The Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria commenced teacher training in 1909. A two year course was run in cooperation with the Education Department in 1910-14, but from 1917 the Union trained its students independently. In 1922 the Kindergarten Training College was established in Mooroolbeek, Kew. In 1965, the institution, as the Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers' College, became an entity separate from the Union, and in 1973 joined the State College of Victoria as the Institute of Early Childhood Development. It subsequently amalgamated with the University of Melbourne to become the Department of Early Childhood Studies and moved from Madden Grove, Kew, to 234 Queensberry St, Carlton, early in July 1997.Metal plaque commemorating the opening of Mooroolbeek Hall in the Diamond Jubilee Year of the Institute of Early Childhood Development in KewMooroolbeek Hall was opened by Dr Wm C. Radford, AO, MBE, Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research on March 25th 1976 in the Diamond Jubilee Year of the Institute for Early Childhood Developmentinstitute of early childhood development - kew (vic), dr william c. radford, memorial plaques - kew (vic), mooroolbeek hall

7126-1: Lelie Bennett, Mayoress Anne gardiner. 7126-1A: Betty rouch, Jen Coote. 7126-1B: John & Mrs Grey. 7126-1C: Sandra Horne, Jeane Skurrie. 7126-1D: June Radford, Jeanne Skurrie. 7126-1E: Shane Wegener, COral Eagles, Tracy Wegener, 7126-1F: Rae Smith,. 7126-1G: Sandra Horne & Daughter, Jen Radford (Back). 7126-1H: Shane wegener, Gail Wood (Libraian) 7126-1I: Don Gardiner, Elenor Musumeci. 7126-1J Beryle Cox, Rae Smith looking at the Slorach Family Tree. 7126-1K: Beryl Cox, Doug Hately (President), Rae Smith.43 Colour Photographs. Showing various peole at the 10 year celebrations.biarri

William was a coach-builder, wheelwright and blacksmith. He moved from Prahran to Surrey Hills to property owned by the family. The house at 34 Union Road was built in 1905 for William and his wife Emily. Their son Ernest worked with him as a coach painter and also worked as a painter undertaking intricate hand painting on early cars. Their other son Martin played for the Surrey Hills Football Club. In return for the support given to the club by Mrs Emily Kleinert, the club built a rotunda in South Surrey Park as a memorial to her. Alan Holt research: Lot 6 was sold to Martin Kleinert by Karl Richter in 1860 together with a portion of another adjacent lot. From 1860-1885 Martin worked it as a market garden leasing some land for grazing when it was not required for gardening. He died in 1898. In a formal document, William declared he was the son of Martin "who purchased land in 1860, died in 1898 and the land has been continually occupied by father and family since. It has been cultivated as a market garden; when not being used for gardening it was let for cultivation and grazing." William died in 1939 and the property passed to his sons Martin and Ernest. The Kleinert land extended from Union Road to Essex Road. They ran horses, ducks and fowls and Emily Kleinert grew flowers. The Kleinert property later became the South Surrey Park. The family sold the land to the Camberwell Council in the 1950s. Ernest and Ida Kleinert lived on the corner of Scotsdale and Warrigal Roads. The donor of the photo Nada Harris, nee Kleinert, was Ernest and Ida's daughter. Ida lived to a good age (> 93 years) and in later life lived in Burwood.Black and white photo of a large group of men, women and children posed for the photograph which is taken outdoors. William Kleinert is identified as seated in the front centre playing his German melodion. Sons Ernest and Martin and William's daughters Ivy and Rose are also in the photo (not identified). Nada Kleinert (daughter of Ernest and Ida and 1st grand-daughter of William and Emily) is standing next to her great-grandmother Radford.surrey hills football club, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, coachbuilders, south surrey park, rotunda, miss ida kleinert, emily kleinert, mr william kleinert, miss ivy kleinert, miss rose kleinert, mr ernest kleinert, miss nada kleinert, mrs nada harris, mr martin kleinert

Names of depositors who used the Commonwealth Bank service at the Peterborough Post Office, from 1928 - No 1 Aileen McKenzie to 1973 - No 276 Alan Radford, giving a good indication of residents, holidaymakers and visitors to the town. Entries include the persons name, signature, address marital status and occupation.Names of residents and visitors to Peterborough between 1928 to 1973Foolscap size book with handwritten entries from 1928 to 1973.All handwritten names and signatures of depositors.peterborough, peterborough post office, commonwealth bank of australia, register of depositors

Auctions of Crown land were introduced in the Colony of Victoria from 1851 to encourage settlers to occupy and work the land. Many squatters purchased land at auction at the upset (minimum) price of £1 per acre. In some areas where demand was high, such as the goldfields, the price realised at auction was much more. Land was put up for sale in the study area on the Burrumbeep run in May 1855, on the Lexington run in 1857, and on the Gorrinn run in 1858. (http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/library/document/thermatics.pdf, accessed 27 January 2015) For 70 years or more, Yalla-y-Poora, Burrumbeep, Edgarley, Mount William and Narrapumelap ranked in the leading wool producers in Victoria. 1 Stud owners at Yalla-y-Poora, Eurambeen, Burrumbeep and Challicum crossed merino sheep with sheep descended from John Macarthur's Camden Park in New South Wales. (http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/library/document/thermatics.pdf, accessed 27 January 2015) In what was to become the Ararat Mining Division, gold was discovered in May 1854 on the Burrumbeep run at a place that became known as Pinky Point on the Mount William goldfield. By 21 June 1854, between 600 and 1,000 people had arrived. (http://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/library/document/thermatics.pdf, accessed 27 January 2015)\ Town allotment plan for Burrumbeep. Merrymbuela, Borung, Lexington and Langi Logan are neighbouring areas. The plan includes the Burrumbeep Pre-Emptive Right (Roger and Wright); licensed land holders including Stephen Young, John Carroll, William Walsh, Thomas Purcell, Martha M. Bond, Colin Johnson, John Charles Webb, Henry Withycombe, William Henry Barbridge, John Wall, Thomas Flatelly, William Jenkinson, Elisia Radford, V. Radford, Denis Byrne, George Cook. Land holders included Andrew Maloney, Richard Wingfield Harrocks, W. Sporton, Terence Lynch, F. S. Falkiner, A. Millman, H. Morris, George Upham, J. McCLure, S. Fletcher, W. Parker, Thomas Myers, William wright, W.C. Winter, C. Wordman, Oliver A. Winter This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines student Richard Squire (1875-6) Gift of the Squire FamilyVerso written in pencil - Plan of Burrembeep Ararat Burrembeep Araratburrumbeep, corrinn, langi logan, merrymbuela, lexington, ararat, roger & wright, cook, rogers, upham, george upham, ross, parsans, morris, johnson, withycoombe, colin johnson, falkiner, dsporton, john carroll, donald gordon, denis bryne, maurice dooley, martha bond, william harricks, \william wingfield harricks, william l.c. harricks, michael houlihan, thomas purcell, martin ryan, michael cody, fletcher, mccaw, w. parker, j.m. clow, elisia radford, thomas radford, thomas myers, barbridge, e. wilde, j. wall, flatelly, g. wardman, w.c. winter, david ball, jenkinson, ballarat school of mines, richard squire, squire

