Friedrich Herbig left Germany in 1855 and later that year arrived in South Australia. He went to work on a farm and made his home in a large hollowed-out base of a river redgum tree. In 1858 Friedrich married Caroline Rattey and they lived together in the tree. They had sixteen children. After the second child was born they moved to a two-roomed pine and pug hut that Friedrich builtMembers of the Chatham family visit the "Herbig Family Tree" in South Australiachatham-holmes collection, friedrich herbig, south australia, river redgum, caroline rattey, hollowed-out base of tree, elizabeth chatham, philip chatham, architecture, housing, caroline herbig, family history, genealogy

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In 1917 a large part of the Trawalla estate was acquired and subdivided by the Commonwealth Government for the Soldier Settlement Scheme. Land was subdivided into 93 allotments with sizes from 250 acres to 680 acres. The land was deemed appropriate for grazing and farming.chatham-holmes collection, soldier settlement, langi kal kal, auction, philip chatham, trawalla

Papers, certificates, photographs related to the life of Elizabeth Chatham (nee Holmes)Photographic portrait of Elizabeth Chatham.elizabeth chatham, philip chatham, creswick, launchley, ascot, mercy hospital, nursing, ballarat, birth certificate extract, death notices printed, st patrick's cathedral, chatham-holmes collection, family history, genealogy

Certificates relating to Mary Elizabeth Chatham nee Holmesmary elizabeth chatham, death certificate, marriage certificate, matriculation certificate, driver licence, ballarat, philip chatham, family history, genealogy

Philip Chatham working in the sheep-yards at "Launchley", Ascot, Vicchatham-holmes collection, ascot, shearing, launchley, sheep farmer

M Elizabeth Holmes, the only daughter of Harry and Edith Holmes, married Philip Chatham.Posed photograph of a young girl, Mary Elizabeth Holmes from Ascot. Mounted on beige card which is stained holmes family, elizabeth holmes, elizabeth chatham

The Jackie Howe Statue honours his achievement in hand shearing 321 sheep in 7 hours and 40 minutes at `Alice Downs ` station near Blackall. Jackie Howe was born at Canning Downs station, on the Darling Downs, in 1861. He is known as the greatest shearer who ever lived. In 1892, an Australia wide competition was held to see who was the greatest shearer in the land. Two gold medals were offered as prizes and Jackie was determined to claim both. On 10th October 1892, at Alice Downs station outside Blackall, Jackie set the record for hand shearing 321 sheep in just seven hours and forty minutes. Later he went on to set the machine shearing record of 237 sheep. (http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/industry/display/90567-jackie-howe-/photo/2)Colour Photograph of Philip and Elizabeth Chatham with the Jackie How Statue.jackie howe, shearing, sheep, chatham-holmes family collection

Jack Chatham was a representative of the Ballarat Brewing Company. The cartoon features the well know Ballarat Bertie. Ballarat Brewing Company was established in 1910 and they wanted an image to sell the product. Ballarat Bertie was created. Philip Chatham is Jack's son.Newspaper cartoon pasted onto cardboard.jack chatham, ballarat bertie, ballarat brewing company, caricature

Photograph of Mary Elizabeth ( Liz ) Chatham ( nee Holmes) with her and Philip Chatham's 5 children: Back L -R Andrew Philip, Genevieve Mary, John Henry. Front L- R Elizabeth Anne, Liz, Jane LouiseColoured photograph in cardboard folder. Two copiesOn card "Folklore Sydney Phone 437 6295"chatham-holmes collection, elizabeth chatham, jane chatham, mary chatham, john chatham, andrew chatham, elizabeth (liz) chatham

Philip and Elizabeth Chatham with their children and grandchildren. Elizabeth is holding Sophie.chatham-holmes collection, reunion, lake wendouree, ballarat

Andrew Chatham, the youngest of Philip and Elizabeth Chatham's 5 children, was born in 1968. In this photo, he looks about 8 - 10 years old. The photo was taken at Rokewood, Victoria on his parent's Western District property, "Kur-a-ruc South" a former part of the Kur-a ruc Station, Rokewood, Victoria purchased by Philip and Elizabeth Chatham in 1964. The family lived at Ascot, 15 miles north of Ballarat, and had regular weekend day trips and Easter holidays picnicking, droving sheep, feeding stock, checking water troughs and dams, hand-weeding Patterson curse, repairing fences, collecting paddock rocks and sugar-gum wood at "Kur-a-ruc South'. Home base for these excursions was either a car, the shearing shed, sometimes a 6-berth caravan and by the mid-1980s a shearer's quarters with an inside toilet. [Jane Dyer (nee Chatham).15 June 2024] chatham-holmes collection, andrew chatham, outdoor shed, toilet facility, rokewood, kur-a-ruc south, rokewood

