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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Doncaster Fruit Juices and Syrups
See NP4086Black and white photograph of the front of the Pietsch Brothers premises. Various juices mentioned and a petrol pump on either side of the building.pietsch, william, paul, doncaster fruit juices and syrups, doncaster fruit juices -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Doncaster Fruit Juices and Syrups
... Black and white photograph of Paul(left) and William... Mitcham melbourne See NP4086 pietsch william paul doncaster fruit ...See NP4086Black and white photograph of Paul(left) and William Pietsch in front of a sign encouraging people to stop and have a drink of pure fruit juices located on corner of Burwood Highway and Morak Road, Vermont South.pietsch, william, paul, doncaster fruit juices, doncaster fruit juices and syrups -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Christ Church, Mitcham, c1952
Sent to a parishioner at Christ Church Mitcham by Phyllis Grant who lived at the Migrant Hostel Mitcham in 1952-54 where her husband did development work under the P.M.G.Black and white photograph of the front of Christ Church, Mitcham, in Edward Street in 1952. Mrs. P. Grant in front with her baby, Paul following his christeningchrist church anglican church mitcham, edward street, mitcham, grant, phyllis -
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Australian Prime Ministers, Grattan, Michelle, 2000
A biography of Australian prime ministers (Barton-Howard) and political analysis. Essays by a variety of authors.Relevance to the history of politics in Australia, particularly the federal government and prime ministers. Biographical interest.Paperback book. Front cover: black background; sepia portrait photographs of all prime ministers up to John Howard; gold and white lettering.Front cover: editor's name and book title. Back cover: description; editor's biography; list of contributors.btlc, ballarat regional trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, prime ministers - australia - edmund barton, prime ministers - australia - alfred deakin, prime ministers - australia - chris watson, prime ministers - australia - george reid, prime ministers - australia - andrew fisher, prime ministers - australia - joseph cook, prime ministers - australia - william morris hughes, prime ministers - australia - stanley melbourne bruce, prime ministers - australia - james scullin, prime ministers - australia - joseph lyons, prime ministers - australia - earle page, prime ministers - australia - robert menzies, prime ministers - australia - arthur fadden, prime ministers - australia - john curtin, prime ministers - australia - francis forde, prime ministers - australia - ben chifley, prime ministers - australia - harold holt, prime ministers - australia - john mcewan, prime ministers - australia - john gorton, prime ministers - australia - william mcmahon, prime ministers - australia - gough whitlam, prime ministers - australia - malcolm fraser, prime ministers - australia - robert hawke, prime ministers - australia - paul keating, prime ministers - australia - john howard, politics, politicians, house of representatives, parliament, biography -
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Triumph and demise: the broken promise of a labor generation, Kelly, Paul, 2014
The book principally provides an account of the Rudd-Gillard government years (2007-2013), including the conflicts that arose and the ultimate victory of the Abbott Coalition government.Significant to governance of Australia and its party politics. Especially pertinent to Labor Party history during the period 2007-2013.Paperback book. Front cover: red background; black and white lettering. Author and title and media comment. Back cover: white background; red and black text. ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, btlc, kelly, paul, paul kelly, deputy prime minister, prime minister, politicians, politics and government, elections, gillard, julia, rudd, kevin, abbott, tony, howard, john, liberal party australia, australian labor party, greens party, policy, parliament -
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Political vision: A photographic journey through Australian politics, Chapman, Andrew, 2015
Photographic history of Australian federal politics from 1970s to 2000s.Relevant to history of Federal government over fifty years.Hardback. Front cover: author and title; black background; red, silver and white lettering. Back cover: black background; quotation from Don Watson; white lettering.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, politics, federal government, whitlam, gough, shorten, bill, hawke, bob, prime minister, prime minister - caretaker, fraser, malcolm, abbott, tony, crean, simon, beazley, kim, rudd, kevin, keating, paul, gillard, julia, snedden, billy, hayden, bill, peacock, andrew, hewson, john, downer, alexander, howard, john, latham, mark, nelson, brendan, turnbull, malcolm, leader of the opposition, deputy leader of the opposition, brumby, john, carr, kim, faulkner, john, bishop, bronwyn, costello, peter, hanson, pauline -
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John Howard - badge