Region 14 Mount Cotterill Fire Brigades Group. In the back row is Bon Barrie, Keith Gillespie, Ross Backhouse, Peter Barrie, Edgar Barrie, Rob Radford, David Rintoul, Jim Patterson. Front Row: Les Gillespie, Graeme Gilliland, Ray Allen, Vic Allen and Steve Hirt.Melton CFA group wearing the new maroon and white practice gearemergency services, local identities

Melton State School Photograph Junior Classes May 3rd 1917 Thomas Lang was the Head Teacher from 1896 - 1917 Back row: William Kilpatrick Bill D Whiting John Flynn Archibald MacDonald Arch Edward Radford Ted John Radford Jack Keith Beardemore Second Back Row: Percival Cook George Nixon Frederick Myers Bill ? Coburn Jim Coburn Bill ? Coburn [Arthur 06 Geo, William 06 Frdk Thomas 06 F James F] Second Front Row: Rita Wilson Mary Coburn Frdk Ivy Prickett - Winifred Barrie Marie Jongebloed Mary Phyllis Pearcey E. Waller Front Row: Kenneth Beaty John Parker Margaret McDonald Mary Kilpatrick Greta Jongebloed .. Norman Minns Francis Shelly Juniors classes with headmaster Thomas Lang. education, local identities

A Bendigo Advertiser newspaper article on the graduation of Bendigo Teachers' College students in 1967. The article includes a photograph of R. Cowen the President of the Publications Committee signing the graduation book at the ceremony with Mrs. H. Chatfield and Mr. F. Budge looking on. The article has two headings 'Teachers Graduated at Bendigo College' and 'Era of change and innovations.' Dr. W. C. Radford was commenting on the changes and innovations awaiting the new young teachers. 9/12/1967.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college graduatio, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, education, bendigo teachers' college, graduation, graduands, tertiary education, r. cowen, mr. f. budge, mrs. h. chatfield, dr. w. c. radford

William Kleinert (Friedrich John Wilhem Kleinert) made wine from the grapes he grew. The house was built in 1905 and was the home of William and Emily Kleinert from 1905. William was a coach-builder, wheelwright and blacksmith. He moved from Prahran to Surrey Hills. His son Ernest worked with him as a coach painter and also worked as a painter undertaking intricate hand painting on early cars. Their other son Martin played for the Surrey Hills Football Club. In return for the support given to the club by Mrs Emily Kleinert, it built a rotunda in South Surrey Park as a memorial to her. Alan Holt research: Lot 6 was sold to Martin Klienert by Karl Richter in 1860 together with a portion of another adjacent lot. From 1860-1885 Martin worked it as a market garden leasing some land for grazing when it was not required for gardening. He died in 1898. In a formal document, William declared he was the son of Martin "who purchased land in 1860, died in 1898 and the land has been continually occupied by father and family since. It has been cultivated as a market garden; when not being used for gardening it was let for cultivation and grazing." William died in 1939 and the property passed to his sons Martin and Ernest. The Kleinert land extended from Union Road to Essex Road. They ran horses, ducks and fowls and Emily Kleinert grew flowers. The Kleinert property later became the South Surrey Park. The family sold the land to the Camberwell Council in the 1950s. Ernest and Ida Kleinert lived on the corner of Scotsdale and Warrigal Roads. The donor of the photo Nada Harris, nee Kleinert, was Ernest and Ida's daughter. Ida lived to a good age (> 93 years) and in later life lived in Burwood.Black and white photo of a group of men and women posed against the backdrop of a timber house. Immediately behind the group is a large grape vine and drying racks can be seen to the left of the picture. The group is identified as: Standing L to R: Ernest Kleinert, Rose Kleinert, William and Emily Kleinert, ? (unidentified), Ida Kleinert (nee de Vasey) Seated (L to R): Martin Kleinert, Nada Kleinert (daughter of Ernest and Ida and 1st grand-daughter of William and Emily), great-grandmother Maria Radford, Ivy Kleinert.surrey hills football club, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, coachbuilders, harris, rotunda, william kleinert, vineyard, ernest kleinert, rose kleinert, ida kleinert (mrs), ida de vasey (miss), martin kleinert, nada kleinert (miss), ivy kleinert (miss), friedrich john wilhem kleinert, emily florence radford (miss), maria dina radford (mrs), maria dina aylwin (miss)

Copy of a black and white photograph, laminated. WHS Swimming Tean 1949 Back Row: Doug Henderson, Bruce Porter, Ray Smit, Don Jack, Barry Boettcher, Trevor Treadwell, Clive West, Gerald De Rose. Middle row: Barry Campbell, Neil David, John Peckham, Tom Radford, Harrow Morgan, ?, Barry Wylie,, ?, ? Front row: Frank Crane, Geoffrey Jones, Bernard Sidlerwilliamstown high school, 1949, swimming team

1990 Simon Aitken, 1991 Fairlie Johnson, 1992 Gareth Elliott, 1993 Peter Rode, 1994 David Stribley, 1995 Jessica Whitmore, 1996 Laura Radford, 1997 Rohan Cram, 1998 Tamara Weihipihana, 1999 Erin Roscholler, 2000 Tania Armstrong 2001 Innika Lee, 2002 Lewis Strating, 2003 Kyle Livingstone, 2004 Jarryd Sutton, 2005 Caitlin Tolsma

Black and white photograph - Grade 6, 1963."Attached to photograph" Back Row- L to R: Ian Anderson, Garry Simpson, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Graham Pratten. 2nd Row- L to R: Robert Hearn, Robert Pratt, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?. 3rd Row- L to R: ?, ?, Anne Joyce, Jeanette Goodchild, Virginia Mynott, Fay Beasley, Karen Bibby, ?, Gabriela Iwanowicz, Vivienne, Upstill, ?. Front Row- L to R: Maureen (?), Ailsa Radford, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Dawn Bracken, Susan Deuter. Teacher: Mr Anderson

7126-3 Beryl Cox receivieg her 10 year Certificate from Mayor Don Gardiner, wathed by Gail Wood, Jeanie Skurrie, June Radford. 7126-3A: Coral Eagles, Mayiam Scott. 7126-3B: Leanne Birtsal, elenor Musumeci. 7126-3C: Afternoon Tea. 7126-3D: Rae Smith, Linda Owen. 7126-3E: Mayor & Mayoress Mr & Mrs Don Gardiner, Our President Mr Doug Hately. 10 year Certificate Presented to 7126-3F -3G: Darol walscott, Rae Smith, Beryl Cox & Doug Hatley. 7126-3H Betty Crouch, Jill Riddler, Ian Howell, Terry Howell. 7126-3I: Betty Crouch, Jill Riddler, Ian Howell, 7126-3J: Jill riddler, Ian Howel & Terry Howell. 43 Colour Photographs Showing various people at the 10 year celebrations.

