A5, 154 pages; black & white photos and some coloured photosnon-fictionThe seven stories in this book are told by former residents of Burwood Boys' Home, some of whom arrived there from other residential institutions. The stories provide a window into an earlier era of Melbourne's social history, from the 1930's to the 1970's. These are stories of resilience, good humour and positivity, but also of abandonment, confusion and fear as families made hard decisions. They vary in length, and include one longer extract from an autobiographical work by Hector Davis OAM, who arrived at Burwood, aged eight in 1934.burwood boys' home, child care, burwood children's home, reminiscences, davis> hector, bastow> ted, williams> vern, richardson> kevin, howden> bob, snell> ed, holmes> michael j.

xvi, 202 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), colour maps; includes Appendices lists of leadership and Life Governors 1895 to 2016 non-fictionIllustrated history of Burwood Boys Home, Child and Family Care, and bestchance, Child, Family Care. From original beginnings in 1895 when founder Robert Campbell Edwards established a home for the waifs of Melbourne, to the present organisation caring for families and children, providing child care, early intervention programs, special primary education ( Cheshire School) and adult training. In 2007, Ken Masterton's book "A Tea Merchant's Vision and Beyond - a history of the Burwood Boys' Home" (which is reproduced in full in this edition) begins with the vision of tea merchant Robert Campbell Edwards and "gives a valuable summary of the organisation's achievements".burwood boys' home, child care, burwood children's home, bestchance, family day care

A typed letter dated 20/03/1974 from R T Breen and Co Solicitors to S P Simmonds and Co Real Estate Agents requesting a valuation of the property at 13 Carinya Court South Oakleigh (sic). It includes handwritten notes. The file also includes a copy of a typed letter dated 09/04/1974 to R T Breen containing the valuation of the property at 13 Carinya Court South Oakleigh (sic) by W V Scott. Also included is a handwritten, unattributed document of calculations and measurements for property at Carinya Court, South Oakleigh (sic). The file also includes a photocopy dated 18/03/1974 of the certificate of title for 13 Carinya Court, South Oakleigh (sic). This includes a hand drawn plan (70mm x 65mm) of the property.centre road, warrigal road, mackie road, coatesville state school, architectural features, slorach john henry, slorach christine margaret, wolai avenue, carinya road, carinya court, bentleigh east, oakleigh south

Photocopy of article quoting Keith McCance, state member for Bennetswood commenting on the increase in patronage of the Burwood Road tram extension from Warrigal Road to Middleborough Road. Pressure is being applied to extend to Springvale Road.Photocopy of article quoting Keith McCance, state member for Bennetswood commenting on the increase in patronage of the Burwood Road tram extension from Warrigal Road to Middleborough Road. tram services, burwood road, burwood, mccance, keith

