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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH OF HEATHER PAIN - B&W, 1955
Black and white photograph of Heather Reeves (nee Pain) at her first Easter Band march 1955. All equipment had been paid for - Pipes, Drums and uniforms. Heather was the Pipe Major of the Bendigo Ladies Pipe Band. See 11400.966.photograph, person, heather reeves (nee pain) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: ST ARNAUD HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUSH BAND
Faded colour photo of the St. Arnaud Historical Society Bush Band. They are all sitting on chairs playing their instruments. A sign in front of the drum has - St. Arnaud Historical Society Bush Band - printed on it. Written on the back is:- the original Historical Bush Band Formed Dec 1979. Players from left to Right - (Ted) John Wallace- 5 String Banjo; Alf Johns- Button Accordion; Keith McDonald-Piano Accordion Bass drum & symbol; Jim Pritchard-Button accordion. Taken at Australia Day ceremony at Pioneer Park St Arnaud 1980.photo, group, st arnaud historical society bush b, peter ellis collection, st arnaud historical society bush band, (ted) john wallace, alf johns, keith mcdonald, jim pritchard -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Music Book, Band Music for Church Parades, Ceremonial and Other Occasions - Drums, 1930 (estimated)
14 pp of music for drums. Band music for church parades, ceremonial and other occasions. Compiled by Senior Chaplain C L Riley (Bishop of Bendigo) and Captain H R Shugg (Southern Command Bandmaster). Music Arrangements and Production by Arthur GullidegeRubber stamp on title page: Wesley College drums, ceremonial, band music, military music, parades, marches, hymns, songs, c l riley, h r shugg, arthur gullidge -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Main Breakwater construction, Portland, n.d
Port of Portland Authority Archivesport of portland archives, main breakwater, construction, portland harbour, harbour development -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Main Breakwater construction, Portland, Apr-55
Port of Portland Authority ArchivesFront: MAIN BREAKWATER From Battery Point 4/4/55 typed Back: Purple Harbour Trust Stamp - Print No. 4/48 Neg 301 Date Taken 4 -4 -55 Subject Main B/waterport of portland archives, main breakwater, construction, portland harbour, harbour development, battery point -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Postcard - Postcard, Black and white, KODAK, The Mission to Seamen, Melbourne - Central Hall, Main Hall, c. 1950
One of a series of Mission to Seamen postcards produced in the immediate post-war and post WW2 period. Visual record of the club area in the 1950s (before Queen Elizabeth's coronation) ready for the dances.Black and white gloss postcard depicts the central club space facing stage with flowers on stage, a drum kit and a piano. Curtained backdrop with sixteen chairs in front of the proscenium. Shows dance floorboards. Note: Possible heater at far right of picture frame.Printed on back: 'POST CARD/CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY/' . Stamp location is top right is indicated by the word 'KODAK' on four sides.stage, curtains, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, main hall, dancing, events, concerts, band, flowers, drums, piano, paintings, royal portraits, flinders street, melbourne, mission to seamen, wood floor, writing room, heater, stairs, chairs, king george vi, queen mother -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Digger's Dunny Deed
A coloured photo of Peter Stainthorpe sitting astride a cut down drum in the jungle of South Vietnam, also an article about Peter and his mate Rowan Marsh in the Fourth Field Regiment. They said their cameras were more important than thei rifles.photograph, peter stainthorpe -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, 1860s
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. This is how Walhalla was supplied with milk. The country was too hilly to allow the use of milk carts. Picture shows man on horseback, with another horse carrying drums of milk. Markings: 49 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Horse driven Mining Whim. c1860
Horse driven Mining Whim used to raise and lower cages containing men and dirt up and down the shaft. The rope winds around the drum and is attached to a pulley over the shaft then goes down the shaft.Wooden Barrel of whim over round track with horse at front. Whim raises and lowers kibbles of dirt or cages of men up and down shaft. Four men standing in picture looking at camera. Shaft is on right of photo.stawell -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Photographs, 4/19 PWLH Band, 1980's