The Ballarat-based firm, J Chatham and Co, serviced the Hotel Industry in Victoria, particularly Victoria’s Wimmera and Western Districts. Established by Jack { John} Chatham in 1956, The business was based at 7 Lydiard St South, Ballarat. As a regional hotel and motel broking specialist, Jack worked closely with other Ballarat businesses, including the Ballarat Brewery. On Jack's death in 1967, the business was taken over by his son, Philip, and renamed J Chatham Pty Ltd. The business continued to grow. Chatham House, the building the business operated from, and subsequently purchased and named, at 7 Lydiard St South, Ballarat still stands today. It was renamed by new owners in 2025 In the 1970's Philip opened a Melbourne branch in Dudley St, Nth Melbourne, The Melbourne branch, J Chatham and Daunt Pty Ltd, operated from 205 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, a few blocks west of the Carlton United Brewery in the 1980s. In the late 1980s Philip's son, Andrew, joined the business, then called J Chatham, Daunt and Foley Pty Ltd. The business at this time operated from a terrace house [?Bouverie Street] Carlton near Grattan St. By 2005, the Daunt and Foley partnership had dissolved. In 2001 Philip predeceased his wife, Elizabeth Chatham (nee Holmes), a Director of the Company. His share of the business was inherited by Andrew. Elizabeth died in 2005. The business was sold in 2006. [Jane Dyer (nee Chatham).16 June 2024]Thirty-one real estate flyers j chatham, daunt, auction, "greenslopes" haddon, "mindai park" cape clear, kingston district, the mill restaurant malmsbury, "emu downs" beaufort, "wattlw grove" mount mercer, "rowan lodge", centennial hotel kensington, "ben nevis estate" elmhurst, "paddlesteamer lodge" wodonga place albury, "woodlands" ararat, lake wallace hotel, edenhope, cremorne hotel newtown geelong, terang hotel, avoca hotel, woori yallock hotel, ballarat tram family restaurant, victoria hotel woodend, patersons siding restaurant and bar, ballarat, the coorrabin motor inn, stawell, clifton hill hotel, clifton hill, albion hotel, kyabram, "stag hotel" learmonth, "osborne" rokewood, shamrock hotel echuca, willaura hotel, willaura, "boggy creek pub" curdie vale, shamrock hotel, dennington, "mt elephant hotel/motel" derrinallum, narmbool, ballarat, brighton inn hotel, khyat's, posters, real estate, hotels., restaurants

The Ballarat Junior Technical School was part of the Ballarat School of Mines.P [Peter] Chatham was the brother of Philip Chatham's father, John [Jack] ChathamFoolscap, charcoal green book with red leather binding and marbled edges. In date order each student who received a certificate from the Ballarat Junior Technical School between 1914 and 1939 is listed, along with their results. ballarat junior technical school, certificates, guido brelaz, noel brelaz, harold adair, norman anstis, howard beanland, allan bernaldo, g. g. callister, francis capuano, j.e. capuano, peter chatham, arthur coates, leslie crouch, richard dale, francis davis, henry dodds, jack dulfer, john dulfer, donald furlong, john garner, bennett gluyas, otto hauser, r, haymes, graham hopwood, arthur h. hoskin, r.m. kittelty, carl krahnert, larkin, michael, leask, james, leech, george, fred longhurst, john martin, john mcnabb, harold morton, g.g. netherway, harry o'bern, h. pitman, keith rash, percival a. trompf, percy trompf, harold g. wakeling, harold waller, robert h. warnock, thomas wasley, george webb, albert williams, john a. garner, walter button, jack kopke, b. bernaldo, a. snowden, g.c. callister, a.l. brittain, w.j. bassett, j.k. kneeshaw, ronald ditchfield, l.a. chung

Its twisted old trunk is gnarled, its disembowelled carcass plump with cement and now, like many outback legends, its cadaverously pale and very dead. It has stood, an unmolested leafy sentinel, over Barcaldine’s Railway Station depot since the 1880s. It was a living Australian Labor Party memorial and heritage-listed. The double centurion, Oak Street’s most senior resident, was respectfully nursed into its dotage by Barcaldine’s faithful. Countless thousands of travellers photographed it, patted it and peered up at its bushy green tops with dutiful reverence. ... And then, by an act of craven foul play, it was murdered. Allegedly. Cold, hard forensic science pronounced death by poisoning. Sometime around May Day 2007 they reckon. (Australian Travellor, November 25, 2007.)Photograph of Philip and Elizabeth under the Barcaldine Tree. It was in the shade of this tree the Australian workers rallied and the Australian Labor Party was formed after the ramifications of the great shearers strike in 1891.barcaldine tree, australian labor party, chatham-holmes family collection

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