This file contains four items: 1/A black and white photocopy of a letter dated either 07/08/1889 or 09/08/1889, from Robert Lundon to an unidentified recipient discussing an agreement reached between the author – on behalf of the recipient – and Soon Hang Hi in regard, in regards to the allotment known as Webber’s. The agreement is outlined in the letter in what appears to be Chinese characters, and includes the marks of Robert Lundon and Soon Hang Hi. File note from Joy Wu states that the calligraphy is not Mandarin or traditional Chinese. 2/Three sheets of hand-written working notes with information taken from the Victorian Government Gazette on THE ROSSTOWN AND MURRUMBEENA LAND COMPANY LIMITED, THE ROSSTOWN JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PROSPERITY COMPANY LIOMITED, and THE ROSSTOWN JUNCTION, ELSTERNWICK, AND OAKLEIGH RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED, covering dates between 1887 and 1894. The notes concern meetings and creditors claims relevant to the companies, with reference numbers for the information source. Date and author of the notes are not recorded. 3/A black and white photocopy of the a partial map of the Rosstown Railway and surrounding area, undated. The map includes the names of landholders in the areas of Brighton, Garden Vale and Elsternwick, as well as other railway lines present in the region. 4/A fold-out map and guide of the Rosstown Rail Trail, including a brief general history of Caulfield as well as a more extensive biography of William Murray Ross and the Rosstown Railway. The map marks and describes significant sites along the trail, including photographs of some of these sites, provided by DF Jowett.documents, correspondence, webber’s, lundon robert, chinese characters, ethnic communities, signatures, text, settlements, taxes, fraser john grieves, lovell r.h., price davies, meetings, communication activities, soon hang hi, commercial events and activities, the rosstown and murrumbeena land company limited, victorian government gazette, bulmer richard, parry john, osment henry, shareholders, creditors claims, the rosstown junction railway and property company limited, finch and best, lawyers, the rosstown junction elsternwick and oakleigh railway company limited, cameron w.c., phillips p.d., garden vale, elsternwick, elsternwick railway station, rosstown, rosstown railway, thomas street, bay street, kooyong road, melbourne and brighton railway, hawthorn road, bambra road, caulfield and frankston railway, booran road, grange road, koornang road, murrumbeena road, north road, north road railway station, east brighton railway station, south road, railway routes, railway lines, railways, land transport, murphy j., caulfield, hamilton t.f., dane p., holloway, webb, ailee john, payne t.b., brodie chas, dane john, o’neil h., mccombie john, mcmillane a., smyth c.d., cooper, ebden, landholders, jeffrey j.d., gill j., balcombe a.e., cooper h., mcnab j., white j., sutherland j., greeves a.f.a., newton m.c., chamley f.b., fowler j., inglis p., grant t., stooke j., swanson g., cochrane c., adams e.b., mccombie thas, keyes robert, brighton cemetery, burials grounds and graveyards, war-ein road, were j.b., holland j., mcmahon c., winter t.l.m., dendy henry, mitchell w., jackson s., were j.e., wickham francis dawe, bryant jane, east brighton railway station, railway stations, maps, allotments, land titles, roads and streets, rosstown rail trail, city of glen eira, tourism, trains, tourism information bureaus, tours, pamphlets, elsternwick railway park, oakleigh junction, princes park, ee gunn reserve, packer park, sites, jowett d.f., weickhardt i.g., return to rosstown: railways land sales and sugar beet ventures in caulfield, land sales, walking trails, ross william murray, transport objects, locomotion, walking, cycling, driving, sports, country mansions, people, caulfield john, builders, construction and demolition workers, occupations, careers, professionals, topography, geology, landforms, horticulture, market gardens, primary industry workers, city of caulfield, mood kee, pennington harold, annual general meetings, caulfield town hall, glen eira city council, carnegie, carnegie station, rosstown station, people by circumstance, migrants, sugar beet, sugar beet mill, sugar beet industry, mills, factories, sea beach lines, bent thomas, parliamentary representatives, neville street, miller street, lemann’s swamp reserve, koornang park, cane sugar industry, breweries, rabbit processing plants, health establishments, hospitals, food production establishments, abattoirs, thieves, social problems, vagrants, theft, squatting, financial economics, debt, finance industry, insurance companies, company managers, bentleigh, ross leila, the grange, leila road, wild cherry road, financial trouble, mortgages, gisborne street, archibald street, riddell parade, victoria railways, glen huntly road, clarence street, college street, gladstone parade, parrell street, aileen avenue, seaview street, drion estate, land subdivisions, dover street, sussex street, landfill, marara road, booran road, woodville avenue, dorothy avenue, ormond park, royal avenue, ormond railway station, oakleigh road, melten avenue, miller street, munro avenue, lord reserve, neerim road, toolambool road, the rosstown hotel, rosanna street, murrumbeena crescent, commercial establishments, the national bank, rosstown road, kangaroo road, poath road, freda street, hughesdale kindergarten, oakleigh council, hughesdale community centre, civic establishments, galbally reserve, plaques, warrigal road, out and about brochures

