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Federation University Historical Collection
Medal - Numismatics, Ballarat School of Mines Centenary Medal, 1970, 1970
"A limited number of Centenary Medallions designed by Mr. V. Greenhalgh were produced by Stokes & Son, Melbourne to commemorate the Centenary of the School. The medallion was produced from copper base metal with a silver oxide finish and has been well received by past student, present students, staff members and the general public. A quantity of 50 medallions have been reserved for presentation purposes on special occasions."Medal struck for the Ballarat School of Mines centenary. .1) Two framed centenary medals, showing both sides of the medal .2) Sterling silver medal in a black hinged box. .3) Booklet listing receipients of Centenary Medallion .1) Presented to Professor Geoffrey Blainey, AO Guest Speaker Founders Day 26 October 1995"ballarat school of mines centenary medal, centenary, anniversary, victor greenhalgh, geoffrey blainey, stokes & son, e.j. barker, g. biddington, e.j. tippett, sir paul hasluck, l.j.f. hillman, miss b. archdale, sir douglas menzies, h.j trudinger, m.b. john, b.r. hames, v. grennhalgh, r.w. richards, a. senior, j. clark, n. crouch, h. dixon, p. law, nigel bowen, peter lees, mrs j. lawn, dr. j birrell, d. kellock, g. dixon, john baker, k. kelly, w. anderson, w titteridge, a.e. stohr, r. chambers, g. smith, m.g. beanland, j.v. robertson, v. white, mrs m. scott, r cairns, p. zass, j. england, h. sienering, i.g. whitcher, v. lisle, edith lawn, dr stephen murray smith -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society, 1892, 1892-1894
The Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society was established on 01 August 1892. This is the organisation's first minute book. Rev. Dr Delaney advocated for the formation of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. Curtin and Scullin became members of this organisation, and it is where they learnt to debate. William White was one of the founders of the Hibernian Society. 09 August 1893 - Richard Sutton provided a piano for recital by Mr Bailey. Brown hard covered minute book with red spine. It is the first book of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. The minutes are handwritten in ink. This item is held offsite and will require up to a week to retrieve it into the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre. Use the email link below right to discuss retrieval.Bookplate from M.C. Carey Post Office Stationary Warehouse. ballarat cathoic young men's society, j. murphy, r. hager, e.j. hayden, e. ryan, r.h. sutton, e.f. ryan, john meehan, w. hawley, w. maloney, e. harmer, james slater, patrick walton, j. parker, j. healey, w. moore, w. murphy, delaney, j.b. pearson, e. adams, george rode, j. moran, w. mcnamara, j.p. daly, y. mcmanamny, j. nugent, james shannon, francis clancy, george armstrong, william lamoriniere, john noonan, john hede, m. tierney, james foran, patrick o'donnell, thomas ballinger, thomas carey, h. bradley, j. cullan, j. o'callaghan, p. breheny, john hand, j. nrennan, w. mclennan, st patrick's day, p. russell, p.j. brown, john pratt, michael callinan, william white, richard h. sutton, carey ward, j. gillies, j. sheehan, rudy hager, w. armstrong, c. cusack, patrick o'hallaran, a. hager, j. manning, john o'grady, arthur smith, andrew quinn, john williams, r. wrigley, john murray, d. hanrahan, w. foley, martin tierney, g. o'malley, james bradley, john shelley, e.j. haydan, e. doherty, a.n.a. hall, w.h. davis, donald hayden, debating, fr o'dowd, south street debating society, bookplate, commercial bookplate, j.j. fitzgerald, p. walsh, h. elligott, j. hastings, j. redden, e. higgins, michael murphy, j. maher, h. mclennan, m. o'dwyer, m. kennedy, thomas nolan, thomas egan, edward mcintyre, w. bibby, j. bolger, st patrick's day procession, j.w. curran, reid's coffee palace, p. mcshane, j. lynch, thomas moran, f. mcconville, a. carnegie, father o'farrell, james carroll, john mcelroy, j. o'shannasay, a.c. carnegie, j.j. cardiff, p. nicholas, j. cullen, t. o'loughlin, thomas o'loughlin, w.h. david, thomas loughlin, h. mccauley, j. whiting, f. lynch, d. ryan, c. carey, m.c. carey, cyms -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, University of Ballarat Annual Report 2005, 2005
