Mr Alfred Morton with his sisters, brothers and friends camping at Carrum in the 1890's. This area was later called Chelsea. Alfred Louis Morton (known as Louis) was born in Geelong in 1866, the fifth of eleven children of Mark Morton and Eliza nee Heard (married 1898). Alfred began work for the Post Office at South Yarra in the 1890s. In the late 1800s it was common for people from Melbourne and north of the city to travel to Chelsea area beaches for their holidays and many liked the area so much that, like the Mortons, they moved here permanently. In the 1890s Alfred’s sister, Mrs William Ashmore, built a weekend house at the foot of what is now Foy Avenue in Chelsea. The Morton family, including Alfred, visited the area often, camping on the foreshore during the 1890s. In 1911 Alfred moved his family permanently to a house on the corner of Morton Grove and Main Road Chelsea (now known as the Nepean Highway) on property that extended from the main road to the beach. This house was destroyed in the fire of 22 December 1913 which raged amongst the ti-tree on the foreshore between Aspendale and Chelsea. Many buildings were destroyed in this fire. The Argus newspaper reported on Wednesday 24 December that 94 houses were burnt with glowing embers blown a mile and half inland. According to the Argus but for the wide break provided by the Point Nepean Road (now the Nepean Highway) and the railway line, the scrub on the other side might have caught. The Morton children, Elsa and Ivan, attended Chelsea State School (now Chelsea Primary School) and Mrs Morton was active in the establishment of St Chad’s Church of England in Chelsea. At the age of 80 in 1945 Mr Morton was concerned about reports that English children had lost their toys due to the war and so he made (as part of a wider effort in Australia) 100 toy engines that were sent to England. He died in 1946 in Chelsea.Sepia photo of postal workers at South Yarra Post Office, corner of Toorak Road and Osborne Street, South Yarra. Mr Morton is standing at the counter, other workers are in the background .morton, chelsea, carrum, post office, south yarra, postal workers, postal uniform

This postcard shows a group of men standing outside of the Everton mine alongside a mining trolley sitting on tracks. The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. It also shows a location where reef mining was undertaken which provides insight into the impact on the environment at a time when it was done.A sepia toned rectangular postcard printed on photographic paperpost card/correspondence address only/ Kodak Australia/1914everton mine, mining, goldrush, postcard, burke museum, black and white, photograph, mining trolley

Photographs taken by Jessie "Girlie" Smith of San Remo who owned the Penguin Cafe in Thompson Avenue, Cowes.Photograph (2) showing scene during fire at Isle of Wight Hotel. Tall chimney visible. Smoke still bollowing at right.Isle of Wight fire Cowes on photo No. 1 Post Cardphillip island, isle of wight hotel fire, jessie smith

The Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society was established on 01 August 1892. This is the organisation's first minute book. Rev. Dr Delaney advocated for the formation of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. Curtin and Scullin became members of this organisation, and it is where they learnt to debate. William White was one of the founders of the Hibernian Society. 09 August 1893 - Richard Sutton provided a piano for recital by Mr Bailey. Brown hard covered minute book with red spine. It is the first book of the Ballarat Catholic Young Men's Society. The minutes are handwritten in ink. This item is held offsite and will require up to a week to retrieve it into the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre. Use the email link below right to discuss retrieval.Bookplate from M.C. Carey Post Office Stationary Warehouse. ballarat cathoic young men's society, j. murphy, r. hager, e.j. hayden, e. ryan, r.h. sutton, e.f. ryan, john meehan, w. hawley, w. maloney, e. harmer, james slater, patrick walton, j. parker, j. healey, w. moore, w. murphy, delaney, j.b. pearson, e. adams, george rode, j. moran, w. mcnamara, j.p. daly, y. mcmanamny, j. nugent, james shannon, francis clancy, george armstrong, william lamoriniere, john noonan, john hede, m. tierney, james foran, patrick o'donnell, thomas ballinger, thomas carey, h. bradley, j. cullan, j. o'callaghan, p. breheny, john hand, j. nrennan, w. mclennan, st patrick's day, p. russell, p.j. brown, john pratt, michael callinan, william white, richard h. sutton, carey ward, j. gillies, j. sheehan, rudy hager, w. armstrong, c. cusack, patrick o'hallaran, a. hager, j. manning, john o'grady, arthur smith, andrew quinn, john williams, r. wrigley, john murray, d. hanrahan, w. foley, martin tierney, g. o'malley, james bradley, john shelley, e.j. haydan, e. doherty, a.n.a. hall, w.h. davis, donald hayden, debating, fr o'dowd, south street debating society, bookplate, commercial bookplate, j.j. fitzgerald, p. walsh, h. elligott, j. hastings, j. redden, e. higgins, michael murphy, j. maher, h. mclennan, m. o'dwyer, m. kennedy, thomas nolan, thomas egan, edward mcintyre, w. bibby, j. bolger, st patrick's day procession, j.w. curran, reid's coffee palace, p. mcshane, j. lynch, thomas moran, f. mcconville, a. carnegie, father o'farrell, james carroll, john mcelroy, j. o'shannasay, a.c. carnegie, j.j. cardiff, p. nicholas, j. cullen, t. o'loughlin, thomas o'loughlin, w.h. david, thomas loughlin, h. mccauley, j. whiting, f. lynch, d. ryan, c. carey, m.c. carey, cyms

A sepia photograph of the Sunbury Cricket Team. See also #173Printed on back: POST CARD / BRITISH MADE / CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESSpostcards, sports, sunbury cricket team, cricket, sunbury, george evans collection

FORBES n.s.w town hall (white) post office (yellow)forbes, new south wales

Photograph of a group of four men, three in white shorts & singlets & one in long white trousers & singlet. The names J. Scott, Fr Brown & F. Brown under photograph."Thalma Studios, Hugen & Ilsley. Opp Post Office, Rutherglen"j scott, fr brown, f brown, group photo, sporting events

A directory of all Towns in Victoria in 1886small sheet of film SLV Post Towns Ballart - Melbourne. Alphabetical AAR - BALtown, names, victoria

A directory of all Towns in Victoria in 1886small sheet of film SLV Post Towns Ballart - Melbourne. Alphabetical AAR - BARtown, names, victoria

Paper and print, 12 ppnon-fictionNewsletter No.255 of the Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society Inc. Sep 2020.blackburn and district tree preservation society, payne anne, environmental issues, civic planning

The photograph shows VR tram 51at Black Rock shopping centre terminus as many passengers in summer clothing alight and board. Both trolley poles are still raised waiting for the conductor to secure the front pole to the car roof. Several motor cars are parked and a small public bus is seen in the foreground. Yields information about Black Rock terminus and VR 51Black and white photograph with printer ID on the rear.In ink on the rear "Post Card by Murray Views, Gympie ,Q" vr tram, tram 51, black rock, shopping cente, summer clothing, trolley poles, motor cars, public bus

Photos relate to James Worland MILLS No 3441 59th Battalion. James is the soldier in both photos. Refer Cat No 169P for his service details. .1) Photo post card, sepia, showing a group pf men & 1 soldier at a farm around a drive belt. .2) Photo, post card, black / white, showing a group of men, women, a child & a soldier in a vegetable garden with a house in the background. ..1) On rear in ink: “L B Mills Mincha” .2) On the front in red ink: “Findlay 1916”photographs, 59th

Sepia post card, printed on back 'Post Card, printed in Australia, R.E.M. Series' Image shows view of Mitchell St., looking east. Two trams in centre of image. On Rh side, Alexandra Fountain, three horse and carts in front of fountain.R.E.M Series, Melbourne.place, streetscape, mitchell street, alexandra fountain, mitchell street, alexandra fountain.hose and cart, tram

