One of a group of photographs, including three within a published photo collage , taken by Edgar James Dower in the second decade of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Olinda, Dower later moved to Surrey Hills. He worked as an adult as a clerk in the city office of the Metropolitan Gas Company, and in his role as a 'collector', he was able to photograph scenes including the construction of tramlines, railways and associated buildings in Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. Later he established a real estate agency with his brother - the E.J. Dower Real Estate Agency, Mount Dandenong Office.The photo collage is an historically significant record of the development of transport infrastructure which was used to connect Victorians in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This development resulted from increases in population and the consequent extension of Melbourne's suburbs. The photographs, both individually and collectively, richly detail the labour of workers and the tools and machinery used to create and extend Melbourne's public transport network in the years preceding and during World War 1.Photo collage, published in The Leader newspaper in 1913, to commemorate the opening of the Malvern to Kew Tramway. The numbered photos are: 1. Kew Railway Gates at Glenferrie. 2. Burke Road Terminus. 3. Final Stages. 4. Ladies at the Official Opening. 5. The Acting Mayoress of Kew Cutting the Ribbon at the Kew Boundary. 6. Mayor and Councillors at the Kew Terminus. 7. The Cutting the First Ribbon. 8. Guests at the Hawthorn Town Hall.Inscribed in ink by Edgar J Dower top left: "The 3 top photographs were taken by E J Dower. No.3 Cotham Road Kew near Glenferrie Road"theme -- connecting victorians by transport and communications, theme -- travelling by tram

Item in the collection relating to C.J.C. McQuie MM, refer Cat No 9680P for his service details.Booklet, red covers, 64 pages with photos, maps, and information on places in Versailles and Trianons.On front cover hand written, "J. McQuie 26/9/19". Inside first page, "Lieut J. McQuie 6 Bn AIF Paris 26/9/19"booklet, versaille, mcquie

Image taken of the Geelong Lawn Tennis Association - C4 Grade Premiers for Season 1971.1 photograph of Premiership tennis teamStanding: F. Van Mourik, R. Rau, J. Dando Seated: Miss L. Kirby, Miss D. Bergshoeff (Capt.), Miss L. Hackett, Miss J. Bradburyleopold tennis club, geelong lawn tennis association, f van mourik, r rau, j dando, l kirby, d bergshoeff, l hackett, j bradbury

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Friday, April 16, 2004. History: picture of a Bendigo Football Association team. Back row from left: F. Palmer (trainer). G. Hardy, N. Westway, G. Body, C. Barron, E. Spence, W. Atkinson, G. Kupk, J. Wright (trainer), A Swift (BFA secretary). Middle row: G. Salathiel, A Boyd, Cr. N.J. Oliver (Bendigo mayor), W. Muir (captain), D. McHardy (vice-captain), T. Neville, F. Pianto, F. Day. Front row: N. Wright, J. Hunter, R. Wee Hee, N. Butler, P. Harrison, J. Mason.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Victorian Railways. Office of District Superintendent, Bendigo. 6th December, 1938. Safety First District Meeting held at Bendigo on 4/11/1938. Present: Mr. E.W. Procter, F.P. Martin, R. Harvey, M. Lalor, M. Hogan, B.F. Lamb, A. Beecroft, R. Cornell, T. Ellis, R. Samson, B. Geary, C. Spiers, F. Boyce, L.V. James, B.L. Rogers, W. White, P. Liddy, E. O'Brien, S. deAraugo, A. deGrandi, H.J. Lane, J. Swift, T. Doran, W. Boyd. Absent: Mr. J. George, A. McLean, R.F. Dodda, A. Wilkinson, J. Darcy, A. Whatmore, M. Dwyer, S. Spink, E.W. Pikeorganisation, union, a.f.u.l.e

Copy of a black and white Long Gully School 2120 Photo Grades 1 -11 from the 1920's. Children are sitting or standing outside a brick building. Two children in the front row are holding up a blackboard with the name of the school and grades written on it. The known names are written under the photo. They are: MItchell, Connor, M Penno, Boyd, G Harvey, R Crossman, Birchmore, M Saunders, M Ross, S Rowe, Bux, T Eva, R Salter, J Harvey, J Cox, J Betts, M Smart, B Bryar, Thorn, Pithie, F Birchnall, M Field, K Landy and E Bassett. The year and the name Joyce Cox is written on the paper.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - long gully school photo 1920's, mitchell, connor, m penno, boyd, g harvey, r crossman, birchmore, m saunders, m ross, s rowe, bux, t eva, r salter, j harvey, j cox, j betts, m smart, b bryar, thorn, pithie, f birchnall, m field, k landy, e bassett, joyce cox