University of Ballarat is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia..1 and .2) Bound soft covered University of Ballarat Annual Report .3) Financial Statementsannual report, robert h.t. smith, kerry o. cox, maria strikland, john mcclure, technology park, stan jeffrey, westvic academy of sport, dennis olmstead, sid morris, wayne robinson, town and gown, clare gervasoni, dorothy wickham, carolyn taylor, christine nixon, geoffrey blainey, arts academy, betty collier, terry lloyd, indigenous employment strategy, eureka encyclopaedia, brian west, joel epstein, scholarships, penelope boadle, cameron brown, felice cua, zoe ferrier, lauren gaylard, sarah hardy, natalie kirby, marcus kirkpatrick, kimberley murphy, luke whykes, amy yole, jessica meek, melissa mitchell, robert hook, albert coates memorial awards, brian mclennan art scholarship, ibm -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat University College Statutory Report of Operations and Financial Statements, 1993, 1993
Grey soft covered report university of ballarat, geoffrey blainey, university of ballarat establishment, university of ballarat act, john sharpham, ken hawkins, ray cotsell, stafford mcknight, barry dixon, axhar albazzaz, lee francis, david haymes, bill pryor, janet torney, david fiskin, rex hollioake, bill mcgregor, pam davies, nina valentine, ian ferguson, university of melbourne, rober moran, bill vermeed -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, University of Ballarat Statutory Report of Operations and Financial Statements, 1994, 1994
Federation University Australia was established on 1 January 2014. Formerly known as the University of Ballarat, its enabling legislation was the University of Ballarat Amendment (Federation University Australia) Act 2013. Although formally created as a University in 1994, the University of Ballarat has a lineage back to 1870 with the establishment of the School of Mines Ballarat, making it the third institution of higher learning to be established in Australia and the first to be established in regional Australia. On 1 January 1994, Ballarat University College became the University of Ballarat and in 1998 the University merged with three TAFE Institutes to become a dual sector institution with multiple campuses. On 1 January 2014, the University of Ballarat amalgamated with the Monash University Gippsland Campus to form Federation University Australia. The Gippsland Campus also had a long lineage dating back to 1928 with the establishment of the Yallourn Technical School which became a predecessor institution to the Gippsland College of Advanced Education formed in 1968. In 1990, it was renamed the Monash University College and in 1993 became the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. In 2016, Federation University Australia announced plans to take possession, over a two-year period, of Monash’s Berwick Campus in the south-east corridor of Melbourne. Federation University Australia, or FedUni, is headquartered in Ballarat and offers programs in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training to regional Victoria and beyond. The University’s commitment to educational and social equity, teaching excellence, research distinction, environmental sustainability and regional capacity building has enabled it to develop in a way that draws on its proud heritage to inform its future. Its regional character sets a framework for the University’s priorities but does not constrain it from serving wider community interests, nationally and internationally. The name Federation University Australia was chosen to convey the scope and capacity of an expanded regional university with a federated network of campuses.White soft covered report university of ballarat, geoffrey blainey, university of ballarat establishment, university of ballarat act, john sharpham, ken hawkins, ray cotsell, stafford mcknight, barry dixon, axhar albazzaz, lee francis, david haymes, bill pryor, david fiskin, rex hollioake, bill mcgregor, pam davies, nina valentine, ian ferguson, university of melbourne, rober moran, boll vermeend, pat hope, dick de fegely, bill mcgrath, david caro, bob morrell, david james, derek woolley, frank hurley, denis else, alice mills, trevor hastings -
Federation University Historical Collection
Magazine - Newspaper Supplement, The Courier: Ballarat 1900-2000, 2000
