Constructed for 50th anniversary of the Young Sun newspaper special trains that ran between Upper Ferntree Gully and Belgrave in 1954. In 1954, special trains sponsored by The Sun newspaper, were run to farewell Puffing Billy. They became the catalyst for the creation of the Puffing Billy Preservation Society, and are the reason we still have the railway today. 60th Anniversary of the First Puffing Billy Young Sun Special - On Saturday, 13 December, 2014, the Puffing Billy Young Volunteers Representatives Team celebrated 60 years (plus two days) since the first Young Sun Special. Locomotive 14A was transformed onto '3A' for the day and it as '3A' that hauled the Recreation Train to Emerald Town StationCommemorative Puffing Billy Railway Locomotive Head Board - used in the Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Young Sun special trainSmall, circular sign made from hand-painted steel. Yellow background, black text "Young Sun Special"around the upper and lower edges; "1954 - 2014"on left and right respective; centre image of red sunrise with black sunrays, and black rooster image in foreground with black text "DAILY AT DAWN" Young Sun 1954 to 2014 Special young sun, head board, puffing billy, newspaper, signage, 1954 -2014, puffing billy preservation society, young volunteers representatives team, 60th anniversary

Bible presented to Mr. and Mrs. Challis of Buninyong on 4 October, 1954. Signed by Arthur Rutter?A red leather covered Bible presented to Mr. and Mrs. Challis of Buninyong on 4 October, 1954. Signed by Arthur Rutter? Significant fading to cover.Inscription inside the cover of a red stippled leather Holy Bible presented to Mr. and Mrs. Challis of Buninyong on 4 October 1954. Signed by Arthur Rutter?religion, christianity, buninyong holy trinity church

Catholics from Tawonga attended Mass at Dederang the area being part of the Myrtleford parish. With the coming of the State Electricity Commission and the increase in population Masses were said in various schools, homes and halls between Tawonga and Mt Beauty until the completion of St Joseph's ChurchSt Joseph's Catholic Church, Mt Beauty was consecrated on November 7th 1954. The SEC allocated land to each of the churches for them to provide their own places of worship. It was built by volunteers who donated money and their time to raise funds and build the church.1. Booklet with yellow cover, black print and 28 pages back to back held by 2 staples. 2. Booklet "Mass to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of St Joseph's Church Mt Beauty 1954-1994" 4 pages back to back 3. Papers: vary - 1. A3 sheet with articles from newspapers "Catholic Church Opens At Mt Beauty"; "Catholic Church for Mt. Beauty". 2. x4 A4 sheets typed back to back -"Recalling the first 40 years" 3. St Joseph's Mt Beauty 1968-69 Lawn Cutting Roster 4. Miscellanious st joseph's mt beauty, catholic church, golden jubilee, religion

Yields information about Melbourne tramway trusts, track mileage, tramway Acts and Melbourne trams sold to the SEC.Set of four typed or handwritten research notes on line quarto paper. Not known who prepared them. .1 - Extracts from the Victorian Year Book 1909-16 and 1954 - notes on the trust, cable tram company, cable tram trust, electric tramway trusts. .2 Tramway Mileage (track) for Victoria except VR trams - from the year books, MMTB and SEC, 1901-09, 1913-14, 1950-54, SEC 1955-1960. .3 Tramway Acts - handwritten - 1910 to 1922 .4 - List of MMTB Cars sold to SEC, and others - handwritten trams, tramways, sec, mmtb, tramcars, track

A series of photographs showing a street parade, it may be an early Begonia Festival Parade. Because of the bunting, Union Jacks, and crowns, it may be dated to 1954 when Queen Elizabeth II visited Ballarat at the time of the Begonia Festival. Unfortunately it is not clear which band this is, if you have any further information please comment below. Mrs Bon Strange and her husband Bert were well known Ballarat residents. When Mrs Strange died some years ago, her extensive slide collection was sorted through and those relevant to Ballarat were gifted to the Ballarat Library.