A4 folders with individual pockets for each property in streets beginning with W located in Surrey Hills and Mont Albert. Folders are ordered by street name and then chronologically by property number. Each property has its own pocket. This may include multiple real estate advertisements collected from sales over time. It may also include copies of any research undertaken by Alan Holt and / or members of the SHNCHC team. These are augmented by cards in the Alan Holt index file and by his property registers of Surrey Hills and Mont Albert.wandsworth road, warrigal road, warwick avenue, warwick court, wellesley street, wells street, west street, weybridge street, wharton street, whitehorse road, whyte grvoe, willcyrus street, wilson street, windsor crescent, windsor lane, wolseley street, wolseley close

Map showing streets of the City of Whitehorse from Mullum Mullum Creek to the north to Highbury Road and Warrigal Road in the west, to Heatherdale Road in the east. Prep. by Richard Meloni. Scale 1:15,000Map showing streets of the City of Whitehorse from Mullum Mullum Creek to the north to Highbury Road and Warrigal Road in the west, to Heatherdale Road in the east. city of whitehorse, mullum mullum creek

Cheltenham and Heatherton are suburbs in the City of Kingston that were originally established as a rural market gardening community. The market gardens, farms and paddocks have gradually been sub-divided into housing and industrial estates and associated infrastructure such as schools and shopping facilities. This aerial image covers a diverse section of the City of Kingston, taking in the suburbs of Cheltenham, Heatherton, Mentone and Parkdale. By 1984, the market gardens of the district have been replaced by housing and factories. The Nylex factory is visible and now closed. Mentone Bowl on the corner of Warrigal Road and Nepean Highway has now been replaced by high rise apartments, another feature of the changing landscape in the City of Kingston. The vacant land now occupied by the Moorabbin Airport Direct factory Outlet (DFO) is also depicted.Aerial photograph of Cheltenham, Heatherton, Mentone and Parkdale within the City of Kingston. The area depicted in the 1984 aerial view includes Centre Dandenong Road and Cheltenham East Primary School (top left), Kingston Heath Reserve (top right), intersection of Lower Dandenong Road, Warrigal Road, Balcombe Road and Nepean Highway (bottom left), Balmoral Drive/McSwain Street Parkdale (bottom right).White text: 3831-179 Lens information [indecipherable] RINGWOOD M/S 7922-3 RUN 16 [Clockface image] 5,300' ASL VIC DLS© 5-1-84cheltenham, heatherton, mentone, parkdale, market gardens, urbanisation

Cheltenham and Moorabbin are suburbs within the City of Kingston that were originally established as rural market gardening communities The area is bordered by Highett and Mentone. The market gardens, farms and paddocks have gradually been sub-divided into housing and industrial estates. Highett is developed with residential homes but was also the site of major facilities such as the Highett Gas Works. This aerial image covers a diverse section of the City of Kingston, taking in the suburbs of Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Highett and Mentone Residential housing development is prominent along the Frankston Railway line and the area still retains extensive market gardens and paddocks yet to be converted to a large industrial and commercial zone.Aerial photograph of Mentone, Cheltenham and Moorabbin within the City of Kingston. The area depicted in this 1954 aerial view includes Warrigal Road and Centre Dandenong Road intersection (top left); Charman Road, Patty Street, Bourke Street, Collins Street Mentone (top right); Keys Road Moorabbin (bottom left); Bay Road, Cheltenham (bottom right), Friendship Square, Cheltenham Park, Victoria Golf Club and Jack Barker Oval are visible. Nepean Highway and the Frankston railway line run centrally through the image. Highett Gasworks is also evident.White handwriting and type [indecipherable]. White image of clockface White image of compass White type 42956 Black handwriting 3/3/54 Williams [indecipherable] Black pencil: S [arrow] Black ink: 3/3/1954cheltenham, moorabbin, mentone, highett, market gardens