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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Flyer, Victorian Railways, Sandridge Rail Trail, 2005
... piers and wharves - railway pier hobson's bay railway company ...Fold out flyer with black and white picture of train and three men on front cover. Back cover coloured image from Latrobe picture collection of park-like setting with steam train in background. Fold out section has history of railway, map, walk and ride descriptionstransport - railways, recreation, piers and wharves - station pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, hobson's bay railway company, melbourne and hobson's bay united railway company, montague street station, golden fleece hotel, st barnabas anglican church, north port station, lord raglan hotel -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Envelope, 125th Anniversary of Railways in Australia, Australia Post, 1979
... and hobson's bay railway company Buff envelope headed "125th ...Buff envelope headed "125th Anniversary of Railways in Australia" dated 16th September 1979. Red seal with embossing "Melbourne and Hobson's Bay"; also coloured printed stamp with brown and green engine - Australia 20c ; plus two black and white stamps ; information in red printing on the backtransport - railways, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, melbourne and hobson's bay railway company -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Booklet, Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society (PMHPS), The story of Sandridge, how the first settlers came to Port Melbourne. A history for children, c 1999
... to Hobson's Bay railway Built Environment Heritage Caroline Frederica ...Sponsored by Holden and produced by Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation SocietyA history of Sandridge/Port Melbourne specifically aimed at children. Square buff coloured booklet with a black and white drawing of a rowing boat on the cover.Booklet is notated in red, dates and extra information.sandridge lagoon, garden city, piers and wharves - town pier, piers and wharves - railway pier, melbourne to hobson's bay railway, built environment, heritage, caroline frederica liardet, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, port melbourne yacht club, thomas swallow, william morley, david thomas, peter lalor, andrew plummer -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sketch, 'Sandridge in the Centennial Year, Hobson's Bay Past and Present, Sandridge in the Centennial Year, 1888
Photographic copy of sketch: 'Sandridge in the Centennial Year - Hobson's Bay Past and Present (1888). Railway Pier is shown on the left of sketch and Town Pier on right. South Melbourne Town Hall, Victorian Sugar Works are seen in centre of sketch.'46'piers and wharves - railway pier, piers and wharves - town pier -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIAN RAILWAYS - THE NEWPORT STORY
... and Geelong Railway Co Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Co Mr ...Typed history of the Newport Railway Workshops. Mentions the men who worked at the workshop, the locomotives that were built there, the different classes of locomotives, the equipment they used, and some of the work they did. Written by G. Donneau (who worked there) and dated 19-3-79.document, victorian railways, the newport story, g donneau, melbourne and geelong railway co, melbourne & hobson's bay united railway co, mr william meikle, solomon mirls, richard speight, sir james allport, midland railway, mr allison dalrymple, phoenix foundry, north melbourne loco depot, beyer peacock & co, mr a e smith, roger barnes, thomas tait, bhp, f j shea, commonwealth ordnance department, james rooks, london times, mr merz, mr mclellan, bendigo north railway workshops, ballarat shops, james taylor, donald mcgregor, julius aurelian sylvester barber, victor lethlean, melbourne institute of technology, prince of wales, queen victoria, w m shannon, sir thomas bent, puffing billy, harold winthrop clapp, francis boardman clapp, melbourne tramway & omnibus co, austral otis engineering co, melbourne university, franklin supply co, e h brownbill, heavy harry, locomotive mausoleum north melbourne, north british locomotive co, walter stinton, thomas smith, peter alexander, peter alexander, robert ferguson, king george v, english railway gazette, harry nunn may, merz & maclellan, arthur lowe, r h roach, w h chapman, l c rolls, g a swift, john mcrae, caledonian society, thistle club, bristol hotel, james taylor, george allibon, walter grimshaw, robert maybin, roy hodge, walter biddle, john ramsbottom, robert hewitt, james green, thomas waldhuter, giles dobney, mr richardson, mr arthur, sydney express, the age, mr speight, david syme, father gapon -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Postcard - Williamstown Botanic Gardens, circa 1900-1920
