A tourist guide for Alexandra, Marysville and Eildon produced by the Shire of Alexandra.A tourist guide for Alexandra, Marysville and Eildon produced by the Shire of Alexandra.alexandra, marysville, eildon, victoria, australia, shire of alexandra, visitor guide, danish coffee garden, maryton park, marysville hotel motel, beauty spot gardens, geoffrey pope & associates, australian bush pioneer's farm, marysville recreation and fun park, blackwood lodges, marysville newsagency & general store, the cumberland, marysville gallery, marysville gallery restaurant, mount cathedral lodge, cross country ski hire, menzes garage, marysville craft & gifts, esa camping & conference centre, el kanah, black spur motel and caravan park, marysville caravan park, buxton trout farm, the camel farm buxton, marysville golf and bowls club, taggerty general store, cathedral restaurant, marylyn guest house, beauty spot walk, tree fern gully walk, michaeldene track, keppel track, woods lookout track

A fold out map and touring guide of Marysville and the surrounding district published in 2002 by Murrindindi Regional Tourism Association Inc.A fold out map and touring guide of Marysville and the surrounding district published in 2002 by Murrindindi Regional Tourism Association Inc.marysville, victoria, australia, map and touring guide, mystic mountains tourism, the beeches rainforest walk, lake mountain, cambarville, cathedral range state park, the cumberland, abbey green b&b cottages, anastasia fairytale cottage, ashlar cottage b&b, somerled mountain retreat, baree mudbrick cottages, blackwood cottages, camellia cottage, cathedral view b&b, cottage riverside, crossways country inn, dalrymples guest cottages, esa country ministries, hillcrest, keppels hotel motel, kerami house, lomatia lodge, lyell guest cottages, marylands country house, marysville caravan park, marysville holiday cottages, maryton park, melina cottage, moondai farm b&b, mountain lodge marysville, mount cathedral lodge, mystic mountains holiday cottages, nanda binya lodge, rendezvous on murchison, scenic b&b, the hermitage, tower motel, waratah house, willowbank at taggerty, woodlands of narbethong, keppels, lake mountain resort cafe, lanterns at willowbank, mantirri blueberry farm, marysville country bakery, the old woolshed cafe, clearstream olives, uncle fred & aunty val's old style lolly shop, acheron valley alpacas country store & gallery, bruno's art and sculpture garden, country touch, things of sand & stone, willowbank gallery, marysville auto & hardware, marysville newsagency & general store, marysville visitor information centre, narbethong visitor information centre, gallipoli park, keppels lookout, lady talbot drive, steavenson falls, steavenson river, taggerty river, acheron river, black spur trail riding centre, buxton trout farm, lake mountain resort ski hire, lake mountain ski school, marysville district country club, marysville ski centre, narbethong ski hire, rubicon horse riding, country touch tours, murrindindi regional tourism association inc

A tourist guide for Alexandra, Eildon and Marysville produced by the Shire of Alexandra.A tourist guide for Alexandra, Eildon and Marysville produced by the Shire of Alexandra.alexandra, eildon, marysville, victoria, australia, tourist guide, steavenson falls, blackwood lodges, marysville hotel motel, the cumberland, gallery restaurant marysville, marysville gallery, cross country ski hire, marylyn guest house, marylands guest house, marysville crafts & gifts, hearts of oak antiques, geoffrey pope & associates, cedron house marysville, amber view holiday lodges marysville, marysville ski hire, lake mountain ski school, fruit salad farm, taggerty general store, arbor green galleries marysville, black spur roadhouse, black spur motel & caravan park, marysville caravan park, the hermitage narbethong, danish coffee garden, maryton park, buxton trout farm, lake mountain outdoor centre marysville, australian bush pioneer's farm, the camel farm and zoo buxton, marysville mountain view horse hire, marysville golf and bowls club, yarrolyn holiday park taggerty, riverland lodge taggerty, beauty spot walk, tree fern gully walk, michaeldene track, keppel track, woods lookout track