John Howard was the coalition Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007. His predecessor was Paul Keating (ALP). John Howard's coalition government was defeated in 2007 by Kevin Rudd (ALP).Political significance.Round white metal button with pin on the back. Red writing.Red writing: "My mum says Johnny Howard is a mongrel bastard."btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat regional trades and labour council, howard, john, prime ministers - australia - john howard -
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The resolution of conflict (Don Woodward Collection), Hawke, RJL, 1979
From the ABC lecture series. In this volume, Bob Hawke addresses the issues of: how we are governed, Australia in crisis and international context. Bob Hawke is a former ALP Prime Minister, Rhodes Scholar, ACTU President and President of the ALP. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Paul Keating.Political and social interest.Book; 71 pages. Front cover: yellow background; three black and white photographs of Bob Hawke; one blue graphic of Bob Hawke; blue and white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, social conditions, politics and government, prime minister - australia, hawke, rjl, actu, alp, australian labor party -
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A figure of speech: A political memoir (Don Woodward Collection), Freudenberg, Graham, 2005
Graham Freudenberg's memoirs. He was a speech writer for Gough Whitlam and Arthur Calwell. He wrote the campaign speech for Mark Latham in 2004. The book includes his associations with Australian leaders from Menzies to Howard and observations about international relations. Political - Australia - Labor. Autobiographical interest.Book; 305 pages. Dust jacket: black and white photograph of the author; red, white and black lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black background; silver lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, freudenberg, graham, government staff, labor memoirs, menzies, robert, calwell, arthur, whitlam, gough, howard, john, alp, australian labor party, wran, neville, carr, robert (bob), keating, paul, hawke, bob, vietnam war, latham, mark, kerr, sir john, liberal party australia, lpa, politics and government -
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On the record: Politics, politicians and power (Don Woodward Collection), Oakes, Laurie, 2010
An account covering Australian politics, power and politicians (1960s-present). The author provides comment upon the Rudd-Gillard government and the eventual fall of Kevin Rudd in the 2010 federal election. Chapter titles: 1. Parties and politics 2. Elections 3. Parliament 4. People 5. The media 6. Rudd and Gillard Laurie Oakes worked in the Canberra Press Gallery from 1969 until his retirement in 2017.Politics and government - Australia. Journalism.Book; 385 pages. Cover: blue background; colour photograph of Laurie Oakes (author); yellow and white lettering; author's name and title.In pencil, "DW 24/4/2011".btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, rudd, kevin, gillard, julia, oakes, laurie, howard, john, keating, paul, hawke, bob, fraser, malcolm, whitlam, gough, mcmahon, william, gorton, john, politics and government, mcewen, john, journalism, australian labor party, alp, coalition government, liberal party australia, lpa, national party -
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The end of certainty: The story of the 1980s (Don Woodward Collection), Kelly, Paul, 1992
Australian politics in the 1980s and the consequences. Includes: - Hawke-Keating leadership; - 1990s recession; - ALP leadership coup; - deregulation of financial systems; - John Hewson's bid for the prime ministership; - rivalry between John Howard and Andrew Peacock; - John Elliott's push for Liberal Party leadership; - Joh for PM campaign; - industrial relations and the Accord. Politics, industrial relations, economy and leadership issues.Book; 755 pages. Cover: red and purple background; photographs of Bill Kelty, Bob Hawke, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, John Elliott, John Howard, Paul Keating and John Hewson; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, politics and government, prime ministers - australia, political parties, hawke, bob, premiers - bjelke-petersen, joh, elliott, john, kelty, bill, howard, john, keating, paul, peacock, andrew, hewson, john, economy - australia, actu, anthony, doug, country party, liberal party australia, national party, immigration, industrial relations, alp, australian labor party, trade unions, white australia policy, accord -
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Paul Keating: A biography (Don Woodward Collection), Carew, Edna, 1988
... and white grainy photograph of Paul Keating; red, black and blue... A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government ...A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government. He succeeded Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia following a successful leadership challenge. Keating was defeated by John Howard in the 1996 election.Relevant to Australian federal politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Biographical interest - Paul Keating.Book; 237 pages. Front cover: white background; black and white grainy photograph of Paul Keating; red, black and blue lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, keating, paul, hawke, bob, prime minister, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, biography -