​Cinderella 1924 cast: Back Row Second Back Row Second Front Front Standing Harry Radford 1. Billy Mentha Bonnie Mentha Eleanor Crosier (Jester) (Witch) Crozier Maud Dunmore 2. Ameli Russell Elvie Lethbridge Kath Whitehouse Marie Jongebloed 3. Lizzie Nixon Marjorie Myers Evelyn Brunton 4. Valma Wilson Greta Jongebloed Marjorie Peterson (Housemaides) Maisie Shearwood 5. Olive Crosier Mary Kilpatrick Edna Myers Crozier 6----------- Gwen Shelley 7. Elsie McCorkell Aileen Whitehouse 8. Mary Coburn Lynda Cameron (Cinderella) 9. Silvia Dunmore Rosie Shearwood (Prince charming) 10. Vera Shearwood 11. Elaine Lethbridge 12. Malcolm Cameron Front Row – sitting Edith Keys, Florence Mentha (Mushrooms) Names compiled by Edna Barrie at the time of the 100 years celebrations of the Melton State School No. 430 in October 1970. Original Photo scanned and restored by Morrie Forte 2011 The cast of Cinderella in front of the Melton Mechanics Institute Hall local identities, education

This is a set of 14 photographs of an All-Staff meeting held by the lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo on the 24th of April 1994. At this meeting CO LTCOL Duncan Burns announced that under Defence’s Commercial Support Program (CSP), the In-House bid submitted in 1993 by a team led by then CO LTCOL Bob McHenry was successful. The In-House bid proposed the establishment of an organisation based at Fortuna to carry out non-core production with 150 of the 373 Survey Corps positions converted to Defence civilian positions. 110 of the Defence civilian positions would be filled voluntarily by military personnel under Section 81B of the Public Service Act 1992 with the remaining 40 positions filled by Public Service recruitment. Other options offered to Survey Corps personnel were postings to 1st Topographic Survey Squadron in Enoggera, QLD, transfer to another Corps in the Australian Army or discharge from the ADF. The In-House bid also proposed 143 Survey Corps military positions to remain at Fortuna to perform ‘core strategic non-sovereign tasks.’ However, Army subsequently decided to abolish the 143 positions, disband 4th Field Survey Squadron, Adelaide, SA and lastly, the demise of the Royal Australian Survey Corp in June 1996. This period of the Army Survey Regiment’s history is covered in more detail in pages 160 to 162 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4.This is a set of 14 photograph of an All-Staff Meeting held at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo on the 24th of April 1994, to announce the success of Army’s Defence’s Commercial Support Program (CSP) In-house Bid. The Black and white photos are on photographic paper and scanned at 300 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) to .3) - Photo, black & white, 1994. CO LTCOL Duncan Burns briefing Army Survey Regiment personnel and civilians. .4) to .5P - Photo, black & white, 1994. D-SVY COL Simon Lemon briefing Army Survey Regiment personnel and civilians. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1994. L to R: D-SVY COL Simon Lemon, unidentified civilian. .7) - Photo, black & 1994. L to R: SCMA WO1 Alan Hancox, unidentified civilian. .8) - Photo, black & 1994. RSM WO1 Phil Meagher. .9) - Photo, black & 1994. WO2 Rob Bogumil. .10) - Photo, black & 1994. Left Row: all unidentified. Centre Row L to R: unidentified (x2), SGT Jim Ash, CPL Steve Linane, CPL Andrew Quin, SGT Craig Kellet, unidentified. Back row L to R: unidentified (x2), SGT Barry Miller, SSGT Steve Winner, SPR Shane Campbell, SPR Karen McQuaigue, CPL Geoff Webb. .11) - Photo, black & 1994. L to R: CPL Warren ‘Waldo’ Shirley, COL COMDT COL Don Swiney MBE. .12) - Photo, black & 1994. L to R: LT Scott Seefeld, CAPT Bin Fashar Sutiman (Indonesian Army), LT Darren Radford, CAPT Gary Warnest, unidentified US exchange officer. .13) - Photo, black & 1994. L to R: unidentified, SGT Mark Host, LT Anthony Chamberlayne, unidentified (x2), Mr Tony Spurling. .14) - Photo, black & 1994. L to R: unidentified US exchange officer, CAPT Bill Griggs, CAPT Matt Jackson CSM, LT Darren Radford, unidentified, LT Scott Seefeld, SGT Mark Host, LT Gordon Muir, CAPT Gary Warnest, LT Anthony Chamberlayne, unidentified (x2), LT Colin Davidson.No personnel are identified. Annotated with date on folder sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army svy regt, army survey regiment, fortuna, asr

Appears to be an interview recorded at Legacy House of Legatee Ron Isherwood. Legatee Isherwood was president of Melbourne Legacy in 1966. No further details known. Also Dr Norman is mentioned in the paper note. More details to come when the tape is played. A recording of an interview with a president of Legacy.An audio recording on a clear plastic spool in a blue cardboard box. Plus a note about Doctor Normans' address being partially erased.Box, Legacy, handwritten in blue biro. Philips, yellow print, philips logo,red and yellow. Ruban magnetique, bande mince, type re 957 long 540 metres in white print. No titre, date, blue print. Rear of box, Sir Owen Dixon, WMC Radford, KC Clarke, handwritten in pencil and crossed out. 3/8/73 Interview at Legacy House L Ron Isherwood, handwritten in black biro. Spool, calibrations 0-10, Philips, 1, 2. Note, black type, Legacy. Please note that the first two or three minutes of Doctor Normans' address were erased when our reporter recorded an interview with him later.legatee, ron isherwood

BHS CollectionBendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, February 9, 2004. Teaching the trades: this photograph, taken in 1956, depicts young men of Bendigo who were apprentices to the Ordnance factory Bendigo, now called Australian Defence Industries. Back row; Clem Williams, John Bettinelli, Peter Amstrong, Ron Rosewall, Michael Jenks, Fred Swift, Ray McHugh, Brian Ebsary, Peter Waddington, Ron Angove, Kevin Anglin, Graham Pearce, Tom Thursfield and Ian Caldwell. Second row: Noel Johns, Noel Neil, Des Bourke, Barry Shepherd,, Colin Nicoll, Stan George, Ron Nixon, Barry Collins, Graham Sargeant, Ken Craven, Norm Fieldew, Les Brown, Reg Byers and Bob Esposito. Third row: Noel Preston, Les Rodda, Kevin Angove, Keith Ivory, Geoff Jinks, Jack Gill, Allan Hill, Ian Phillips, Jack Tyack, Malcom Erwin, Mick Radford, Ron Lea and Brian Leed. Front row: Allan Gelsi, Barry Warren, Ray Dowsey, Barry Ellston, Len Dubbin, Allan Steel, Brian Runnalls, Geoff Wild, Graham Steel, Barry Thompson and Brian Frewin. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Black and white photograph - Grade 1E, 1963."Attached to photograph" Back Row- L to R: Neville Leslie, Donald Stevens, Leonie Wiscombe, Eugene Litoukins, Douglas Baillie, Mark Stevens, Glen Pearson, Robyn Joyce, Janelle Tunnecliffe. 2nd Row- L to R: Brett Smith, ?, Susan Terry, Darlene Larsen, ?, Wendy Spurling, Mandy Dash, Malcolm Moyes, Sandra Hewitt. 3rd Row- L to R: Debra Conlon, Jennifer Parker, Jim Bunston, Graeme Boucher, Philip Galliot, David Marshall, Beverley McDonald, Anne Astle, ?. Front Row- L to R: Andrew West, Kelvin Burns, Timothy Martin, Jennifer Tiller, Debbie Wood, Jennifer Cook, Janene Fowler, Lorraine davies, Robyn Craddock, Karen Radford. Teacher: Miss Helen Melville

