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Merbein District Historical Society
Map - Allotments Extension of Mildura-Merbein Mid-Area, Allotments available, 23 November 1920
Allotments available to Discharged Soldiers Discharged Soldier's Settlement Act Historic Large map, folded in 4, coloured map of Merbein indicating allotments available and locality plan. Scale 10 chain to 1 inchPhoto-Lithographed at Department of lands Survey, Melbourne J. Butson 23.11.20discharged soldiers, ww1, soldier settlement, irrigation -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Choir of Linton School Children, Victorian Sesquicentenary Concert, 1985
The 150th anniversary of European settlement in Victoria was commemorated in 1984-1985.Black and white photograph which shows a choir of Linton Primary School pupils singing at the Linton Recreation Reserve, as part of Victoria's sesquicentenary celebrations.linton state school no. 880, linton primary school no. 880, school choir, victoria. sesquicentenary celebrations 1985 -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - A fag after a fight, !914-1918
This is number 13 of 27 items in the Daisy Vickers collection of World War One memorabilia. These items were sent or given to Daisy Ogier (nee Vickers) during World War One by Corporal Arthur Anderson who enlisted from Warrnambool in 1915 at the age of 21. He served in Egypt and France and returned to Australia in 1919. Daisy Ogier (1907-1987) was a student and then a teacher at Warrnambool Technical School with her early teaching years there from 1925 to 1936 and in 1949. She became the head mistress from 1950 to 1963 and in 1968. She officially retired in 1976. Daisy Vickers was one of the best loved and dedicated teachers that the school ever had. She married the Reverend Fred Ogier and continued her association with the school after her husband's death.This card is interesting because of its association with World War One and with two local people: Daisy Vickers and Arthur Anderson. This is a colour postcard from World War One with a coloured picture showing three British soldiers in battle dress smoking cigarettes. The background is a road leading to a small settlement probably in France.There is text on both sides and on the back space for correspondence, an address and a stamp. A "FAG" AFTER A FIGHT "Daily Mail" WAR PICTURESdaisy ogier nee vickers, world war one, world war one postcards, daisy vickers -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTO: PAT LYONS, 1979
Coloured photograph of Pat Lyons in Period Costume with blue sash under glass in an ornate gold moulded timber frame, Sash reads 'National Driving Trials Swan Hill Pioneer Settlements 1979', Donated by Mr Atkinson related to Mary Reibyperson, individual, personal portrait, pat lyons, pioneer, pioneer settlement -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1860
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. A diggings, then, was not a permanent settlement, though the sites of some of the greatest diggings did become, through the later development of gold mining, the sites of important Victorian towns. Markings: 33 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph Album, Kodak, Phillip Island Cemetery, c 1990
The Album was compiled by Nancy McHaffie late 1990's, with the assistance of Edith Jeffery's, with her book "Garden of Memories" and extensive knowledge of Phillip Island. The Cemetery lies back from the road and is surrounded by Manna Gums, rare Peppermint Gums, Blackwoods and other native trees. In all 25 acres of land were set aside as Crown Land in the land settlement of 1868. There are 6.2 acres of wetlands near the cemetery entrance.466-56: Alexander McLardy Sr. The descendants of Alex McLardy came to Phillip Island in the year 1886. A builder by trade, he built a great number of houses and buildings on the Island. He was also the founder of the Guesthouse "Glencoe". At 90 years of age he could still read well without the aid of glasses. He died in 1956 aged 95. Others buried in the double graves are: Robert Alexander died 1926 aged 10 months, Alexander Thomas died 1971 aged 76, Beatrice died 1966 aged 73, Donald Alexander died 1992 aged 64 and Claire Isobel died 1993 aged 61. 466-57: Walter Findlay. Walter's parents George and Mary, came to Australia in 1852. Walter was born in Sale circa 1883. He married Henrieta Kennon and they lived and farmed in Settlement Road, Cowes prior to their shop and residence being built in Warley Avenue, Cowes. The shop carried general merchandise and confectionery. The property was absorbed by Bass Coast Family Medicine on the west side of Warley Avenue. Henrieta died September 1965 aged 84. Walter died July 1965 aged 82.phillip island cemetery, alexander mclardy, walter findlay, nancy mchaffie, edith jeffery -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Walker's LOT 2