98 page newspaper supplement celebrating the century 1900-2000. Includes 100 names of great Ballaratians.the courier, ballarat courier, anniversary, century, steve bracks, tom o'meara, bruce morgan, weston bate, r.f. scott and co, camerons, sunshince train crash, nellie melba, queen victoria's death, star of the east gold mine, sebastopol, phoenix foundry closure, duke of cornwall and york, duchess of cornwall and york, central highlands water, electric trams, workld war one, richard w. richards, dick richards, william dunstan, mccann's dairy centre, conscription, george merz, peace, avenues of honur, red cross, james oddie, henry sutton, band competitions, influenza epidemic, ballarat council merger, bert hinkler, frank petch, bartrop real estate, ballarat zoo, english cricket team visits ballarat, the dole, the depression, sustenance works, charles kingsford smith, ballarat centenary, black friday, world war 2, world war two, walter davis, cuthberts, albert coates, john rowan, langi kal kal soldier setttlement, ronaldson and tippett, america soldiers, united stated marines, military hospitals\corckers, gollars, robert clark, edward j. bateman, ellinor morcom, f.w. barnes and son, rex hollioake, cricket, edgar bartrop, ideal homes competition, ballarat begonia festival, percy beames, bigarelli, good neighbourhood council, baird and mcgregor, sunicrust bakeries, begonia queens, tom beaumont, thomas toop, ray murphy, alice andrews, bobby greville, jack hill, john vernon, ballarat civic hall, haymarket, royal visits, trams, olympic games, robert lemke, bob bath, boxing, norm pinney, jack barker, greg binns, geoffrey blainey, pam davies, david haymes, m.b. john, morgan b. john, austin mccallum, steve moneghetti, richard crouch, voi williams, elsi simper, e.j. tippett, kenn webb, hugh williamson, st john's lutheran church, ballarat fine art gallery, art gallery of ballarat, peter tobin funerals, keith bray, john valves, vietnam war, john dellaca, haymes paints, henry haymes, sovereign hill, gold museum, dowling forest racecourse, ballarat turf club, mt helen campus, rupert hamer, swagman, bill mahoney, constance coward-lemke, hymettus historic garden, c.v. jones, eureka flag, save bakery hill, jessie scott, anne beggs sunter, ray's tent city, art theft, woodsplitters by tom roberts, fluoride, jack chisholm, ballarat railway station fire, princess diana, prince charles, university of ballarat, university of ballarat 130 anniversary, hailstorm, ballarat brewery closure, bicentenary, flooding, recession, pat cashin funerals, camp street arts precinct, arts academy, scout jamboree, ballarat learning city, council amalgamation, linton bushfire, eureka stockade centre, russell mark, tony lockett, east timor, ballaarat general cemeteries trust, john barnes, william heres, nelson brothers funeral services, valcor australia, bob davis, john curtin, david davies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: PROPOSED: HERCULES & ENERGETIC MINE PROJECT
Letter to Barry Secombe, Manager Community Services, from George Ellis, for the Proposed: Hercules & Energetic Mine Project. Letter dated 21 June 2005 and printed on a brown Long Gully Neighbourhood Centre Inc letterhead .Mentioned in the letter, The History Group wish to install a plaque on the Linear Park walking track near Creeth Street Long Gully to acknowledge the site (not the Shaft) of the Hercules and Energetic Mine formally the Energetic Mine. It is also mentioned that Sir John Quick once worked at this mine before he went to University. There is a suggestion of where the plaque could be located.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - proposed: hercules & energetic mine project, long gully neighbourhood centre inc, barry secombe, city of greater bendigo, the long gully history group, energetic mine, sir john quick, bendigo evening news, prof geoffrey blainey, melbourne herald january 2nd 1986, george ellis -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Geoffrey Blainey, Odd Fellows: A History of IOOF Australia, 1991
... "To Patricia and John, Kindest regards, Geoffrey Blainey"... and John, Kindest regards, Geoffrey Blainey" Softcover Odd Fellows ...Softcover"To Patricia and John, Kindest regards, Geoffrey Blainey"australian history, independent order of odd fellows of australia, fraternal organisations, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Geoffrey Blainey, Blainey, Eye on Australia: Speeches and Essays of Geoffrey Blainey, 1991