Sister Short is writing down information being given by patient Sue Rowley who will be discharged from the Hospital. It will be phoned through to the appropriate RDNS Centre where it is recorded by the Clerical staff and passed to the RDNS Sister who will visit Sue on her discharge. Liaison had occurred between Doctors and the Trained nurses of the Melbourne District Nursing Society (MDNS), from its inception in 1885. This increased when Midwifery was introduced in 1893 with close liaising with the Women’s Hospital. As District nursing grew it was recognized that closer liaising between many Public Hospitals would be beneficial, for not only the MDNS, later called Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), nursing staff, but also for the patients and the hospitals. In August 1964 a Liaison Officer commenced at the Alfred Hospital. This soon increased to Liaison Officers working full time at several Public Hospitals. They facilitated the smooth transition from hospital to home for many patients who required ongoing nursing care. Liaison Sisters regularly attended discharge planning meetings, interviewed prospective clients, co-ordinated discharge and booked the first visit by the visiting RDNS staff. At the time of a patient’s discharge, the Liaison Sister forwarded information on their diagnosis and instructions regarding the care required at home to the appropriate RDNS Centre, and in turn the attending District Sister wrote a report of progress and any queries to the hospital doctor, via the Liaison Sister, at the time the patient was attending outpatients. Any new instructions were then sent back to the District Sister. Liaising also occurred between District Sisters in the field and Doctors when patients were referred by General Practitioners and did not attend a hospital. A Physiotherapist worked under contract to teach transfer techniques to RDNS Sisters before RDNS employed there own Physiotherapist who taught staff the correct techniques, not only for safety of the patient, but to reduce physical strain on RDNS nursing staff and patient’s family members. The Physiotherapist made home visits with the attending RDNS Sister when required.Standing to the left of the black and white photograph is hospital Physiotherapist, Anne Radford, who has short dark hair and is wearing a white coat. She is side on and has her hands placed on the upper and lower right arm of Sue Rowley, who is sitting in a wheelchair. Sue has short dark hair and is wearing a neck brace and her left hand is holding a pulley rope. She is wearing a white top under a dark jacket and light coloured slacks. To her right is Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), Liaison Sister, Margaret Short who is facing Sue. She has her left hand extended supporting an open book and has a pen in her right hand which is poised on a page in the book. Sister Short is wearing her RDNS grey short sleeve uniform dress and grey peaked hat over her short dark hair. The RDNS insignia is seen on the top of her left sleeve. Behind the wheelchair are some wooden bars, two upright and two vertical, which are attached to a brick wall, the pulley rope is through a wheel attached to the right hand upright. The brick wall joins another which has part of a window visible. Behind the Sister and wheelchair are four shelves attached to this brick wall. Several round weights are on the shelves.Photographer stamp. Hand written informationroyal district nursing service, rdns, rdns liaison, rdns uniform, ms sue rowley, physiotherapist anne radford, sister margaret short

Black and white photograph - Grade 4C,1958"Attached to photograph" Back Row- L to R: Brian Witchurch, Evan Pataullock, David Flower, Robert Neave, Peter Gluyas, Robert Gluyas, Gary Cat, Russell Goodall, Douglas Swarbrick, Albert Jones. 2nd Row - L to R: Andrew Radford, Julie Little, Marilyn John, Glenda Bruce, Ruth Reeves, Lois Clark, Carol Regan, Christine Mehannan, Beverley World, Margaret Doak, Susan Appleby, Grant Austin. 3rd Row - L to R: Lester Coulthard, Jennifer Wilford, Elizabeth (?), Alison Clutterbuck, Ruth Reeves, Elaine Evans, Barbara Austin, Helen Taylor, Beverley World, ?, Robyn McLeish, Neil Miller. Front Row - L to R: ?, Dragon Milotic, David Beith, Robert McCulloch, Peter Pavey, ?, Geoff Davis, Gary Addicot, ?. Teacher: Mr Treloar.

Black and white photograph - Grade 2B, 1956."Attached to photograph" Back Row-L to R: Lester Coulthard, (?) Fitzgerald, Gary West, Graham Nicholls, Philip Male, Evan Patullock, David Simpson, Andrew Carter, Barry Carrington, Geoff Davis, Kenny Boyes. 2nd Row-L to R: Graham reid, Susan Schurmann, Helen Taylor, ?, ?, Lynette Bangay, Ruth Tozer, Helen Cannon, Kathleen Jackson, Denise Judd, Barbara Austin, Jennifer Whitford, Alison Clutterbuck. 3rd Row-L toR: Lynette Rodda, Margaret Kubiak, Carmen Powell, Anne Hill, Magdalena Padjasek, Glenda Bruce, Marilyn John, Sandra Martron, Fay McKenzie, Carol Regan, Susan Appleby, Christine McLennan. Front Row-L to R: John Semple, Andrew Radford, Pam Barber, Cheryl Pepper, Carol O'Reagan, Janet McLeod, Christine Brown, Rodney Rhinhardt, Grant Austin. Teacher:

A white document titled "Bendigo Teachers' College Graduation Ceremony 1967" and below this is a list of the college staff. They are Mr. J. M. Hill (Principal), Mr. K. G. Scarrott, Mr. F. M. Courtis, Mr. T. J. McCabe, Mr. B. Rollins, Mr. R. F. Colbourne, Mr. B. A. Clemson, Mr. L. A. Hall, Mr. B. T. Geary, Mr. J. J. R. McLeod, Mr. K. C. Coles, Mr. P. M. Divola, Mr. J. Brasier, Mr. J. J. Layther, Mr. A. D. Maltby, Mr. R. J. Harris, Mr. R. N. Bruce, Mr. R. N. Teasdale, Mr. R. Collis, Mr. F. G. East, Mrs. H. J. Chatfield, Mrs. N. Fawdry, Miss S. M. Waring, Mrs. H. Knox, Mrs. F. M. Petri, Mrs. M. M. Kerr, Mrs. E. I. Perry, Mrs. M. M. Clemson, Mrs. M. P. Hibberd, Miss J. C. Burnett, and Dr. S. Morphy (Medical Staff). Administrative Staff - Mr. W. D. Kolle, Miss B. H. Cowling, Mrs. J. E. Parkin and Mrs. D. M. Philpott. On the inside cover is the "Significance of the Ceremony" and "Order of the Ceremony". A Welcome to Visitors was given by Mr. B. A. Clemson and the College Charge was read by the Principal. The Graduation Book was presented to Mr. W. F. R. Budge by Mrs. H. Chatfield the Dean of Women Students. Mr. K. G. Scarrott presented the T. P. T. C. students to Dr. W. C. Radford and Mrs. N. F. Fawdry presented the T. I. T. C. students to Dr. W. C. Radford. Congratulations were offered by The Mayor of Bendigo Cr. W. Cambridge, the President of Strathfieldsaye Shire Cr. M. O'Halloran and Mr. E. J. Allison, Head Master of Golden Square State School. Dr. W. C. Radford gave the Occasional Address.The following page contains the names of the students of 1965 - 1967 who received their Trained Infant Teacher's Certificate. - Margaret Mary Therese Atchison, Sandra Margaret Therese Atkinson, Jennifer Margaret Barker, Marilyn Joan Durbridge, Sandra Faye Ermel, Jeanette Craig Ferguson, Janice Mary Fee, Annette Gargiulo, Jennifer Mary Hawkins, Jocelyn Ann Heslop, Julie Marion Hopper, Susan Mary Howard, Donnette Ann Hufer, Dorothy Joan King, Leonie Anne Mackay, Mary Bernadette McCurry, Diane Margaret Louise McPherson, Jennifer Evelyn Mansfield, Maureen Moait, Jennier Joy Mouser, Marie Jeannette O'Brien, Ann Lorraine Pawley, Pamela Jeanette Phillips, Wendy Roma Rainey, Lynette Jean Robinson, Nola Mary Sawers, Margaret Ellen Sheridan, Rosalie Heather Smith, Marianne Catherine Stockx, Margery Lois Storey, Joyce Eidirien Waidabu, Barbara Joan Webb, Marion Joyce Wright and Margaret Joan Young. This page also contains the names of the students who graduated with their Trained Primary Teacher's Certificate 1966 - 1967. - Merylyn Dale Abbot, Janet Ann Angus, Robert Maxwell Anset, Jocelyn Gray Astbury, Catherine Mary Backstrop, Anne Margaret Becker, Graeme Kenneth Blake, Mary Margaret Bourke, Ruth Yvonne Bradbury, Mary Elizabeth Carstensen, William Stephen Carthew, Glenda Marjory Childs, Rae Mary Chittock, Elizabeth Lorraine Colville, Robyn Elizabeth Connelly, Michael Thomas Corboy, Richard George Cowan, Carmel Margaret Delaney, Margaret Ruth Dettman, Bryan John Dillon, Suzann Margaret Fahey, John Stuart Fleming, Maxwell George Fletcher, Valma Mary Foreman, Joan Elsie Gillespie, Beverley Joan Ham, Leonard Jack Heathcote, John Edward Higgs, Pauline Susan Hobby, Rhonda Carolyn Hunter, Heather May Kennedy, Gillian Anne Knight, Anne Elizabeth Layton, Judith Irene Learmonth, Jean Annette Leversha, Judith Katherine Longhurst, Jeannie Elizabeth Anne McKerrow, Charles Bryan Mathieson, Judith Lorraine Mills, Patsie Murphy, John William Norman, Jocelyn Anne Nunn, Helen Margaret O'Donoghue, Andrea Palmer, Carolyn Joy Palmer, Arthur Henry Parker, Sandra Jean Peace, Anne Marie Pianta, Margaret Joan Plant, Lawrence John Plowman, Graeme Kenneth Proud, Nancy Elizabeth Raven, Colleen Margaret Reid, Glenda Ann Rogerson, Vivienne Lorraine Roscoe, Peter Thomas Ryan, Bruce Robert Scriven, Margaret Lorraine Seddon, Ann Shemshedin, Heather Joy Shields, Margaret Susan Snow, Lee-ann Robyn Spittal, Graeme George Stanyer, Marie Stevenson, Jennifer May Teague, Kenneth William Thomas, Kerry Joy Tobias, Patrick James Tobin, Jennifer Anne Todd, Helen June Trevaskis, Faye Lynette Turner, Rosemary Gaye Ward, Peter Edward White, Barbara Lindsay Wotherspoon, Fairlie Grace Young, and Katherine Rosalee Zerbst The back cover has the "Principal's Charge to the Graduands" and "The College Anthem". The Conductress being Mrs. F.M. Petrie and the Pianist Miss M. Shaw.bendigo, education, bendigo teachers' college graduatio, la trobe university bendigo collection, collection, bendigo teachers' college, bendigo, education, teaching, teachers, students, tertiary education, graduation, graduation ceremony, graduands, bendigo teachers' college staff, bendigo teachers' college students, graduands, graduates, book

Black and white photograph - Grade 6, 1964."Attached to photograph" Back Row- L to R: Meg Flowers, Barbara Donald, Rosemary Weaver, Anne Downey, Ross Anisbett, Carl Gibson, Janet Conlon, Wilhelmina Coenders, Elizabeth Clarke, Christine Schruhn. 2nd Row- L to R: John Tann, Ian Carrington, Gary McCubbin, Ian McCall, Russell Paine, Craig Austin, John Moon, Russell Bourke, Stephen Foster, David Kimberley, Gary Fowler. 3rd Row- L to R: Alan McLean, Leslie Read, Michael Thwaites, Harry Parker, Malcolm Kerr, Howard Archer, Grant Nichol, Ian Jones, Rodney Hason, Peter Ockinghaus. Front Row- L to R: Christine Smith, Kay Langford, Jennyn Flarherty, Linda Jusland, Karen Williamson, Janne Thompson, Janet Guinn, Annette Smeeton, Christine Radford, Diana Hack, Lynette Milne. On Ground: Alan Foley, Daryl Anderson, Chris McDonald, Mark Kulbeak, Peter Maher, David Grant. Absent: Alvina Crawford, Philip Stoker. Teacher: Mr Warriner.

This porthole was part of the ship's fittings when the Antares was constructed. THE ANTARES In mid-November 1914, after the beginning of the First World War, a young local man went one evening to fish near the Bay of Islands, west of Peterborough. He later arrived home hurriedly and in an agitated state declaring: "The Germans are coming!" His family laughed and disbelieved him, as this young fellow was prone to telling fictional tales. About a month later, on December 13th 1914, local farmers Phillip Le Couteur and Peter Mathieson were riding in the vicinity, checking on cattle. Phillip Le Couteur saw what he “thought was the hull of a ship below the cliffs.” He rode to Allansford and contacted police. The next day, two Constables and Phillip Le Couteur returned to the site, where they dug a trench near the top of the cliff and sank a log in it. To this they attached a rope, which they threw down the cliff face. Constable Stainsbury and Phillip Le Couteur then made the dangerous descent down the rope on the sheer cliff face. They found wreckage strewn around a small cove and a portion of a man's body under the cliffs. The hull of the ship could be seen about 300 metres out to sea. Some of the wreckage revealed the name Antares and the remains of the ship's dinghy bore the name Sutlej. During the next two weeks and with the help of the Warrnambool lifeboat and crew, two more bodies were found. Later investigations proved that the tragic wreck was indeed that of the Antares, reported overdue on the 207th day of her voyage from Marseilles, France, to Melbourne. She was a three masted, 1749 ton iron clipper, built in Glasgow in 1888 and originally named and launched as the Sutlej. Bought in 1907 by Semider Bros. from Genoa, Italy, she was refitted and renamed Antares. It was later realised that the local lad who a month earlier had declared he had seen German guns being fired, had probably seen distress flares fired from the deck of the Antares the night she was wrecked. She was last sailed under Captain Gazedo and wrecked at what is now known as Antares Rock, near the Bay of Islands. She had been carrying a large cargo of roofing tiles from France to Melbourne, consigned to Mullaly & Byrne. Many of them are now to be seen amongst the battered and scattered remains of the wreck. Some of the timbers were found to be blackened by fire. An Information Board has been erected on the cliff top near to the site of the Antares wreck, at the end of Radfords Rd, west of Peterborough. (Ref: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s “Antares” fact sheet, Victorian Heritage Database, Information Board at Peterborough, Flagstaff Hill Significance Assessment 2010)The Antares was one of the last of the 'tall ships' to be lost along the south west coast of Victoria, and is the only wreck that took the lives of all people on board. She is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHS S34. The Antares is significant as a sail trader carrying an international inbound cargo. It is part of the Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck Trail. Porthole with glass, brass, screw dog broken off, glass has cracks through it, some encrustation. Artefact Reg No A/5, recovered from the wreck of the Antares.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, porthole, antares., tall ship, peterborough, 1914 shipwreck, phillip le couteur, peter mathieson, constable stainsbury, sutlej, antares rock., bay of islands, ship's fitting

