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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - City Loop Ballarat Sturt St - set of 6, Ron Hood, 12/1970
Set of 6 slides showing trams parked in the City Loop 1 - taken from Lydaird St and Sturt St - looking east with Dickins food store, Patersons and a Neptune sign 2 - Photo looking east with tram 35 and 4 single truckers parked in the loop 3 - ditto with the Woolworths Big W store in the background. 4 - Head on view of 35 with a tram in Bridge St along with the Grenville St shelter 5 - as for 3 6 - ditto with tram 26 passing the parked trams.Yields information about the use of the City Loop in Sturt St to park out of service trams between the peak periods.Set of six colour slides in hanimount cardboard mounts."Ballarat" in ink on some of the slides and December 1970 on one. All are numbered in ink.tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 35, tram 26 -
Charlton Golden Grains Museum Inc
Ephemera - Souvenior Programme & Ticket, Shire of Charlton Concert, 1963
Program for Shire of Charlton Concert 1963Souvenir Programme Printed on Card. Shire of Charlton Celebrity Concert held on Tuesday Nov. 26th 1953 in the New Shire Hall. Programme lists participants and Councilors. Also included is a ticket of the function.Program for Shire of Charlton Concert 1963shire of charlton, celebrity concert, shire hall charlton, sir rohan delacombe -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Document - Certificate, Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Indenture of Apprenticeship, 28th October 1941
A number of items once belonging to shipwright Norman McKenzie were donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village. They are related to Norman’s apprenticeship and certification as a Shipwright in Belfast, his Union membership and his employment as a shipwright in Melbourne. One of the items, a union Rules Book inscribed with the name H.B. Thomas and dated 1902, had within its pages Norman’s Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 1941, Norman Desmond McKenzie was born in Belfast in 1925 and lived at 10 Pansy Street Belfast, Northern Ireland. At the age of 16 years, he began a 5-year Shipwright’s apprenticeship with Harland & Wolff Limited, Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Belfast. He became a member of the Ship Constructors’ and Shipwrights’ Association, Belfast (B) Branch 20. His Registration Number was 38748. He completed his apprenticeship on December 16th, 1946, aged 21 years, his address was 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast. In October 1949 Norman received Clearance from his Union as a financial member to move to another branch. He completed his Apprenticeship on December 16th 1946. Two months later he migrated to Australia, and he arrived in Victoria, and he became a Financial Member of the Victorian branch of the Federated Shipwrights, Ship constructors, Naval Architects, Ships’ Draughtsmen and Boat Builders’ Association of Australia, Victoria branch. One of Norman’s donated books is the Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London. It is inscribed on several pages with the name H.B. Thomas and includes the year 1902 and the address of 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale. This is a location in Victoria, Australia. The Victoria Government Gazette, February 1959, in the section “Removal from Registration on The Architects Registration Board of Victoria, during the year ended 31st December 1956” lists “Deceased – Thomas, H.B., 29 Brickwood Street, Gardenvale”. The Architects Union includes Naval Architects and Shipwrights and other related trades came under the same union. It seems likely that when he was in Melbourne, Norman worked as a Shipwright for H.B. Thomas and was given the Rules book by Thomas, perhaps as a reference book or maybe as a gift. Around that same time, December 1949, Norman met his wife-to-be, Daphne, in Melbourne. Daphne had migrated from London with her family and her father found work with the Melbourne Harbour Trust. They married in Melbourne in 1953 and went on to have a family of five children. In 2003 Norman and Daphne moved to Warrnambool and then years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Norman passed away on July 28th 2015 at Warrnambool’s South West Healthcare hospital.Norman McKenzie's Rules Book, Union Cards, Indenture of Apprenticeship, and other documents tell the story of a young Irish lad's work and qualifications to become a shipwright and his migration to Australia. The young man found a job and a wife who had also migrated, and they raised a family in Melbourne. He and his wife then retired to Warrnambool to enjoy their later years. The collection of documents relating to Norman McKenzie is significant for its connection with the shipping industry of the early 1900s, the migration of qualified tradesmen to Victoria, and their contribution to the development of Victoria. The collection also shows the role of the Union in the shipping industry. The documents link shipwright Norman McKenzie to the Shipwright's Union in