Lot 2 was bought by Harry Walker in the early 1900s. Harry was married to Eva Hand, one of the six daughters of Thomas and Eliza Hand. Harry cleared the land and planted half with raspberries that remained productive until c1928. Harry's son William took over the property. The land was cut in half when the new CRB road went through in the early 1920s. John Lundy-Clarke grew up in the Kalorama/Mt Dandenong area and later in life (1972-74) began to write a comprehensive history of the area working from an original settlement map in an effort to cover all areas.Black and white photograph showing a single storey white house in the centre surrounded by crops. Handwritten description on reverse by John Lundy-Clarke.VIEW 1908 OVER LOT 2 SECTION 1 VILLAGE SETTLEMENT. TAKEN FROM RIDGE ROAD THEN MAIN ROAD FROM HALFWAY BETWEEN MOUNTJOY AND FALLS RD. CRB MAIN RD RUNS BEHIND WALKER’S HOUSE. The house seen in the vista among the tall trees beyond the raspberry patch is “Forest Edge” which was George Barber’s home when the picture was taken. The tall trees to the right of the vista were on Price’s LOT 18 and it was while cutting up one of these for firewood that a length of log weighing about ½ a ton got away downhill and leaped in one bounce over Barbers Road and Logan’s house – 1931.harry walker, william walker, eva hand, crb road, raspberries, kalorama -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Document, List of internees from Singapore
List of internees from Singapore and Straits Settlement (Malaya), Camp 3. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Print, The Picturesque Atlas of Australia, Coloured Wood Engraving of Stawell c 1866 Published in "The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia", 1886
Prepared to celebrate the centenary of Australian settlement since the arrival of the First FleetColoured print of Stawell. View from Big Hill by Hy Fulwood Circa 1866panorama, mining -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - Souvenir Envelope, 1984
Two Australia Post souvenir envelopes - Victoria's 150th anniversary (Portland. First settlement). Cream coloured, envelope, full colour design on front of envelope shows Edward Henty, view of township, thistle, pier and council logos. Reverse has shows 150th.australia post, souvenir, victoria 150th -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Addison home 1902 Ringwood in background
Black and white photograph of scene showing unmade road with two children, a boy and a girl standing outside a small wooden building. Lady is sitting by the side of road. Road dips down to a bridge then rises again towards distant settlement in background. (3 copies)Typed below enlarged photo, "Addison home, 1902 - Opposite present St. Paul's, Warrandyte Road". Written on backing sheet, "Andersons Creek Rd. 1903. Mrs. Addison (Annie Kennedy) and family - Annie, born 1897 and William. Their house at right was on a 5 acre block. Ringwood in background". Backing sheet of another copy reads, "Andersons Creek Road 1902 (Warrandyte Rd. looking south). Mrs. Addison (Annie Kennedy) and family. Annie (Jnr), born 1897 and Samuel John James William, born 1894. Their home, at right, was on a 5 acre block. Ringwood in background - burned down by pet magpie. T. Grant's land ploughed - now Eastland. Adelaide St. seen on right of it. Mullum Creek Bridge at foot of hill". Typed below this photograph, "Warrandyte Rd. Ringwood looking south from near Mullum Rd. Ringwood in background. Maroondah Highway at top of hill with Mullum Creek bridge seen in dip - 1902". -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Document - Document, letter of costs 1950, c1950
Mr John Herron and his wife Isa Mary Herron purchased the house at 4 Vickery Street Bentleigh in 1950 from Miss M Marriott. He was a descendant of John James an early settler dairyman in Moorabbin Shire and Miss M Marriott was a descendant of the early settler market gardeners Marriott family. Mr Herron lived there until 1989 and the house was then demolished and turned into a carpark for the busy Shopping precinct of Centre Road, Bentleigh.The Marriott family were early settler market gardeners from 1878 in the area of Dendy’s 1841 Special Survey and John Herron was a descendant of Philip Jones , a chair-maker, who settled in the area of East Brighton, now Bentleigh, in 1852 An original letter, dated 10th May 1950, from solicitors Boothby and Boothby requesting settlement of costs involved with purchase of house at 4 Vickery Street Bentleigh by Mr John Herron from Miss M Marriott Attached is a Statement of Adjustments cat 00053.4 * Boothby & Boothby Imperial Chambers / Solicitors etc. 408 Collins Street/ B>B Boothby / N.B Boothby / - BBB/VP Melbourne C 10th May, 1950/ and at / Korumburra / Loch and / Poowong/ Telephone M 1275 ( 2 Lines )/ Mr. J. Herron, / 4 Vickery Street, / Bentleigh / re Marriott signed N Boothby solicitors, pioneers, early settlers, brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, market gardeners, dairyman, dairy farmer, jones james, jones mary ann, jones martha, jones elizabeth ann, dendy henry, dendys special survey 1841, elster creek, melbourne, jones ethel may, herron isa mary, herron john, tram conductor, marriott m, boothby and boothby -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - INGLEWOOD GOLD GOLD TOWN OF EARLY VICTORIA 1859 - 1992, 1982