A newspaper article on Marysville, its local attractions, places to shop and dine, where to stay and ways of traveling to Marysville. This article was published in The Age on Saturday, November 22, 2008.A newspaper article on Marysville, its local attractions, places to shop and dine, where to stay and ways of traveling to Marysville.marysville, victoria, australia, the age, black spur, marysville visitor information centre, steavenson falls, lady talbot drive, taggerty river, keppel falls, phantom falls, beeches rainforest walk, cambarville, yarra ranges national park, the big tree, cumberland walk, lake mountain, steavenson river, acheron river, buxton bait and tackle, marysville trout and salmon ponds, buxton trout and salmon farm, bruno's art and sculpture garden, villa day spa, cathedral view natural therapies, marysville massage, murchison street, village walk, uncle fred & aunty val's old style lolly shop, country touch gallery, manical mechanicals, hidden talent craft gallery, carmyle farm boutique, marysville community market, marysville patisserie, marysville country bakery, fraga's cafe restaurant, terracotta room, marylands country house, the cumberland, mantirri blueberry farm, narbethong, marysville farmers market, the black spur inn, allawah country cottages, barree mud brick cottages

A visitors' map of Marysville and Lake Mountain produced by Mystic Mountains Tourism for Visit Victoria.A visitors' map of Marysville and Lake Mountain produced by Mystic Mountains Tourism for Visit Victoria.The Marysville and Lake Mountain Visitor Map and Touring Guide has been compiled and/ published by Mystic Mountains Tourism Inc. Copyright./ Production and artwork Graph Attack P/Lmarysville, lake mountain, victoria, australia, visitor's map, official visitors' map marysville lake mountain, buxton, narbethong, taggerty, visit victoria, mystic mountains tourism inc, graph attack p/l, mystic mountains, marysville triangle, marysville visitor information centre, marylands country house, black spur, steavenson falls, lady talbot drive, cambarville, cathedral ranges, wirreanda festival, lake mountain summit walk, summit walk loop, leadbeaters loop, day loop walk, buxton hotel, igloo roadhouse, karmann waters, silverstream b&b cottages, buxton trout and salmon farm, the niche wine bar, buxton post office & general store, choppers buxton roadhouse, woodlands rainforest bungalows, chestnut glade, black spur inn, wombat cottage, abbey lake luxury b&b spa cottages, mystic mountain ski hire & outdoors, pnl 4wdriving, blue views holiday units & ski hire, marapana agistment park & farm stay b&b, danico design, things of sand & stone, mantirri blueberry farm, allawah country cottages, amberview cottages, ashlar cottage b&b, black spur motel & caravan park, blackwood deluxe cottages, blackwood courtyard b&b, dalrymples guest cottages, delderfield, el kanah guest house, fruit salad farm, kerami guest house, keppels hotel, lake mountain-snow gum lodge, lomatia lodge, lyell guest cottages, magnolia house, keppel waters, lyrebird apartments, marysville caravan park, all view spa apartments, riverside cottages, maryton park b&b country cottages, melina cottage, mountain lodge, mystic mountains holiday cottages, nanda binya lodge, rendezvous luxury cottages, scenic b&b motel, the cumberland, south cathedral farm, tower motel, willowbank at taggerty, woodlands rainforest retreat, marysville & district country club inc, mystic mountains ski hire & outdoors, rubicon valley horse riding, marysville trout and salmon ponds, gallipoli park, keppels lookout, cambarville-yarra ranges national park, lake mountain-yarra ranges national park, lady talbot drive-yarra ranges national park, cathedral range state park, steavenson river, taggerty river, acheron river, lake mountain alpine resort, bruno's art and sculpture garden, manical mechanicals, uncle fred & aunty val's old style lolly shop, carmyle farm boutique, crossways historic country inn, fraga's, gilberts restaurant, heights licensed bistro, the old woolshed cafe, cathedral view natural therapies, crystal journey