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The Hawke ascendency, Kelly, Paul, 1984
The story of power politics surrounding Bob Hawke's electoral victory in 1983. The author particularly focusses upon the personal dynamics of Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser and Bill Hayden.Relevant to the history of Australian politics and ALP history. Biographical interest - Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser, Bill Hayden.Paper; book. Front cover: black background; black and white image of Bob Hawke; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, hayden, bill, fraser, malcolm, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, elections, parliament, government, politics, politicians, prime minister, biography -
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The Hawke years : the story from the inside, Mills, Stephen, 1993
"How Bob Hawke won four elections - His place on the world stage - His love affair with the Australian people" -- Cover. Biographical interest - Bob Hawke. Bob Hawke was President of the ACTU and was successfully elected to federal parliament in 1980. He became Australian Prime Minister in 1983, defeating Malcolm Fraser. He relinquished the Prime Ministership in 1991 following a successful leadership challenge by Paul Keating.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photograph of Bob and Hazel Hawke; black and red background; white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, alp, history, australian labor party, politics, unions, government, parliament, prime minister -
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Hawke : an emotional life, Anson, Stan, B0234
A Freudian/psychoanalytical biography of Bob Hawke. Bob Hawke was President of the ACTU and was successfully elected to federal parliament in 1980. He became Australian Prime Minister in 1983, defeating Malcolm Fraser. He relinquished the Prime Ministership in 1991 following a successful leadership challenge by Paul Keating.Biographical interest - Bob Hawke. Relevant to the history of Australian politics, the ALP and the union movement.Paper; book. Front cover: colour photo of Bob Hawke with a blue, brown and white theme; brown background; white and black lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, hawke, bob, politics, alp, australian labor party, actu, australian council of trade unions, political parties, prime minister, actu - president, freudian analysis, psychoanalysis, biography -
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Paul Keating Prime Minister, Carew, Edna, 1988
... and white; gold, brown and white lettering. Paul Keating Prime ...A biography. Paul Keating was Treasurer in the Hawke ALP government. He succeeded Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia following a successful leadership challenge. Keating was defeated by John Howard in the 1996 election.Relevant to Australian federal politics in the 1980s and 1990s. Biographical interest - Paul Keating.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; various head shots of Paul Keating in colour and black and white; gold, brown and white lettering. Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, keating, paul, hawke, bob, prime minister, alp, australian labor party, politics, government, biography -
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Beazley : a biography (Don Woodward Collection), FitzSimons, Peter et al, 1998
Biography of Kim Beazley who is a former diplomat, ALP federal MP, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition. Beazley was part of the Hawke/Keating cabinet and served in such roles as Minister for Defence and Minister for Finance.Biographical interest - Kim Beazley. Relevant to Australian politics and the Hawke/Keating era of government.Paper; book. Dust jacket: blue background; with a colour photograph of Kim Beazley; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, beazley, kim, biography, alp, australian labor party, cabinet, government, politics, deputy prime minister, prime minister, hawke, bob, keating, paul, government ministry, ambassadors and diplomats -
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Goodbye Jerusalem : night thoughts of a Labor outsider, Ellis, Bob, 1997
Memoir by Bob Ellis (former ALP member of parliament) about politics from a Labor viewpoint. Autobiography and political analysis. The first edition of the book was pulped after a successful defamation action by MPs Tony Abbott and Peter Costello.Relevant to Australian politics. Autobiographical relevance - Bob Ellis.Paper; book. Front cover: sepia photo including Margaret & Gough Whitlam, Paul Keating, Ben Chifley, John Curtin, John Button, Bob Hawke, et al; red and white lettering.Front cover: author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, abbott, tony, costello, peter, liberal party australia, australian labor party, alp, ellis, bob, politics, government, parliament, memoir, autobiography -
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The Australian moment : how we were made for these times, Megalogenis, George, 2012