Inglewood Gold, gold town of early Victoria 1859 - 1992. 144 pages, with illustrations and maps. History of settlement and gold mining, clubs, associations, businesses. Inscription on front page ' For the Bendigo Historical Society, with compliments, Allan M. Nixon, 28/1/1989Allan M. Nixoninglewood, history, inglewood, history, gold mining. -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Pioneer Day 1942, 25 May 1942
Centenary and settlement of Phillip Island 1842-1942. Early members of the Historical societyLarge photograph of celebrations at Erehwon on 25 May 1942, Pioneers day. Members of the Phillip Island and Westernport Historical SocietyDetails of members who attended the function listed on rear. Signed, E R Marchant Secretary, W Dawson Davie, Presidenterehwon guest house cowes, centenary celebrations 1942, history of phillip island historical society, land settlement, phillip island, photographs, local identities, nancy mchaffie, mcfee, west, justice, w. kennon, george lock, -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Newspaper Clipping - Digital Image, The Valley Voice, Bundoora Square 1978, 03/08/1978
Bundoora Square is the shopping centre on the corner of Plenty Road and Settlement Road Bundoora. Digital copy of newspaper photographbundoora square, bundoora shopping centre, plenty road bundoora -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, James Jupp, The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, ed. by James Jupp, 2001_
Entries on history of immigration and settlement in Australia, and its effects on Australian society and culture.The standard work on immigration and ethnic groups in Australia.940 p. hardback, maps, tables, photographsimmigration, australia history -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Melbourne University Press, The Australian Police Forces by G. M. O'Brien, 1960_
This book relates the history of policing in Australia from the early days of European settlement.268 p., illus. Hard cover.police, victoria police -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Arriving, 1984
Written to consider various aspects of Victoria's past and human settlement over the yearsYellow cover. Coloured photo of goldfield settlers reading news from home, 1860books, history, local, victorian history -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Booklet, Kyabram - The Larger Valley Township, 1989
Covering the history of Kyabram from the early settlement, railways and businesses and Kyabram CanneryBeige cover, brown writing. Swirls of brown top and bottom of frontcoverkyabram early settlement, railways, kyabram businesses, kyabram cannery, tatura, books, history, local -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Level Crossing Fraser Siding Longwarry - 1878-1978, 1978
History book for Centenary celebrations - 1878-1978non-fictionHistory book for Centenary celebrations - 1878-1978early settlement and businesses -
Lakes Entrance Historical Society
Photograph, M Holding, Northern End Lake Tyers at Nowa Nowa Victoria 2014, 1/06/2014 12:00:00 AM
The area was the port of Nowa Nowa during early years of settlement and timber industry.Colour photograph of flating jetty at top of North Arm of Lake Tyers at Nowa Nowa Victoriatopography, gippsland lakes -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Notebooks, Flexibound Books, 1970s
These notebooks were used by Charles and Vida Williams when they were Post Master and Post Mistress at the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century. Nullawarre is a small settlement 25 kilometres south east of Warrnambool and is a largely agricultural area. European settlement began in the area in the late 1860s. These notebooks are of minor interest as ones used by Charles and Vida Williams when they ran the Nullawarre Post Office in the mid 20th century. .1 This is a small notebook with a green cover bound with yellow tape. The pages are loose. They have handwritten material concerning car travel. Originally there were 100 pages but there are now fewer than this. .2 This is a small notebook similar to the one above except that it is bound with green tape and the pages are intact. It contains handwritten information on food expenses. .3 This is a small notebook with a blue cover and metal spiral binding. It contains handwritten material of a personal nature – addresses etc. Most of the pages are blank. ‘Pocket Notebook’nullawarre post office, charles & vida williams, nullawarre, history of warrnambool -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Map - Soldier Settlement Map, Soldier Settlement Commission, Tarrone Estate Alex Boyd, 1940s