18 Parkside Street Blackburn, Scambler family home, Weatherboard house18 Parkside Street, Blackburn. 3130. Circa 1954-1960. Weatherboard house. Scambler family home.Circa 1954-196018 parkside street blackburn, scambler family home, weatherboard house

Set of three Black and white photographs of floats for the 1954 Royal Visit floral parade - 8 March 1954. Date from The Age 6/3/1954 - see trove references below. .1 - MMTB float featuring the title - "The Bag of Service" with MMTB name on the side. .2 - the SEC float - featuring a house and power lines .3 - RAAF float with a crown and a jet (sabre?) aircraft. Trove references found by Noelle Jones 27/6/2019 are: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26680643 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205702896 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26595420 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26595420 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26680653On each photo in pencil: .1 - "MMTB floral float royal visit 1954" .2 - "SEC(?) floral float royal visit 1954" .3 - "Air force (?) - float royal visit 1954"trams, tramways, events, royal visit, parades, mmtb, secv, raaf, parades, conductors

On 13/4/1954 Prime Minister Menzies told parliament of the detection of Vladimir Petrov and his wife Evdokia to Australia from the Soviet Embassy. Menzies established a Royal Commission on Espionage (RCE) to enquire into and report on Soviet espionage in Australia. This item is a "Press Pass" held by Gavin K Cook and issued by M. Brne (Gov.t Public Relatons Officer).ROYAL COMMISSIUON ON ESPIONAGE / No. 111 / 1954 /The bearer 'Mr G Cook" / of "The Sun-Pictorial, Melbourne, / whose signature appears below, is an ac- / credited press representative. / (Signed: M.W. Byrne / Government Public Relations Officer.royal commission on espionage, 1954, gavin cook, sun-pictorial, melbourne, press pass

Fire schools were an important pre-summer program for all Forests Commission staff and crews They were designed as refresher courses for existing staff and training of new staff on how to use pumps and hoses FCV Forest Divisions were made up of separate forest inter-district and competitions were held. The award was displayed prominently in either the winning district or kept in the divisional office Charles Watson was appointed as the Divisional Forester at Wangaratta in 1949, before retiring in 1960.Silver cup on stand in wooden display case with glass frontNames of winners 1954 - F Halloran & B Curren - Upper Ovens 1955 - L J Mitchell & J D Hallen - Ovens ? 1957 - K R O'Kane & R E Warren - Upper Murray 1958 - A P Davis & D G Craig - Delatite 1959 - K N Gibson & R W Handmer - Mansfield 1960 - L Reid & I F McLaughlin - Benalla 1962 - P Breen & G Treloar - Bright forests commission victoria (fcv)

Yields information about one of the MMTB scrubbers, No. 8, trams after it was repainted to the MMTB work tram colour scheme. This tram is now at the Museum.Black and White photograph of MMTB Scrubber tram No. 8 in Dandenong Road, Caulfield March 1954. Geoff Grant photo. On rear in ink " 8 in Dandenong Road, Caulfield March 1954. G A Grant "trams, tramways, scrubber tram, livery, work trams, dandenong road, tram 8

Three soft covered Magazines - the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine for 1953-5. .1) 1953 - The Coronation Number. Articles include: The Mining and Metallurgy Congress, Aboriginal research, Power from Water, Engineering Etiquette, Australian Art Images include: Queen Elizabeth 2, Ballarat Junior Technical School winning the Marching Competition, competitors in the Redex Trial. .2) 1954 - Articles include: Eureka Stockade; Working in East Africa and Canada, Greece, Images include; Craig's Hotel, Eureka Swimming Pool; Barry Jones, Harold Everett, "Tailspin" Taylor, Pastoral Skipton, Margaret McGregor, Nancy Rimmington, Janice Tonkin, First Roll Call in Girls' Junior Technical School .3) 1955. Articles include: Tales from Malaysia, Literary Society Images include; Craig's Hotel, Signatures: N.H. Andrews; J. Skuja: Alan E. Johnson, B.V. McDougall, L.J. Mathews, Daryl Schmidt, J, Collierballarat school of mines, tinney, faneco, jim john, dean, spiers, ngip, barrie smith, stewart rowe, elaine walton, stevens, max stevens, sawyer, ann mitchell, flavel, ingleton, bethune, blackburn, boag, brokenshire, carmichael, kirby, kinnane, alec kinnane, ludbrook, meagher, searl, sheppard, gillin, murray gillan, archer, beattie, bautovich, benjamin, buck, bunting, athol day, eddie, habel, heyes, maddox, phillips, schreenan, donald stevens, tinissen, whitcher, ian whitcher, mccallum, ryrie mccallum, marching competition, skuja, wilton, neil andrews, ellen freemantle, alan johnson, willey, graeme willey, mainwaring, diana mainwaring, mcdougall, little, margaret little, lance matthews, philp davis, eureka stockade, eureka swimming pool, pools, swimming pool, restarick, kempe, barry johns, harold everett, taylor, holmes, wendell holmes, skipton, john collier, collier, daryl schmidt, chris sanos, greece, andrews, doull, everett, seong, lockhead, pitzen, watts, technical school, junior technical school, girl's junior technical school, ballarat girl's junior technical school, baxendale, stan kisler, graham willey, murray, jim murray, grundell, cleland, furlog, ron furlong, judy johnson, russ whitcher, anita young, durant, malaysia, literary society, thurling, andrewartha, barnes, ditchfield, peter ditchfield, dunlop, kisler, mcneil, orgill, quinlan, saggers, bill saggers, seabrook, williams, paddle, graham, handmer, hetehrington, dow, pine, ballarat north junior technical school, william saggers