Softcover"To Patricia and John, with kindest regards, Geoffrey Blainey, 1 September 1991" - with postcard from Hal (?) inside front cover from Geneva, dated 1991australia, society, economics, geoffrey blainey, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, Geoffrey Blainey, A Short History of the World, 2000
Hardcover w/ Dust JacketSigned by Author - "To Patricia and John, with warm regards, Geoffrey Blainey"world history, walsh st library -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ken Baker, A treaty with the Aborigines?, 1988
A time for reconciliation / Bob Hawke -- Treaty is a recipe for separatism / John Howard -- A treaty for land justice and self-determination / Janine Haines -- Why a treaty? / Galarrwuy Yunupingu -- Aborigines are Australian, too / Bob Liddle -- Fallacies weaken the case for a treaty / Geoffrey Blainey -- Why whites also need an Aboriginal treaty / Roberta Sykes -- The quest for Aboriginal sovereignty / Hugh Morgan -- Legal and constitutional considerations / Mark Cooray -- Australia as terra nullius / Peter van Hattem -- Canada: towards Aboriginal self-government? / Jean Chretien -- American Indian treaties: historic relics / Peter Samuel -- The long aftermath of Waitangi / Antomy C. Turner -- Appendix 1: The Barunga statement -- Appendix 2: Preamble to the ATSIC Bill -- Appendix 3: Press attitudes to a treaty -- Appendix 4: Aboriginal population and landmaps, b&w photographsrace relations, racism, government relations, treaties -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, Celia Schmaler, Penguin to Melbourne University Press, 08.08.1977
Short note from the Secretary of John Hooker of Penguin to Peter Ryan of Melbourne University Press confirming that the reprint of Boyd's 'Australia's Home' was going ahead and Professor Geoffrey Blainey had agreed to write an introduction. Patricia Davies was sent a carbon copy.Photocopy -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, A History of Camberwell, 1964
Includes description including photographs of Camberwell Junction and Burke Road, pre 1950's era. Electric transport 1916-1925, tools and waterways. Published [Brisbane] : Jacaranda Press in association with the Camberwell City Council, 1964 From estate of Ken Hall; Cheryl Poustie was Ken's daughter. Records in detail history and development of the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. A city covering thirteen square miles. Begins with first European settlement in 1835 by John Gardiner - ending at 1960.Records in detail history and development of the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. A city covering thirteen square miles. Begins with first European settlement in 1835 by John Gardiner - ending at 1960.Title Page: Kenneth T.Hall / 89-4418camberwell - history, (mr) john gardiner, outer circle railway, camberwell (vic) - history, broughton hall -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, If God prospers me: a portrait of John Frederick Cato, 1990
Purchased when author Ann Blainey spoke to the Surrey Hills Historical Society. There was a Moran and Cato store in Surrey Hills.This biography tells the story of Fred Cato the businessman, who co-founded the Moran and Cato grocery chain. He was an influential Methodist layman, whose major involvements spanned more than forty years, from the Lonsdale Street Central Mission in 1893 to the Aboriginal Methodist Mission at Yirrkala in 1935. He lived to celebrate his 70th birthday.For the History Group, Surrey Hills / with best wishes / Ann.(mr) frederick john cato, grocery trade, business people, methodists, grocers, shops, moran and cato, (ms) ann blainey -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1947, 1947
List of Full Course Students' 1947, Magazine Committee, Editorial, Editor's Notes, News and Notes, Our New Principal, Obituary, Farewell Dinner to Mr and Mrs A. F. Heseltine, S.M. B. Sports Committee. Principal's Page, The Literary Society, Science Section, A Trip to Whyalla, Art Section, Senior Sport, Commercial Notes, Dressmaking and Girls' Preparatory Section, Junior Technical School Section .2) Yellow cover with blue, white and green lettering, soft covered magazine of 54 pages.ballarat school of mines, magazine, n. whitaker, e. stevens, d. spence, r. gladman, d. munroe, f. g. procter, p. wilson, dr. j. r. pound, j. swain, r. w. richards, h. j. edwards, r. p. flower, ken palmer, john leslie burt, r. s. ewins, w. r. burrow, david maxwell, c. a. hoadley, mr and mrs a. f. heseltine, james rogers, dorothy spence, tom