The tank is no longer at Simpson Barracks.Pair of coloured photographs of 4/19 PWLH Band formally arranged in front of a Centurion tank. One shows the members holding their instruments with the drums arranged in front, the other with all instruments on the ground in front. The photographs were probably taken at Simpson Barracks Watsonia 4/19 pwlh band, photos -
Wycheproof & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Harrington, The Storey Dance Orchestra, (estimated); 1937/38
The Storey Dance Orchestra was formed in the 1920s by Arthur Storey, playing voilin & banjo, sister Rita-saxaphone,Jean and brothers Bob and Ben. Later, their mother, also Jean, an accomplished pianist and supporter of the orchestra, filled the pianist role after Jean left home to further her career. The car in the photograph was paid for with orchestra earnings. Their music involvement enabled a large family to sustain the farm during the 1920s and 1930s. World-War-Two intervened, this saw the Storey Orchestra disperse, Bob joined Jean in Melbourne, where they continued their musical careers. Ben joined the war effort, leaving Arthur on the farm. Con Taylor played on with a local Dance Band.The photograph tells of the important part that music played in the social structure of families and the wider community, and provided another means of income in the depression years of the 1930s.B&W print of the Storey-Dance-Orchestra, 1937/38, Ben Storey-banjo, Jean Storey-piano, Bob Storey-saxaphone-clarinet, Con Taylor-saxaphone, Keith Baker-trumpet, Jack Proctor-drums. The car,a Ford Rego.No Vic 21695 Noneclothing, musical instruments, storey, men women, dance orchestra, 1937 38, motor vehicles -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 20/11/1956
Taken by photographer for State Rivers and Water Supply Commission.Medium sized black and white photograph. Big wash-away under concrete slab at Tatura Waterworks storage / Sheets of galvanised iron foreground on slab / bags of sand and petrol drum further along above water level / water on right / tree on horizon.victorian state rivers and supply commission, tatura waterworks, tatura waterworks trust -
Southern Sherbrooke Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Photo-colour- vehicle shed and first coolstore
Colour photograph of various vehicles in corrugated iron shedding at Narre Warren orchard. A barrel drum can be seen in the extreme left side of frame. The driveway heading to the sheds has a plough-like device resting there. The section to the left is the first coolstore built on the property. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Harbour, n.d
Port of Porltand Authority Archivesport of portland archives, portland harbour -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BERT GRAHAM COLLECTION: TROPHIES, 18/10/1969
Black & white photograph, Bert Graham Collection, 18 October 1969, Jubilee Year Presentation Night, a table full of trophies, flowers, two shields, a drum kit and a picture of the Queen on a wall.On the reverse are 18/10/69, Jubilee Year, Presentation Night.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east progress association -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: BAND
Black and white photo of The Ellesmere Brass Band. Most of the men have a brass instrument. At the front are two drums. Stuck to the back is a yellow sticky note with Ellesmere written at the top. Under that is Irish connection? Trad - - gear. Harp on lapel. - La Trobe Collection.photo, group, musicians, peter ellis collection, the ellesmere brass band, la trobe collection -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, RVIB Orchestra playing in Ormond Hall
The 'Blind' Orchestra on stage at Ormond Hall, surrounded by potted ferns. Instruments included drums, piano, banjos, trombone, saxophones, double bass and violins. Unfortunately no information on names at this stage. In the background, the organ is also visible.Seventeen musicians dressed in tuxedosrvib orchestra, ormond hall -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Gestetner Machine, c. 1922 - 1929
