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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: KANGAROO FLAT HOUSE, C. 1970's
Photograph of a brick veneer house with a tiled roof on the corner of High St., and Station St. Kangaroo Flat. On the two sides of the property facing the roadways there is a wire fence. In the background can be seen a portion of Stonemans Supermarket.buildings, house, kangaroo flat, brick veneer house, kangaroo flat, stonemans -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALLAN BUDGE COLLECTION: SLIDE HOUSE, COBDEN STREET, 1988
Slide, Allan Budge Slide Collection: house, Cobden Street. Gables & Lacework. A purely brickwork gable end can be interesting, but in this case it is relieved by a circular vent, with polychromatic brickwork surround. The lacework as a barge board adds interest, as does the finial and the chimney pots.house, public, allan budge slide collection:, allan budge slide collection: house, heritage -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph, Legacy Appeal 2008, September 2008
Photos during Badge Week in September 2008. Photos show the preparations inside Legacy House with President Graeme Standish briefing a group of school children, and defence personnel.A record of the fundraising for the Legacy Appeal in 2008.Colour photo x 4 of various badge sellers in Legacy House for Badge week.Printed on the back No.< > Clarendon Photos 1820 which is the frame numbers and place of processing. Negative numbers 3A, 5A, 8A, 10A (see also 00767, 00771, 00772, 00773, 00774).legacy appeal, fundraising, badge week -
Federation University Historical Collection
Postcard - black and white, Rueil - Chateau de la Malmaison, c1918
The Château de Malmaison is a country house in the city of Rueil-Malmaison about 12 km from Paris. It was formerly the residence of Joséphine de Beauharnais and, with the Tuileries, was from 1800 to 1802 the headquarters of the French government. (Wikipedia)Black and white postcard of a three storey chateau. It was the manor house Joséphine de Beauharnais who bought the house in April 1799 for herself and her husband, General Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoléon I of France.chatham-holmes family collection, rueil, napoleon, henry smerdon holmes -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Maguire residence, Ballarat circa 1905
The house was located in Ascot Street South.maguire, building, house, persons, garden, private dwelling -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Crick family residence, Ballarat circa 1935
The house was located at 18 Church Street.crick, building, house, persons, costume, private dwelling -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Rate Notice, Government Printers, 1960
Rate notice from Shire of Barrabool to Mrs. J. Murch for rates on a boat house due on 10th December 1960. The amount owing is £ 10/-. Attached by staple is the official receipt dated 19.6.61, No. 6449. Signed by Shire Secretary - Thos Goodall.RATE NOTICE / SHIRE OF BARRABOOL / No. 1520 - Property described as Lot... Boat House Anglesea. Attached receipt for £ 10/- . Mrs J. Murch.rates, shire of barrabool, j. murch, anglesea river, boat house, 1961 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Reproduction of print - Pen and ink drawing of Kingsley House Portland Victoria, T.V. Lyons, Kingsley, 1980
Displayed at History House.Reproductive print of pen and ink drawing of a turreted two-storey house with bay windows, gabels, an open upper verandah and an enclosed lower verandah.Front: T.V. Lyons '80. (printed, lower left in image) Kingsley (printed, lower centre, in image) -
Wycheproof & District Historical Society Inc.