An account of some of Australia's best economic, political and social reform, including interviews with Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Rudd and Whitlam's confidant Graham Freudenberg. Table of contents: Three years late to the party The Gough shock A gathering crisis The ingredients for a crack-up Testing the nation's constitution The age of the rorter The siren song of the quarry The drover's dog has his day Learning to let go A license to reform Getting ahead of the game The cult of property Recession as nation-builder The dynamic duo dissolves The last serious election Rolling back the years Passing the tests He of the never ever Tuning in to globalisation The last rich nation standing. Relevant to Australian history, economics, social reform and politics.Paper; book. Front cover: white background; colour photographs of Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd and the character Kath (from the TV show Kath and Kim); red, black and blue lettering.Front cover: author's name and title; quotes from Annabel Crabb and Don Watson.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, economics, politics, social history, alp, australian labor party, liberal party australia, rudd, kevin, fraser, malcolm, whitlam, gough, howard, john, hawke, bob, freudenberg, graham, social reform, prime minister, society and culture -
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The rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945, Adelman, Paul, 1972
History of the Labour Party in Britain. Particularly, why the Labour Party was formed and why it became the second party in the state.Significant to the history of Labour in Britain with references to trade unions.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: blue background; picture of houses with a huge V on the horizon; yellow, white and black text. Front cover: "Seminar Studies in History"; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history, labour party - britain, unions, socialism, liberal party - britain, world war i, world war ii, voting and elections - britain -
International House, The University of Melbourne
Photograph (Item), Australian News and Information Bureau, Brian Jones (Warden) and Paul Foo Yoon Sen (resident) in a study-bedroom in the Clunies Ross Wing, International House, 1958
Brian Jones, pictured sitting on the desk, was the first Warden at International House, from 1957 to 1959. Paul Foo Yoon Sen was one of the first students at International House. This photograph features one of the forty-two study-bedrooms in the Clunies Ross Wing, the first building to house IH residents.students, brian jones, accommodation -
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The rise and rise of Kerry Packer (Don Woodward Collection), Barry, Paul, 1994
Kerry Packer was an Australian billionaire and media owner. At one time, Packer owned Nine TV and Australian Consolidated Press. He also founded World Series Cricket. He died in 2005. Biographical interest. Australian media.Book; 704 pages. Cover: black background; black and white picture of Kerry Packer; purple and gold lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, packer, kerry, media - australia, media - nine tv, media - australian consolidated press, sport - world series cricket -
RMIT Design Archives
Diazotypes, Robin Boyd's Sketch for combined project 60-64 Clarendon St + corner site, 1968
Robin Boyd’s unbuilt scheme for two residential towers for Carnich Pty Ltd in East Melbourne is one of his most striking late projects – remarkable for its daring scale, its indebtedness to the megastructural polemics of Paul Rudolph and Japanese Metabolism, and its prescience – a high-rise apartment building now sits on the same site. The drawing is spectacular: trays of space are held aloft on angled concrete props that branch off trunk-like vertical slabs. With balconies and spandrels highlighted in white, the scheme’s dynamism echoes El Lissitzky’s mad Wolkenbugel (‘Skyhooks’) while also signalling a tragic last hurrah before Boyd’s 1971 death. Philip GoadIncludes sketch of two structures and surrounding flora.Inscribed upper left of recto, "ROBIN BOYD'S SKETCH FOR / COMBINED PROJECT 60-64 / CLARENDON ST. + CORNER SITE"architecture, mid-century modern, emigre, rmit design archives -
Williamstown High School
Form 3C 1973
Laminated copy of black and white photograph of Williamstown High School form 3C of 1973On back: Back row L-R: John Meertens, Frank Celeste, Mark Bates, Chris Herbert, Glenn Kershaw, Nicholas Defina Third row: Alan Young, M W Watkins (Teacher), Tahki Hatzimonolis, Michael Piritidid, Anthony Ferguson,Peter Nedeljkovic, Clive Rosewarne,Wayne Brown, Jim Nanos. Second row: George Ibrahim, Robyne Richardson, Sheryl Virgona,Mary Schloetzer, Margaret Sloane, Paul Markopoulos. First row: Deborah Ellwoood, Maria Toucomonavic, Esther Simin, Fiona Fitzgerald, Kathryne Pliatsiari, Karen Fryer, Lesley Hunt, Karen Cartens, Anna Jcincic, Janet Brindley.williamstown high school, class photographs, 1973, form 3c -
Williamstown High School
Form 5 1968
Black and white photograph of Williamstown High School form 5 of 1968.On back of photograph: Form V 1968 Back row: Paul Pearce, Indo Saarelaht, Peter Hutchinson, Terry Mattison, Paul Sussich, Bill Woods, Philip Newman, Wayne Brabham, Greg Wilkinson, Kevin Williams, Angelko Mercina, Lindsay Learmonth. 2nd back: Gary Pollard, Richard Pyne, Philip Drewitt, Graeme Sheers, Greig Connell Front: Sue Matthews, Helen Rosenberg, Rita Piukac, Ann Seales, Dianne Couchman, Ann Higham, Karyl Daddow, Tanya Stevanovic, Marika Bencsik, Lyn Burkett, Margaret Dougan. - half the class missing as per usual.williamstown high school, 1968, form 5, student photographs -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Slide, Robin Boyd, 1956-1957
Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. White House north portico, Washington DC, USA. (Architect: Alexander Smith Cochran.)Made in USA/ White Hse. (Handwritten)/ Encircled 51F (Handwritten)/ C23 (Handwritten)/ 62mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Photograph, Ambulance Officers Training Centre Course 185, Recruit August 1976, 1976
Michael Rienits, David MacPherson, Roy LeSueur, Wayne Heatherington, Paul Judd, Peter Rensome(?), Ian Hughs, Trevor Niklaus(?), Douglas Quilliam, Robert Bowman, Lindsay Shawcross, Stuart Ansett, 'Lorry' Hanson, Brett Torey, Wayne Ryan, James Stephenson, David Seymour, John Duffy, Dennis Sampler(?), Desmond Corrigan(?).Black and White photograph of ambulance officer recruitsambulance officers training centre, recruits -
Ambulance Victoria Museum
Photograph, Dandenong MICA7 crew
MICA7 (Dandenong) with its original crew. From left to right; Rob Ferguson, Paul Livingston, Ron MacIntosh, Peter Ballard, Ian Donaldson, Russel Nelson, Rob Ray, Jeff Allan, Brian Fellows, Eric Shanssema, Don White and Laurie Spelling (MICA coordinator). Laurie Spelling joined the ambulance service in the early 1970s and completed various training courses at the Ambulance Officer's Training Centre. He was employed by the Peninsula Ambulance Service and later qualified as a paramedic and was MICA coordinator. In the period 1999-2003 he was area manager for Rural Ambulance Victoria.Black and white photograph. 12 Ambulance officers with ambulance in background. mica7, laurie spelling, laurence pearce spelling -
Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat Inc.
Photograph - Image, John Robson
John Robson was born at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, the son of Mathew Robson and Hannah Sproat. Hesailed to Australia on the "Arabian", landing at Port Phillip in 1854. Obituary DEATH OF MR. JOHN ROBSON ANOTHER PIONEER GONE. AN EXTREMELY VERSATILE MAN. General regret was expressed at the death yesterday morning at Miss Garnett's private hospital, of Mr John Robson, musician and and elocutonist and one of Ballarat's oldest, best known and most respected citizens. Mr Robson had been sitting for a few weeks, and his medical adviser, diagnosed his complaint as appendicitis, which afflicted, him in such a severe form that an operation was deemed to be absolutely necessary. He was removed to Miss Garnett's private hospital, and about a week ago he was operated upon. Mr Robson, being a man of robust constitution, stood the shock of the operation well, and he was making good headway towards recovery when the spell of hot weather set in, and caused exhaustion. Heart failure followed, and exhaustion the attention of his medical adviser, and the careful nursing he received, the end came peacefully at the time stated above. Mr John Robson was born at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, in , and he was therefore 72 years of age. Mr Robson's father, who was a contractor, had much to do with the building of the City of Newcastle. After passing through minor schools, Mr John Robson entered the academy of Professor Ross, and soon rose to a foremost position in the classes. When his studies were completed he was apprenticed to an architect and for a time studied the technique of this important branch of his father's calling. His adaptability for the work was great, and hopes were entertained that he would rise to a high position in the profession. Then came glowing reports of the wonderful Australian gold discoveries. Mr Robson’s father decided to migrate to these parts, and he sent a son to prepare the way. Believing that tools and timber might not be procured in Australia. Mr Robson, senr, constructed a portable wooden residence, which was shipped in pieces on the White Star liner Arabian which brought the family over. In 1854 Mr John Robson, who was then nearly 17 years of age, landed at Port Phillip, and with the other members of the family came on to Ballarat, which place he made his home to the end. When he first reached Ballarat, Mr Robson joined in the search for gold, but not being strong enough for this rough work, he turned his attention to carpentering. This he did not care much about, and in 1858 he was appointed a teacher in St. Paul's Day School, Ballarat, but in the following year he relinquished this position and became exchange clerk in the local branch of the National Bank. Being adapted to this quickly made himself acquainted with the details of a banker’s profession, and his rise was rapid. In the year 1871, about 12 years after he joined the bank, he was appointed manager, and for four years occupied that position with conspicuous success. He was connected with the National Bank for eighteen years, and in 1875 he entered business on his own account. With his brother, Mr Wm. Robson, he erected red-gum sawmills at Gunbower, on the River Murray. Subsequently he was offered the management of the Australian and European Bank in mills. In 1886, he accepted the position and held it until the bank was absorbed by the Commercial Bank of Australia. For a time he lived privately, still, how ever, holding his interest in the saw mills. In 1886, he accepted, the position of manager of the Ballarat branch of the Mercantile Bank of Australia. This bank was closed in 