London and in Australia, and to shipbuilder H B Thomas in Melbourne, most likely his employer.Certificate printed on cream paper; Indenture of Apprenticeship, between Norman McKenzie of Belfast, and Harland & Wolff Ltd. of Queen's Island, Belfast on 28th October 1941. The Certificate was donated within the pages of a book, Rules of the Shipwrights' Provident Union of the Port of London published in 1895 and inscribed in 1905 with the name H. B. Thomas. Inscriptions are on the front and reverse of the certificate. There are two red wax seals beside the signatures of John Morrison and Norman D. McKenzie. Handwritten and underlined in red pen, top right of Certificate's front "1499" Printed on the Certificate, employer "HARLAND & WOLFF Limited, of Queen's Island, Belfast, Shipbuilders and Engineers" Handwritten in black pen "Twenty-eighth (day of ) October 1941" "Norman D. McKenzie, 10 Pansy Street, Belfast" "Shipwright Rates of wages as per National agreement" SIGNED: "John Morrison" "William Donald" "Joseph Kenney" "Norman D. McKenzie" Along the right margin "Apprenticeship completed 16th December 1946" In pencil on the reverse "N McKenzie, 26 Connsbrook Drive, Sydenham, N. Belfast" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, norman mckenzie, norman desmond mckenzie, belfast shipwright, shipwright's apprenticeship, harland & wolff limited, shipbuilding & engineering works, the ship constructors’ and shipwrights’ association, registered shipwright, victorian branch of the federated shipwrights, ship constructors, naval architects, ships’ draughtsmen and boat builders’ association of australia, victoria branch, shipwrights' provident union, h.b. thomas, architects registration board of victoria, naval architect, daphne, norman and daphne mckenzie, indenture of apprenticeship -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - H.A. & S.R. WILKINSON COLLECTION: RECEIPT
A copy of a receipt dated 31st July 1954. under the date the words: rs. E. Plant, 83 Sternberg Street Bendigo. Possibly for rent due by McKerlie, L. I. period 24/06/1954 to 29/07/1954 6 pounds 5 shillings and Walkerdon, R. A. period 28/06/1954 to 26/07/1954 6 pounds. A deduction of 12 shillings 3 penny is applied to bring the total to 11 pounds 12 shillings 9 penny. The document is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 594. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION; BOOK ''PORTLAND 1800 TO 1920 (A SYNOPSIS)''
Booklet. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 83 page soft cover booklet by E. W. (Ned) Harvey and Noel F. Learmonth. A year by year summary of Portland's history taken from the files of the Portland 'Guardian' Newspaper. Published in 1966 by the Portland Town Council. Printed by E. Davis and Sons, Portland, Victoria. Catalogue sticker ''2222 HAR'' on front cover. Handwritten in ink on flyleaf ''Noel Learmonth, Alec Chisholm with best wishes from one author 26/9/67''E. W. Harvey & Noel F. Learmonthbooks, collections, history, alec h chisholm collection, portland, e.w.harvey, noel f. learmonth -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAAF RADAR REUNION COLLECTION: 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF NO.41 WING
Invitation: The Officer Commanding No.41 Wing Group Captain K.F. Clarke requests the pleasure of your company at the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of No.41 Wing to be held at RAAF base Williamtown on Friday, 26 February, 1993. RSVP: SQNLDR M. Kurvits, 41WG, on the enclosed proforma by 17 February 1993. Telephone: (049)287471, Warrant Officer Frank O'Leary 41WG (049) 289364, Flying Officer Allan Jane 3CRU (049) 28 6448. Postal Address; No 41 Wing, RAAF Base, Williamstown NSW 2314military, airforce, raaf radar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DOCUMENT: THE CRUIKSHANK CENTENARY, 1959
Memento (from Glass photograph) from the Cruikshank Centenary, 1959 entitled ''Five Little Scots who came to Bendigo In 1859'' Single page memento - centenary meeting held by Bendigo Branch of RHSV, 26/11/1959. Photograph on page of the five daughters of Dr and Mrs John Cruikshank - Fannie, Annie, Ina, Bessie, Jane. (5 copies) See also 2741 for 1860s Batchelder photo of Janie. On rear is a print from a rubber stamp in the name of Harold Curnow, P.O. Box 96 Bendigo.Harold Curnowperson, individual, cruikshank, bendigo branch of rhsv, harold curnow, batchelder. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Postcard - COHN BROTHERS COLLECTION: 1895 VICTORIA BREWERY PRE PRINTED POSTCARD
Vic State Post Card pre-printed with Victoria Brewery on reverse and pre printed 'We have this day forwarded you'.. .. 'Yours truly Cohns Bros Victorian Brewery Co Ltd'. Front. Cancelled with Bendigo Duplex hand stamp illegible date, addressed to The Secretary Cohn Bros Vic Brewery Co, 487 Collins Street Melbourne. Reverse. Handwritten, kindly send vouchers for cheques drawn last meeting. Melbourne Post Office August 26/95 date stamp.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: CORRESPONDENCE
