon -
Unions Ballarat
Advance Australia Album of Ballarat Views, circa 1891
Small panoramic picture book with early views of Ballarat. Part of a series including Sydney, Launceston, Lorne and Melbourne views.Significant to the history of Ballarat - particularly streetscapes and architecture.[12] folded leaves of plates; all illustrations (Leporello folding panorama); 14 cm. Front cover: gold gilt on blue background with brown cloth spine; images of kangaroo and emu with shields and rising sun; image of Ballarat Town Hall. Inscribed: "A souvenir of Ballarat to dear Mother, Helen and George September 1891" Front cover: title. ballarat buildings, photographs, pictorial history, btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, post office, ballarat, city hall, ballarat east, ballarat hospital, ballarat benovolent asylum, ballarat state school, mining exchange, ballarat, wesleyan church, ballarat, presbyterian church, ballarat, roman catholic church, ballarat, congregational church, ballarat, new anglican cathedral, ballarat, moorabool falls, botanical gardens, ballarat, architecture, ballarat -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Former St Bernard's Catholic Church, Hepburn
... catholic church, hepburn churches hepburn Black and white ...St Bernard's closed in the 1970s.Black and white photograph of a small weatherboard church in Hepburn. It is St Bernard's Catholic Church.st bernard's catholic church, hepburn, churches, hepburn -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Koroit Post Office, 2015, 21/12/2015
The town borrows its name from the Koroitch Gundidj people who occupied the area prior to European settlement. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koroit, accessed 21 December 2016) Koroit was first surveyed as a township in 1847. Around the 1850 the district had the highest population of Irish immigrants in rural Australia. The Koroit Post Office was designed by architect and engineer John Mason of Port Fairy. (Moyne Shire Heritage Study 2006 Stage 2, Volume 2: Environmental History, Prepared for Moyne Shire Council Helen Doyle in association with Context Pty Ltd, 2006.) Rosebrook Bridge, Rosebrook (1853; replaced) Post Office buildings, Bank Street, Port Fairy (c.1857) The author Henry Handel Richardson lived in the Koroit Post Office as a child after her family moved to Koroit in 1878. Remembering Koroit from her youth, the third volume in her The Fortunes of Richard Mahony trilogy is set in the town. When the author was six, her father Walter died in Koroit on 1 August 1879 and was buried at the Koroit cemetery. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koroit, accessed 21 December 2016) In 1878 Mary Richardson was appointed postmistress of the Koroit Post Office at a salary of 72 pounds with free quarters, firewood and kerosene. She lived at the back of the Post Office. (From a Green and Pleasant Land by H. McCorkell and P. Yule.) Photographs showing the bluestone Koroit Post Office, phone box and postbox. It is located at 99 Commercial Road, Koroit. "Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of Koroit derives from its role as the urban centre of one of the most concentrated Irish Roman Catholic rural districts in Australia, noted for its mixed livestock and cropping argicultural patterns. This is reflected in two separate and distinctive areas in the town - the administrative/commercial area and the church precinct. The administrative and commercial area (focussing on the Boundary-Commercial Road/High Street intersection and the Koroit Hotel) consists of a number of significant public buildings and leads to a street of relatively intact humble shopfronts and kerbline verandahs, visually punctuated by opposing bank facades. The church precinct is dominated by a group of Catholic buildings larger in scale and more complete in range than those in any comparably sized Victorian town." http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/69338#sthash.ELLuSMvg.dpuf, accessed 21 December 2016."koroit, post office, phone box, payphone, bluestone, henry handel richardson, koroit post office -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, St Laurence O'Toole Catholic Church, Sandon, 2017, 16/07/2017
A small wooden school (22' x 14') was erected in Sandon by Father Patrick Smyth in 1859 (and at Golden Point) which was used for Mass and came to be regarded as a chapel. Twenty-three years later, a brick church was built by Father Allen at a cost of 1,000 pounds. The Church was blessed by Archbishop Goold on May 6th 1883 and dedicated to St Laurence. The 1940s saw some refurbishment and in 2002 a major restoration project was undertaken. St Laurence's was restored from roof to footings, by a dedicated band of volunteers and trades people. Work was completed mid 2003 and in November 2003 St Laurence's was re-dedicated with the celebration of Mass and a picnic tea. Colour photograph of a brick church at Sandon, Victoria. sandon, sandon cemetery, st laurence o'toole catholic church, sandon