Framed photograph, 1890
The Wycheproof Court House Opened 24-9-1890.The Law Department Closed the Court House during the 1980s. The building became the home of the Wycheproof Craft Group and then the Wycheproof And District Historical Society. Financial support from Heritage Victoria enabled interior renovations to be completed in 2007.This is the only known photo of the Opening of the Wycheproof Court House. It is fragile and precious.Early days photo of large group of men standing proudly in front of the just constructed Wycheproof Court House in 1890.wycheproof, court-house -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Artwork, other - Ink Line Drawing, 26 Highview Gve., Burwood E, 1994
A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by the real estate agency Fletchers Real Estate for the purpose of advertising 26 Highview Gve., Burwood in 1994 Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. This property is listed as having sold for $160,250 in 1994 Since being sold the land has been redeveloped, with nothing remaining of the house depicted in this drawing. Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of 26 Highview Gve., Burwood East. An angled birds eye view from the street of a weatherboard house and carport. Extending to the backyards with pool, pagoda, and shed in the background. There are two hole punch holes on near the left edge. There are some crinkles in the paper near the top centre of the work. There is a two centimetre long mark along the centre top edge.26 Highview Gve., Burwood E Margaret Picken -94 Woodards B/Burnwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, burwood, house, garden -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Legal record - Correspondence, 8 Hazelmere Avenue, Mitcham, 1950 - 1953
Correspondence and accountsCorrespondence and accounts, relating to the construction of a house at 8 Hazelmere Avenue, Mitcham for Max Grant. J. Chugg, Builder.Correspondence and accountschugg, max, hazelmere avenue, mitcham, no 8 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Film - Film - Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool and Portland views, n.d
Displayed in History House, (Photo cabinet)Super - 8 film reel in yellow canister. Label inside reads:Front: Fletcher Jones, Warrnambool, Joes House and Garden Warrnambool Pop. Is. Jean. Laurie Warrnambool. Views. Hills & Healesville. Portland Views and Oil Rig. -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Interior of Villa Parma, Hepburn Springs, 2005, 12/10/2005
Parma House was bult by Italian born Fabrizio Crippa. It was restored from a burnt wreck to Villa Parma by Richard Rigby and Franchek. Walls were scraped back to the original, and burnt umber detailing added. The garden was created by Richard Rigby and Kevin Flintoff.Interior view of the interior of Parma House, Main Road, Hepburn Springs.villa parma, fabrizio crippa, parma house, richard rigby, kevin flintoff, garden, hepburn springs, foyer -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Interior Staircase at Villa Parma, Hepburn Springs, 2005, 12/10/2005
Parma House was bult by Italian born Fabrizio Crippa. It was restored from a burnt wreck to Villa Parma by Richard Rigby and Franchek. Walls were scraped back to the original, and burnt umber detailing added. The garden was created by Richard Rigby and Kevin Flintoff.Interior view of the staircase at Parma House, Main Road, Hepburn Springs.villa parma, fabrizio crippa, parma house, richard rigby, kevin flintoff, garden, hepburn springs, foyer -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Photo, Stamp sorting, Widows activities
A group of widows gathered at Legacy House sorting stamps. Same film as 00629. Names unknown. The widows have sorted used stamps and sold to a stamp dealer for many years to the present day. It raises some funds and provides a purpose for gathering together.A record of the type of activities Legacy provided as a social outlet for widows. Colour photo x 2 of widows sorting stamps at Legacy House.Printing on the back " -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Postcard - B/W
No. P4892 in the "Rose Series" of postcards. For information on Grampian House, refer to "Victoria's Wonderland" pp. 69-75. For information on the Wonderland Range refer to pp.41, 70, 73, 77, 84, 145-146 of "Victoria's Wonderland".Photo of the entrance to Grampian House. There is a grass are and a wire fence in the foreground. A track leads back into a bush area , there is a sign saying "Grampian House" attached to a tree. The peaks of a rocky range (the Wonderland Range) are visible behind.accommodation, guesthouses, scenery, wonderland range -
Melbourne Legacy
Photograph - Photo, Stamp sorting, Widows activities
A group of widows gathered at Legacy House sorting stamps. Names unknown. With a group of photos about stamp sorting with post-it note "Stamp Ladies Past to 2004". The widows have sorted used stamps and sold to a stamp dealer for many years to the present day. It raises some funds and provides a purpose for gathering together. It has raised thousands of dollars for Legacy.A record of the type of activities Legacy provided as a social outlet for widows and for fundraising. Colour photo of ladies at Legacy House sorting stamps.Printed on back " -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Colour photograph, Unknown
