"Betty" and "Glenys" handwritten in blue pen on the front

Photograph showing G.O.R. construction workers near Big Hill. Circa 1921g.o.r.; big-hill; circa-1921; workmen;

Black and white photograph - Student excursion, Ringwood Post Office, circa 1980."Attached to photograph" L to R: Ben Pearson, Kirsty (?), Daniel (?), Sean Peterson.

Black and white photograph - Student excursion, Ringwood Railway Station, circa 1980."Attached to photograph" Left front: Simon Herdina. Right front: Ben Pearson, Juliette (?), Darren (?).

A group of schoolchildren photographed in about 1920 outside Mount Mercer School possibly by a teacher Mrs. Essie Sims Representation of the small outlying schools in the early twentieth centuryBlack and white postcard of School Children at Mount Mercer School circa 1920Mt Mercer School 1920education, mount mercer school

Victorian Local Forces Helmet Plate and Forage Cap badge Circa 1885

Ordsall, renamed Southesk in the 20th century was built for John Halfey in or before 1865. The house was rebuilt in the 1870s to designs by architect Michael Hennessy. In 1882 the house was redecorated by the firm of Culls Hill & Co., who hired the artists 'Mr Vandenbrandt' and 'Signor Rizzi" to paint the ceilings of the ballroom and the drawingroom. The artistic triumph was described in detail in The Argus, 30 October, 1882. In 1947, Southesk was purchased by the Kew City Council. For 23 years it was used as a meeting place for community groups. The house was then demolished in 1970 to make way for a new Town Hall.This is the earliest known photograph of Ordsall / South Esk, a significant mansion in Kew, built for John Halfey and now demolishedMembers of the Kew Congregational Church in front of one of the verandas of Southesk, circa 1900.congregational church - kew (vic), south esk - south esk - ordsall - kew (vic)

The students used the bamboo to make whistles.Photograph of Miss Margaret Irving standing in the garden near bamboo circa 1910

The name "Margaret Lilian Poultney" appears in a list of successful candidates in examinations conducted by the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Association in May 1917. The list was published in the Ballarat Courier on 7 June 1917.Copy of black and white photo of young woman in nurse's uniform circa 1915"Nurse Lillian Poultney".lillian poultney, nurses

Black and white copy of original of bearded man in dark suit circa 1884edwin ball, circa 1884

Single sided advertisement for private sale of residential allotments - undated, circa 1950s.Subdivisions include Mullum Mullum Road,Glen Cairn Avenue (Glencairn), Oban Road, and Norman Avenue (later Hugh Street). Agent - A.T. Miles & Son, 175 Main Street, Ringwood, Phone WU 6215.

Colour photograph of group of students in Spanish Literacy Group circa 1991-92

Black and white photograph showing Jozsef Benzinger presenting two potted plants to lady (unknown)Written on back of photo "Jozsef Bensinger-Supt Parks and Gardens-circa 1960s

Postcard size colour photograph'Written on back of photograph" Norwood Primary School, Ringwood. Circa 1960's

Postcard size coloured photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Timber & Trading site -circa 1960's

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Finishing room circa 1920 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills textile mills - staff, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, finishing, textile mills, woollen mills, textile mills - staff

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Finishing room circa 1920 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills textile mills - staff, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, finishing, textile mills, woollen mills, textile mills - staff

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Weaving shed circa 1920 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills textile mills - staff, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, weaving machinery, textile mills, woollen mills, textile mills - staff

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Finishing room circa 1920 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills textile mills - staff, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, finishing, textile mills, woollen mills, textile mills - staff

The historian Dorothy Rogers records (A History of Kew, p.5) that "In 1888 he [Arthur Wills] took over his estate, 'Willsmere', and conducted it as a dairy farm. He was an architect by profession, and having established the farm he rented it, and returned to live in Barry Street, Kew, where his only child, Dorothy was born in 1889. He entered Kew Council in 1891, and three years later built a new house in Fellows Street, on land that Thomas had purchased at the 1846-47 sales. He became Mayor of Kew in 1896-97, and during his term of office sold this house and built the present 'Willsmere' [pictured] on the corner of Willsmere and Belford Roads. ... Never a house of great distinction, it has now been demolished to make way for a freeway."This work forms part of the collection assembled by the historian Dorothy Rogers, that was donated to the Kew Historical Society by her son John Rogers in 2015. The manuscripts, photographs, maps, and documents were sourced by her from both family and local collections or produced as references for her print publications. Many were directly used by Rogers in writing ‘Lovely Old Homes of Kew’ (1961) and 'A History of Kew' (1973), or the numerous articles on local history that she produced for suburban newspapers. Most of the photographs in the collection include detailed annotations in her hand. The Rogers Collection provides a comprehensive insight into the working habits of a historian in the 1960s and 1970s. Together it forms the largest privately-donated collection within the archives of the Kew Historical Society.Willsmere, the home of the Wills family of Kew, designed by the architect Arthur Wills, circa 1896. arthur wills, willsmere, belford road, willsmere road, dorothy rogers, kew, wills family

Black and white photograph - postcard size"Written on back of photograph" Accuracy fly casting -Ringwood. Wilf Crouch -Circa 1932

Black and white photograph - postcard size"Written on back of photograph" Accuracy fly casting -Ringwood. George Burns -Circa 1932

Black and white photograph - postcard size"Written on back of photograph" Accuracy fly casting -Ringwood. George Burns -Circa 1930

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Aerial view of mill circa 1920 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, textile mills, woollen mills

Acquired when "Classweave Industries" closed down.Cleaning out boiler circa 1920 H L S POTTER/ PHOTO STORES/...textile mills woollen mills textile mills - staff, classweave industries pty ltd federal woollen mills ltd, textile mills, woollen mills, textile mills - staff