hobill, a. e. lambert, w. b. hirt, p. maloney, j. blainey, n. hornbuckle, k. bremner, o. whitworth, r. pullen, r. eason, j. a. mckenzie, j. mckenzie, w. brown, d. harbour, k. whiter, m. sewell, r. kibby, b. sherritt, mr hillman, miss fogarty, mr richards, miss darby, d. brayshaw, d. judd, b. tippett, neville m. bunning, w. ross, r. u'ren, g. bligh, s. baird, j. parker, m. grace, j. mccoy, f. savage, j. veale, d. jelbart, b. hewitt, j. willis, a. temby, b. tantau, n. rees, j. rogers, h. fumberger, l. veale, m. heatherington, r. rosser, b. davis, b. murrel, c. edmonds, r. cairns, j. morrish, j. wilson, g. coward, j. scala, w. ludbrook, g. searle, j. dunstan, m. murray, b. u'ren, r. loft, m. kennedy, a. mccallum, c. mcdonald, t. sawyer, f. mcwilliam, r. spence, b. llewellyn, t. lannen, m. robot, n. pitcher, j. cartledge, m. court, p. hay, t. halstead, n. bawden, d. stevenson, e. lloyd, b. jones, m. pitcher, olive whitworth, rhonda cockburn, k. roberts, w. clarke, j. james, n. silvey, t. shaw, s. vinegrad, j. watts, a. young, k. ward, p. hewitt, g. murrowood, i. lepp, g. hindson, k. belsar, d. gilbert, d. tozer, t. hewitt, m. collinson, w. coad, f. tolliday, w. quayle, r. wilson, r. cochrane, r. norman, c. sanos, j. daly, j. blackburn, r. kennedy, william arthur prowse, l. george, c. beaston, r. ward, g. stimson, r. plover, w. congress, s. hoffman, m. rundell, j. skilbeck, f. atkinson, r. rickard, t. wren, d. mcdonald, j. bethune, r. lavery, g. allen, b. feaver, c. jones, w. coles, k. spalding, m. tweedale, m. horwood, r. eyres, m. bailey, m. coleman, i. hicks, f. atchison, i. mcconchie, o. v. o'neull, l. l. sedgwick, william prowse, bill prowse, neville bunning -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, University of Ballarat Annual Report, 2008, 2008
... and Agenda, Peter Gell, IBM, Technology Park, Geoffrey Blainey, Karen... Blainey, Karen Douglas, John Brumby, Graduation Procession, David ...Black soft covered book. Contents include: Timeline, merger between University of Ballarat and the Ballarat School of Mines, David Battersby, Jacinta Allan, Robert R. T. Smith, 2020 Vision and Agenda, Peter Gell, IBM, Technology Park, Geoffrey Blainey, Karen Douglas, John Brumby, Graduation Procession, David Waldron, Robyn Brandenburg, beer awards, Victoria Mitchell, VIOSH 30th anniversary, Fadi Charcher, Colin Trembath, Ballarat Railway Station, Shelley Nash, James Coglan. Ballarat Foundation, Sandra Herbert, Horsham, possum skin cloak. university of ballarat, ballarat school of mines, battersby, david battersby, jacinta allan, university of ballarat timeline, robert h.t. smith, geoffrey blainey, karen douglas, academic procession, john brumby, australasian international beer awards, david waldron, robyn brandenberg, colin trembath, shelley nash, sandra herbert, possum skin cloak diana nikkelson, kelly barrett, bianca nikkelson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: THE INAUGRAL SIR JOHN QUICK BENDIGO LECTURE ON SIR JOHN QUICK
BHS CollectionBooklet with a grey and white cover. It has a picture of Sir John Quick on the front cover. The Inaugral Sir John Quick Bendigo Lecture. Sir John Quick - He Trusted the People. La Trobe University, Bendigo 12 August, 1994. By the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG. Mentions Sir John Quick's life, his work and his contrubution to the character of the Australian Constitution. Also mentioned is Republicanism and it's pro and cons.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - sir john quick, the inaugral sir john quick bendigo lecture, la trobe university, the hon justice michael kirby, bendigo independent, melbourne age, university of melbourne, australian natives association, federal council of australasia, bendigo federation league, the australian constitution, oliver cromwell, robert garran, annotated constitution of the australian commonwealth, federal arbitration court, catherine harris, bendigo gallery, michele maslunka, john hirst, australian labor party, professor geoffrey blainey, weekend australian 19-20 march 1994, sir harry gibbs, king edward vii, king george v, king george vi, churchill, atlee, queen elizabeth ii, curtin, chifley, evatt, whitlam, mr keating, australian broadcasting corporation, john maynard keynes -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, Stanhope, Peter Street, Eltham, 15 March 2008