Tatura Lady Bowlers, 9th January 1973.|Front row: J. Davies, M. Campbell, E. Butcher, E. Green, A. Todd, R. Huggins, P. Crawford, E. Dudley, D. Davies, M. Ducat, K. Mactier.|Middle row: M. Blake, E. Evans, J. Stewart, L. McLeod, J. Sudholz, S. Hetherington, M. Beckwith, E. Curtis, O. Daykin, F. Stammers, L. Dawson, H. McCracken, M. Wheeler, D. Maskell, D. Godbehere, F. Mason, A. Robbins, C. Uebergang, M. Leaf, A. Groom, R. Donaldson.|Back row: N. Smith, A. Hoffman, P. Bollard, D. Dunlop.tatura, recreations, sports, games, costume, female

Previous owners: T. H. Smith, T. W. SmithNo. of volumes: 124 Volume range: 1865-2014 (2008-2014 included within Chancery parts) Probate & divorce: Vol. 1 (1865) - Vol. 3 (1875) Probate: Vol. 1 (1875) - Vol. 15 (1890), Vol. 1891-1971 Family: Vol. 1972-2007 Editors: Bulwer, J. R. (1865-1885) Stone, A. P. (1886-1894) Pollock, F. (1895-1936) Topham, A. F. (1936-1939) Williams, R. E. L. V. (1940) Sutton, R. (1941-1952) Colinvaux, R. P. (1953-1968) Lamb, J. F. (1969) Ellis, C. J. (1970-1995) Williams, R. (1996-2007)law reports: digests: etc -- great britain, probate law and practice -- great britain -- cases, divorce -- great britain -- cases, admiralty -- great britain -- cases

Back: B ROGERS, S J PORTER, L McMAHON, J ROGERS (Vice-Captain), R AGAR Front: I BADGER, T WIGNALL (Captain Coach). T ALBREGHT, R CHAPPLE, R ELLIOTT Bat boy: S WOODColour team photo of Port Melbourne Baseball Club - 1st Nine Premiers 1961. Background to team on Lagoon reserve shows the Knox Schlapps building and gasometersport - baseball, utilities - gas, built environment - industrial, built environment - commercial, parks and gardens, port melbourne baseball club, b rogers, s j porter, l mcmahon, j rogers, r agar, m bradshaw, i badger, t wignall, t albreght, r chapple, s wood, gasometer, knox schlapp pty ltd, lagoon reserve, r elliott

Kormoran Crew 1942. Graytown POW Woodcutting Camp. Back: J. Klas; J. Fend; Paschke; W. Dollatowski; O. Bindemann; F. Schmidt; W. Kraft. Front: Beyer; Heinz Homann; W. Galuschka; E. Dressbach; Georg Rosenkranz. Black and white photograph of some of the crew from the Kormoran with trees in the background.graytown pow camp, woodcutting crew, kormoran crew, j klas, j fend, paschke, w dollatowski, o bindemann, f schmidt, w kraft, beyer, heinz homann, w galuschka, e dressbach, georg rosenkranz

Members of the Chelsea Fire Brigade, standing in front of the station which was situated on Point Nepean Road. Four members Have been identified: Standing on ground from the right, Captain J. J. Smith, Frank Jennings, Mr Frickie, Zeke Smith.Black and White phot of the members of the Chelsea Fire Brigade standing in front of the of the Fire station and on the bell and hose tower.firefighters, chelsea, chelsea fire brigade, fireman, fire equipment

The Volunteers Air Observers was formed in 1941 with the aim of observing aircraft flying over Australia. There were over 24000 civilians volunteering their services and as the military threat to Australia subsided they took on roles as coast and weather watching. This photograph shows a group of local volunteers at their work. Mrs. S Hamilton, Mrs. J Lees, F/O E F English, Mrs. R Picton, Mr. Ralph Barnes and Miss S McDonaldA local item which relates to an organization which operated around Australia in the 1940’s. Small newspaper cutting with photograph with six people around a table. Text is underneath the photo. The back has an advertisement for Fletcher Jones clothingThe picture shows a control room manned by volunteer personnel. Here the plotters are marking positions of aircraft with symbols on a map of the surrounding district while the Teller in the raised chair sends reports on to the Air Force, which thus has a check of all planes left to right Mrs. S Hamilton, Mrs. J Lees, F/O E F English, Mrs. R Picton, Mr. Ralph Barnes and Miss S McDonald volunteer air observers corps,, volunteer air observers corps,, mrs. s hamilton,, mrs. j lees,, f/o e f english, mrs. r picton, mr. ralph barnes, miss s mcdonald warrnambool