This clay roof tile was part of the ANTARES cargo, a large consignment of tiles on its way to Melbourne. THE ANTARES In mid-November 1914, after the beginning of the First World War, a young local man went one evening to fish near the Bay of Islands, west of Peterborough. He later arrived home hurriedly and in an agitated state declaring: "The Germans are coming!" His family laughed and disbelieved him, as this young fellow was prone to telling fictional tales. About a month later, on December 13th 1914, local farmers Phillip Le Couteur and Peter Mathieson were riding in the vicinity, checking on cattle. Phillip Le Couteur saw what he “thought was the hull of a ship below the cliffs.” He rode to Allansford and contacted police. The next day, two Constables and Phillip Le Couteur returned to the site, where they dug a trench near the top of the cliff and sank a log in it. To this they attached a rope, which they threw down the cliff face. Constable Stainsbury and Phillip Le Couteur then made the dangerous descent down the rope on the sheer cliff face. They found wreckage strewn around a small cove and a portion of a man's body under the cliffs. The hull of the ship could be seen about 300 metres out to sea. Some of the wreckage revealed the name Antares and the remains of the ship's dinghy bore the name Sutlej. During the next two weeks and with the help of the Warrnambool lifeboat and crew, two more bodies were found. Later investigations proved that the tragic wreck was indeed that of the Antares, reported overdue on the 207th day of her voyage from Marseilles, France, to Melbourne. She was a three masted, 1749 ton iron clipper, built in Glasgow in 1888 and originally named and launched as the Sutlej. Bought in 1907 by Semider Bros. from Genoa, Italy, she was refitted and renamed Antares. It was later realised that the local lad who a month earlier had declared he had seen German guns being fired, had probably seen distress flares fired from the deck of the Antares the night she was wrecked. She was last sailed under Captain Gazedo and wrecked at what is now known as Antares Rock, near the Bay of Islands. She had been carrying a large cargo of roof tiles from France to Melbourne, consigned to Mullaly & Byrne. Many of them are now to be seen amongst the battered and scattered remains of the wreck. Some of the timbers were found to be blackened by fire. An Information Board has been erected on the cliff top near to the site of the Antares wreck, at the end of Radfords Rd, west of Peterborough. (Ref: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s “Antares” fact sheet, Victorian Heritage Database, Information Board at Peterborough, Flagstaff Hill Significance Assessment 2010) The Antares was one of the last of the 'tall ships' to be lost along the south west coast of Victoria, and is the only wreck that took the lives of all people on board. She is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHS S34. The Antares is significant as a sail trader carrying an international inbound cargo. It is part of the Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck Trail. Piece of a clay roof tile recovered from the wreck of the Antares. Has a relief of a horse on back. Artefact Reg No A/7.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, antares, tall ship, peterborough, 1914 shipwreck, phillip le couteur, peter mathieson, constable stainsbury, sutlej, antares rock., bay of islands, clay tile, roofing tile, roof tile

This terracotta clay roof tile was part of a consignment of tiles in the cargo of ANTARES. THE ANTARES In mid-November 1914, after the beginning of the First World War, a young local man went one evening to fish near the Bay of Islands, west of Peterborough. He later arrived home hurriedly and in an agitated state declaring: "The Germans are coming!" His family laughed and disbelieved him, as this young fellow was prone to telling fictional tales. About a month later, on December 13th 1914, local farmers Phillip Le Couteur and Peter Mathieson were riding in the vicinity, checking on cattle. Phillip Le Couteur saw what he “thought was the hull of a ship below the cliffs.” He rode to Allansford and contacted police. The next day, two Constables and Phillip Le Couteur returned to the site, where they dug a trench near the top of the cliff and sank a log in it. To this they attached a rope, which they threw down the cliff face. Constable Stainsbury and Phillip Le Couteur then made the dangerous descent down the rope on the sheer cliff face. They found wreckage strewn around a small cove and a portion of a man's body under the cliffs. The hull of the ship could be seen about 300 metres out to sea. Some of the wreckage revealed the name Antares and the remains of the ship's dinghy bore the name Sutlej. During the next two weeks and with the help of the Warrnambool lifeboat and crew, two more bodies were found. Later investigations proved that the tragic wreck was indeed that of the Antares, reported overdue on the 207th day of her voyage from Marseilles, France, to Melbourne. She was a three masted, 1749 ton iron clipper, built in Glasgow in 1888 and originally named and launched as the Sutlej. Bought in 1907 by Semider Bros. from Genoa, Italy, she was refitted and renamed Antares. It was later realised that the local lad who a month earlier had declared he had seen German guns being fired, had probably seen distress flares fired from the deck of the Antares the night she was wrecked. She was last sailed under Captain Gazedo and wrecked at what is now known as Antares Rock, near the Bay of Islands. She had been carrying a large cargo of roof tiles from France to Melbourne, consigned to Mullaly & Byrne. Many of them are now to be seen amongst the battered and scattered remains of the wreck. Some of the timbers were found to be blackened by fire. An Information Board has been erected on the cliff top near to the site of the Antares wreck, at the end of Radfords Rd, west of Peterborough. (Ref: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s “Antares” fact sheet, Victorian Heritage Database, Information Board at Peterborough, Flagstaff Hill Significance Assessment 2010) The Antares was one of the last of the 'tall ships' to be lost along the south west coast of Victoria, and is the only wreck that took the lives of all people on board. She is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHS S34. The Antares is significant as a sail trader carrying an international inbound cargo. It is part of the Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck Trail.Part of a terracotta roof tile from the wreck of the Antares Has sand encrusted to bottom of tile. Artefact Reg No A/6.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, antares, tall ship, peterborough, 1914 shipwreck, phillip le couteur, peter mathieson, constable stainsbury, sutlej, antares rock., bay of islands, terracotta tile, roof tile, clay tile, roofing material, building material