A.O.F., Court King of the Forest, No. 3770, B.U.D. Notice of Intention and Proposition. I hereby give notice of Intention to Propose Mr. Thomas White, age 28 years, Occupation Blacksmith, Place of Birth England, residence Iron Bark, Wife's Name Margaret Age 26 years, No of Children 1. Signature Rich Coath. The Proposition - Proposed by R. J. Coath and Seconded by Ed. Le Levies. Mr Thomas White as a Candidate for admission. Proposed by R. J. Coath and Seconded by Ed. Le Levies.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest, thomas white, margaret white, rich coath, ed le levies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THE BENDIGO TRUST COLLECTION: VARIOUS CORRESPONDENCE, 31st August, 1970
Various correspondence relating to the Bendigo Trust a. City of Bendigo to ''For Your Information'' (non name) signed A J Watts 31/9/1970; from J M Cohn to The Mayor, City of Bendigo 26/8/1970 - other letters attached to a Draft Constitution for the Bendigo Trust; Notices of 'Next Meeting for committee of the Bendigo Trust various meetings from Dec 1970 - Oct 1971; Letter from H. Biggs, Secretary to Members of the Bendigo Trust re: meeting with contractor September 1971.organization, club/society, bendigo trust -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PITTOCK COLLECTION: THREE PITTOCK FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
Three Pittock Family Photographs: 1. Roy Pittock with cricket bat at 14 Sturt Street, Ballarat, detailed as "Roy behind our shop", Dec. 1922 2. Roy's E.W. Douglas motorcycle at 26 Fourth Street, West Brunswick, 1927 3. 1927, three male cyclists with swags. Roy Pittock (centre) with Bob Paage and unknown friend 4. Description of Ballarat Church of Christ team Premiers in the 1923-24 Ballarat Church Crickt Competition (refer 13000.73 for cricket team photos). -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CONSTABLE RYAN COLLECTION: REPORT ON CHINESE CAMP 1859
This report comprise a photocopy of the Bendigo Mercury dated Saturday, March 26, 1859 carrying an article titled: The Chinese on Bendigo, Official Inspection of the Ironbark Camp. Copy of the Victoria Police gazette dated Tuesday, January 12, 1886 offering a fifty pounds reward for information on the disappearance of Constable Ryan. Copy of Victoria Police gazette dated March 23rd, 1886 offering a reward of 100 pounds for information on Constable Ryan. Photocopy of an application for lease by a Hock Suey and a registry of application document declaring the application void.chinese -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO ADVERTISER REPORT (HANDWRITTEN) ON GOLD, 1856
Document. Handwritten sheet of Bendigo Advertiser report of 26 Aug. 1856 and a photocopy of same. On Saturday last Messrs Bruce & Co. of the Metropolitan Crushing Works crushed two tons of quartz - from the claim of Messrs Faul & Co in Iron Bark, which yielded the large quantity of 180 oz. of gold. This claim is said to be remarkably rich, and to be inferior to few now in work in Bendigo. Vide Bendigo Advertiser Gold Report of August 26th 1856. Reverse side 'Gold Report 180 oz.from 2 tons 1856'.cottage, miners, bendigo advertiser gold report, messrs bruce & co., metropolitan crushing works, messrs faul & co. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 1947 - 1966
Documents: Collection of Legal Documents: Solicitors, Registrar General's Office, State Savings Bank, Department of Mines Victoria, Share Brokers, Taxation Office, The Union Trustee of Australia Limited, Profit and Loss Statements, Letter from South Costerfield Antimony & Gold Mining Company No Liability & other letters, Letter Dated 26-10-1953 states Mine not worked for many years may go into Liquidation, 17-03-1955 Company has disposed of all assets and entered into voluntary liquidation.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Electric Supply Co. of Vic (ESCo), "Notes on Weekly tickets", 1926
Demonstrates and yields information about the considerations made for Weekly Tickets during the late 1920's.Set of handmade or hand written sheets regarding weekly tickets in Ballarat - using ink and pencil .1 - Lined foolscap sheet dated 3-10-26, titled "Notes on Weekly tickets", regarding availability, point of sale, sections, availability, midday or lunch time usage, numbering, use of tokens, fare boxes, disadvantages, and possible layout sketches. .2 - ditto, pencil notes, about ticket revenues, overlapping sections, limit of times, holidays. See also Reg Item 8019 for a 1921 and 1928 documents. trams, tramways, tickets, esco, weekly tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 27 mm sq slide/s - set of 3, Lilian Butler, Sturt St and Ripon Sts, 1971
Yields information about Ripon St, Talbot St.Set of 3 Hanimex slides - what cardboard mounts: 1 - View Point line junction at Ripon St, looking north west with short tram stop pole and Ampol service station sign on the right. 2 - Water column North West corner of Sturt Street and Talbot Street (opposite the Fire Station). Column long gone. (Advised by Neville Britton 26/9/2016 - by e-mail) 3 - looking west - South side of Sturt St. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butlerballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, view point, ripon st, tram stops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "Enjoy a grandstand view of the Lake", 20/06/2000 12:00:00 AM