Photograph shows 11 men in their cricket whites and one man in a suit with trophies in front of them. Titled "Camberwell Tramways A Shift Cricket Club", winners 1955-1956. Names - Back row - L White, W. Lee, S Scurrah,V Keane, W Leach, J Adam, L Williams, front row - J Kerr, W Stagg (Capt), Waight (President), J Hoskins and Leamon. Photo by Stuart Tompkins Studio.Yields information about the Camberwell Depot cricket team in 1956.Black and white photograph mounted onto heavy decorative card with names.tramways, cricket, camberwell depot, sports

Photo of a very crowded cable tram set inbound in Bridge Road, c1925, lettered M&MTB" with the destination of Spencer St with many men crowding onto the tram. Alongside the tram is the front of a motor vehicle. Cable tram 81? In the background is a number of shops - L. Johnson Saddler, S. Christie and J Hogan (?) Trotting Sulky Manufacturers and A. Vickery & Son Manufacturing Engineers. Note from Rod Atkins 29/7/2019: The tram is full because the crowd as discharged from the racecourse so most likely taken on a Saturday. A few of buildings are still there today on the north side. Date 1920’s 2nd copy from Keith Kings added 6/8/2020 - see images i2 and i3. 3rd copy from the Peter Cotter collection.Yields information about cable trams in Bridge Road on a Richmond race day.Black and white photograph with notes or source stamps on the rear.Has Department of Infrastructure copy right stamp on rear and number "H 212" in ink on rear and "1-10". Third copy has the photographer's stamp on the rear - C J Frazer and his address and in pencil "Richmond Races, cable tram loading, date unknown."trams, tramways, bridge rd, spencer st, cable trams, tram 81

a. Hard cover ledger, 242 pages, dark buff colour, paler buff spine and corners. Bellevue Tribute Company ledger 1871 - 1873. Written on spine, on red label 'Ledger". Affixed inside front cover account from Charles C. White, auctioneer, dated September 21, 1872, listing sale of 900 shares, signed by Chas White, agent for the legal manager. Receipt affixed on next page, blue paper, outlining receipts from sale of shares forfeited from the Bellevue Tribute Co. Alphabetical index with details of individual ledger entries. Ledger entries include dividends, wages, crushing, carting, stores and materials, firewood, mining materials, foundry work, management, contractors, treating pyrites, auditors' fees, bullion, drainage, and share calls accounts. Individual share holders' accounts listed: W. Brooks W.J. Scott, W.V. Gilbert, H. Boyd, J.B.Loudan, A.B. Shaw, J. Taylor W. Bentley, J. Cole, Antonio Damiana, Thomas Francis, Peter Strickland, W.J. Dalzell, Arthur O'Neill L. Robertson, J. Wallen, A. Raynor, I.H. Simpson, William Brookes, William Barclay, H Crow, C. Keen, J.B. Loridan, M. Leeds, Arthur O'Neill, M. Sullivan, William Scott, I Britten, J. Cohn, J. Cox, C. Franklyn, E. Fry, I.L. Morley, A. Lennox, J. Penistan W. Smith. b. Brief typed account of some entries in ledger. business, mining, bellevue tribute, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

