The train line from the city to Frankston was electrified in 1922 which intensified the sale in the municipality of Moorabbin, particularly land which was in the vicinity of the railway stations. This estate was auctioned on Saturday, October 20, 1923.Example of the progress of the Municipality of MoorabbinAdvertising flyer for auction of real estate sales - plan of building blocks for saleHighlands Estate, Moorabbin plan.point nepean road (nepean highway), schofield street, taverner street, herbert street (now linton street), moorabbin, real estate, auction

Colour photograph showing front and side view of a wooden building painted white with dark green trim, next to a double storey brick building (Railway Hotel). Formerly the Nelson Bros funeral parlour in Sussex Street, Linton, restored in 1987 as the LDHS Resource Centre.ldhs resource centre, nelson bros. funeral parlour, railway hotel linton, buildings

Murrell's newsagency, originally the home & shop of the Cornish family. (Dan Cornish's shoe shop.)Colour photograph showing a brick two storey building with chimney, green trim and verandah, next to a smaller building with brick front and verandah.railway hotel, murrell's newsagency, buildings

Used on Ballarat-Skipton railway line to carry money and tokens. Rescued from bonfire when Linton Station was demolished, by Fred Freestone. Donated to Society 1981.Two brown leather pouches. Bag 1 has brass plate which reads "Linton" (plate attached to square of leather stitched to bag). Bag 2 has the word "Linton" written in ink on front, where leather patch and brass plate used to be. Each bag has two brass loops at top, holding a leather strap which keeps the pouch closed. A brass padlock with a key is attached to the strap.Makers' marks: On padlock 1 and its key: "M 63" "J. Hubball Melbourne". On padlock 1: "VR". On padlock 2: " + " "S166" "59" "Chubb's Patent" "120 Queen Victoria St London" "Makers to Her Majesty" "120294" (=date?). On key for padlock 2: "Chubbs Patent" "London" "VR".railways, transport, conductor's bags

Original photograph taken around 1916 when the Linton rail line was extended to Skipton.Black and white copy of original photograph of men with horses and wagons in cutting. The photograph is understood to show men digging the rail cutting between the Glenelg Hwy and the Mortchup Rd reservoir in Linton.railway, workers, rural activity, railway line extension to skipton 1916

A collection of five tickets which were issued to Chris Grigg of Linton between 1968 and 1971 for travel on the Linton-Ballarat school train. Tickets were issued for each term of the school year. They consist of a small card designed to fold in two, to be stored in wallet or similar. Outside of folded ticket is yellow, with year and term number. On the front, printed in red, the words "Victorian Railways /Second class travel by school train only / Ballarat country travel", and on the back, the year, and the words: "This Ticket must be surrendered to Stationmaster on expiry / Not transferrable to another person / Penalty $40". Inside has the words "Victorian Railways / Student's Free Ticket" and the ticket number, the student's name and age, signature of issuer, date of issue and expiry date. Note: the ticket issued for Term 2, 1971, is actually a ticket printed for 1969. On the inside of the ticket the date has been altered.victorian railways, linton school train, tickets, chris grigg

Kitty (Catherine) Sandow and Joyce Rowe grew up in Linton and attended Linton State School. Kitty Sandow (1916-1984) married Reg Jennings in 1946. Joyce Rowe (1912-1997) married Mick (Martin) Chung in 1931. Kitty and Reg took over the management of Kitty's parent's grocery and confectionery shop, which then became known as "Jennings' Milk Bar". Joyce, a descendant of the Nicol family, worked at Nicol's bakery. Her husband Mick Chung worked for the railways.Enlarged black and white copy of original photograph which has been mounted on card. The photograph shows two women, both wearing dark coloured jackets and skirts, hats and dress-shoes. The woman on the left is carrying a handbag, while the woman on the right has a handbag tucked under her arm. They are standing on a roadway or track, and a wire fence and paddock can be seen in the background. Kitty Jennings (née Sandow) and her friend Joyce Chung (née Rowe). The photograph is undated.joyce chung (née rowe), kitty jennings (née sandow)

Black and white image of a wooden trestle bridge elevated over a road.mortchup road railway bridge

Colour photograph which shows the former Linton public library building, the former Nelson Bros Undertakers building (now in use as the LDHS resource centre), and the Railway Hotel.linton public library, nelson bros undertakers, railway hotel

Black and white image of a small joey on the bar of a hotel. Three men also in image. The photo shows Bill Hart on left, Hugh Ching on right, and Jim McDonald behind the bar of the Railway Hotel, with Ted Shepherd's pet joey standing on the bar. According to the inscription on the back, the photo was taken in 1956.hotels, kangaroos, fauna

