Auction brochure for 'Lake Heights Estate' Blackburn. 97 blocks, 3 December 1949. Agents in conjunction, Duncan & Weller Pty Ltd and Weston & Heath.land subdivision, lake road, blackburn, lake heights estate, florence street, nunawading, clifton street, gerald street, milton street

A letter from the Trustees Executors and Agency Co Ltd to T.R.B. Morton & Son asking for valuation for probate of property of D.B.D. Wilson at Central Road, Tunstall in 1926. Response from Gair & Brahe, Solicitors, giving valuation of property and buildings.land values, wilson, david duncan butchart, central road, nunawading, tunstall, doughty, j. s., gair & brahe trustees executors and agency co. ltd.

Brochure of Blackburn Lake Paddock consisting of 23 residential areas, orchard, garden and poultry farm. Bounded by railway to Lilydale, Central Road, Lake Road, Springvale Road and close to Blackburn and Tunstall Stations.Brochure of Blackburn Lake Paddock consisting of 23 residential areas,t. r. b. morton & coghill, johnstone & tait, mccarron bird & co., blackburn lake paddock, central road, blackburn, lake road, springvale road, nunawading

Single sided land auction sale advertisement for 38 residential allotments - Croydon Hill Estate (Second Section) Yarra Road, Croydon - corner Whitehorse Road. Auction Saturday, 5th December, and corresponding newspaper advertisement - Ringwood Mail, Thursday, November 26, 1959.Subdivision map includes Richardson Road, Yarra Road, Whitehorse Road, Alice Street, Hull Street (later Mulawa Stret). Auctioneers in Conjunction: J.B. Thomson & Co., Station Entrance, Box Hill, (Telephone) WX 1862, WX 7356, and at Nunawading, WU 1968, WU 3452, and C.E. Carter & Son, 126 Whitehorse Road, Ringwood. WU 6024.

Black and white photographWritten on back of photograph: "Left to right - Councillor Anderson, Mayor of Rochester, England, Councillor H. Petty, Mayor of Prahran, Councillor Paice, Mayor of Nunawading, Councillor Kemp, Mayor of Box Hill, Councillor E.T. Purser, Mayor of Ringwood on the occasion of the first Mayoral Ball held on July 31st, 1952. Mayoral chain (gift of anonymous donor) worn for the first time."

Alfred Ernest Edwards was born 29/12/1903 in Mitcham and died 4/7/1967 at Forest Hill. he was a kiln worker at Geal's Pottery, Nunawading. Doris Gwendoline was born in 1905 at Surrey Hills and died on 15/3/1996 in a Healesville nursing home. She was 91. When Doris two her father died. Her mother remarried (Finger) and she had two step-sisters. Alfred (Alf) and Doris (Dorrie) had one child, Gwendoline Norma Edwards, born on 3/10/1930 at Forest Hill.Sepia studio photograph of the wedding of Alfred Ernest Edwards and Doris Gwendoline Hodge in 1926. There are nine people in the group. The bride and groom are in the centre; the man on the left is Alfred's brother Theodore and the woman seated on the left is Doris' Half -sister Jean (Finger)edwards, alfred ernest. hodge, doris gwendoline. edwards, theodore. finger, jean

The opportunity shop was established by volunteers to raise funds for groups as listed. The shop was in Enterprize Way, Mitcham on land once occupied by White's Hay & Corn Stores. It was a successful venture and ran for many years.Badge 1 - Opportunity Shop - Vermont - Maroondah (V.M.H.) Hospital Auxiliary (Green). Badge 2 - Opportunity Shop - Church & Life (C&L) Community Aid Abroad Badge 3 - Community Aid Abroad (C.A.A.) Opportunity Shop (Blue) Badge 4 - Opportunity Shop - Nunawading - Maroondah Hospital (N.M.H.) (White) Badge 5 - Opportunity Shop. Vermont Church Community Aid (V.C.C.) (Yellow)Mitcham Opportunity Shopnumismatics, badges

An article discussing the outcome of a project to list, photograph and identify indigenous plants growing on public land in the City of Nunawading. The project has discovered 28 new species. Council staff have collected seed and propagated more than 7000 plants helping to reinstate a number of endangered species. The project has extended to include non-indigenous and exotic plants. Plaques are being created identifying trees.native plants, trees, prestegar, geoff, tree register project, city of nunawading

Hand written letter to Mr. Long, Town Clerk, from H.R. Cropley, Hon Sec of National Utility Poultry Breeders' Association. Letter dated May 21st 1932.0 Hand written letter to Mrs Pullin from Nunawading Historical Society re setting up a Ringwood Branch of the National Utility Poultry Breeders Association. Letter dated 19th July, 1986, and signed by Andrew Hillier, Assistant Secretary.

Autobiography of Mavis Lucas Nee Pepperell. Ms Lucas grew up in Tunstall, now Nunawading and vividly describes her life from about 1920, growing up in a working class family on a flower farm, her career in a soft furnishing factory, social life based around her church, the depression, her Marriage in the 1930's and the changes during and after the war. She tells her story to 1954. Autobiography of Mavis Lucas Nee Pepperell. lucas, mavis, pepperell, wesley college junior school, tunstall, flower growing, pepperell family, blackburn primary school, no. 2923, mount pleasant methodist church, hawthorn, frank, ashburton, hartwell, julie, helen, yos, arie, heathmont post office and store

Photocopy of Certificate of Title Vol 3739 Fol 747798, fifty-five acres fronting Mitcham Road, Vermont being part Crown Portion 121 at Mitcham, Parish of Nunawading, County of Bourke in the name of William George Kirkpatrick and Alfred Matthew Kirkpatrick, 1 November 1913. Transfer to Wunderlich Ltd 31 July 1928; Australian Industry Development Corporation 19 October 1983 and leased to Monier Ltd.kirkpatrick, william george, alfred matthew, wunderlich limited, monier limited, australian industry development corporation, mitcham road, vermont, land sales

Article in 'The Sun' 1978 about the Blackburn horse trough found by Robin Da Costa at the corner of Blackburn and Canterbury Roads, bequested by George Bills to Australian horse owners. Bill came from Britain to Australia in 1859 and made a fortune. When he died in 1927 he left a large sum of money to prevent cruelty to animals. Robin is producing a pictorial history of Blackburn with the help of a grant from Nunawading Council.horse troughs, bills, george, blackburn road, blackburn, canterbury road, da costa, robin

Article about Mr L.J. Blake (1971) who is a Nunawading author who has written a book titled 'Gold Escort' which tells the story of a group of troopers who conveyed millions of dollars worth of gold from Forest Creek diggings to Adelaide. He did 6 years of research on the book. He was a teacher and past president of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and honorary historian for the Shire of Wimmera.Article about Mr L.J. Blake (1971) who is a Nunawading author who has written a book titled 'Gold Escort' . gold rush, blake, j. l., forest creek diggings, adelaide, shire of wimmera, gold escorts