An information booklet on the Murrindindi region in Victoria. This information booklet was produced by Alexandra Newspapers in partnership with the Murrindindi Regional Tourism Association in February 2004.An information booklet on the Murrindindi region in Victoria.Produced and published by Alexandra Newspapers/ Pty Ltd in partnership with the Murrindindi Regional/ Tourism Association. murrindindi, victoria, australia, alexandra, eildon, kinglake, marysville, yea, yarra valley, high country, visit victoria, alexandra newspapers, murrindindi tourism association, rubicon valley horse riding, cathedral range state park, murrindindi scenic reserve, yarra ranges national park, cumberland memorial scenic reserve, the big culvert, cambarville, the big tree, steavenson falls, cora lynn falls, cumberland falls, lady talbot drive, phantom falls, keppel falls, the beeches, the cascades, wilhelmina falls, murrindindi cascades, lake mountain, cathedral lane vineyard, south cathedral farm, marysville holiday cottages, crystal journey, country touch, marysville ski centre, mountain lodge marysville, eco adventure tours, the mountain gallery, marysville country real estate, camellia log cabin, crossways historic country inn, marylands country house, ashlar cottage b&b, kerami guesthouse, melina cottages, willowbank at taggerty, mary lyn holiday resort, kooringa resort & conference centre, marysville caravan & holiday park, lyell guest cottages, eagle mountain retreat, keppels hotel motel, anastasia fairytale cottage, mystic mountain holiday cottages, esa camping & conference centre, buxton trout & salmon farm, woodlands rainforest bungalows, the old woolshed cafe, yarrolyn holiday park

The Eltham Hardware and Timber Company first opened on Main Road opposite the Railway Station around late 1922. An advertisement placed in the Hurstbridge Advertiser advised that the Hardware Store had just opened with a varied stock of Saws, Hammers, Nails, Shovels, Screw Drivers, and every article required in a house or on a farm. People were also encouraged to try their Jams, Pickles, Sauces, Cups and Saucers, etc. A few months later in May 1923, William Walker, a plumber, placed an advertisement wishing to to announce that he had taken over the ELTHAM HARDWARE STORE, and asked for the continued support of the district. He also noted that all kinds of Plumbing work was done. Walker remained the proprietor of the Hardware Store for many years regularly advertising its services and wares up until at least 1941. The trail goes a bit quiet then but he does appear in the 1944 Electoral Roll listed as a Plumber, of Main Street, Eltham. However he is not listed in the 1949 Electoral Roll but his son, Thomas Roy Walker, also a plumber of Main Road is listed. Thomas had been on active duty overseas during the Second World War and returned at the end of 1945. It is assumed that William died sometime between 1945 and 1949. On November 18th, 1950 the Hardware Store and residence was auctioned on site by Scarff Bros. Pty Ltd. It is presumed that this is when J.N. Burgoyne and Sons took over the business. It would have been around this time the picture of the store was taken for only three years later, in October 1953, the business and dwelling was again put up for sale, this time by Trebilcock Bros, in two separate lots. LOT 1. — ELTHAM HARDWARE AND TIMBER CO. Freehold and Property, Plant, Fittings and Business; Plus Stock at Valuation. To be Sold as a Going Concern. THE FREEHOLD PROPERTY Comprises Large Brick and Timber Shop. Well Fitted. Has Good Light. Comfortable 3-Room Dwelling and Detached Bungalow, H.W.S., Phone, Garage and Outbuildings. Situate on Large Allotment, 50 Ft. x 150 Ft. Aprox. THE BUSINESS: Flourishing Hardware and Builders’ Supplies, Crockery, Glassware and Gifts, Dry Cleaning Agency and Petrol Reseller Licence (1 Bowser Installed), Oil Storage. Annual Turnover Aprox. £12,000. Audited Figures Available, Old-established Business Comprehensive Stock is Good, Clean and Saleable (Value Approx. £4000). TERMS: £1000 Deposit, Balance 30 Days. VACANT POSSESSION. LOT 2. — Superb Shop Sites. Adjoining the Above Property. Land 58 Ft. x 150 Ft. (Approx.). Erected on Land Is Old Style 4-r Timber Dwelling, Set Well Back from Footpath. Leaving Ample Apace to erect Shops. Also Small Shop Let as Agent’s Office. To Be Sold Subject to Existing Tenancies, Gross Rentals £106 12/ Per Annum. Terms: £1000 Deposit, Balance 30 days. GENERAL: Eltham Is a Rapidly Developing Area only 12 Miles from G.P.O. Street Frontage of these Two Adjoining Properties Is 108 Feet By Depth of 150 Feet in the Heart of Expanding Shopping Centre, directly Opposite Station Entrance. Full Details and Inspection Available on Application from the Auctioneers: TREBILCOCK BROS. AUCTIONEERS and ESTATE AGENTS, Coincidentally, the Hardware Store was taken over by Richard Phillip Trebilcock, an electrical engineer from Mayona Road, MontmorencyNegative black and white film 120 6x6 formatSingle frameeltham, main road, 1951 chevrolet deluxe, ampol, eltham hardware and timber, j.n. burgoyne and sons, petrol bowser, william walker, richard phillip trebilcock