This Gestetner Cyclostyle duplicating machine was invented and manufactured by David Gestetner. He claimed in 1922, once he had released several models, that if a Gestetner Durotype stencil was used together with his Cyclostyle machine, then 10,000 copies could be made from the one Durotype stencil, an amazing claim for office technology of that era. David Gestetner (1854-1939), was born in Csoma, Hungary. He has been called the “founder of the worldwide office copying and duplicator industry.). He moved to London and in 1879 filed his first copying patent. In 1881 he patented the Cyclostyle stylus (or pen), which was used in conjunction with his Cyclograph device for copying text and images, He established the Gestetner Cyclograph Company in England at this time (1881) to protect his inventions and to produce his products; stencils, stylos (stylus or pen) and ink rollers. HIs inventions included nail-clipper and the ball-point pen (although the latter is more commonly associated with Laszlo Biro). Gestetner’s patented Cyclograph duplicator was used with his Cyclostyle Stylus or pen to write or draw on special thin wax-coated stencil paper (originally used for kite making paper) in the following way; 1. The Cyclostyle stencil was placed on a lower, framed metal plate of the Cyclograph 2. An upper frame was clipped over the top 3. The Cyclostyle pen, with its tip being a small metal-spiked or toothed wheel, was used to write or draw on the stencil, punched small holes into the paper and removed the wax coating in those places 4. The upper frame and stencil was then removed and a piece of blank paper was placed onto the metal plate in the lower frame and the upper frame with stencil was replaced 5. A roller was given an even distribution of Cyclostyle ink and rolled by hand over the stencil in the frame. This forced the ink through the holes in the stencil to and made a copy of the stencil on the paper 6. The upper frame was raised, the printed paper removed and another blank sheet was put into place. The whole process was repeated until enough copies were made. Gestetner’s invention developed further in 1894, with a stencil that could be placed on a screen on a revolving drum. The drum was manually rotated, the stencil then wrapped around another drum and was fed between cloth-covered rollers on which ink was evenly spread. Each revolution of the drum forced ink through the holes in the stencil and transferred the ink onto paper that had been fed between rollers and pressed against the drum. The process was repeated for each page. The paper was still fed and removed manually in this earlier invention but became more automatic in later models. In 1902 Gestetner duplicator model 6 was put onto the market. This model included the improvement of an automatic paper feed that synchronised with the rotation of the stencil. The Gestetner machine was the first office printing machine. It was easily installed and it made exact copies of the sane document quickly, effectively and inexpensively. This changed the way offices operated, making information easily available to many more users. The machines were commonly used in small businesses, schools, churches, clubs and other organisations for the wide distribution of a wide variety of information in the form of worksheets, newsletters and more. In 1906 the Gestetner Works were opened in Tottenham Hale, North London, and thousands of people were employed there up until the 1970’s. Due to the fast growing success of the Gestetner Duplicator machines many international branches for sales and service centres were established. David Gestetner was succeeded by his son Sigmund, followed by his grandson’s David and Jonathan. Further advancement was made by using a manual typewriter with specifically designed stencils. The end product was a printed, typewritten copy similar to the print from newspapers and booklets. In the next few years there were further developments of this revolutionary invention. The Gestetner Cyclostyle duplicator in our Collection is dated c.1922 - 1929 and it uses Gestetner Durotype stencils The 1922 British Industries Fair’s catalogue contained advertising for the Gestetner Rotary Cyclostyle “The World’s Premier Duplicator”, demonstrated at Stand K 86.” A Notice at the foot of the advertisement’s page boasts "Important - D Gestetner's latest invention, the "Durotype" Stencil, enables you to obtain 10,000 copies from one original if desired. It contains no wax of any description, is indestructible, can be stored indefinitely and printed from as required” In 1929 the look of the Gestetner machines changed; American designer Raymond Loewy was invited by Gestetner to improve the look of his duplicators, resulting in a very streamlined appearance. Eventually, around 1960’s, offices