Black and white photograph (2 copies)Written on back of one copy- "Ringwood Rifle Club. 'Mail' photo, 13/5/1954. L. to R. Vic Beveridge, Constable Bill Hall team captain, Frank Corr, Frank Phillips, Jim Walker and J. Wood". Written on back of second copy- "Ringwood Rifle Club met at corner Main St. and Warrandyte Rd. to proceed to range Jumping Creek Road, South Warrandyte. Const. W. Hall, Capt. 2nd from left."

Department of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour CollectionDepartment of Health – National Fitness Office (Sports & Recreation) – Historical Press Release Photo - Empire Youth Day & Royals on Tour Collection

Dodge Divisional Van with one uniformed policeman standing beside van with left foot on runner and torch in hand. Other uniformed policeman sitting in the driver's seat. Registration no. GFX 712. Circa 1954Showgrounds. Dodge Div Van. 1954. Flemingtonpolice vehicles; transport branch; wireless patrol; motor police branch; motor traffic section; dodge divisional van

Romantic, charming . . . ''SUNNYBROOK'' ON the slope of a hill on the East side of Bolton street and overlooking willows that trail gracefully in a creeklet which shows no great haste to blend with Diamond Creek and so to the Yarra, there stands a great old-fashioned home. Outwardly it speaks of past opulence rather than beauty of design, but the velvet green lawns and the formal neatly weeded rose gardens, the well established trees, tennis courts, wisteria covered pergolas and the great curved fronds of old palms produce an atmosphere that cannot be built-up in less than decades. Here is irresistible old-world charm. The jangle of today cannot penetrate ... it is a place to remember ... a place where events to be remembered have a perfect setting ... it is "Sunnybrook." From the neighbouring ‘Beranto Lodge’ Mrs. Lenne can catch glimpses of ‘Sunnybrook,’ but the old home is well hidden from all quarters and only the faultlessly kept lawn can be seen by the curious. Like many other people, Mrs. Lenne was curious. Who can blame her. ‘Sunnybrook’ is a name to conjure with in Eltham. When the elderly men of the township were young bucks ‘Sunnybrook’ stood alone, a proud home that was known and established. Amongst the simple homes of the valley of the Diamond Creek, ‘Sunnybrook’ was Queen. In the roistering days of the Diamond Valley, when Kangaroo Ground was the seat of the Shire and when five pubs dotted the road from Lower Plenty to the civic centre, ‘Sunnybrook’ was off the track of the boisterous and tipsy. ‘Sunnybrook’ is still off the beaten track . . . but only slightly so; it no longer looks over cow pastures, but the neat, newly built houses which dot the length of the Main Road. They are still no closer than half a mile and while these houses have sprung up the fine trees and shrubs have quietly closed in around the boundaries of ‘Sunnybrook' as if to keep the old place to itself. That is how it has become something to whet the curiosity. When the course of events put the place on the market Mrs. Lenne bought it. When a modern house is bought it is pliable in the sense that the owner moulds it according to personality. It can remain severe, utilitarian and with a little neglect soon run to an ugly shabbiness. But with old 'Sunnybrook' it is different. There is in existence a character indelibly written into every line of the place . . . it is a LOVE OF ENGLAND. Upon ‘Sunnybrook’ has been lavished the devoted love of England to such a degree that it must be seen. The gardens and lawns are formal, and though lovely and speaking of the leisure of past years they are not English . . . they are just lovely, with the beauty that only the long established seem to possess. It is inside ‘Sunnybrook’ that the intense love of England is seen. Years ago the home was bought by a Mr. Martin, who was getting on in years, as a home for his much younger wife. The couple spent thousands of pounds as well as endless care and imagination in the complete redecorating of their home. Oak panelling imported from England was built in. Huge fireplaces shed their Colonial appearance to be become the fireplaces of England . . . and they were so in every sense because they were also imported from England. One lovely specimen whose gracious lines are remarked upon by all who see it, is a certified antique of finest English Oak. Care was taken to see what hand