Also a colour photograph of two male policemen and another man drawing raffle at same event 04765.1Colour photograph showing Cynthia Robinson, Leanne and Brian Bolding prior to the drawing of the prize winner of a boat raffle raising funds for Skyshow at the Rotunda Esplanade Lakes Entrance Victoriafunction

Photocopy of a newspaper cutting from about 1890 of prize winners at the Burnley School of Horticulture donated by Jill Sebire, whose husband is a descendent of T. Sebire. The page appears to be from a scrapbook. Also see B00.1120.burnley school of horticulture, t. sebire, jill sebire

As a member of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, donor Arthur Rowan photographed a series of significant buildings in the Port and South Melbourne area over several years. A selection of nineteen of these was presented to the Port Melbourne Society in 1993.Small print mounted on white card, with mounted, typed caption: No amalgamation! for Port Melbourne. Slogan: Our City, Our Life, Our Choice Banner hung across Crockford Street at Ingles St Slogan first prize winner, Joan CURTIS.public action campaigns, arthur rowan, joan curtis

Not an entry to sugar shed photographic competition 1999, but one of several prints donated by second prize winner Elizabeth Rodda at the award presentation. She hadn't entered this because she felt other entrants hadn't had the opportunity of photographing the interior as she had.B&W laserprint signed by photographer Elizabeth Rodda of the interior of the old sugar shed at Rouse and Johnson Sts, and donated to the society following our 1999 photographic competitionbuilt environment - industrial, elizabeth rodda

Amy Huxtable was born at Cheltenham in 1918, to Robert Henry Huxtable and Violet a Dagg. Her father was an installer for an oil company and travelled the State. taking his family with him. She completed her education at the Bendigo High School and later attended the Bendigo Business College, becoming an expert shorthand writer. Her first position was as a copy writer with Radio 3BO, in the mid 1930s. She worked with an advertising agency in Melbourne and then with the Age,newspaper. In 1953, Miss Huxtable was appointed temporarily to succeed Miss E B Millane as social editress of the Bendigo Advertiser, during the latter's absence abroad. In 1956, Amy travelled abroad and on her return in 1957 was appointed permanently as Women's editor, a position she held for twenty-three ears. During her early years with The Advertiser she wrote under the name Toora, but in later years her own name became widely known. Miss Huxtable was well known both in her professional capacity and through a interest and involvement in community activites. She was life governor of the Bendigo Hospital, the Bendigo Home for the Aged, and Mirridong Home for the Blind, she was a member of Soroptimist International and the Business and Professional Women's Club. Amy was also a tireless worker for the spastic society and a strong supporter of the YWCA. When Amy Huxtable died at Mt AJvernia Hospital on 16 January 1980 Mayor Campbell ordered the city flag to be flown at half-mast. "Lowering the flag is the least we can do for such a lady" Cr Campbell said. Douglas Lockwood, editor of the Bendigo Advertiser said, "She was a devot d colleague who gave her craft and her newspaper the kind of service which identified a rare and generous spirit." She was a true professional who decided to make Bendigo her home. More than 300 people packed St Paul's Church for her funeral ervice the bell tolled as the casket was carried from the church. At a ceremony in the Conservatory Gardens on No ember 22 1981 The Amy Huxtable Memorial Committee presented to the City of Bendigo, a garden seat in memory of the late Miss Huxtable. This Bendigo manufactured seat was a fitting tribute to one ofBendigo's most loved and esteemed citizens. All Miss Huxtable's Advertiser articles were microfilmed and presented to the Library by the above committee. Amy Huxtable Memorial History Prize Winners for 1992 as announced in 1993 by the Bendigo Historical Society, Dudley House, View Street, Bendigo. * First Prize - Michael Jaeger. Paper: A reconstruction of the landscape of a portion of the Parish of Runnymede, Northern Plains, Victoria. * Highly Commended - Mrs Jeanette Margison. Paper: A review of pre-federation and post federation education, and the transitional changes that took place.history, amy huxtable, bendigo, amy huxtable memorial history awards

24.2 cm; 193 pages;non-fictionDuring the second World War, in December 1941 at a meeting of the Box Hill City Council, Mr R H L Sparks, the Mayor at the time, presented a detailed report regarding the possibility of establishing a community hospital. Several sites were inspected but by 1942 it was decided that the most suitable was land in Nelson Road, part of the property owned by Mrs Rodgerson who lived in Upton House on the crest of the hill near Thames Street.box hill hospital, mr r h l sparks, mrs rodgerson, upton house, house names, hospitals, nelson road, box hill, mosgiel hospital