replaced their Gestetner with small photocopying machines and printers. Gestetner took over ownership of other office machine companies over time, including Nashua, Rex Rotary, Hanimex and Savin and eventually all came under the holding company name of NRG (Nashuatech, Rex Rotary and Gestetner). In 1996 Ricoh acquired the Gestetner Company, and it was renamed the NRG Group. REFERENCES Cyclostyle, Stencil Duplicating Machines, antique Copying Machines, Early Office Museum, http://www.officemuseum.com/copy_machines.htm Duplicating machines, Wikipedia Duplicator, Collection online, Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation http://techno-science.ca/en/collection-research/collection-item.php?id=1989.0229.001 Gestetner duplicators, Totterham-Summerhillroad.com http://tottenham-summerhillroad.com/gestetner_duplicators_tottenham.htm Gestetner Duplicator, V&A Museum http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O322014/gestetner-duplicator-duplicator-loewy-raymond-fernand/ Gestetner, Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Gestetner Duplicating machines such as this one revolutionalised access to copies of printed material, changing the way that educational bodies, offices, small businesses and community clubs and charities operated.Duplicating machine, Gestetner Cyclostyle Durotype, a stencil-method duplicating machine with two rotating drums plus rollers. Hand operated, tabletop office machine. Front has folding Bakelite handle, oil filling hole, calibrating gauge with scale, and copy counting meter. Right side has printed manufacturer’s plate that slides out as a paper output tray. Left side has metal plate with protrusions and perforations, plus another similar plate that is detached. It also has a metal frame attached [that would have been used to hold a paper input board, adjusted for various sizes of paper]. Cover, metal, with folding wooden handle on top, attaches to base with metal clips. Inscriptions printed on machine, mostly in gold-coloured paint. Round metal manufacturing plate is stamped with Serial Number 95759. Made by D. Gestetner, London, c.1922-1929Maker’s plate “MANUFACTURED / BY / D. GESTETNER LTD, / No. 95759 / CYCLOSTYLE WORKS / TOTTENHAM HALE / LONDON, N” Copy counting meter shows “1 4 6 4 8 [space]“ copies. Calibrating gauge has divisions with numbers “0 1 2“, labelled “← [left arrow] “TO PRINT LOWER” and “→ [right arrow], TO PRINT HIGHER”. “The Gestetner”, “Cyclostyle”, “Gestetner” (Trade Mark), Right side print of manufacturing details includes “The / Gestetner / TRADE MARK” And “THE FOLLOWING TRAFE MARKS / - - - OF INK, STENCILS / - - - AND GUARANTEE OF PERFECT / - - - BOTH - - - AND MACHINE” and “CYCLOSTYLE / DUROTYPE / GESTETNER” and “D. Gestetner” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, office machine, copying machine, gestetner machine, duplicating machine, duplicator, stencil machine, gestetner cyclograph company, cyclograph, cyclostyle, d. gestetner ltd, gestetner durotype stencils, gestetner cyclostyle, printing machine, office technology, durotype stencils, david gestetner, raymond loewy, roneo, rotary duplicatorten, mimeo, mimeograph machine, roneograph copier -
Bendigo Military Museum
Memorabilia - Fortuna Pipes and Drums Request for Donation, PSJ Barker, Secretary Fortuna pipes and Drums, 06.08.1995
This is a document requesting a donation for the Fortuna Pipes and Drums for the update of some of their equipment. The members of the band are shown and named in the accompanying photo. Information about the Fortuna Pipes and Drums is also in Valerie Loyejoy's book " Mapmakers of Fortuna, A History of the Army Survey Regiment" ISBN 0-646-42120-4 and included in the Victorian Collection as item 6000. The Band was originally formed in 1993 from members of the local Masonic Lodge and first played for the Survey Corps Day Parade in 1994 after a request from the then RSM WO1 Phil Meagher. The Army was able to provide the original "Black Watch" tartan kilts. Using an original Survey Corps Badge c. 1915 provided by former WO1 Keith "Aki" Barber, a number of replica metal Survey Corps theodolite badges were struck and used along with the purple Survey Corps lanyard by the band. The Fortuna Pipes and Drums continued to actively support the Army Survey Regiment until its disbandment in 1996.A 4 x Page letter, A4 Pages, Typed document, PhotocopyAddressed to Mr Tony Spurling, Manager Technical Services, Army Svy Regt, Fortunaroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Tennis Australia
Battledore, Paddle, Circa 1900