On the crest of Stanhope Hill at Peter Street, Eltham, stands the former home of a couple, Clem and Nina Christensen who had a major influence on the literary development of post World War 2 Australia. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p109 On the crest of Stanhope Hill at Peter Street, Eltham, stands the former home of a couple, who had a major influence on the literary development of post World War Two Australia. In 1946, Clem and Nina Christensen bought the house, which had been designed by Harold Desbrowe Annear, considered to be one of Australia’s most innovative architects in the first quarter of the 20th century.1 That year the stucco building with a metal roof, built in 1910, was extended to the north and south. The main residence was built of jarrah, with stucco walls, floors of Tasmanian hardwood and rooms panelled with Californian redwood (sequoia). The property included a cottage, former stables, a dairy and meat-house. From its beginnings the property has attracted artists and intellectuals. Official World War One artist, Will Longstaff, bought the property – then 15½ acres (6ha) around 1900. Famous for his painting The Ghosts of Menin Gate, now in the Australian War Memorial Canberra, Longstaff was the cousin of another well-known painter, Sir John Longstaff. Several leading artists visited Longstaff at Stanhope including Walter Withers of the Heidelberg School, who lived in Brougham Street, Eltham. In 1919, Theo Handfield, father of author and journalist John Handfield, bought the property from Mrs Longstaff. Then in 1924 the land was subdivided and most of the estate (80 blocks) was auctioned. The next owner was related to novelist Virginia Woolf. Bishop Reginald Stephen, Warden of Trinity College, bought the house and five acres (2 ha) in 1928. He was related to Sir Leslie Stephen, the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and Woolf’s father. Novelist and music critic John Harcourt, was the next tenant, while he and his wife Fay, built their mud-brick house Clay Nuneham, at the foot of Stanhope Hill. Dr Clem and Mrs Nina Christensen, lived in the house until their deaths. Clem Christensen – who died aged 91 in 2003 – was a poet, short story writer and painter. However, he is most noted for founding Australia’s foremost literary journal2 Meanjin (originally Meanjin Papers), which he described as ‘democratic left of centre’, in Brisbane in 1940. Clem brought Meanjin to Melbourne in 1945 and remained editor until 1975. Enormously influential, Meanjin spawned and encouraged many of Australia’s best literary talents and it had an international reputation. Meanjin was the first to publish such writers as Judith Wright and David Malouf and it encouraged writers like Patrick White and Peter Carey. Nina Christensen – who died aged 89 in 2001 – was founding Editor of the Melbourne Slavonic Studies Journal and pioneered the study of Russian in Australia. In 1946 she established the Department of Russian Language and Literature at The University of Melbourne, which she led until 1977. Nina’s graduates largely staffed subsequent departments, in other Australian universities.3 However Nina’s Russian heritage and Clem’s outspoken views caused problems. They were forced to defend themselves in the Petrov inspired Royal Commission on Espionage in the 1950s, but were exonerated. The Christensens attracted and hosted many distinguished Australian and foreign writers, artists and academics, including Nobel prize-winning novelist, Patrick White and the world’s then leading cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich.4 Other writers and intellectuals who visited Stanhope were: Vance Palmer, Alan Marshall, A D Hope, Xavier Herbert, Nevil Shute, Geoffrey Dutton, Martin Boyd, Judah Waten, Bruce Grant, Dorothy Hewett and Sir Herbert Read. Painters included: Danila Vassilieff, Arthur Boyd, Albert Tucker, Justus Jörgensen, Robert Hughes and Clifton Pugh. Academics included: Manning Clark, Geoffrey Blainey, W Macmahon Ball, Richard Downing, Geoffrey Serle and scientist Tim Marshall. Politicians included: Jim Cairns, Pauline Toner, Lance Barnard, Sir Paul Hasluck, Sheryl Garbutt and performance artists included: film star Olivia Newton-John, members of the Bolshoi ballet and the Russian State Ballet of Siberia.5 Nina Christensen was honoured in 2006 at the Eltham Living and Learning Centre with the building of an amphitheatre designed by V Sverdlin.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, clem christesen, eltham, nina christesen, peter street, stanhope