This photograph is of the sailing ship ANTARES at full sail, taken between 1907, when she was named ANTARES, and 1914, when she was wrecked.. THE ANTARES In mid-November 1914, after the beginning of the First World War, a young local man went one evening to fish near the Bay of Islands, west of Peterborough. He later arrived home hurriedly and in an agitated state declaring: "The Germans are coming!" His family laughed and disbelieved him, as this young fellow was prone to telling fictional tales. About a month later, on December 13th 1914, local farmers Phillip Le Couteur and Peter Mathieson were riding in the vicinity, checking on cattle. Phillip Le Couteur saw what he “thought was the hull of a ship below the cliffs.” He rode to Allansford and contacted police. The next day, two Constables and Phillip Le Couteur returned to the site, where they dug a trench near the top of the cliff and sank a log in it. To this they attached a rope, which they threw down the cliff face. Constable Stainsbury and Phillip Le Couteur then made the dangerous descent down the rope on the sheer cliff face. They found wreckage strewn around a small cove and a portion of a man's body under the cliffs. The hull of the ship could be seen about 300 metres out to sea. Some of the wreckage revealed the name Antares and the remains of the ship's dinghy bore the name Sutlej. During the next two weeks and with the help of the Warrnambool lifeboat and crew, two more bodies were found. Later investigations proved that the tragic wreck was indeed that of the Antares, reported overdue on the 207th day of her voyage from Marseilles, France, to Melbourne. She was a three masted, 1749 ton iron clipper, built in Glasgow in 1888 and originally named and launched as the Sutlej. Bought in 1907 by Semider Bros. from Genoa, Italy, she was refitted and renamed Antares. It was later realised that the local lad who a month earlier had declared he had seen German guns being fired, had probably seen distress flares fired from the deck of the Antares the night she was wrecked. She was last sailed under Captain Gazedo and wrecked at what is now known as Antares Rock, near the Bay of Islands. She had been carrying a large cargo of roofing tiles from France to Melbourne, consigned to Mullaly & Byrne. Many of them are now to be seen amongst the battered and scattered remains of the wreck. Some of the timbers were found to be blackened by fire. An Information Board has been erected on the cliff top near to the site of the Antares wreck, at the end of Radfords Rd, west of Peterborough. (Ref: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s “Antares” fact sheet, Victorian Heritage Database, Information Board at Peterborough, Flagstaff Hill Significance Assessment 2010) The Antares was one of the last of the 'tall ships' to be lost along the south west coast of Victoria, and is the only wreck that took the lives of all people on board. She is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register VHS S34. The Antares is significant as a sail trader carrying an international inbound cargo. It is part of the Great Ocean Road Historic Shipwreck Trail. Photograph of the three masted fully rigged Antares at anchor. (ref: Ships A-B SH016.)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, antares, tall ship, peterborough, 1914 shipwreck, phillip le couteur, peter mathieson, constable stainsbury, sutlej, antares rock., bay of islands

Mary Tolhurst M&DHS - March 29th Dunvegan Willows Park Melton 1992 Ladies Oral History Day Graham Minns President Ray Radford MC Sound recording transfer to CD 2011 by Tom Wood Edited typescript by Wendy Barrie 2013 I was born in Rockbank, and when I was five years old moved to Toolern Vale and started and finished school there. Toolern Vale only consisted of the Store, Post Office and shop, where you could buy your fodder, and pollard supplies, the Hall, the little Church and the bluestone School. The School changed shape three times from the 1800s[1869] til the time I went there. There was four generations of my family that went there and it was destroyed by fire in 1965. Marjorie nee Myers Butler. Yes, I remember along with it your lovely Ronisch piano. Mary, quite true! Marj what you say about the Ronisch piano. When I came the age to learn music my mum and dad couldn’t really afford it, but still what parents do for their children. They had Marj go along with them and pick this lovely Ronisch piano. It was known round the district. Everyone commented about the loss that lovely piano. After leaving school it was war time, 1939, then it was work, When I was 7 year old I was put out into the cow yard. In 1940 when the soldiers were going away our milk was confiscated it had to go to Bacchus Marsh. It used to go the Sunbury to be brine cooled and then go to Melbourne. Then they took it then to the Lifeguard Milk Factory at Bacchus Marsh. It had to go as condensed milk to the soldiers. This year is 50 years of the Land Army. I was an unofficial Land Army but they still kept check on me. I went onto married life and I followed the cows right through [howls of laughter] and we went on until the 1965 fire. That’s when we got out of the cows. Marjorie asks, was Granny Watts your grandmother or great grandmother? Mary: She was my great grandmother, the midwife of Melton. The 1965 fire started ¾ of a mile above our place, Frank Ryan’s sheds were burnt and his house was saved, then it wiped the School out, the Hall, the Church the Post Office and Store and little house that was Charlie Charlton’s in the early days. Mrs Wilson’s place was saved by the Fire Brigade by pulling boards off the side, and from there it went over the hill and it was stopped at the Rockbank Railway Station. If it had of got over the railway they said it would have gone into Werribee. A lot was burnt out in that strip. Mary nee Nixon Collins: 18 houses burnt that day. Audience question, did Melton get burnt that day? Ray: No. It came down through the Toolern Vale road and cut across about a mile and a half from the cross roads at Toolern Vale from north westerly to the south east and cut through over the Keilor road. Mary: It came in across the creek at Funstons in Toolern, then through Jim Minns. Dorothy was it your place then [nee Knox Beaty] to Ken Beatty’s and from there it went through to Doug McIntosh’s and to Cockbills and the wind changed and it came across to the railway line, and that is where they stopped it. [the cause of the fire was controversial, they had been burning off the night before and there was some talk of someone starting it. It was very hot and very strong wind, it was a terrible day] Ray: When the fire went through McIntosh’s they had a haystack on the north side of their house and the haystack got caught and the fire burnt a hole through the side of the house and the boys pyjamas on the bed. The house was saved. It came through like and express train roaring at you, I was at McIntosh’s when it went roaring past. You couldn’t see, dust and ash and tremendous heat. The fire started about 12 o’clock Jack [husband] said to me, fire, I said where, where? Just up the road, what have I got to do? and he went out and he had gone to the fire and left me. I tried to get the animals and I put out buckets of water, putting the buckets of water out saved my life. Chas Jones and another friend of his came in and they picked up the buckets of water, I thought I had better get out because the fire was on the haystack up the paddock and when I went to go out through the north side of the house and couldn’t get out, I’ll go through the front gate so I went around the other side of the house. I got caught there and Chassy Jones and his friend came round carrying the bucket of water and I panicked. He threw the bucket of water over me. Well that is what saved my life because I was damp, whenever we tried to leave the ball of fire came over me and over my shoulder and my hair was scorched. Chassy Jones lost his truck and Keith Watt his big truck because he had the water tank on it and they couldn’t get out of the yard. Granny Watt’s house, the first private hospital had condemned and Jack and I pulled it down and had it moved up to Toolern and had it in the yard a fortnight and it was all burnt and we didn’t get the shed we wanted. Every 13 years right up until Ash Wednesday fires, there has always been fire close at hand. The 1952 fire went down the back of the house, the 1965 fire took the house, and the house that I live in now, it is the third house that has been on that spot. When the Hunters owned it, Mrs Hunter was nearly burnt in her bed. They had a 13 roomed house. In 1924 the house burnt down, and there was another house was built there and that was the one that burnt down. Edna: So Mary built a brick veneer house. Marjorie: like the three little pigs [laughter] Collins - Mary M &DHS - March 29th 1992 Ladies oral history day at Dunvegan, Willows Park Melton. Graham Minns President Ray Radford MC Sound recording transferred to CD 2011 Edited typescript by Wendy Barrie 2013 Mary Collins nee Nixon born in Terang 1907 down in the Western District and we shifted to Melton when I was 5 and a half then I started school here in Melton, and spent all my school life at Melton State School, next to the Church of England, it’s called the Primary School now. I got my Qualifying and Merit Certificate then I left School because there wasn’t a High School. When I was 16 I got and job in the Melton Post Office and I worked there, I was the first girl in Melton to deliver the mail, and worked on the telephone and the Bank business. Mrs Ross and myself behind the counter, there were about 500 – 600 people in the Shire at that time and now when I go into the new Post Office there is 36,000 here there’s still 2 people behind the counter [laughter from the audience] and wait in a queue right out to the door. Times haven’t changed much have they! There was a manual telephone and you had to ring the handle, and there were eight subscribers when I went there and when I left there were 46 I had coaxed that number to join the telephone, even the police station didn’t have the phone on. The two Hotels and the two Chaff mills and Mr Ernie Barrie, Parkers the butcher, the Shire Office was No 8, and the Police house was next to the Courthouse on the corner. They were number 9. I can remember a lot of the numbers still. The Post Office was the Agency for the Commonwealth Bank [comment from audience member] I used to do the Bank business too, I left after four years there, mother wasn’t very well. The Inspector who used to come up to the Post Office asked me if I would take up casual Post Mistress and to go around the different districts but I refused and when Mrs Ross’s holidays were due I was the replacement. I wasn’t 21. I loved my work meeting everybody and most people had horse and jinkers and when the elderly would come in there would be Mr Tom Morrow, he only had one arm and Mrs Dunn came from Bulman’s road in their horse and jinker. They were elderly I would see them pull up out the front and quickly get their mail and run out to them because they didn’t have to get out of the jinker to tie up their horse. If someone had a baby in arms I would tear out and hold the baby while they got down. Mrs Ross was very very strict. I had to sweep the Post Office, she had a couple of mats and there would be a threepence or a sixpence under the mats show she knew whether I lifted the mat, I was whether I was honest or not. Graham: How much were your wages? I got 27/7 pence a week for a 52 hour week. I had to work every holiday except Good Friday and Christmas Day and even when it was Monday holiday I always had to go to work from 9am - !0 am, the Post Office was always open. In the winter I had to wait until twenty past six in case there were any telegrams to deliver. I delivered them on a push bike. One time Tom Barrie told me this years afterwards. I used to go home for lunch. We lived on the Keilor road and I used to ride my bike home. On the hot days the boys used to go and swim in the swimming pool down near a turn in the creek there was a hole where the boys would swim in the nude, they didn’t have any bathers and they didn’t have any watches in those days. Tom Barrie said they always used to watched for me as I was always about 3 minutes past 1, my lunch hour was from 1-2. One particular day they missed seeing me and swam on, and of course they were all late for school when they got back and were all kept in a night. I did get a fortnight holiday. I loved my work and I knew everyone in the district right from Toolern Vale to the Marsh and everybody at Melton South. Did you listen into conversations on the Switchboard? Oh no. [laughter] Melton did not have electricity then. I had to fill the lamps everyday with kerosene. The Staughton Memorial was outside the Post Office. It had four posts with the chain looped around it, and that’s where the people used to tie up their horses. Marjorie nee Myers Butler comments about sitting and swinging on the chains. Mr Fred Coburn lit the acetylene gas light in the Memorial. It was the only streetlight in Melton. There was no electricity until 1939. Ray Radford comments about another gas street light which was on the corner of Station road. [later] Mary passes around her school photos. Mary mentions the names of those who have passed away, Maisie McDonald, ,Marian Wraith, Hilda McCreey, and Valda McDonald. I have written the names on the back. Marjorie comments about Marie Jongebloed and Greta are the only two girls left out of big family of ten I think there were [hesitates] 4 or 5 girls and the rest were boys. Mary. Flora Woodley, Dorrie Flynn and Margaret McDonald are still alive. They are my age we were all born about 1907. Marjorie points out herself in a later photo [1921 and 1922 School ] Mary mentions the name Walsh and identyfies following names, the Parker boys, Ken Beaty, Malc and Linda Cameron, Maisie Mc Donald, Ted Radford, George Nixon, Norman Minns, he was later the Shire Secretary of Werribee. One of the Woodley girls. [Maisie Arthur] Marjorie: Rosie Shearwood, June Whiting Mary. Lily Mc Donald, she has passed away. Isabel Harrison nee Tinkler, she lives at Werribee, Doreen Rogers, Marjorie Walker, Jess McIntosh, Mary Gillespie. Mr Malone was the Junior teacher Mr Roe and Miss Cooke. Fred Myers, my sister [Elizabeth] and the year was 1921. Myers (Barrie) School Photo Collection. Many of the names were identified at the 1970 Centenary of Melton State School No. 430. Edna Barrie organised, compiled and typed the lists to accompany these photos for the year 1921. The 1922 photo shows the higher grades. Ladies Oral History Day event held by Melton and District Historical Society, article featured in the Telegraphlocal identities, local special interest groups