Black and white photo copy : image shows single storey stone building, verandah in front and side. Tile roof. Dirt road in front. Men and boy standing in front of building. Lamp Post on RH side. Post Office in View Street.Batchelderplace, building, post office

Black and white photo of Sandhurst Post Office Bendigo. View street. 1861. This building opened June 1858 and was demolished 1867. A new Post Office was built on same site. The building behind the lamp is the Shamrock Hotel. People standing out front.place, building, post office

White envelope addressed to Ms. E. Wilson, 2/95 Grey St., St. Kilda, Melb. Vic. 3182. On the back is a paragraph, printed in blue about the 'Melbourne Building, Canberra'. It has 'Australia Post' and 'Post Office Preferred' printed in black.document, envelope, foster & wilson collection, envelope

A black and white post card photograph of Cardinal Rampolla. A message on the back says ' To Greet You.' Though life is always changing, It's pleasant still, to find, That absent friends are ever present, in our minds.' POST CARD. Rotary Photographic Series.Rotary Photographic Series.religions, christian, photograph, lydia chancellor, collection, photographs, post cards, roman catholic church, church, religion

Plaques and monuments incorporate vital information about Maryborough's history.Photographs of plaques and memorials around Maryborough, with captions. Includes Carisbrook, Avoca, Dunolly districts. Soft covered book, 96 pages. Cover features pictures of Maryborough Post Office and band rotunda and Talbot Post Office. Cover bordered in yellow and green.monuments plaques maryborough

Donald Clark Collection. A stack of circulars, letters and notices pertaining to post office operations which was used at Sandy Creek Post Office, most dating to the 1860s and 1870s. Contents relate to rates and fees, rules for correspondence and other regulations. Bound together at top by a piece of twine.tarnagulla, sandy creek, post office, postal regulations, correspondence

BHS CollectionAustralia Post Area Sorting Tickets: A bunch (50)? Of Australian Post sorting tickets. Printed in black ink on pink paper is * Victorian Country North-West P.M. 41d*. Hole left side for attaching individual tickets to mail. Box 625government, federal, post office, australia post. north west country.

Article in Nunawading Gazette. Nunawading's new $5.6 million Eastern Mail Service due to be completed ahead of schedule in October 1992 and below budget. It will have a post office, 1,000 post boxes for rental. Project manager, Bob Beer said it will be equipped with the latest mail sorting equipment to handle 1 million articles a day. Australia Post purchased the land (former Eastbridge Migrant Hostel for $2.8 Million.post offices, rooks road, nunawading, eastern mail centre, beer, bob, eastbridge migrant hostel

This butter mould/pat may have been manufactured post 1967(year post codes appeared in Australia) however the post code was only stamped on after it was machined. This type of butter mould was used by rural families to fashion home/farm made butter. This period was in most rural regions a time of self sufficiency where any domestic type implement which could be fashioned by the family would be crafted with skill. Shopping for goods required catalogues from stores located in major rural towns and cities and involved lengthy waiting times. Travelling to and from these specialised stores was not pleasant due to the relatively poor quality of the roads and the lengthy times taken. The small general stores in the Kiewa Valley could not cater for all the needs of the valley. The 1960's was a time when facilities especially goods and services started to improve drastically. The S.E.C. of Victoria with its Kiewa Hydro Electricity Scheme provided not only an improvement of facilities in the valley but also a increase in the population. This increase resulted in a greater demand for local produce. This item is one of many domestic food processing implements used by Kiewa Valley households in the mid 1900s, whether on the farm or in the small towns and hamlets. Self sufficiency was the key to survival during these early times. Where ever possible supplies from within the valley were preferred to that brought in by travelling salesmen or traders. This butter mould and butter pat was commonly used to fashion "home" made butter throughout the valley and in some cases supplied to "outside" regional towns. Although this method of production was phased out by better access to goods from nearby cities the revival of the good organic home grown produce in the 1980s saw a greater demand of this type of farm based produce.This well crafted circular wooden butter mould could also be used as a butter pat.The handle in the middle of the mould was not added after the crafting but has been fashioned from the initial block of wood when the bowl was crafted. The bowl structure has a rim around the edge.The top of the handle has an ink stamp "T. & W. Dav" on the top line and "Tawonga 3697" underneath.domestic food preparation, wooden butter pat, butter mould circular, dairy industry