This is a map of the Tarrone Soldier Settlement land divisions probably produced by the Soldier Settlement Commission. The map is incomplete with lots 48,49 and 50 missing. The Soldier Settlement Commission purchased 23,373 acres of Tarrone Station from the Boyd brothers in 1947 and the sub divided lots were occupied by soldier settlers commencing in 1949. Tarrone Station was established in 1840 by Doctors Kilgour and Bernard and the Boyd brothers secured the free hold in the 1890s and retained it until 1947. The map hung for many years in the Warrong school near Hawkesdale.This map is of considerable interest as an original item from the establishment of the Tarrone Soldier Settlement..The map is made of brown cloth and creased. The edges are tattered and there is a piece missing at the top. It is a map of allotments, hand drawn and with faded colours in red, blue and yellow. The names of localities and land holders are hand written in ink and chalk. The map is contained within two pieces of wood at the bottom and the top. There are two screws and a cord to hang on a wall. A scale of measurement is shown under the map. tarrone soldiers settlement, boyd brothers tarrone -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - EXTRACT FROM THE BENDIGO INDEPENDENT APRIL 16 1887: MYERS FAMILY/MYERS CREEK, 16th April, 1887
Extract from the Bendigo Independent April 16 1887 re Myers Family/Myers Creek. Titled The local dawn of civilization - A Pre-auriferous pioneer. Settlement by William and Thomas Myers. Story of settlement of area told by first wife of William Myers (Mrs Hayward). Recollection of Mrs Hayward's re the naming of Bendigo ( ('bendy-go'). Reference to Mr Campbell, Bullock Creek Hotel and Station; Mr John Catto (Loddon homestead); Mouat Bros (Yarraberb Station) M'Intyre (squatter of Kangaroo Flat and Big Hill) ; Buzza's Paddock (Myers' Flat). Mention of Superintendent Gilbert and Dr Backhaus.Bendigo Independentperson, individual, myers family, myers flat police station, buzz's paddock, bullock creek hotel and station, port phillip, myers creek. -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book, Historical Records of Australia Series 3 Vol 5
"Historical Records of Australia Series 3 Vol 5 Tasmania, December, 1825- March, 1827 Northern territory, 1823- 1827 Western port, Victoria, 1826 - 1827" Despatches and Papers relating to the Settlement of the States Publisher: Library Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Date: 1922Inside front cover has a sticker that reads Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute, historical records of australia series 3 vol 5 -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Article, One Hundred Years of progress. Phillip Island Centenary and the formation of the Phillip Island Historical Society 1942, 1942
This was held on the centenary of European settlement of Phillip Island. It mentions the discoveries of Aboriginal artefacts on the Island.Historical2 A3 photocopied pages of a newspaper article from The Powlett Express Wonthaggi, June 5 1942 on the Centenary of Phillip Island and the formation of the Historical Society at Erehwon, the home of Cr and Mrs Davie on May 25 1942. Speakers included Mr & Mrs Hardy [McHaffie], Captain E. Dixon, Mr J. Gliddon, Mr W. Kennon and Mr J. Grayden.The Powlett Express Wonthaggi and Victorian State Coalfields Advertiser. One Hundred Years Of Progress Phillip Island Centenarycentenary celebrations 1942, phillip island and westernport historical society, centenary gathering at erehwon, cr dawson davie, j w gliddon, mchaffie, r. grayden, powlett express 1942, aboriginal artifact -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Heidelberg since 1836: a pictorial History. Text by Cyril Cummins, 1971_
A history of white settlement of the Heidelberg area. Contains historic photos and description of the growth of the area.Produced by the Heidelberg Historical Society with financial assistance from the City of Heidelberg.A history of Heidelberg compiled to mark the centenary of Heidelberg being granted 'shire' status in 1871. Covers the period 1836-1970. 5 copies. (copy 5 is not for loan and filed in FileCab:Heidelberg - this copy was the property of Frances Sheppard, Secretary to the Town Clerk and includes other memorabilia)Elsa Jones [and address] 1971heidelberg, heidelberg historial society -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Printer Unknown, Greensborough, 1840o
Details the history of the current Greensborough township. It also mentions the early settlement of Kangaroo Point.Mentions early settlers such as William Poulter, James Chapman, James Mann and Edwin Willis Magger (Maygar).2 page printed document outlining the activities and motives of Edward Bernard Green, an early owner of the area of land that became Greensborough.Pencilled words on front page. greensborough, kangaroo point, edward green, poulter, mann, chapman, magger, mayger, melbourne to sydney mail contract -
St Kilda Historical Society
Postcard - Photograph of tree, Corroboree Tree, St Kilda, 1952
Aboriginal people of early settlement days congregated and held their ceremonies under and in the vicinity of this treecolour photograph -
Peterborough History Group
Book, The History of Warrnambool, Capital of the Western Port of Victoria from 1847 to the end of 1886, 1980
History of Warrnambool, but includes information pertaining to the settlement of Peterborough - page 176 and page 127Reprint of an original book with references to the founding of the town of Peterborough in 1866 as a 'notable occurance'Facsimile edition printed in September 1980. Hardcover, 368 pages including index. peterborough, curdies river inlet, founding of peterborough, james meek, warrnambool