1892, and Mr Robson retired, altogether from commercial circles. In the meantime his brother died, and the saw-mills were sold. Mr Robson held a very important position in music, in fact he for many years was looked upon as the leading musician in Ballarat, he being master of quite a variety of instruments. In 1864. he was appointed conductor of the old Harmonic Society in this city, and subsequently conductor of the Ballarat Liedertafel. Under his leadership this society attained a high state of efficiency, which has since been well-maintained. Many years ago Mr Robson formed an operatic company from amongst Ballarat residents, and such beautiful operas as “Lucrezia Borgia' "Lucia di Lammermoor," “Ernani,' La Sonnambula,” and others were successfully rendered. As an elocutionist, Mr Robson attained much prominence, he being recognised as one of the most capable teachers in Ballarat. He was president of the one-time Ballarat Shakespearian Dramatic Club, which under his direction, from time to time produced Shakespeare’s masterpieces. In this, too, he took the chief characters, the roles of Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, and Shylock, all being powerfully represented by him. For some years prior to his demise Mr Robson, acted as a teacher of music, and elocution, and many of his pupils, competed with great success at the Ballarat and other competitions. Some years ago he acted as adjudicator at the South street competitions, when he gave every satisfaction, and his services were frequently secured to judge at competitions in other parts of the State and in other states of the Commonwealth. At the Ballarat band contests every year, he was a conspicuous figure, and he always acted as leader of the massed bands, by whom his appearance was always enthusiastically greeted. In his younger days he took a keen interest in several forms of sport, was a successful oarsman, one of the best amateur boxers of his weight and as a billiard player was able to hold his own with professionals. 'Mr Robson was an earnest adherent of the Church of England, and in social and other organisations he from time to time held important positions. As a Anglican churchman, he was widely respected, being the official principal and lay Canon of the Cathedral, a member of the Bishops Council, and a prominent member of St. Paul's Church, Ballarat East. He was also a prominent member of the Masonic order. and was a Past Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Victoria, an office which he filled with the greatest credit. He was also a member of the Old Colonists' Association and the Mechanics' Institute, was at one time vice-president of the Art Gallery was once a member of the School of Mines Council, and was many years ago made a Justice of the Pence. On many occasions he was asked to stand for Parliament, as a representative of Ballarat and on one occasion he consented to do so, but subsequently retired without going to the poll in favor of the late Mr Daniel Brophy. He was also often pressed to stand for both the Ballarat East and City Councils, but he declined to allow himself to be nominated. Mr Robson was an active gentleman, and a brilliant conversationalist. His courtesy, high mental and moral endowments, and warm open-heartedness, made him a most interesting and congenial companion. During his long residence in Ballarat, which city he declined to sever his connected with, he was well known and much courted, and was looked up on as one of the most prominent citizens, and his loss will be very severely felt. Some years ago a portrait of Mr Robson, in full Masonic regalia, was painted by he late Mr Stanton Bowman, and was presented by Mr Robson to the citizens, and it was hung in the City Hall, where it is always admired by visitors. The late Mr John Robson never married, and with his brother, James, lived for many years in Eureka street, Ballarat. The two brothers were nearly always together, and as they walked the streets with arms linked, they were frequently referred to as the Siamese twins. The only Australian relative of the late Mr John Robson is his brother. Mr James Robson, who hardly left the bedside during John's illness, and to him the blow has been a very severe one. In his bereavement he will have the heartfelt sympathy not only of the whole of the residents of Ballarat, but of people in all parts of the State. When the news of Mr Robson’s death became known the flags were flown at half-mast at the City and Town Halls, and the Old Colonists’ Hall, out of respect to the memory of the deceased. The interment will take place at the Old Cemetery this afternoon. The cortege will leave “Rothbury," Eureka street, Mr Robson’s late residence, at 3 o'clock, for St. Paul’s Church, where there will be a short service conducted by the vicar, the Rev T. A. Colebrook. (Ballarat Star, January 1910)Photographic portrait of John Robson, member of the Old Colonists' Association of Ballarat.john robson, old colonists' association of ballarat, old colonists' club -
Wangaratta High School
WHS Mounted Photo, 2012
Collage of all Wangaratta High School - TEC students and teachers school photos. Each photo has the person's name underneath. There is a blue bar across the top with white text reading:Wangaratta High School - TEC Whole School - 2010 Principal: Heather Sarau Assistant principals: Paul Challis, Michelle Lappin-Raeck, Mandy Smith