An F.H. Ayres vellum drum paddle, wood frame and handle. Gilt printing on throat states 'F.H. AYRES / LONDON'. Handwritten on vellum: ''LEWIS MURRAY - R'GLEN' and on reverse: 'LEWIS MURRAY/ COMMERAINE BANK HOUSE R'GLEN'. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Leather, Vellum, Inktennis -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Margie McKenzie Photography, Kew Victoria, Australia, c.2010
The Kew Historical Society's postcard collection includes views of Kew, Melbourne and Greater Melbourne as well as those including overseas scenes sent or received from Europe or the Middle East. They date from the 1890s to the 2000s. These postcards may or may not include the name of the publisher or printer. A number of the cards were published as parts of popular series. Modern photographic postcard of the QPO Restaurant and the former Kew Court House. At the front of the restaurant is the Kew War Memorial, the drum of which at this stage was incorrectly painted a shade of green, which the Council later changed after representations from the Kew Historical Society and a heritage report.QPO Bar, Restuarant & Function Centre/ Cnr High Street & Cotham Rd. Mel Ref 45 C6 MacKenzie photography / Copyright margiesphotos.com.auqpo restaurant, kew post office, kew court house, kew war memorial, postcards -- kew (vic.) -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Postcard - Postcard, Black and white, KODAK, The Mission to Seamen, Melbourne - Central Hall, Main Hall, c. 1950 (pre 1952)
One of a series of Mission to Seamen postcards produced in the immediate post-war and post WW2 period.Visual record of the club area of Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Melbourne in the 1950s (before Queen Elizabeth's corporation) ready for the dances.Black and white gloss postcard depicts the central club space. Taken facing stage with flowers on stage, a drum kit and a piano. Curtained backdrop with sixteen chairs in front of the proscenium. Shows dance floorboards and fan-shaped window above doorway on far left wall.Printed on back: 'POST CARD/CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY/' . Stamp location is top right and is indicated by the word 'KODAK' on four sides.club, stage, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seamen, main hall, dancing, events, curtains, royal portraits, king george vi, drums, piano, chairs, music, band -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph, 1st Surrey Hills Boy Scouts in c.1912
1st Surrey Hills Boy Scouts in c.1912.Identified as follows: From left, seated: Theodore Hendy who founded the Scouts in 1909, Bob Brown, Rev. Pratt (Wyclif Church), Mel Hill. Taken at "Kookaburra" 46-48 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills (next to the Fire Station), the home of Theodore HendyRev. Pratt seated with 9 boy couts, 3 sitting and 6 standing on the grounds at "Kookaburrra" 46-48 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills. Two boys standing holding flags and two boys sitting on the grass with a drum between them. See also SH0992boy scouts, children, clothing and dress, clergy, trees, "kookaburra", house names, surrey hills, albany crescent, insignia, uniforms, hats, flags, 1910-1919, wyclif congregational church, theodore hendy, bob brown, rev pratt, mel hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: BAND
Black and white photograph of the Melbourne Caledonian Band. The men are dressed in kilts and have brass band instruments. A large drum and a smaller one are in the front of the photo. Partial stamp with Jan 66 in the bottom left corner. Some results of foot races at the top and bottom of the photo.photo, group, bandsmen, peter ellis collection, the melbourne caledonian band -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - RALPH BIRRELL COLLECTION: EIG SCHOOL, c1967
EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1967. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. 1st Floor well underway. Photo taken from ground level looking over the rubble and off cuts, drum lid visable.Kodakeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1967. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. 1st floor well underway. photo ground level rubble off cuts -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - WINDING ENGINE AT MONUMENT HILL MINE
