An honour board recording winners of the Barbara Rutherford Memorial Braille Reading competition. From 1985, the decision was made to expand the children's Braille book collection in lieu of an award. The Barbara Rutherford Memorial Braille Reading competition was created by James and Margaret Rutherford when their daughter Barbara died in 1974, in recognition of her enjoyment as a transcriber at RBS. They donated $1000 to RBS, for the purpose that it be invested and the interest used as prize money, and that it be administered by the Braille Writers Association.Wooden board with plastic letteringThe Barbara Rutherford Memorial National Braille Reading Competition Winners 1975 Merrilyn White 1977 Joan Ryan 1979 Nola Flommersfeld 1981 Katherine Brookes 1983 Katherine Brookes, Josephine Nicholson From 1985 the Memorial has become a Children's Braille Book Collectionroyal blind society of new south wales, nameplates

This Certificate was presented by His Excellency The Governor General Sir Dallas Brooks of VictoriaEvidence of Lara R.S.L. Sub-Branch local community contributions being acknowledged by a Certificate of Achievement for Operation Gratitude. Dated 1957..Rectangular shaped glass Covered photo frame with certiticate.Certificate of Achievement - to Lara Sub Branch 1957certificates,operation gratitude,certificate of achievement,lara r.s.l.photos,

Article on appointment of Colin Brooks, MP for Bundoora, as Speaker of the Victorian Legislative AssemblyNewspaper clipping, text with colour imagevictoria parliament, brooks family, colin brooks

Biographical details for Colin Brooks MP, member for Bundoora, copied from Wikipedia. 2 p. text with colour photograph, printed both sides. Copied from Wkikpedia.brooks family, biographies, colin brooks, victoria parliament, bundoora

Kindergarten - Lady Brooks Fund raising Bazaar 1952 inside Town Hallstawell

Kindergarten - Lady Brooks Fund raising Bazaar 1952 inside Town Hallstawell

The two men in the curricle were in Brook Street outside Sunbury Railway Station.Before the advent of motor transport and buses, passengers from the train were taken by horse drawn vehicles to their destinations. An area was set aside at the station where the horses and vehicles waited for trains to arrive.A sepia photograph of two men seated in a stationary horse -drawn curricle beside a plantation area. There are two signs advertising horses and buggies for hire and some buildings are visible in the distance.curricles, brook street, sunbury, sunbury railway station

This item is from the "Barone" Collection. "Barone" (also known as "Seaview") was a stately Brighton home built at 9 Moule Avenue prior to 1855 and demolished in 1986. The house's residents included Edward Elgin Browne (during 1859-72), a Melbourne tea merchant, and the family and descendants of retired Scottish Army captain Archibald Black (during the period 1880-1970). Its neighbors included “St Ninians” owned by the Ward- Cole family, “Seacombe” owned by the Moule family, and the home of James Grahame and his family. The items in the "Barone" collection were largely donated by two of the house's later owners, Mrs Doris Halkyard and Mrs Brian Brandt.An English-made “Busvine” black wool herringbone twill riding habit comprising jacket and safety skirt, (jodhpurs missing) from late 1800’s to early 1900’s. The jacket (.1) features a black short pile silk velvet inset notched lapel collar secured with a single button at the apex of the waist and a single button near the collar for use in inclement weather. The sleeves join the bodice high on the shoulder with a full cut head to the sleeve and a tapered curved shape to the hand. The sleeve secures at the wrist with four black buttons. From the waist the jacket flares over the hip through princess line shaping and finishes with a curved front on either side. The seams of the shaping panels intersect single functional flapped besom pockets on either front panel. The back of the jacket features a centre back seam and two princess-line shaping seams that finish in a double vent on either side of the centre back. The jacket length would have finished approximately just below the bottom of the wearer. The apron fronted safety skirt (.2) secures from the waist at the front of the left thigh with five buttons. Over the wearers, right leg the skirt shapes to accommodate the rider’s right knee whilst sitting sidesaddle with her legs on the horses left flank. The base of the skirt has an elastic strap, which hooks around the rider’s leg to reduce the danger of the rider’s skirt become tangled, should the rider become un-seated. When the riders is not mounted the skirt can be secured with a button around the body to provide additional modesty as well as assist walking without the skirt dragging on the ground.Jacket: Manufacturer's label “Busvine, By serial appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, 4 Brook Street W.” Owner label “Doreen Wright” this label appears far more modern than the manufacturers label. Skirt: Manufacture's label: “J. Busvine and Co, 4 Brook Street, London W." In handwriting “Miss Wingfield” Manufacturers label: Busvines Patent Safety Skirt, protected by two separate patents. 4 Brooks St London West.barone, riding habit, j. busvine and co, seaview, brighton

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2001. Honoured: Jack Lihle (?), Fred (?), Sir Dallas Brooks teeing off, and Sir Edmund Herring at the Bendigo golf club. The date and the reason for the game is unknown. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Cooper Handbook Modern Sheep Dipping Soft Cover 47 Pages. 1956 - 1969. Issued by William Cooper & Nephews (Aust) Pty Ltd. Printed in Australia by William Brooks & Co. Limited 723 Elizabeth Street Waterloo.history, agriculture, book modern sheep dipping

The photograph was probably taken on either Anzac Day or Remembrance Day, 11 November because some men are wearing medals and others are holding wreaths.A sepia print of a group of 21 men standing at attention outside the newsagency in Brook Street, Sunbury. Three men are holding wreaths. There are two drummers and one is in uniform. There are two dogs near the drummers. Some men are wearing medals.KODAK PRINT / VELOX / (S) 579anzac day, ceremonies, festivals and celebrations, remembrance day, brook street, sunbury, men, clothing and dress, dogs, armed forces, sunbury newsagency, newagents, shops, businesses, george evans collection