Negative copy of an original print and associated print copy of Ethel Osborne photos featuring William Alexander Osborne, Ethel Elizabeth Osborne, Audrey Josephine Osborne, two cows and a calf in front of their home in Warrandyte. Inscribed on reverse of print: WAO EEO Audrey aged 2 Warrandyte 1907-8Negative black and white film 120 6x9 format 2 strips Associated B&W printFuji Safety Neopan SSwarrandyte, audrey cahn, audrey osborne, ethel osborne, houses, william osborne, osborne family, farm animals

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

Jim Murray's house, Eltham North showing house and barn and dug out dairy shortly before it was demolished.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Gold 100-3casuarina ridge, eltham north, jim murray, murray's farm, murrays place, outbuildings

This seed box was made for Hiram Sibley for his seed house business. He sold seeds priced by the weight or the space they took up e.g. bushel. This box allowed for seeds to be divided by type, size or even date. The box was strong and easy to cart and store. It was also a handy item to 'recycle' as a storage container for other items. The Sibley seed box is a desirable collectors' item. A large variety of sizes and shapes are still available today in various stages of condition. Hiram Sibley developed seeds that were strong and the plants that grew from these seeds produced many seeds. Varieties of Sibley seeds and plants are still advertised for sale in modern times. HIRAM SIBLEY (1807-1888) - Hiram Sibley was born in America. He had a natural mechanical ability and became skilled in many trades. He and his partner Don Watson opened a sawmill then a machine shop and foundry. He became involved with Alfred Vale and Samuel Morse and their work on the telegraph. Eventually he became the first president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Later, after leaving Western Union in the early 1860s, Sibley bought and sold railroads, manufactured sold, ran timber mills, and became involved in farming and seed supply. In this area he used his skills to engineer seeds that were stronger and develop plants that produced more seeds. The production of seeds became his main business. He bought land cheaply and improved to soil so that he could produce seed and grain, and graze herds of cattle. He became the owner of 14 large farms. Hiram Sibley earned the reputation "as the most extensive farmer and seedsman in this country". The business of Hiram Sibley & Co. was conducted his warehouse in Rochester and his seed house in Chicago. One department of the business sold farming equipment, another department imported ornamental plants from overseas countries Sibley went on to invest a large amount of money in a bank, and to be financially involved in the community by making large donations to public services such as a library and a school of music. At one point he was the richest man in Monroe county.This box is significant for its historic connection with Hiram Sibley, who is famous for many reasons, among which is his very profitable business of seed engineering to improve the production of crops. This box also represents the value of containers used for selling products in the 1880s, being re-used for other useful purposes. The box is an example of goods imported for use in Australia. The text and images of the box are an example of 1880s advertisingBox, wooden, with two brass hinges joining lid to base. Base has two wooden partitions, divided into three unequal sized compartments. Lid's underside has label with drawings of buildings and produce, text with maker's name and description of vegetables. Front edge of box has stencilled text and diagrams. Outside lid, and the other three sides, have no inscriptions. Made by Hiram Sibley & Co., USA. (Box is currently used to store quoits 1436.2 and cones of cotton thread 1436.3.)Marked "HIRAM SIBLEY & CO / SEEDS", "WAREHOUSE - "ROCHESTER N.Y. ", "SEED HOUSE - CHICARGO, ILL.", "SEEDS BY WEIGHT & MEASURE", "PUT UP BY / HIRAM SIBLEY & CO. / ROCHESTER, N.Y. AND CHICARGO, ILL."flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, hiram sibley & co, rochester n.y., seeds, wooden seed box, seed box, seedsmen, arable farming, chicargo illinois, seed house, seed engineering, seed distribution, seeds by weight and measure