Black and white photograph of a winding engine (Roberts & Son) at Monument Hill Mine. Winding gear, large drum with wire cable wound on, sitting on concrete base. Inscriptions: on back - lined paper, glued in centre 'Monument Hill Mine, Winding Engine, Roberts and Sons'.place, mining site, rope winding drum, mines and mining, equipment, mining equipment, bendigo, mines, mining, surface equipment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - M. ROSE COLLECTION: MUSICAL GROUP
Photograph - black and white. A musical group of 12 people, 5 women, 7 men. A Island in the Pacific scene on the front of the drum. Looks like 2 ukulele's in the back row. Everyone wearing a lei around their necks. Written on back on photo 'George left front'.organization, club/society, musical band, musical band. m.rose. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Letter, Letter from Joh Ebeli to Peter Bassett-Smith regarding 1979 Eltham festival and planning for 1980, 14 August 1979, 1979
Proposal for horse drawn vehicles at the 1980 parade and expression of thanks to the people who assisted in the 1979 float; Geoffrey Loftus Hills, Mark Gough. And ideas of drumming up greater members, possible partnerships with Nillumbik Historical SocietySingle page, typed on Ebeli and Associates letterhead1979, 1980, eltham festival, geoffrey loftus hills, joh ebeli, mark gough, nillumbik historical society, opal smith, peter bassett-smith, rie ebeli, victorian folk music club -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Kay Dreyfus, Silences and Secrets: The Australian Experience of the Weintraubs Syncopators, 2013
(From back cover): "The Weintraubs Syncopators, international musical celebrities of the 1930s, embarked on a four-year journey across Europe, Russia and the Far East in exile from the antisemitic ideologies of the German Third Reich. This band of mainly Jewish musicians arrived in Sydney, Australia, in 1937. The decision of some of them to stay brought them into conflict with the aggressively protectionist Musicians’ Union of Australia. They gained employment at a high-end Sydney nightclub but when war came, were forced to come to terms with a change in their status – from celebrities to enemy aliens. Denounced for alleged espionage activities in Russia, three were interned and the band broke up. In this major recounting of the experience of the Weintraubs Syncopators, Kay Dreyfus pieces together the complex personal, social and political forces at work in this story of migration at a time of insecurity, fear and dramatic conflict." The Tatura group of camps were built after the beginning of World War 2, and held prisoners of war (enemy military) and civilian internees (enemy nationals, regardless of political affiliation, either living in Australia or in Allied territories overseas). The Weintraubs Syncopators' members were just some of the civilians caught up in the conflict. Paperback book. Glossy black front cover, black & white photo of group of musicians. Blue & white text. Back cover glossy white, black & white photo group of men standing over bass drum labelled "Weintraubs Syncopators". 305 pages. Dewey no. 781.65092weintraub, camp 1, tatura, internment camps, civilian internees, jazz, jewish community, world war ii, musicians, stefan weintraub, horst graff -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Digital photo, George L Coop, Back yard of 686 Whitehorse Road, Mont Albert c 1953, c1953
This is a photo of the backyard of the property adjacent to the Coop's home. At the time the neighbours were Mrs Daisy McKernan (a widow) and her son Alexander Colin McKernan. The clothes line prop was a forerunner of the clothes hoist. Clothes line props were standard purchase items at many local hardware stores and the donor poetically described them as holding "long lines of drying washing above the dusty democracy of many a rough back yard." Whilst the Coop home is still extant in 2019 and used as professional rooms for Dr Peter Chau, an eye surgeon, 686 Whitehorse Road has been replaced by units. This captures the utilitarian nature of the 'typical' back yard before the advent of rampant consumerism. Large areas of open lawn were a desirable central feature, often edged with neatly contained garden beds. Better lawnmowers, plus the promotion of new chemicals and fertilisers to help home gardeners grow the perfect lawn. Missing is the rotary hoist and the vegetable garden.A black & white photo on a sunny day of a backyard with the following features: a timber shed, an additional shed / hen house, a hand lawn mower leaning against a tree, several hens and a metal drum (perhaps used as bonfire container). A sloping pole/prop may be seen on the left. backyards, (mrs) daisy mckernan, alexander colin mckernan