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Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - A house of generous proportions, 1992
Real estate advertisement for the sale by auction of 12 Maling Road Canterbury on Saturday 12 December 1992. Includes a sketch of the house and floor plan.canterbury, maling road, edwardian style -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - Canterbury, 39 Matlock Street, 1/08/2013 12:00:00 AM
Advertising material for the sale of 39 Matlock Street Canterbury by Fletchers .Auction on Saturday 24th August 2013 Includes coloured photographs of the interior and exterior of the house and a floor and site plancanterbury, matlock street, edwardian style -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - Griffin, c1910 Grand Edwardian, 1/12/2003 12:00:00 AM
A collection of real estate advertisements from unnamed newspapers and a flyer for the auction of "Griffin" 2 Dudley Parade Canterbury on 13 December 2003. 3 items with interior and exterior coloured photographs and floor and site plans.canterbury, dudley parade, edwardian style, griffin, lead lights, fireplaces, canterbury baptist church -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Garden of "Roquebrune" corner of Canterbury Road and Gascoyne Street Canterbury, c1920
"Roquebrune" built in 1912 or 1914 by G.H.Tarrrant and demolished in 1971 to make way for the Baptist Nursing Home on the corner of Canterbury Road and Gascoyne Street Canterbury. Now apartmentsGarden and side of the house "Roquebrune" built in 1912 or 1914 by G.H.Tarrrant and demolished in 1971 to make way for the Baptist Nursing Home on the corner of Canterbury Road and Gascoyne Street Canterbury. Now apartmentscanterbury, canterbury road, gascoyne street, roquebrune, edwardian style, baptist nursing home, aged people, nursing homes, garden -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - "Roquebrune" corner Canterbury Road and Gascoyne Street Canterbury, c1920
The house was built in 1912 or 1914 for G. H. Tarrant and was demolished in 1971 to make way for the Baptist Nursing Home. Now apartments.Sepia photograph of three people sitting in the front garden of "Roquebrune" corner of Canterbury Road and Gascoyne Street Canterbury. canterbury, canterbury road, gascoyne street, edwardian style, roquebrune, nursing homes, baptist nursing home -
Canterbury History Group
Book, K. C. B. Bethell, John Beswicke 1847-1925: Heritage Architect
"John Beswicke was a prolific architect during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He commenced as an architect 13 years after a competition was called for the design of the first Government House in Victoria, and 10 years after the Victorian Institute of Architects was formed. The majority of Beswicke's designs were built before Federation in 1901. ... Beswicke designed buildings in and around Melbourne ... A dapper and urbane gentleman, he was a keen sporting shooter, motoring enthusiest and inventor, as well as a devoted family man. ... This book cements Beswicke's place as one of Melbourne's formost architects of his era."--Dust jacket gate fold.150 pages. Includes photographs, bibliographical references and indexes of book and architectural worknon-fiction"John Beswicke was a prolific architect during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He commenced as an architect 13 years after a competition was called for the design of the first Government House in Victoria, and 10 years after the Victorian Institute of Architects was formed. The majority of Beswicke's designs were built before Federation in 1901. ... Beswicke designed buildings in and around Melbourne ... A dapper and urbane gentleman, he was a keen sporting shooter, motoring enthusiest and inventor, as well as a devoted family man. ... This book cements Beswicke's place as one of Melbourne's formost architects of his era."--Dust jacket gate fold.architects, heritage studies, buildings - victoria, biographies, john beswicke -
Truganina Explosives Reserve Preservation Society Inc (TERPS)
Digitised Oral History – Truganina Explosives Reserve - Tape 3 Owen Hyde, 2018
The interviews were recorded in 2000 by Bronwen Gray and Alan Young for the production of Unreserved, Stories from Truganina Explosives Reserve, animated stories from past residents, workers and interested people of the Reserve (subject to copyright 2004). Owen and Clive Hyde are the sons of Joe and Joyce Hyde. Joe was the last Officer in charge of the Truganina Explosives Reserve. The family moved to the reserve on 11 December 1952 and continued to live there after the Reserve closed in 1962. Owen lived at the house until his early twenties. He discusses growing up at the Reserve. The voice of Joyce Hyde can also be heard during the interview. A primary source of information on memories of the Truganina Explosives Reserve and Altona,VictoriaDigital copy of original cassette recorded in 2000 and digitised in 2018hobsons bay, draught horses, explosives reserve pier, myxomatosis, pine trees, queen street altona, edwardian garden, government superintendent houses, mcdonald, commonwealth bank, dr john lewin, altona, summer of the seventeenth doll, leslie george hyde, joe hyde, george grant, clive hyde, williamstown technical, mrs cronin, angus and robertson, pier fire, dutch migrants, communist party, laboratory, brass nails -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - 31 Chaucer Crescent, Canterbury, Slifirski, Judy, [2007]
Coloured photograph of house cnr. Chaucer Crescent and Marlowe Street, Canterbury. Chaucer Crescent view {2007]canterbury, marlowe street, chaucer crescent, edwardian style, timber houses, trees -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - 31 Chaucer Crescent Canterbury, Slifirski, Judy, [2007]
Coloured photogaph of Marlowe Street view of 31 Chaucer Crescent Canterburycanterbury, marlowe street, chaucer crescent, edwardian style, timber houses, gates, doors, trees -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - Superb edwardian, moments from Maling Road, 1/02/2011 12:00:00 AM
Real estate advertisement from the Weekly Review for the auction on 26 February 2011 of 22 Milton Street Canterbury.Includes coloured photograph of the interior, exterior and the swimming p.oolcanterbury, milton street, edwardian style, swimming pools, timber houses -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - "Hopetoun: c1910, 1/02/2011 12:00:00 AM
Real estate advertisement from the Weekly Review for the auction of "Hopetoun"c1910, 5 Hopetoun Road Canterbury.Includes two pages of coloured interior and exterior photographscanterbury, hopetoun, hopetoun avenue, swimming pools, golden mile, edwardian style -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - Affordable renovated Edwardian, [1996]
Real estate advertisement for the sale by auction of 31 Myrtle Road Canterbury on Saturday 13 April [1996]. Includes a sketch of the house and a floor plancanterbury, myrtle road, edwardian style -
Buda Historic Home & Garden Castlemaine
Photograph, Bertha Leviny with her daughters, a grandson and dog, 1906
Photo - Bertha Leviny (seated centre) with five of her daughters L-R: Gertrude, Hilda, Mary (standing), Dorothy and Kate. Her grandson James Leviny is at Bertha's knee. The pet dog is an Australian terrier. Bertha was the wife of noted colonial silversmith and jeweller, Ernest Leviny. Together, they raised a family of ten children in their home Buda, Castlemaine. The five unmarried daughters pursued their interests in various creative pastimes linked with the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.One of the few photographs of Bertha Leviny and her daughters taken together after the death of Bertha's husband, Ernest, a prominent Australian silversmith. The Leviny daughters were artistic in their own right, following the principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Three of the daughters entered works in the 1907 Exhibition of Women's Work held at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne.Silver gelatin, toned print. Black and white photograph of a group of six women, a child and a dog. The women are seated on and around a garden bench with the tennis pavilion in the background. All are smiling at the dog which is standing on its back legs in the foreground. The little boy's face is blurred from movement during the exposure.Handwritten in ink (verso): "At Buda 1906"bertha leviny, mary leviny, gertrude leviny, hilda leviny, dorothy leviny, kate leviny, james leviny, australian terrier dog, kodak box brownie camera, edwardian costume, buda, 1906, photograph, portrait, leviny women, castlemaine