These bags were distributed to houses to be filled with clothing etc. and collected some days later.Heavy duty brown paper collection bag for the St John's Home for Boys and Girlscanterbury, balwyn road, st john's home for boys and girls, shrublands, children's services, charitable organisations

Letter from Dr. Eileen Fisher to Mrs Mary Doery with information about "Rosslyn" 4 Balwyn Road Canterburycanterbury, balwyn road, gunson family, mercy family, canterbury buildings, hazeldene, rosslyn, shrublands, fisher> eileen(dr.)

Reminiscences by Mrs Mildred Demaine of life in Canterbury and Balwyn in the 1860 and 1870s. Two handwritten copies and a typed copy all slightly different.canterbury, demaine family, shrublands, carter> ernest, canterbury gardens, logan family, canterbury road, snowden> c.g., monomeath avenue, railways, carriages and coaches, salvation army hall, tulloch beg

Letter to The Age by Mrs Mildred Demaine describing life in early Canterbury . Photocopy of the handwritten letter with a typed copycanterbury, canterbury road, hawthorn, surrey hills, riversdale road, st barnabas anglican church, shrublands, carriages and coaches, wentworth avenue, kugelmans pioneer store, outer circle railway, demaine family

A collection of 6 maps with notations showing the names and dates of land subdivision in Canterbury and surrounding suburbs.canterbury, logans estate, shrublands estate, claremount park estate, arklow hill estate, griffin estate, monomeath estate, mont albert park estate, great railway estate, grange estate

A history of Airdrie from 1931 - 1991. Includes many black and white photographsnon-fictionHistory of Airdrie House Society Incorporated as 'a tribute to all members of the Committee of Management of the society for the Care of Aged or Incapacitated Nurses (Victoria) through its name changes to the present day (193-1991). Includes appendices of: Profiles and Personalities, Listing of Bequests and referencescanterbury, airdrie, williamson> audrey, nurses, shrublands estate, anderson> joan, shierlaw> george c, sharrott house, rochester road, airdrie house society incorporated

A history of the St John's Home for Boys with contributions from the children and staff. Includes many black and white photographs.canterbury, balwyn road, st johns home for boys and girls, childrens services, child care, anglican church, anglicare victoria, hutchinson> john, dann> robert> archbishop, thornton> eric> rev., molloy> neale> canon, eyers> laurence> father, shrublands

A series of articles from the Canterbury Courier reprinted in book form. 32 pages; A4. A series of reminiscences, stories and pictures depicting events and people in the district and their celebrations. Many names of early Canterbury identities and landowners and their streets.canterbury, canterbury station, shrublands, emulation hall, banks, shops, lowe> j. w., swan> c. r., rochester road, logans paddock, morrison> crosbie, empire day, outer circle railway, monomeath, bennett> g j, camm> a, scott> g c, hassett> p

Black and white newspaper photograph from "the Argus" Camera Supplement, 6 August 1932canterbury, canterbury railway line, canterbury road, rochester road, emulation hall, shops, gardens, shrublands

A chronological list of significant nineteenth century properties in Camberwell, from the Camberwell Conservation Study - Study Area 1, 19861 page A4 typed documentcanterbury, camberwell, balwyn, surrey hills, camberwell conservation study, heritage studies, butler> graeme, historic buildings, city of camberwell, shrublands, cullymont, eyre court, frognall

Brief history of "Shrublands" published in the Progress Leader on the occasion of the property being put on the market for sale in July 2003canterbury, balwyn road, shrublands, carter> ernest, hindson> john, flannagan> john, italianate style, adams> robin, anglican church, st john home for boys, holden> frankie j

Letter to the Progress Leader (21 July 2003) from a former resident of the St. John's Boys Home on life at the homecanterbury, balwyn road, st john's boys home, "shrublands", cadd> graham

Pamphlet describing the history and services provided by the St.John's Homes for Boys and Girlscanterbury, balwyn road, shrublands, st john's home for boys and girls, childrens services

22, [2 leaves] pages : illustrations, maps, facsimilesnon-fictionEarly history of Canterbury with a focus on the "Shrublands" property of Balwyn Road.canterbury, canterbury history, residential development, shrublands

Book one of a collection of articles by Gwen McWilliam published in the Progress Leader from 1990-1993 with many coloured photographsboroondara, schools, churches, howitt> richard, campbell> dame kate, shrublands, mcgregor street, bonwick> james, watson> john middleton, john beswicke, john maling

Double page newspaper spreadnon-fictionArticle from the Camberwell City News by Professor Graeme Davison provides an insight into the classification of buildings as historic.canterbury, shrublands, historic buildings council, davison> graeme, town planning, historic buildings

3 pages; includes colour photosarticle discusses forthcoming sale of iconic mansions including Canterbury's "Shrublands". The sale in 2002 and demolition threat and subsequent sale and renovation in 2003. Basic history also included.canterbury, balwyn road, shrublands, italianate style, carter>ernest

Thematic Environmental Heritage. Final document produced, after community consultation, for the City of Boroondara by Built Heritage242 pages city of boroondara, back yards, canterbury, churches, cottages, dairies, danks family, elgar survey, exploration, frognall, goldings boot factory, maling road, malone's hotel, maps, masonic lodges, national parks, native plants, outer circle railway line, police stations, post offices, railways, rochester road, schools, shrublands, soldiers memorial hall, sport, telephone exchanges, theatres, transport, wildlife, canterbury road, land subdivisions, parks and reserves