This document, also referred to as a word picture or Tablet, is framed in glass and timber with gilt trim, is handwritten with colour highlights. The penned letters rest on ruled guide lines, decorated where the lines intersect. The writing gives a description of the state of Borough of Warrnambool around 1875; its location, the area it covers, its population, Harbour and facilities, public buildings and institutions, imports and exports, financial worth, number of houses, connection with other areas of the Colony. A possible reason and origin for the document is found in an article ‘Link with US Exhibition’ from the Warrnambool Standard of December 19, 1981, written by local historian Bruce Morris. The writer mentions that the Warrnambool Borough Council met on 15th June 1875 and recorded a letter from G.C. Levey , secretary to the Melbourne group of commissioners representing the Colony, and Victoria in particular, for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The letter asks Council to provide “statistics as to the population, social condition and commercial and industrial state of the district in and around Warrnambool.” A sub committee was formed for the project. The Mayor, Cr. Thomas King, wrote and signed a Report, presented to the council on July 14, 1875, in which “The Committee … begs to recommend that a Tablet be prepared setting for the particulars respecting the following matters relating to the Borough”. The matters included area, population, annual income, churches, schools, other public buildings, societies and companies, general description of houses erected, and returns of exports and imports for 1874. The minutes note that the Report was adopted. The article above also notes the opinion of Warrnambool printers who have examined the document; it is almost certainly to be an old lithograph, which means there could be several copies. It is possible that there may be a copy in Melbourne and another in Philadelphia. It is interesting to note that (1) the quoted location co-ordinates are for an “Unnamed Road, Packsaddle NSW 2880, Australia”, and that the DMS co-ordinates for Warrnambool’s Council Offices differ, being 38.23.9.12 South, 142.28.52.887. (2) the date for “Exports and Imports for the Year Ending 30th June 1875” is different to the period mentioned by Cr. King in the sub committee’s Report of recommendation “returns of exports and imports for 1874”. The information required to have the figures for the end of June 1875 would need to have been compiled very quickly for the Tablet to be ready for the opening of the Philadelphia Exhibition on 10 May 1876. The document/certificate shows the following – - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “Victoria Australia, Borough of Warrnambool. Latitude, 30.24.50 South, Longitude 142.32 East The Principal Port in the Western District of the Colony and the Centre of its Choicest Agricultural Lands. Established a Municipality in 1855, and Created a Borough 1863. Population in 1875 4,500. Warrnambool is the nearest Port to Melbourne on the Western Seaboard, being about 160 miles distant. Coaches run to and from the Metropolis daily, in connexion [connection] with the Railway of Geelong and Steamers belonging to Local Companies sail between Melbourne, Warrnambool, Belfast [renamed Port Fairy], and Portland several times weekly. The Harbour is known as Lady Bay, and is partially protected by a reef of rocks stretching from the mouth of the Hopkins River. The formation of a Breakwater has been decided upon by the Government, to extend 600 yards, at an estimated cost of £100,000. There are two substantial Jetties, one of 800 and the other of 600 feet in length. The former is connected with the Town by means of a Tramroad, along which Goods, inwards & outwards, are conveyed, & the latter has been constructed solely for the purpose of facilitating the transit of material for the formation of the Breakwater. In addition to the trade of the Borough and District, the principal Townships up country receive their supplies from Melbourne and ship their exports through Warrnambool. Potatoes form the staple produce of the district, and the richness of the soil can be estimated by the fact that the Government Statistics for 1875 give as the average yield a return of Seven Tons to the acre. Several thousand acres between Warrnambool and Tower Hill are now being laid down in Potatoes by Tenants who have leased the lands at rates up to £5 per acre for the season 1875-6. Wool, Tallow, hides &c are also largely exported, while the shipments of all descriptions of Farm Produce are annually increasing. Area of Borough, 3362 Acres. Net Annual Value £27,000. Annual Revenue £5,500. Number of Houses in Borough 800. Public Buildings and Institutions Churches. Church of England, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Congregational and Baptist. Schools. Three State Schools, average attendance nearly 1000. New Building in course of erection. Several private establishments. Banks. Bank of Australasia, Bank of Victoria, National Bank, Colonial Bank and Savings Bank. Public Buildings. Court house, Custom house, Post & Telegraph Offices, Survey & Land Offices, Shire £, Town Hall, Mechanics Institute, Volunteer Orderly Room, Odd Fellows Hall, Hospital & Benevolent Asylum, Temperance Hall &c. Companies & Societies. Steam Navigation Co, Woolen Mill Co, Gas Co, Racing Club, Amateur Turf Club, Agricultural Society, Farmers’ Club, Cricket Club, Anglers’ Society, Building Society, Freemasons Odd Fellows, Foresters, Druids, Hibernians. Protestant Alliance, Rechabites, Sons of Temperance, &c, Fire Brigade &c. --- Exports and Imports for the Year Ending 30th June 1875 –-- --Exports Total Tonnage 27,800 (Calculated at the Current Warrnambool Market Prices) Potatoes Wool Wheat Barley Hides Skins Fowls Butter Cheese Eggs Tallow Leather Ale Pigs Sheep Sundries --Imports 13,000 Tons Of the Estimated Value of £520,000 Total Tonnage of Exports and Imports 40m900 Tons, Value £806,627 Passenger Travels, to ad from Warrnambool during year, 10,000 persons Revenue from all sources paid through Warrnambool Sub Treasury From 1860 to June 1875 £1, 292, 300 Thomas King [signed] Mayor Henry T Read [signed] Town Clerk” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The document is of historical, social, economic and local significance in that it summarises activities, business, community, trade, travel and government at a point in time in Warrnambool’s history – 30th June 1875.Document, also referred to as a ‘word picture’ or ‘tablet’. Document is framed in glass and timber with gilt trim, handwritten with colour highlights. The penned letters rest on ruled guide lines, decorated where the lines intersect. Document outlines the establishment of Warrnambool as a Municipality in 1855 and Borough in 1863, with a population of 4,500 in 1875. It states geographic location, public buildings and institutions, harbor facilities and imports and exports for the year ending 30th June 1875. Two signatures "Thomas King" Mayor and "Henry T Read" Town Clerk. It shows the Coat of Arms of the Borough of Warrnambool.Signatures - "Thomas King" Mayor and "Henry T Read" Town Clerk. 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The Federation University Mt Helen Campus was once the farm of John Latta and his wife Elizabeth Ann Dean. The couple married in 1867 and had three children at the time of John Latta's death (Elizabeth Ann b.1870; Mary b.1873; John b.1875). Elizabeth later married George Downing, and had another six children. The house was situated in the vicinity of the current Administration and Caro Conference Centre buildings, surrounded by an orchard, and a well under the current Albert Coates Building (Union Building). The land was purchased by the Ballarat School of Mines for their tertiary division from the Stapleton family.Various items relating to the Federation University Mount Helen Campus, and the early settlers on the land, the Latta Family. .1) Parish Plan, including E. Latta, M. Fiscalini, R. Wynne, R. Nixon, J.U. Smith, J. Davis .2) Part of a 1930s ordinance map showing Ballarat, Buninyong and Greenhill .3) Contour Map with the first two Mt Helen Campus buildings included. .4) Drawing a a proposed campus plan .5) Latta Family negativemount helen campus, latta family, greenhill, e. latta, m. fiscalini, r. wynne, r. nixon, j.u. smith, j. davis, parish plan, john latta, elizabeth latta, george downing, elezabeth downing, green hill, pontresina, abraham baxter, g. dean, market gardens, jim downing, bob thornton, j. hateley, martin fanning, toll keeper, anne beggs sunter