Black and white photograph of the 'New Times' building in Pall Mall, next to myer. The top has a rather ornate masonry design. The lower edge of the guttering of the top verandah and the lower edge of the guttering at floor level of the top floor is a very ornate lacework display.Centre bottom is hitching post for horses. Signage on the building reads Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes, Abbott & Co is also faintly displayed. An adult male, and female standing next to the hitching post. A young man has his right arm draped over the hitching post and two other young people to his right. Two other young boys are standing between two posts on the left side. The business to the left is using two posts to support bags that are ready for sale. A male in white is at the very left of the photo.buildings, commercial, abbotts boot & shoe manufacturers

Snow scene looking up through The Gap (FiveWays) with Mountjoy Guest House on the hill to the right. The shop and post office are seen in the centre of the picture. This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.The Gap under snow 1921. “Mountjoy” on hill. New CRB road formation (unmetalled) comes into picture lower left corner, passes left of dray under the elms, then circles around behind the trees behind Miss Hands shop and home and Post Office (Mt Dandenong North) to pass out of picture left in centre of picture. It passes between Ted Prices Hay & Corn store and Walker’s house where the Estate Agency was later placed. Main Road then in centre of picture bend right behind Mountjoy. Price’s house and shop behind the blackwood left of road bend. CRB cuts across Barbers left of Elm trees.john lundy-clarke, kalorama, mountjoy, mountjoy, the gap, post office, mt dandenong north, snow

.1) - .6) & .8) These seven cards are from J.H. Robertson No. 4895, enlisted 20/09/1915 aged 25 years, embarked with 15th Reinforcements 6th Bn on 07/03/1916, transfers to the 59th Bn. Discharged medically unfit in 1918. The cards are all addressed to "Violet" and signed off "Jack". .3) dated 29.8.1916 .4) dated 7.12.17 ,7) This card is from "Bert to Violet" dated May 1916, and is possibly from Violet's brother. Robertson was married to "Sarah". No other information re "Violet". She could have been a friend or even a daughter..1) Post Card, silk, colour, Rising Sun, flags and shields. .2) Post Card, silk, colour, basket of flowers with "Fondest Love" in light blue. .3) Post Card, silk, colour, with pocket, shows flags and flowers, inside pocket small card with "Greetings from France". .4) Post Card, silk, colour with Rising Sun,flag and "Honour to Australia" in light blue. .5) Post Card, colour showing 8 flags, under "With all Good Wishes from Wareham". .6) Post Card, colour with flowers over a horse shoe, at the top "Best Birthday Wishes", at the bottom a small four line poem re birthday. .7) Post Card, black & white showing roses down one side, flags and ships at top. Main heading at top "Goodbye to my Dear Sister". Under a poem re leaving England for France. .8) Card, folding, colour, front has gold Rising Sun at top, bottom xmas decoration with "From one of the Australian Expeditionary Force". Inside a small poem and then xmas wishes. postcards, silk, 6th

Sepia post card, printed on back 'Post Card, printed in Australia, R.E.M. Series' Image shows railway station, from St. Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. In foreground, Mitchell St., running up to station, on Rh side mine buildings, poppet head.R.E.M. Series, Melbourne.place, streetscape, mitchell street, /railway station, mitchell street, railway station, mine.

Base of a mortar cylinder which has been made into an ash tray. Lining of inside of tray has been painted red. there is a brass post in the centre of the tray. the post has cord wound around it.Engraved on the outside of the tray is "HMAS Vandetta - vietnam 1969HMAS Vandetta - Vietnam 1969trench art, hmas vendetta