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Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
photograph - Lifeboat Crew, Queenscliffe lifeboat crew, 1986
Lifeboat crew on a lifeboatBlack & white photo of the lifeboat Queenscliffe's crew on boardReverse - " 2nd from left Grenville Roddick, lighthouse superintendent / passengers on lifeboat were pilots for the new pilot boats, taken into the Rip by the Mr (Sam) Culliver to test the tides "historical references -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Benson, Robert Hugh, The Conventionalists by Robert Hugh Benson, 1908
343 p. : Hardcover book. Red cover with gold embossed lettering.fictionrobert hugh benson, fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, John Halifax, Gentleman by Mrs Craik, [n.d.] [First published 1856. Numerous later editions, this edition c.1900?.]
448 p. : frontispiece illustration. Decorative dark green and gold cover and end-papers, with design of leaves, flowers and berries. Title and author's name embossed in gold on front cover and spine. fictionfiction, dinah maria mulock craik -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Linton Township from Slaughterhouse Hill, circa 1920s, 1920
Slaughterhouse Hill was so named because Bennett's butchers had a slaughterhouse there.A view of Linton taken from Slaughterhouse Hill to the north-east of the town. Numerous buildings are identifiable in the photograph. In the middle foreground are the railway station, platform and station-master's house. The Grenville Standard building is visible in Clyde Street, and the Post Office and Bank of NSW buildings can be seen near the corner of Clyde and Sussex Streets. In the distance (along Sussex Street) the Royal Standard Hotel and the Shire Offices (original building) can be seen. St Paul's Church of England is on the far left of the photograph."Esther Cluff, Linton".linton township, slaughterhouse hill -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Richards and Co, Ballarat, Church of England Parishioners, Grenville Shire Offices, Linton, 1909, 1909
This photograph is believed to have been taken after the laying of the foundation stone for the Parish Hall, in 1909. The Ballarat Star of 1 September 1909 reported that "After the ceremony an adjournment was made to the Shire Hall, where afternoon tea was served by the ladies of the congregation." A copy of this photograph is in the St Paul's Church of England file. Some members of the congregation are identified on this copy - names written over photograph.Black and white photograph of a large group of men, women and children posed in front of the Shire of Grenville offices at Linton.st paul's church of england linton, grenville shire office linton, church of england congregation, parish hall -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Adams House, Grey Street, Linton
From the "Walk-Drive Tour of Linton", p. 22: ". . . this large Victorian house was originally the home of Hubert Adams, the proprietor of the Grenville Standard from about 1895 until 1909. It was subsequently purchased by the Shire of Grenville and was for many years the Shire Engineer's home." The inscription on the front of one of the copies says the photo was taken c. 1890.Photograph of a timber Victorian style house with a corrugated iron roof. The house has two chimneys and wrought iron decoration on the verandah. An unidentified woman and a young girl are standing in the garden at the front. Adams house, afterwards used as Shire Engineer's house, in Grey Street, LintonOn front of both copies: Shire Engineer's House, Grey St. Linton". On front of copy (a): "c. 1890". On back of copy (b): Shire Engineer's House Grey St Linton".houses, buildings, adams house, shire engineer's house -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Daisy Livingstone Smith
Daisy Livingstone Smith was born in Linton in 1903, a daughter of Shire Secretary Alfred John Smith (Alf J Smith) and Ada Smith née Watson. After first being privately educated, she attended Linton State School from 1911, and went on to Queen's College in Ballarat (a Church of England grammar school for girls), where she was Dux in 1918. After leaving school she worked as Linton librarian, and then as a financial officer for the Shire of Grenville. In 1941 she married Roy Brown. Daisy died in 1945, and a lectern dedicated to her memory is in St Paul's Church of England, Linton.Black and white copy of original photograph shows head and shoulders of a young woman with dark hair cut fairly short. She is wearing a collarless plain dress or blouse, with slightly puffed sleeves and large buttons. Daisy Livingstone Smith, afterwards Brown.daisy livingstone smith, daisy brown