Eliza Box was born in Withyham, Sussex England 1850 and came to Australia with her parents George and Mary Cripps - Box and siblings. George Box 1808-1867 of Sussex England, married Mary Cripps in 1831 -1856 and with 3 three of their 4 four sons and 3 three of their 4 four daughters left Liverpool in the Sailing Ship 'Atlanta' in March 1856 to begin a new life in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. Their baby daughter Cecilia Lydia died a few days later. Caroline Box, the eldest daughter, remained in England working as a cook until she joined the family in Australia in 1863. William Box 1834-1902, the eldest son of George Box, married Elizabeth Avis 1833- 1914 and they resided in Box Cottage 1865 -1914 where they established a market garden and raised 13 children. William and Elizabeth had emigrated in 1854 so George worked on their market garden before setting up in Patterson Road. Sadly Mary drowned in a water hole only 4 months after their arrival in Brighton. It is supposed that Elizabeth helped George raise the children while he established his market garden. George died from Tetanus following an infected broken leg caused by falling from his dray in 1867. Eliza Box married Jabez Gurr in 1876 a Wheelwright and had 1 son Tasman who died 1889 aged 5 years. Jabez Gurr born 1831 Essex England came to Tasmania, Australia with his parents Henry b 1797 and Mary Ann Taylor-Gurr b 1819 and 6 siblings on the SS ”Charles Kerr” 1835. Jabez married Priscilla Thompson in 1854 in Tasmania. Eliza and Jabez were devout Christians and set up a night school teaching English to the Chinese market gardeners of Bentleigh.. After Tasman died they sold their house and went to China as missionaries where Eliza’s niece, Rebecca ‘Faith’ Box Viloudaki was also a missionary. On their return from China they lived in Prahran.. They are buried in Brighton Cemetery with their son Tasman. Box Cottage Museum, a reconstruction of an early settler hut, is named after the Box family who resided there 1865 -1913 . William Box who, with his wife Elizabeth Avis Box and 13 children, lived and farmed on the block of land in Jasper Road, East Brighton ( now McKinnon / Ormond) that was part of the Henry Dendy Special Survey 1841. George Box 1808-1867 migrated in 1856 and worked with his son William Box until he established a market garden in Patterson Rd . East Brighton ( now Bentleigh). Eliza Box Gurr was the daughter of George and Mary Box. A black and white photograph of Eliza Box 1850 - 1911 who married Jabez Gurr 1831- 1903FERRY 49 Elizabeth St. Melbourne