The original postcards in this series (2013.002 to 2013.018) were generously loaned to Williamstown Botanic Gardens by a private collector for copying. They are evidence of the interest the gardens held as a subject for postcard publishers. The text and images provide a snapshot into fashions, social interests and concerns of the time. The professionally produced images provide a pictorial history of Gardens including changing planting styles, various structures and features of the Gardens eg the aviary, cannons, the fountain, the second Curator’s Lodge and gates. The images offer an opportunity to compare garden vistas with the present day. This postcard shows the main east-west axial path with a typical Victorian/Edwardian mown grass strip which in turn borders formal shrub beds with herbaceous plantings. The photo was taken after the Mexican Fan Palms (Washingtonia robusta) planted in 1915, which in turn were replaced with the same species in 1987. Sepia postcard of the Palm Avenue at the gardens looking west to a white statue on a plinth. The statue is of Williamstown MLA, Alfred Thomas Clark. Palms and shrubs line both sides of the path and trees can be seen behind the statue. The shadows of the plantings are across the path.Front: VALENTINE’S, M.360 PALM AVENUE WILLIAMSTOWN GARDENS MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. REAL PHOTO. Reverse: vertical on left side of card and underlined: ‘Published by the Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. / Melbourne. Sydney & Brisbane’. Top centre of card: Contains logo of ‘VALENTINES / REAL PHOTO SERIES / POSTCARD’. There is a red two penny Australian Postage stamp on the top right hand corner. The address of the sender is 1 Railway Place, Williamstown and the card is addressed to Mr and Mrs Nayler (?) in Footscray. The remaining writing unable to be deciphered postcard, gardens, post-card, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay-city-council, statue, clark, alfred-thomas-clark, palms, palm-avenue, valentine-and-sons -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Photo - Williamstown Botanic Gardens - Alice Weatherhead, c1930
The Gardens were a popular venue for Sunday School picnics for many years. She was aged approximately when the photo was taken and her head can just be seen in the middle of the photo. Alice Weatherhead (Cochran) lived firstly in Newport and then Railway Cres Williamstown. She attended the Newport Baptist Church and the Domestic Arts School. At the time of writing the letter she was 91 years of age. She worked at the aircraft factory in Champion Road, Newport making the rear fuselage for Beaufort Bombers. Her father, Tom Cochran, belonged to the Williamstown Horticultural Society.Alice’s photos and written memories encapsulate the intangible heritage of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens. She recalls: playing in the Gardens; using them as her as a place for solace and thinking; while riding to the beach from Newport; walking in crocodile file past the Gardens from her school to the swimming baths, the ‘air of mystery as you walked through those wonderful wrought iron gates’; a place of courtship with the boy she later married. She wrote about seeing a purple flowering plant in a circular bed that was ‘spectacular and inspired me to grow it in my garden’. Black and white image of people sitting and standing together for the group photo. There are large trees in the background; a young boy standing with his hands behind his back at the back row to the left. There are two crosses (in pen) above the heads of two women in the back row on the left side.On the reverse of the image: Mother and G. M. L. / marked x x / Newport Baptist S.S. / Picnic Williamstown Gardens / Grace Logan / [address is written but not to be published] / No29williamstown botanic gardens, hobsons bay city council, 1930, newport baptist sunday school picnic, alice cochran -
Williamstown Botanic Gardens- Hobsons Bay City Council
Oral History_Williamstown Botanic Gardens_Gerkens and Gleeson, 03/10/2014
The interview is one of a series recorded in 2013-2014 to document memories and experiences of the Williamstown Botanic GardensA primary source of information on memories of the Gardens and witness to changes in the Gardens over those years.CD and transcript of interview with Patti Gerkens and Eileen Gleeson and their memories of the Gardens from their childhood through to adulthood. Pattie and Eileen are the daughters of Jack and Millie Gerkens who lived in Power Street, Williamstown before moving to 25 Gellibrand Street, Williamstown. Jack worked at the Newport Railway Workshops. Patti lived overseas for many years and Eileen has lived in Williamstown all her life. Patti and Eileen recall memories of the Gardens during their childhood and of taking their own children there during the 1960s and 1970s. pattie-gerkens, eileen-gleeson, jack-gerkens, millie-gerkens, newport-railway-workshops, fish-pond, fountain, yoga, father-cassidy, con-gleeson, palms, williamstown-botanic-gardens, hobsons-bay-city-council