Girl Guides and Brownies photographs 7120 -1 Baston Park 1988 -2 Regional Commissioner Irene Beckley farewell at Bastin Park -3 State Commissioner Mrs Wooley Nov 19, 1980 Church Parade -4 Evening to Farwell Iris Bickley Bastin Park 1988. Regional Comm -5 June Radford at rear in White Jumper -7 Katrina Sweeney, Kylie Whelan, Kerrie Rosenow, Church Parade Nov 19th, 1988 -8 Anzac Day 1988 -9 Susan Hart, Joy Gilsenan, Katrina Sweeney, Marti Osborne, Kylie Whelan, Water Activities 1988 -10 Water Activities 1988 -11 Megan Croft, Viv Neville, Bastin Park 1988 -12 Farwell to Iris Bickley, Bastin Park 1988, Region Comm -13 Bastin Park 1988 -14 Bastin Park 1988 -15 Camping at Jamboree 1988, Kaye Osborne -16 Water Activities 1988 -19 Leader Heather Duxon -20 On Right Leader Francis Croft -21 Lake Bolac 1981. Water activities day. -22 16th June 1983, Junior Leader Julie Nunn -23 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Linda Grellet, Rhonda Bullock, Anne McPherson -24 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Heather Duxon, Helen O’Shea -25 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Bernadette Moloney, Tania Cumming -26 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park test camp, Bernadette Moloney, Tania Cumming, Chris Collins -27 Taree, Francis Croft, Anne Maree -28 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Heather Duxson, Helen O’Shea -29 Neville & Beth Nunn and 2 daughters -30 23rd to 25th March 1984 Bastin Park, Tania Cumming, Chris Collens Test Camp -31 50 years of guiding Stawell, 1978 -32 Camp Bunjil 1981, Bastin Park -33 Taken at Kenga when Camper Van came up, Trainers Mrs Pert, Mrs Croft, Stawell April 1979 -34 50 years of Guiding -35 Camp Bunjil 1981 Bastin Park, Jacquelin Smith, Sarah Moreton -36 Striking Camp Region Camp Bastin Park 1983 -38 Camp Bunjil 1981 Bastin Park, 2nd from left Sharon Rhodes 1st Stawell, 4th Kathy Healy 2nd Stawell -39 Anzac Day 1983 -40 Megan Croft and Taree Francis Croft, 7th July 1983 -41 Dallas Campbell & Taree Francis Croft, 7th July 1983 -42 Anne Maree Waterhouse & Taree Francis Croft, 17th July 1983 -43 Mrs Pert Taken at Kenya April 1979 -44 Thank you Card 19-7-1984 Mrs Croft Taree -46 Thank you Card from E Raggatt -48 Activities at Camp Bunjil Bastin Park 1981 -49 Camp Bunjil Bastin Park 1981 -50 Jacquilin Smith & Catheryn van Leeiogh (Pack Guides 1978) Brownie Levels -51 Camp Bunjil Bastin Park 1981, Brenda Donovan -52 Kanya Camp 1977 Circa 1980's colour photographs in plastic pocketsVarious inscriptions on back of photographs