The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation was held more than one year later because of the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies. It also gave the planning committees adequate time to make preparations for the ceremony. During the service, Elizabeth took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, was invested with robes and regalia, and was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Celebrations took place across the Commonwealth realms and a commemorative medal was issued. It was the first British coronation to be fully televised; television cameras were not allowed inside the abbey during her parents' coronation in 1937. Elizabeth's was the fourth and final British coronation of the 20th century. It was estimated to have cost £1.57 million (c. £53,571,428 in 2023).Scout and Guide Coronation Service of Thanksgiving. In the presence of His Excellency the Governor, State Chief Scout and Lady George, state president of the girl guides, Adelaide town Hall Sunday 21 June 1953 - four pages.history, bendigo, boy scouts, girl guides

This folder contains 3 copies of photographs plus notes about the Glen Huntly Fire Station: 1/A print of a small black and white photograph (95mm x 127mm) of the exterior of Glen Huntly Fire Station accompanied by typed notes sourced 13/03/2007 from the Melbourne Fire Brigade Museum. The notes indicate that the fire engine shown parked out the front was in service 1919 to circa 1924: Car 55 Rego 8499 Hose Carriage Engine No. 3178 Napier. 2/An A4 sepia copy of the same photograph (210mm x 291mm) with street advertising of one of the shops clearly visible: 'DRAPERY EMPORIUM. UNDERCLOTHING BABY LINEN; HOSIERY HABERDASHERY MILLINERY'. The electric tram at the terminus on Grange Road is also seen in the photograph. Noted on the reverse of the photo: 'Glen Huntly Road and Grange Road' in pencil. 3/A photocopy of a black and white photograph (154mm x 200mm) of Fire Engine with No. 13197 outside the Glen Huntly Fire Station. Two firefighters are seated in the carriage and three others stand on the running board. It is noted 'D DISTRICT' at the top and 'No. 29 STATION GLENHUNTLY' on the bottom.glenhuntly, glen huntly fire station, glen huntly road, glenhuntly road, grange road, eastern hill fire station, electric trams, metropolitan fire brigade board, fire stations, fire brigades, fire engines, firefighters, firefighting equipment, hose carriage engine no 3178 napier, glen huntly, melbourne fire brigade museum, russell david

Four items about this group: 1/Handwritten letter not dated but presumably early 2002, from Graham Barker of 10 Blake Street, Caulfield to Mrs Campbell of the Glen Eira Historical Society. Enclosure is a copy of his grandmother’s certificate of life membership in the Australian Women’s National League, Elsternwick Branch. His inquiry is about this organisation. 2/Carbon copy of letter from Hazel Ford, Honorary Secretary of the Glen Eira Historical Society dated 06/03/2002, responding to the previous and stat that the Society has no records relating to the Women’s League. 3/Photocopy of Certificate of life membership from the Elsternwick Branch of the Australian Women’s National League to Mrs Jennings aka Annie Maria Jennings, sent with the letter from Graham Barker. The Certificate is dated 23/11/1944 and handwritten note says that she died on 23/10/1946. 4/Letter from Graham Barker to Miss Hazel Ford, Honorary Secretary, Glen Eira Historical Society, undated, in response to No 2 above, thanking her and stating that he would seek information from the Royal Historical Society or the State Library.australian women’s national league, caulfield, jennings mrs, rogers e, donaldson a.e, campbell mrs, barker g mr, ford hazel miss, glen eira historical society, ‘wilpena’, blake street