This cheese cutter was made and used by an early settler family in Moorabbin Shire c 1900Early settler families in Moorabbin Shire were self sufficient making their own tools , kitchen equipment, and clothing while they established market gardens, dairy farms , poultry farms, orchards and flower nurseries. Each family had a 'house cow ' to provide dairy products of milk, cheese, cream and butter.A wooden frame with wire cross pattern for cutting cheesecheese cutter, equipment, box cottage, dairy

A Map drawn in 1852 that shows the 5,120 acres that formed Dendy's Special Survey of 1841. In 1840 Henry Dendy, a farmer in Surrey, England acquired a "Special Survey" from the Commissioners for Land and Emigration which gave Dendy the right to choose land in Port Phillip for the "bargain basement" price of only £1 per acre for 5120 acres, (an area of 8 square miles). The Special Survey also included the right to "the shipment of a worker for every £20 spent on land, whose free passage was paid by the Crown, equalling a total of 100 workers ". Accordingly Dendy sold his English holdings and paid the required £5120 and arrived in Melbourne in February 1841. However by this time land in the new colony was selling for £5 - £40 per acre. Because Henry Dendy possessed the order from the Colonial Office in London he was able to successfully oppose Governor LaTrobe's attempts to alter the price of the land. Dendy appointed Jonathan Were, (an entrepreneur, who had arrived in 1839), as his Manager and who later became a partner. Together, Dendy and Were decided on an area 5 miles south from Melbourne, bounded by North Road, East Boundary Road, South Road and to the west by Port Phillip Bay. Were and Dendy pitched their tents in the area now known as ' Park St, Brighton' and sank a well near the corner of 'St Andrew's St and Wells St'. By 1845 J.B Were and Company had bought almost half of Dendy's land and Were built himself "Moorabbin House" in Were St Brighton made from stone, quarried from local cliffs. It was still standing in 1924. Legend records Moorabbin is named after the Aboriginal word for ' Mother's Milk ' The soil is very fertile and well supplied with water especially in the area called 'East Brighton' - now known as Bentleigh and East Bentleigh - By 1850 the area had developed with numerous market gardens, dairy farms, fruit gardens and vineyards supplying food for the growing population of Melbourne.This Map shows the birth of the Brighton and Moorabbin area. On 18th January1859 Brighton was proclaimed a Municipality and a Borough by October 1863. Meanwhile, following a Petition, the area of East and South Brighton, incorporating Mordialloc, Cheltenham, Mentone, Sandringham and Oakleigh separated from Brighton to form the Moorabbin District Roads Board becoming the first Local Government Authority. Col. William Mair was elected as the first Chairman of the Moorabbin Roads Board. Moorabbin Shire 1871 developed further and was declared a City in1934. The City of Moorabbin was the largest Municipality in Melbourne before the Amalgamation of Councils in 1994 when it was divided in the south to City of Kingston and in the north to City of Glen Eira A Photo-lithographed 1852 Map showing the 5,120 acres that formed Dendy's Special Survey of 1841. Henry Dendy & Jonathan Were chose an area 5 miles south from Melbourne, bounded by North Road, East Boundary Road, South Road and to the west by Port Phillip Bay. Moorabbin County of Bourke / Photo-Lithographed at the department of Lands and Survey. /Melbourne. / Price 1/- brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, dendy henry, bent thomas, were jonathan, special survey