The beginning of standardised weights and measures began In Victoria when the Melbourne Observatory received sets of standard weights and measures, which had been tested in Britain against the then British Imperial standards. These included the primary standard yard and pound for the Colony of Victoria. Other standards of weights and measure held by shires and the administrative body's within the colony could then be compared to these primary standards. A Weights and Measures Act was passed in Victoria in 1862, establishing local inspectors throughout the colony. By the 1870s each local council and shire in Victoria held a set of standards that were used to test scales, weights and dry measures used by wholesalers, factories and shops. Every ten years the councils’ standards would themselves need to be rechecked against the Victorian Standards. The checking was done by the Victorian Customs Department in the 19th century, but with the transfer of responsibility for customs to the Federal Government in 1901, weights and measures function was retained by the Victorian Government and was shifted to the Melbourne Observatory. In 1904, a new building was erected at the south end of the Great Melbourne Telescope House, where the standard weights and measures and testing equipment was installed. This room had a large whirling apparatus for testing air meters and became known as the Whirling Room. When the Melbourne Observatory closed in 1944, the Weights and Measures Branch was formed to continue and this branch remained at the Observatory site unit until 1995. J & M Ewan History: J&M Ewan was a Melbourne firm that began by selling retail furniture and wholesale ironmongery. They had substantial warehouses situated at the intersection of 81-83 Elizabeth and Little Collins Streets, the business was established by James M Ewan in 1852. Shortly afterwards he went into partnership with William Kerr Thomson and Samuel Renwick. When Ewan died in 1868 his partners carried on and expanded the business under his name J & M Ewan. The business was expanded to provide a retail shop, counting-house and private offices. Wholesale warehouses adjoined these premises at 4, 6 and 10 Little Collins Street, West. This company provided and sold a large and varied amount of imported goods into the colony that consisted of agriculture equipment, building materials, mining items as well as steam engines, tools of all types and marble fireplaces. They also supplied the Bronze measuring containers in the Flagstaff Hill collection and the probability is that these containers were obtained by the local Melbourne authority that monitored weights and measures in the mid to late 19th century. The company grew to employ over 150 people in Melbourne and opened offices at 27 Lombard St London as well as in New Zealand and Fiji. The company also serviced the Mauritius islands and the pacific area with their steamship the Suva and a brig the Shannon, the company ceased trading in 1993. Robert Bate History: Robert Brettell Bate (1782-1847) was born in Stourbridge, England, one of four sons of Overs Bate, a mercer (a dealer in textile fabrics, especially silks, velvet's, and other fine materials)and banker. Bate moved to London, and in 1813 was noticed for his scientific instrument making ability through the authority of the “Clockmakers Company”. Sometime in the year 1813 it was discovered that one Robert Brettell Bate, regarded as a foreigner in London had opened a premises in the Poultry selling area of London. He was a Mathematical Instrument maker selling sundials and other various instruments of the clock making. In 1824, Bate, in preparation for his work on standards and weights, leased larger premises at 20 and 21 Poultry, London, at a rental of four hundred pounds per annum. It was there that Bate produced quality metrological instruments, which afforded him the recognition as one of one of the finest and principal English metrological instrument-makers of the nineteenth century. English standards at this time were generally in a muddle, with local standards varying from shire to shire. On 17 June 1824, an Act of Parliament was passed making a universal range of weights, measures, and lengths for the United Kingdom, and Bate was given the job of crafting many of the metrological artifacts. He was under instruction from the renown physicist Henry Kater F.R.S. (1777-1835) to make standards and to have them deposited in the principal cities throughout the United Kingdom and colonies. Bate experimented with tin-copper alloys to find the best combination for these items and by October 1824, he had provided Kater with prototypes to test troy and avoirdupois pounds, and samples with which to divide the troy into grams. Bate also cast the standard for the bushel, and by February 1825, had provided all the standards required of him by the Exchequer, Guildhalls of Edinburgh, and Dublin. In 1824, he also made a troy pound standard weight for the United States, which was certified for its accuracy by Kater and deposited with the US Mint in 1827. Kater, in his address to the Royal Society of London, acknowledged Bate's outstanding experimentation and craftsmanship in producing standards of weights, measures, and lengths. An example of a dry Bronze measuring container made specifically for J & M Ewan by possibly the most important makers of measurement artefacts that gives us today a snapshot of how imperial weights and measures were used and how a standard of measurement for merchants was developed in the Australian colonies based on the Imperial British measurement system. The container has social significance as an item retailed by J & M Ewan and used in Victoria by the authorities who were given legal responsibility to ensure that wholesalers and retailers of dry goods sold in Victoria were correct. The container was a legal standard measure so was also used to test merchants containers to ensure that their distribution of dry goods to a customer was correct.Maker Possibly Robert Brettell Blake or De Grave, Short & Co Ltd both of LondonContainer bronze round shape for measuring dry quantities has brass handles & is a 'half-bushel' measurement"IMPERIAL STANDARD HALF BUSHEL" engraved around the top of the container. VICTORIA engraved under "J & M Ewan & Co London and Melbourne" engraved around the bottom of the container.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, standard measure, bronze, peck measurement, j & m ewan, victorian standard dry measurement, bronze container, victorian standards, melbourne observatory, robert brettell bate

In memorial of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Presented by the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the city of Ballarat. J. J. Brokenshire, Mayor, 24th May, 1902. The fountain is appropriately situated in Queen Victoria Square, and immediately behind the statue of the late Queen in Sturt Street.Of historic and aesthetic significance of the people of BallaratTwo children carved in white marble atop a tall granite base.For God. Home and Humanity. In Memoriam Her Late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria presented by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to the City of Ballarat J.J. Brokenshire, Mayor 24th May 1902.queen victoria, women's christian temperance union

Randall Collection: Certificate - ''Act of Consecration of the Family to the Sacred Heart of Jesus''. At bottom of certificate are the names of the parents - Edmund & Isabella Foley; the children - Maurice Edmond, Mary Bridget, Mary Isabel, ??, Ryan, Honorah & Sarah J Foley. Priest's name - Richard J Kelly. Date 29th June 1919. Certificate is in the form of an illuminated scroll with religious text of RH side and the family information inscribed at the bottom of the certificate. (note the NB!)