Sepia photograph mounted on grey card shows buildings in Linton's main street. On LHS of photo "J. Shepherd Grocer & Ironmonger", with horse-drawn cart outside. Railway Hotel, James Nelson Undertaker, and library buildings on RHS of photo, people standing outside hotel and children in front of undertaker's. Dating the photo: James Nelson, whose premises are shown next to the hotel, took over his family's carpentery and undertaking business in 1901. The original hotel was a timber structure or structures. It is believed these were removed in about 1903 and a new brick hotel built around 1903-1904.sussex street, linton, streetscapes, horse drawn vehicles, hotels, commercial buildings

Carrie Rogers Murrell, b.1905 at Daylesford, was a daughter of William Murrell and his wife Lily, née Clarke/Young. She was a grand-daughter of Ambrose and Mary Murrell. Carrie Murrell attended Linton State School, completing Grade 8 in 1n 1918. She then assisted her father in the Linton newsagency, before taking over as its manager, a role she enjoyed for some seventy years. In 1932 she moved the business from its site on the west side of Sussex Street to the east side, into a shop next to the Railway Hotel that had previously been run as a shoe shop by Dan Cornish. This shop remained as the Linton Newsagency until Carrie retired. It is now used as a private residence. Carrie Murrell died in 1998.Colour photo of Murrell's Newsagency, Miss Murrell seated in front doorway.carrie murrell, linton newsagency

Linton was connected to the Victorian electricity grid in September 1939.Black and white photo of SEC pole being erected outside Railway Hotel and Nelsons Undertakers, Sussex St, Linton. "Pole for SEC".electricity to linton 1939, events

Black and white image of people walking past a building in the main street of Linton. Early LDHS index to photographs says that the people walking along Clyde Street were "probably [in Linton] for Highland sports". Image has been glued to a piece of backing paper.newspapers, printers, railway stations

Jim and Margaret Moynihan ran the Railway Hotel in Linton.Sepia photograph of two men standing in front of a building, and a lady and gentleman seated on the kerb between them."Jimmy Higgins lived Clarks Margaret Moynihan Jim Moynihan".jimmy higgins, margaret moynihan, jim moynihan, buildings, moynihan's hotel, railway hotel,

One of three colour photographs which have been printed on a single sheet of photographic paper. The photograph shows the view to the south along the east side of Sussex Street. The former public library building, the Historical Society building (formerly Nelson Bros Undertakers), the Railway Hotel, the former CFA building and other shops and houses can be seen on the left of the photograph, which was taken by Gary Hunt in 2014.linton public library building, linton & district historical society resource centre building, railway hotel linton, cfa building linton, sussex street linton

Jim and Margaret Moynihan ran the Railway Hotel in the 1940s and 1950s. Reg and Kitty Jennings ran the grocery/confectionery shop later known as "Jennings Milk Bar", at 88 Sussex Street.Small black and white image of two men standing near a clothesline.In ink: "Jim Moynihan / Reg J.". In pencil: "Reg Jennings / Jim Moynihan / Linton Hotel".jim moynihan, reg jennings

One of three colour photographs which have been printed on a single sheet of photographic paper. The photograph shows the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail where it goes over the Mortchup Road bridge (a former railway bridge) at Linton. The photograph was taken in 2014 by Gary Hunt.ballarat-skipton rail trail, mortchup road

Slaughterhouse Hill was so named because Bennett's butchers had a slaughterhouse there.A view of Linton taken from Slaughterhouse Hill to the north-east of the town. Numerous buildings are identifiable in the photograph. In the middle foreground are the railway station, platform and station-master's house. The Grenville Standard building is visible in Clyde Street, and the Post Office and Bank of NSW buildings can be seen near the corner of Clyde and Sussex Streets. In the distance (along Sussex Street) the Royal Standard Hotel and the Shire Offices (original building) can be seen. St Paul's Church of England is on the far left of the photograph."Esther Cluff, Linton".linton township, slaughterhouse hill

This photograph was owned by George Preston, the apprentice printing worker shown third from the left in the photograph. The photograph was given to the Society by his son Ronald Preston. The printing works site was in Sussex Street, Linton, understood to have been next to the Railway Hotel. The photograph is believed to have been taken around 1895 or 1896, when George Preston was thirteen. (George Preston was born in 1883.)Original sepia photograph, mounted on card, shows 4 men in aprons, and 1 man in dark suit in front of first Grenville Standard newspaper printing works in Sussex Street.george preston, grenville standard printing works, workers, buildings