Newspaper cutting from The Courier, Page 14, Tuesday 20/6/2000 detailing operation of the BTM Wendouree Parade service during the June 2000 school holidays. Gives details of the operation, contact details (Stephen Butler). Accompanying is a photo of trams 40, 671, 13 and 26 at the Gardens Loop during Boxing Day 1999 and a two column wide advertisement for the BTM offering a free souvenir Badge Offer. See images for advertisement and photo. (Note very few badges were distributed)btm, school holidays, advertisements, gardens loop -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Peter Moses, Jan. 1969
Photo of three single truckers, 31, 32, 21 parked in City Loop, with another single trucker, 26 or 28 entering Sturt St. 31 and 21 have SEC "Everything's under control in my all-electric kitchen", 32 - Wilkinson Sword?. In the background are Woolworths Big W store and Dickins supermarket. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses assumed Jan. 1969, dated only "Jan", but date lines up with Bendigo slides and type of numbering. Could be 1970.On the rear of the slide in black ink "P. Moses" along bottom right hand corner in black ink.tramways, trams, city loop, sturt st, grenville st, tram 31, tram 32, tram 21 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Trolley Wire Sample, Metal Manufacturers - Kemba Wire and Rod of Port Kembla NSW, Oct. 1996
Sample length (260mm long) of 107mm2 trolley wire supplied by Metal Manufacturers (Port Kembla Wire and Rod) - November 1996, Used in ceremony of 26/11/1996 when Victorian Minister of Transport, Alan Brown handed over the Trolley Wire (2km) to Museum. Sample supplied ex Test lab - had been tested for hardness. Wire type known as HC - high conductivity. Images added 3-12-2016 See Courier p6 of 27/11/1996 - see Reg. Item No. 503. trolley wire, btm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Form/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), "Daily Report of Cars Inspected", late 1960's?
Significant in being a form used by the SEC inspectors on the tramcars as part of their duties to monitor the performance of the trams and their crews. Could be used for recording results of ticket inspections as well.Printed form titled "Daily Report of Cars Inspected", head "State Electricity Commission of Victoria". Has space for Inspectors name, time on , time off, date, traffic, weather and Inspector's Signature. Form has table with 9 columns, up to 26 trams to be inspected, recording route, motorman or conductors name, car number, time, inspected between, number of passengers, passes and remarks. Printed on off white paper. Has form number 583-60. Ten additional copies added 9/1/2007. trams, tramways, tickets, accounting, revenue journal, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Programme, The Age, "Ballarat Heritage Weekend - 2008 Program", May. 2008
Full colour, 32 page, glossy paper, self glued magazine style, titled "Ballarat Heritage Weekend - 2008 Program" detailing the Ballarat Heritage Weekend held on Sat. 10 May and Sun 11 May 2008. Front cover headlines "Horse-drawn trams return to Ballarat". Details the weekend, accommodation, Ballarat's History, heritage buildings and precincts, map, bell ringing, tracing your family history, pages 26 and 27 detail the horse tram. Distributed with the Age Newspaper prior to the weekend.trams, tramways, horse tram, heritage, ballarat, btm -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. DIGGERS AND MINERS, c1855
Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Like this quartz mine on the Black Hill, Ballarat (1855) with its crushing machine at the base of the hill - - - Slide: Shows dwellings one made from timber with chimney, one made from canvas, with a veranda and what appears to be a round metal chimney. 2 men in the for ground have some timber and could be contemplating a timber dwelling. There are a couple of other dwellings in the background. Not many trees left on the hill. Markings: 26 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: AUSTRALIAN PASSPORT, 26th August, 1977
Australian Issued Passport. Blue front Gold writing. K814402. Peter Nicholas Ellis. Place and date of birth:Bendigo Vic. Australia. 27 Mar. 1946. Height 174cm Colour of eyes Green Hair colour Dark Brown. Issued at Melbourne on 26 Aug 1977. contains a black and white photograph of Peter Ellis. Australian address is listed as 27 Reginald Street Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 3550. Emergency contact person is listed as Joan B. Nielsen relationship Mother at the above address.Commonwealth of Australiaperson, individual, peter ellis oam -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Audio - The 1930s Depression Tapes - Amy Elizabeth Brown, 2005