A colour photograph of two motorbikes that were housed in The Marysville Museum in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of two motorbikes that were housed in The Marysville Museum in Marysville in Victoria. Fred Sawyer was originally from London, but then later relocated to Sydney, Australia, and then to Marysville in Victoria where he established The Marysville Museum. The Marysville Museum held a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, veteran, vintage, and classic vehicles, various machinery, and memorabilia. the marysville museum, marysville, victoria, photograph, fred sawyer, douglass motorbike, b.s.a. motorbike -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Ada Ingram (nee Key) at 9 Minifie Avenue, Anglesea, c.1949
John Ingram, baker of Research and his wife Ada (nee Key) owned a holiday house at 9 Minifie Avenue, Anglesea. At some time between 1943 and 1949 they relocated permanently to Anglesea. The house is named 'Glenair'.Inscribed on back "Ada Ingram"9 minifie avenue, anglesea, house, ada ingram (nee key), glenair, pam thoonen (nee ingram) collection -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of former Tarnagulla Police Residence, Former Tarnagulla Police Residence, Mid 20th Century
Murray Comrie Collection. The house in this photo was once the residence of the Tarnagulla police officer. The town block where the house was originally built was the base for policing in Tarnagulla from 1878 until the 1990s. The house was built in 1878 as a residence and adjacent was a lockup, office and stable (shown in THA-2019.0031). This house was sold for removal in in the late 1960s and replaced with a prefabricated residence and small office brought from Bealiba. These as well as the lockup are still in place (as of 2019), but are no longer used. It is not known where this house was moved to. It is not known whether this photo was taken before or after the house was moved. Monochrome photograph of a house which was once the police residence in Tarnagulla. Not known if this image was made when it was in its original position (Victoria Street Tarnagulla) or after it is was sold and moved in 1969. tarnagulla, police, policing, houses -
Halls Gap & Grampians Historical Society
Photograph - B/W, C 1920s
The house in the photo is the caretaker's residence at Lake Wartook. The men and dogs are standing next to the intake tower.The photo shows a small weatherboard house, with a group of eight men and three dogs standing beside it, on the side of a large lake (Lake Wartook). The house is on a platform, built up with stones and there is a stone pillar with platform leading to it in the lake to the right of the men. There is bush with hills rising above them in the background.scenery, lake wartook -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Photograph (Item) - Colour photograph, Unknown
A colour photograph of a vehicle that was housed in The Marysville Museum in Marysville in Victoria.A colour photograph of a vehicle that was housed in The Marysville Museum in Marysville in Victoria. Fred Sawyer was originally from London, but then later relocated to Sydney, Australia, and then to Marysville in Victoria where he established The Marysville Museum. The Marysville Museum held a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, veteran, vintage, and classic vehicles, various machinery, and memorabilia. 1890 SHAND/ MASONthe marysville museum, marysville, victoria, photograph, copper fire extinguisher, 1890 shand mason twin vertical horse drawn steam driven fire engine, fred sawyer -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Image, May 1955
Tumble grass or umbrella grass surrounding house at Brimin 1955Black and white photograph of the veranda of a house, with trellised grape vines across the front, and windblown weeds drifted in a mound against the veranda.On back of photo: "Umbrella grass banked up around 'Carinya' May 1955"carinya, buildings, umbrella grass, tumble grass, brimin -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, The Settlement of Harmony Vale 1913, 1913
View of the settlement of Harmony Vale taken in 1913 with the guest house Kia Ora, built by George Barber in 1909, in the foreground. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke.The settlement of Harmony Vale 1913. The large home in foreground is the Guest House “Kia Ora” owned by George Barber on Lot 25 of the Village Settlement. The house above it to the left was Richardson’s house. The home of Jeanie who had left it when the picture was taken.The buildings furthest to the right of “Kia Ora” were the homestead of Isaac Jeeves of 1863 – 1871 the building furthest right with the black opening in it was the house with the tree fern floor. The flat ground above and left of Isaac’s pointed roof barn is where the creek changed its course in the 1934 flood and destroyed £4000 worth of the Rowse family’s tulip bulbs. Above the flat is Francis Matthew Child’s homestead, in the creek to the right of which can be seen the horizontal structure of the swing bridge to the sawmill of the Childs Bros which cannot be seen but in the forest to the right of the mill (bridge) can be seen a number of logs in the mill yard. The two cleared strips immediately behind Childs home were the Richardson’s original holdings and the house in the gully at the far side of the great clearing is that of the guest house “Glenrivers” belonging to W Lucas and his wife Catherine nee Child. The Richardson homestead “Harmony Vale” is behind the forest trees in the right centre. The picture gives a full view of how the settlement was cut into the centre of the great forest. george barber, kia ora, harmony vale, barber, jeanie richardson, richardson, child, matthew child, kia-ora guest house, guest house, glenrivers -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Photograph - Photograph of a woman pouring tea
Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large collection of photographs dating from the nineteenth century. This photograph shows Pat Baird (a FOCIS volunteer) pouring tea in the kitchen of Amess HousePhotograph of a woman in period dress standing pretending to pour tea in the Amess House kitchencatalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph, amess house, pat baird, focis -
City of Kingston
Photograph - Black and white, c. 1950
A car travelling along South Road Moorabbin, with the Tucker Road intersection on the left hand side. Houses are on either side of the road which also has wide shoulders and nature strips.A car travelling along a sealed road with wide shoulders and houses on either side of the road.Handwritten in red ink on reverse: 72% Handwritten in blue ink on reverse: 2192 [circle around all text, including red ink]transport, moorabbin, cars, houses -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal - Visitor Book, Fairyland 1956-1957
"Fairyland", the home of Jim and Grace Tabulo, was a major local, state and international tourist attraction situated in Kew, Victoria during the mid twentieth century. Located at 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, the weatherboard house and its garden were heavily decorated with statues, crockery and other collected items. A series of notebooks were used to record the messages of child and adult visitors to the property from the 1940s to the 1960s. After Mrs Tabulo's death, these visitor books are believed to have formed part of the Dorothy Rogers Collection. They entered the Kew Historical Society's collection following her death in 1973.This series of visitor books are the most important primary sources relating to the internationally renowned 'Fairyland' cottage in Malmsbury Street, Kew. Their social significance is that they record in the post war period the values and beliefs of children and adults who visited this historically significant tourist attraction.Diary repurposed as a visitor book and containing handwritten comments and drawings primarily made by children during visits to the home of Grace Tabulo, 1956-1957. Commonly known as "Fairyland", the house was located at 57 Malmsbury Street Kew. The book is wrapped in brown paper, which covers maroon and black card covers that are decorated with stickers of the British Royal Family. Unpaginated, 94pp. Handwritten on paper front cover: "MRS GRACE TABULO: 1879-1965/ FAIRY HOUSE [sic] / 1956 / 1957" Printed on card cover: "COLLINS / AUSTRAL/ DIARY/ 1948/ NO 926" Handwritten inside cover: "FAIRY LAND / Kew / February 22 1956""grace tabulo, fairyland - 57 malmsbury street (kew), tourism - kew - 1945-1965, childhood - kew, collectors and collecting, gardens - kew (vic), scrapbooks - 20th century -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Photograph - Mrs Long's house, Delta Street area, Surrey Hills
The property is in the area that later became Delta Street, on the north side of Back Creek. Once roads were made and streets numbered, this became 1 Delta Road, Surrey Hills. Part of the undeveloped land would become part of South Surrey Park. According to Alan Holt's property register the house was built in c1920 and was demolished after having been neglected in 1991. He records it having had various names: 'Westward Ho', 'Pembroke' and 'The Oaks'. The first owner from 1920 was Eric Rowland Handyside Long who married Agnes May Hay Murray in March 1920. They had one son James Murray Long, born in September 1921. They divorced in 1937 and thereafter the property is listed in the name of Mrs Mary Hay Long, James M Long or Miss Mary Hay Long. According to Alan Holt, the house featured in the television series 'Carson's Law' in c1984.This is one of relatively few photos which record the transformation of rural land into the suburb that became Surrey Hills.A simple dark-stained timber house with a veranda and tiled roof. It is simply fenced with posts and wire mess. There are other houses in the background but part of the area remains as open space.delta road, back creek, south surrey park, wetward ho, pembroke, the oaks, hose names, miss agnes may hay murray, mrs agnes may hay long, mrs mary hay long, miss mary hay long, james murray long, carson's law -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Postcard, 1922 c
Also three postcards showing two views of Claremont House with visitors on verandah 1925 c 05266.1 Added is back of 05266.2 is a message to Aunt Lizzie and 5266.3Faded black and white postcard of front view of Roadknights Claremont House Lakes Entrance VictoriaMalcolm Fallshaw 462 Canterbury Rd Punchbowl on backboats and boating -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Artwork, other - Ink Line Drawing, 9 Tainton Rd., Burwood, circa 1990's
A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by the real estate agency Woodards Box Hill for the purpose of advertising 9 Tainton Rd., Burwood circa 1990's Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte. This property is listed as having had unit 10 sell for $137,000 in 1990 Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of 9 Tainton St., Burwood. A single story brick house with multiple pitched roofs, to the left is a driveway leading to a garage in the background. and in front of the house is a lawn enclosed by a low rock fence and shrubbery. There are two hole punches near the upper edge, And a black wear mark running left below the upper edge9 Tainton Rd., Burwood Margaret Picken Woodards - Box Hillwhitehorse historical society, schwerkolt cottage, housing, architecture, margaret picken, burwood, house, garden