made wrought iron light fittings were in keeping. The old place has three lounge, dining or living rooms according to taste and requirements, and all are bigger than the biggest attempted in a “big” modern home. This does not include an outside living space of ample proportions, all fine flywired in and enclosing a fernery. A turn of a tap and spray as fine as mist is released over the rockery. On a scorching summer day when no relief short of a swim could help ordinary people, the resident of ‘Sunnybrook’ found the coolness of a dell in which to sit and enjoy their evening meal. What is more, the temperature of the whole house could be reduced by merely turning on this extensive spray water system. Yes, comfort to luxury standard is built in. And what happens to 'Sunnybrook' now? Mrs Lenne is famous to thousands for her quite fabulous catering. Her home and her "Wanda Inn" at Hepburn Springs have long been a Mecca for those who want the different in catering . . . different in the sense that every client is treated as a friend, not a customer and the hospitality and attention one would give to an honoured friend is accorded. And the food! – ask anyone who has enjoyed the privilege. Ask those who attended the reception given to Mr. Menzies by Eltham Shire Council; ask those members of the Diamond Valley Chamber of Commerce who enjoyed it! [See EDHS_04736-1/2 https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5d4c2fb521ea6727d892df72] There is only one word anyone ever uses . . . “unbelievable!” it must be seen and eaten to be believed. And ‘Sunnybrook’ will ring to the laughter, and offer its spaciousness for the fun of all who join in the happiest occasion in the life of those just married, whose wedding reception is intended to be “remembered.” Mrs. Lenne is a dynamic ball of energy whose enthusiasm is not to be brooked. She has acquired the home of her dreams. 13 March 2020 Note: Historian Stella M. Barber via the GSV members Forum cites that Clair Samwell and Doris Good ran a nursing home in Balwyn called Penquite (1946-1952). Prior to that the women had run a rest home called Beranto in Eltham. Single newsprint page separated rest of paperberanto lodge, bolton street, houses, mrs. lenne, prime minister, properties, robert gordon menzies, sunnybrook

Digital file only - scanned by EDHS from item on loanlew howard collection, panton hill primary school

Mr and Mrs Morrell and Mr Cliff Bush of "Yallambie", Lower Plenty.Reproduction of black and white photographcelebrations, clay nuneham, cliff bush, john harcourt, morrell, yallambie

WO Harold Jackson Bailey Burrell mentioned on P.10 B.E.M. Section.This is a foolscap size booklet. The front cover is white cardboard with the Royal Crest. The printing is in black ink and there is a decorative rectangular around the title. Inside are 12 pages. Printed in block letters are the Rank and Names for Honours. In lower case is a brief paragraph as to why the award was given.souvenir, booklet, queens investitture

536 pages, illustrated, navy glossy paper cover with embossed golden anchor and no dust jacket.non-fictionVolume I is a practical guide for executive officers covering the syllabus laid down for examination in navigation and pilotage for the rank of Lieutenant, but omitting the study of nautical astronomy and meteorology.howard timbury, first fleet fellowship victoria, interest group, navigation, education

Royal Tour: second day of souvenir pictures8 p. supplement (pp. 13-20), photographs and captions. Tabloid format.royal tour of australia 1954

This was made as a part of a reunion of former Eltham High School students held on 26th October 1997.It lists the names of all students at Eltham High school in the 1951 to 1954 period.A 1 page photocopied document.Some names underlined by black biro.eltham high school, students, reunion

Booklet published to celebrate the centenary of education in Greensborough, published by Greensborough Primary School. Includes historical information about the early settlement at Greensborough and schools before the Education Act of 1872. An original copy of this centenary book from 1954.32 pages, illus. Pale green cover with dark blue print. Copy 2 is a photocopy of booklet. On title page; first names of school committee members have been written in pen.greensborough primary school, louis amiet, education victoria, greensborough state school