In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with Amy Brown (Nee Osterfield). Amy was born in 1922. In 1942 she married Allan Stanley Brown. Her father, Charles Osterfield was a wood cutter before becoming unemployed. She never attended school. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 150 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only. Also included is Amy's memories of her childhood - Amy's Story. This is a 26 page document available here to read.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, amy brown -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - River, c.1927
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 26 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. Here the photographer takes a snapshot of a river that he passed.Inscription on page illegiblehenry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Bridge, c.1927
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 26 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. Here the photographer takes a wooden bridge across a river.Inscription on page illegiblehenry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Valleys and mountains, c.1927
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 26 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. Here the focus of the photograph is of distant mountains and mist-filled valleys.Inscription on page illegiblehenry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - River, c.1927
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 26 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. Here the focus of the photograph is rapids in a river.Inscription on page illegiblehenry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Marysville, 1926
Henry Beater Christian (1886-1962) , was a descendant of one of the earliest settler families in Kew. Employed at the Kew Asylum as a 'public servant', he was a skilled amateur photographer, photographing numerous scenes in Kew and on his travels around Victoria. The majority of his photographs date from 1916 to 1929. His finest photographs are housed in two photograph albums. Digital copy of a photograph from page 26 of the 47-page photograph album containing 261 gelatinous silver images, loaned by Diane Washfold with permission given to digitise and hold a copy in our collection. John Chapman has written in 'Bushwalking Clubs - A Brief History', about the establishment in Victoria of the first bushwalking club in 1888, and the popularisation of bushwalking during the interwar period. Henry Christian's 'walks' appear to have been undertaken solely or with a companion/s. On a trip to Marysville in 1926, he focuses on a winding bush track."Marysville / 1-1926"henry beater christian (1886-1962), landscape photography, christian-washfold collection, photograph albums, bushwalking, marysville -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The "Q" Theatre Guild, Maritana, 1958
The "Q" Theatre Guild was formed out of the Kew Light Opera Company in 1957. It marked the transition of the company that had initially been directed by Lance Nicholls to one directed by Beatrice Oakley. It continued to perform in the Kew Recreation Hall, but, with its demolition in 1960, and the opening of the new Kew City Hall in Cotham Road, moved its productions to that venue. Productions of the "Q" Theatre Guild included The Geisha (1957), Maritana (1958), They All Do It (1959), Blossom Time (1959), Love's A Luxury (1959), There And Back & The Bohemian Girl (1960), Die Fledermaus (1960), Gay Rosalinda (1961), The Land Of Smiles (1961), Kisses For A Kid & Hansel And Gretel (1961), Die Fledermaus (1962), Monsieur Beaucaire (1964), Macbeath or The Beggar's Opera, and So To Bed.The scrapbook of annotated photographs, programmes, and newspaper reviews of which this item is a part was assembled by Marion Tilley, wardrobe mistress for, and performer in, productions by the Kew Light Opera Company and the "Q" Theatre Guild. It is significant as a remarkably complete document of theatre performances in Kew, Victoria during the 1950s and 1960s. The scrapbook, and the items individually catalogued within it, have artistic and aesthetic significance within the history of performing arts in Victoria in the middle of the 20th Century. They have social significance in that they reveal socio-cultural values and preoccupations during the period. The records also act as a history of arts activities in the Kew Recreation Hall and later in the Kew City Hall as entertainment and community arts and music precincts.Black and white photograph of Stan Wilson in Vincent Wallace's opera Maritana. The performance was produced by Beatrice Oakley for The "Q" Theatre Guild in 1958. Music was provided by the Kew Philharmonic Society conducted by John Trotter. Marion Tilley, the creator of the scrapbook in which the photo is pasted is given credit for designing and making the costumes. Set design was by R. Jewell. The photograph was taken on the night of 21, 23, 26, 27 or 28 June when Wilson performed the Don Jose, a role he shared with James Dinsdale.Marion Tilley, the creator of the scrapbook, wrote the following underneath the photograph: "Stan Wilson."performing arts -- kew (vic.), scrapbooks, marion tilley collection, 'q' theatre guild, kew recreation hall, musical comedy -- melbourne -- victoria