Derby Reef Gold Mining Company No Liability scrip dated 4th April 1912 certifying that J G Stanfield holds 100 shares in above-named company located in Long Gully, Bendigo. Capital of 20,000 pounds in 40,000 shares at 10 shillings each. J G Stanfield signature indicates he was manager of above -named company. Director signatures illegible. Scrip pasted upon cardboard backing. Unknown donorbendigo, gold mining, j g stanfield

Martin 250CE Mid Upper Turret first introduced on the L Model B-24 Liberator. The US Army Air Force Model 23A became standard on all late model J, J/R, L, M and M/R model Liberators. The 23A was an all electric Turret. It was armed with two .50 calibre machine guns (Browning) MKII. The Turret carried 900 rounds (bullets), 450 rounds per gun.a12

Book - green Rexene covers, with title - "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board - Works Codes and Instructions". Six sections, sewn into covers, dated April 1961, signed by J. J. Fisher, Civil Engineer. 118 pages plus covers. Book numbered "46". Provides an list of contents, giving provisional codes or instructions for works, instructions, about the maintenance and repair of the track welding, safe working, watchmen, care of lamps, and plant.On first page a signature in ink - "W. Armstrong"?trams, tramways, mmtb, track, maintenance

Negatives No. N301 and colour print made by colour laser printer (stored in folder ) of a Bourke St Bus stopped at Exhibition St. stop, looking east along Bourke on 16/6/1955. Photo by Geoff Grant. Has the Melbourne Hotel, the Salvation Army City Temple and the J & J Building (Mickey Powell Dancing). Parliament House in the background. Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 20/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st., buses, exhibition st.

A wooden tennis racquet with concave throat, hide shoulder reinforcements, supported by string whipping, and grooved octagonal handle. Name across throat on obverse: J. D. HENDRICK. Name across throat on reverse: OCEAN CITY/TENNIS CLUB. Inscription along right side of shaft: MADE ESPECIALLY FOR J. D. HENDRICK/BY A. G. SPALDING & BROS. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Silk, Ink, String, Leather, Paint, Hidetennis

Earliest newspaper mention of the Woodstock West State School was in February 1880Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from Monday, December 8, 2003. School's in: Woodstock West State School (date unknown). Back row: W. Packham, J. Curnow, T. Stone, A. Curnow, G. Freemantle, K. Bayiss. Middle row: Miss M. Walsh (teacher), I. Freemantle, M. Stone, B. Freemantle. Front row: T. Michael, J. Michael, N. Michael. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Letter on foolscap paper, typed on State of Victoria letterhead from the Premier R. J. Hamer to Mr. W. Aird, MMTB thanking the Board for its work on arrangements for the visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for the Jubilee year of her accession. Notes the work of Mr. N. Elliott. Dated 29/3/1977. Signed by R. J. Hamer as Premier. Has the received stamp of 30 March 1977 and the Chairman's stamp of the same date.trams, tramways, royal visit, victorian government, mmtb

Document. Various legal papers. 1 - 1903 Richardson, Mr J re costs. 2 - 1902 Wishart to Neill, note. 3 - 1908 Stritch, Paytrick & William - Farmers, Mincha, re costs. 4 - 1910 The State Rivers & Water Supply Commission, re Lethlean Sarah, Bunning Sarah, Bunning R . L. and Mountjoy J. re costs. 1908 - Bailey, Mr Chas, Farmer Pompapiel. Statement re costs.bendigo, business, connelly tatchell and dunlop, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, richardson mr j, wishart to neill, stritch patrick & william, state rivers & water supply commission, lethlean sarah, bunning sarah, bunning r. l., mountjoy j, bailey mr chas

Collection of blank (unused) commercial cheques - Bendigo area with attached butts. A. The Northern Seed Supply co.; b: Bendigo Sewerage Authority; c: J. H. Lienhoop & Co.; d: W. M. Kentish & Co.; e.: The Bendigo Advertiser & Independent; f: Albert m. Bush, Dentist; g: Goornong Trotting Club; h: The Bendigo Taxicab & Motor Garage; I: Bendigo United Breweries; j: T. C. Wattsperson, individual, curnow collection, cheques