Nicholas Caire was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1837. He arrived in Adelaide with his parents in about 1860. In 1867, following photographic journeys in Gippsland, he opened a studio in Adelaide. From 1870 to 1876 he lived and worked in Talbot in Central Victoria. In 1876 he purchased T. F. Chuck's studios in the Royal Arcade Melbourne. In 1885, following the introduction of dry plate photography, he began a series of landscape series, which were commercially successful. As a photographer, he travelled extensively through Victoria, photographing places few of his contemporaries had previously seen. He died in 1918. Reference: Jack Cato, 'Caire, Nicholas John (1837–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.An original, rare photograph from the series 'Views of Victoria: General Series' by the photographer, Nicholas Caire (1837-1918). The 60 photographs that comprise the series were issued c. 1876 and reinforced a neo-Romantic view of the Australian landscape to which a growing nationalist movement would respond. Nicholas Caire was active as a photographer in Australia from 1858 until his death in 1918. His vision of the Australian bush and pioneer life had a counterpart in the works of Henry Lawson and other nationalist poets, authors and painters.‘Crystal Brook, in the Cape Otway Ranges’ : Views of Victoria (General Series) No.53 : Albumen silver photograph | Photo on card with Title and Description on reverse | Mounted 24 x 30 cm; Photo 12 x 17 cm.On Reverse: 'The subject of the present illustration was discovered by one of our operators exploring the Cape in search of scenery. It is situated about four miles from the coast, and is surrounded by dense foliage on the one side, and rocky boulders on the other. This spot being unknown to the settlers, the title we have given to it is highly suggestive of such a romantic and secluded spot.'nicholas caire (1837-1918), landscape photography

MOTHER'S BADGE OF ISABELLA BROOK WHO HAD TWO SONS SERVING DURING WW2.1. Badge - silver metal, bar with two yellow metal stars contained in a box."TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA" Moulded small map of Australia inside a Laurel wreath.mothers badge, ww2

This Photograph belongs to Molly Brooks of Bergin Grove, San Remo and was donated to Cherry McFee.Sepia Photograph showing horse and buggy outside Pier Hotel, San Remolocal history, photographs, scenes of san remo and shetland heights, sepia photograph, san remo, pier hotel, horse & buggy

Lady Brooks Free Kindergarten Sloane Street Stawell with young children seated at entrancestawell education

The Sunbury News Office was established by the Boardman family initially in Brook Street closer to the station. In 1880 Arthur Boardman opened a bookshop and news agency and in 1882, he printed the first issue of the Sunbury News.The building was on the SW corner of Brook and O'Shanassy Streets. Members of the Boardman family also ran the adjacent business. The Sunbury News was the local paper for residents until the late 1960s A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of a weatherboard news office building with six men standing the front. Three of the men are wearing white aprons. An attached building with a verandah is on the RHS of the office building.sunbury news, arthur boardman, brook street, o'shanassy street

Framed collection of items relating to the life membership of General Sir Dallas Brooks awarded by the Frankston Returned Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen's Club dated 18th April, 1964. The frame contains the following items: a Life Membership card, a 'gold' key to the Frankston club, a RSS&A members badge of the day and an engraved label with a description of the presentation items. Sir Dallas Brooks was Governor of Victoria from the 18th October 1949 to the 7th May 1963. He and his wife retired to Frankston to live, he died in Frankston on the 22nd of March 1966 (aged 69).

Typed below photograph, 'State Governor Sir Dallas Brooks declaring Ringwood a City outside Ringwood railway station, 1960.'

Typed below photograph, "6. Lady Brooks being escorted to her car - Mrs. E.V. Pullin and Mrs. Jess Anderson".

Written on back of photograph, 'Opening Greenwood Park Kindergarten. Catalogue card reads, 'Opening Greenwood Pre-school by Lady Brooks'.

Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey June 1957 and Cadastral Survey information July 1967. This sheet comprises parts of Municipalities of Doncaster & Templestowe, Nunawading and Ringwood, and Parishes of Nunawading and Warrandyte.Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.

Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey June 1957 and Cadastral Survey information July 1967. This sheet comprises parts of Municipalities of Croydon, Doncaster & Templestowe, and Ringwood, and Parishes of Ringwood and Warrandyte.Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.

Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey June 1957 and Cadastral Survey information August 1960. This sheet comprises parts of Municipalities of Doncaster & Templestowe, Nunawading and Ringwood, and Parishes of Nunawading, Ringwood and Warrandyte.Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.

Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey June 1957 and Cadastral Survey information May 1961. This sheet comprises parts of the Municipalities of Croydon and Ringwood, and Parishes of Ringwood and Warrandyte.Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.

Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey December 1956 and Cadastral Survey information May 1963. This sheet comprises parts of the Municipalities of Ferntree Gully, Nunawading and Ringwood, and Parishes of Nunawading, Ringwood and Scoresby.Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.

Map prepared by Dept of Lands and Survey and MMBW from State Aerial Survey December 1956 and Cadastral Survey information December 1962. This sheet comprises parts of the Municipalities of Croydon, Ferntree Gully, and Ringwood, and Parishes of Ringwood and Scoresby.Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch. Contours at 5 feet vertical interval. By Authority: A.C. Brooks, Commonwealth Printer, Melbourne.

Catalogue card reads, 'Declaration of City of Ringwood 1960. At Ringwood Town Hall. State Governor Sir Dallas Brooks shaking hands with Mayor Albert Lavis. Town Clerk Frederick Dwerryhouse to right of mayor. Lady Brooks partly obscured. Mrs. Dwerryhouse. Governors Aide de Camp'.