MURRUMBEENA CRICKET CLUB HISTORY (1890-2005) by David Hardham, thirty-four pages printed from computer of the history of the Club, with photographs and accounts of major players and figures, dated January 2005. MURRUMBEENA CRICKET CLUB HISTORY by David Hardham, fifteen pages printed from computer of the history of the Club, dated October 2002. No photographs. Also includes a CD, submitted by David Hardham, with the text of the 2002 history, and photograph of THE PETER ROBERTSON OVAL sign Large and small black and white photocopies of photograph of THE PETER ROBERTSON OVAL sign, with persons standing underneath, no date but possibly from late 1930s Collection of EPHEMERA TO ADD TO MURRUMBEENA CRICKET CLUB’S FILE, THEIR CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS, 21/11/2010. Includes invitation to attend dinner, with information about payment options and sales of club memorabilia. Murrumbeena Cricket Club, Inc Annual Report, Season 2002-2003, foutry-eight page pamphlet with historical lists of office bearers, and results of matches in 2002-2003. Includes lists of RECORDED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES, FROM SEASON 1945-55 by John Dennis, Club Historian ‘BEENA QUINELLA clipping from Caulfield/Port Phillip Leader, 17/05/2010, an recent match SEVEN UP FOR POYAS AS SAINTS HAVE THEIR WAY WITH MORDI, clipping from Caulfield/Port Phillip Leader, 24/05/2011, includes recent match by Murrumbeena, and VAMPIRES RISE, SAINTS DRAINED, clipping from Caulfield/Port Phillip Leader, 31/05/2011, notes that MURRUMBEENA HAD THE BYE. Paul Amy, IT’S BEENS TOP TON, clipping from Caulfield/Port Phillip Leader, 16/11/2010, article on forthcoming Club 100th Anniversary Dinner, with photograph of Club STALWARTS David Hartham, Don McDermott and Leigh Hardham. Paul Amy, SIR DONS LAST STAND, clipping from Caulfield/Port Phillip Leader. 13/03/2012, on Don McDermott, member of the Club for sixty years, includes photograph PORT’S DAY KIN FINDS FORM WITH CLASSY CENTURY, from Glen Eira/Port Phillip Leader, 06/11/2012, includes recent match by Murrumbeena against Chelsea Brad Beitzel, WICKETS FALL BUT PORT STILL A CHANCE, clipping from Glen Eira/Port Phillip Leader, 26/02/2013, notes recent match by Murrumbeena against Cheltenham FOUR DAY MATCH SHOULD YIELD A RESULT, clipping from Glen Era/Port Phillip Leader, 19/03/2013, notes loss in match by Murrumbeena to Brighton Districtmurrumbeena cricket club, murrumbeena, sporting clubs, cricket clubs, armstrong j.r., riley t.j., robertson p.t., watson j.f., glenie f., armstrong f., backman e.r., bristowe l.l., moore r., ridgeway j.j., schrape f., walker t., wolsley e., forscutt a., whelan f., rundell c.m., berry j., gilbert j.j., watson a.j., kirk t.e., schrape a.j., mcalister j.w., watson e.a., williams v.j., hardham m.f., hindmarsh j., stevens b.t., macwhirter j.c., harbour n.l., mcdermott j.a., watson k.g., graham a.m., johnston d.c., white p.o., mcdermott r.e.s., pugh g.h., trevethan w.j., macwhirter d.j., blaze r.e., healy d.l., hidson p.e., way p.j., hardham d.m., mcdermott d.a., dennis j.r., hardham. l.a., wilkinson d.j., graham j.e., gifford s., goold s.c., walker i.l., harbour mrs e., newton p.s., weaver d.a., fielder j.g., hay g.i., paton a., hay s.j., bailes j., gray j., dutton w., gray r., martin s., martin j., horton m., pugh v., west j., day e.j., wilde w.j., watson j.f., watson a.j., hanna r., butler w.g., wanliss t.n., cooke a.r., coghill r.g., ryan g.m., parker r.j., hayes h.j., hay p.g., de laine g., thompson h., dick r.l., rees v., burns g.m., crook mr., day w.e., cooper h., day e.j., mudge l.v., wilde w.j., cooper a.k., pellissier m.t., hardham mrs g.l., blum p.a., allamby d., smale r., mark j., hancock s., kivell d., fitts b., murphy d., roach a., walker w., jayasuriya k., driver w., gilbert j.a., hiland p., vandersluys m., singelton w., mcnabb j., taylor b., burne n.