James (Jim) Smith, (died 03/08/1974, aged 93 years) established an orchard growing snow apples near in Happy Valley after returning from mining activities in South Africa. The orchard was called "Springdallah" and was beside the Linton/Happy Valley Road across from the old Happy Valley railway station. Jim was the son of George Henry Smith (18/12/1840 - 26/11/1903) and Emma Keys Smith born Keys (07/08/1842 - 28/08/1888). George and Emma left Liverpool with other unassisted immigrants on the "Bates Family" ship with baby Clara on 08/06/1863 arriving in Melbourne on 08/06/1863. George and Emma emigrated to Australia on the invitation of Emma's brother Edward Keys who owned a property near the school at Happy Valley on which there were two houses. Teddy offered George and Emma the smaller one to live in. When "Teddy" decided to go into hotel keeping George took over the 200 acres of his property and made it a pleasant orchard and garden called "Cress Green Gardens". George had various secretarial jobs - rate collector; paymaster at the mines; until he became Shire Secretary for the Shire of Grenville, whose centre was Linton and Government Auditor for Western Victoria (1894-1903), the means of transport being horse and buggy. Another son followed his father as Shire Secretary. George and Emma had 14 children, Emma dying giving birth to Emma Keys who lived for 16 months. George later married Annie Bolte with 2 more children being born. Annie later sold the property. The land was used for grazing and the two houses fell into disrepair. In 1995 George's grandson Ernest (Alf) Alfred Watson visited the site and reported a wrought iron gate at the site and a mulberry tree near the site of his grandmother's family home. Bluestone blocks can still be seen in the paddocks from the roadside. The child in the photograph is Phyllis Joy Smith, Jim's eldest daughter. Jim Smith was the brother of Clara Emma Yung nee Smith.Sepia photo of two men and a girl. One of them is Jim Smith who established on orchard at Happy Valley. He also went to South Africa - mining activities. The orchard is now part of Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary located at 360 Linton-Piggoreet Rd, Linton, Vic. 3360. Verso: Jim Smith South Africa (Mining) Established orchard halfway near Linton and Happy Valley. Clara Emma's brother. jim smith, james smith, clara emma smith, happy valley, yendon, piggoreet, south africa, mining, orchard, edward keys, george henry smith, emma keys smith, clara emma yung, annie bolte, shire of grenville, clarkesdale bird sanctury

The photograph is dated to between 1927 and 1932, as the Nelson house has been renovated (this happened in 1927). Dan Cornish sold his shoe shop in 1932 (it became Murrell's newsagency). Black and white image which shows buildings in Sussex Street, Linton. The building in the foreground, the Linton Public Library, has a car parked in front of it. Other buildings are the house owned by the Nelson family, the Railway Hotel, Dan Cornish's shoe shop and the weighbridge. A gas lamp is attached to the verandah of the library building. The library building still has the curvilinear parapet which is shown in a photo of the building taken between1901 and 1914.linton public library, nelson premises, railway hotel, dan cornish shoe shop, weighbridge

The Downing family lived in Linton for two periods - the first, from about 1902 to 1907, and the second from about 1908 to 1910. Thomas Frederick Downing, born 1865, worked from 1890 as a fireman with the Victorian Railways. Five of the seven Downing children became teachers. The house in the photograph, in Grant Street, Linton, was afterwards lived in by Linton doctor and local identity Dr James Blair Donaldson Snr.Sepia photograph of three young girls and a boy standing in the gateway at front of a house."Downing family house on hill behind Dr Donaldson's Mr Downing engine driver".downing family, thomas frederick downing, frederick (fred) downing, gladys downing, lillian downing, doris downing, house in grant street

Copy of black and white photograph of Peter Stapleton and Mag Gorman cycling over the railway line on the Glenelg Hwy in Linton near Fraser St. Houses and shedding in the background. Original photo taken in 1956, copy made in 2014.peter stapleton, mag gorman

Black and white photograph of houses in Surrey St closest to camera. Shire offices, Verdoorn's building, Railway Hotel, post office roof can be seen in distance. Date unknown.linton township

172 p. : paper-covered, decorative green cardboard cover with text: "THE NEW LIBRARY / PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE / EDWARD BULWER LYTTON / ONE SHILLING / GEO. ROUTLEDGE / 2 FARRINGDON ST." Book shows signs of repair with tape, on spine and between cover and first page. Includes 'Advertisement' and Preface to first edition (1849?). Dedication to the author's brother, Henry Lytton Bulwer, dated April 23rd, 1849, on first page. fictionfiction, lord lytton, james dodds, original collection

Pat Ryan, born 1919, was a daughter of Jim Ryan, hairdresser and tobacconist. She moved to Linton as a child in 1926 when her father bought the former Bennett/Todd shop in 1926. Katherine Veronica Cunningham was born at Cape Clear in 1907. Pat Ryan and Kath Cunningham were members of the Linton Amateur Dramatic Society in the 1930s and 1940s. (See programmes in LDHS for Amateur Dramatic Society productions.) Kath Cunningham worked at the Railway Hotel. She was on the committee which organised Linton's centenary celebrations in 1939.Enlarged black and white copy of original photograph, which shows two young women dressed stylishly, wearing hats and dress shoes. The woman on the left has a purse or small clutch bag in her hand, and the woman on the right has a handbag tucked under her arm. The photograph was taken in an outdoor setting, possibly near Linton Reservoir. See also Registration no. 2019-276 - group photo which includes Pat Ryan and Kath Cunningham, and was probably taken on the same day.pat (patricia) ryan, kath (kathleen) cunningham