Two photos of Stawell Fire Brigade Pump Presentation 1931 in front of Town Hall. "Delivery of First Pumper, 21st January 1931. Left to right C. Newton; R. Chapman, Captain; H. Metcalf: D. Brown; P. Fenwich; H. Dunn: Front Row; C. Brown, Mayor; H. Chapman, Foreman; J. Trengrove, Engineer CFBB; Chief Officer Chellow CFBB; W.G. Sharpley, Town Clerk; P. Ledger; H. Dunn; J. Martin" 1931 Aussie Gardiner Motor Pump. Names were copied from Brigade History "Ready to Save" by S. Bennett. 1998.Two black and white photos. One of a large group of people around a fire engine with people in uniform surrounding the fire engine. The second photos is a close up of the fire engine and the people on board.

George William Stock born at sea on way to Australia 1861 (RIP 23/2/1924). This photo has been cropped. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn. Digital copy of black and white photograph, cropped.peter blackbourn, george willam stock

A large group of people at a function at Lower Plenty Hall. The Hall has now been demolished to make way for a car park. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, lower plenty hall

Bartlett Splatt group: George William Splatt at rear in white shirt; Bartlett (Barl) Splatt seated far right. Others not named. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, henry bartlett splatt, george william splatt

Group of unknown men outside the original Greensborough Hotel. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn; a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn. [There are unconfirmed suspicions that the top right is Ted Foley and the front right is Jack Stock]Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, greensborough hotel

Stock Family 1909. (left to right) Mary, Florence,Harriett Emma Stock, William Thomas Finn, Jane, Lillian, Jack and Ethyl. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.peter blackbourn, stock family, william thomas finn, harriett stock

Donald Clark Collection. Two copies of a colour photograph of the Tarnagulla Hall Committee posed on the stage of the Victoria Theatre in 1987. Standing (L to R): F.J. Chapman, J. Heather, W. Goltz, A.R. (Bert) Hurford, Robert (Bob) Le Messurier. Seated (L to R): John Shay, Les G. Williams, Barry Condick (Pres), Donald W. Clark (Sec), Doug A. Calder.tarnagulla, public hall committee

Black bourn family 1936 (left to right) Audrey, John and Margaret Blackbourn with mother Jean; taken at 122 Main Road Lower Plenty. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, margaret balckbourn, john blackbourn, audrey blackbourn, 122 main road lower plenty

Margaret Gibson Blackbourn, Queen of Lower Plenty 1955 with Jean and Reg Huggett (left to right) Jean Huggett, Margaret Gibson, Reg Huggett. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, margaret gibson, margaret blackbourn, jean huggett, reg huggett

Bridesmaids at wedding of Marjory Barnett to Arthur Mountford (left to right) Dorothy Brown, Audrey Brown. Photograph taken at 122 Main Road Lower Plenty. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, marjory barnett, arthur mountford, dorothy brown, audrey brown

Stock Blackbourn Family 1909. (left to right) Mary Stock, Florence Emma Blackbourn, Harriett Emma Stock. Close up of wedding photo 1909. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.peter blackbourn, mary stock, florence emma stock, harriett stock

Val Wilson's family had a 146 year connection to the Greensborough area beginning with James and Susan Chapman in 1849, Family connections include the Poulter, Brown, Splatt, Kennedy and Memmott families. Val has illustrated her story with family photographs and relevant newspaper clippings.The story of family connections in Greensborough district.37 pages, illus. (some col.). Bound in green folder with clear cover.val wilson, james chapman, poulter family, splatt family

George Stock and family 1909 (left to right) Jane Finn and son George, George William Stock. House in Main Street near bridge over river. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, george willam stock, jane stock (nee finn), george stock

Stock Finn Family 1926. (left to right) Jane Finn, Harriett Emma Stock (child), George Blackbourn, Florence Blackbourn. Photograph taken in Heidelberg 1926.Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, jane stock finn, harriett stock, george blackbourn, florence blackbourn

Early view of Main Street Greensborough showing the mainly residential nature of the buildings. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn. Photo and article appeared in The Diamond Valley News 9/10/1984 page 29.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, main street greensborough

St Katherine's Church St Helena. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn. Refer to Mrs Nell Budge and her letter to Peter Blackbourn stating this photo was taken during the early part of the Pacific War.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, st katherines church st helena

Group Portrait of Stawell Urban Fire Brigade Discipline Team Bendigo 1938 in uniform BACK ROW: E. Welsh (Ted), Ern Dickens, Albert Smith, Jack Hall, Jack Miatke, Henry Dunn, Charlie Prosser, Arthur Parsons SECOND ROW L-R: Chas Richardson. Fred Crouch, I. O'Neil (Bunny), Harry Chapman, Reg Chapman, Roy Ledger, Bill Mitchell, A. Dunn (Bert) THIRD ROW L-R: Bob Phillips, Sid Whelan, Fred Court, George Huse (Gundy), Ray Maddocks, Frank Floyd, Peter Fenwick, Ray Rickard, Reg Nicholls SEATED FRONT ROW L-R: ?, Ridgewell, S. McInnes, B. Aston, ? , Len Egginton Black & white photograph of a group of men in uniform. Most men are wearing uniform hates, front row have no hats. Taken indoors, window behind the group.nonestawell

Two photographs of the Onion Farm, Diamond Creek Road Greensborough. Photo 1 is not captioned; photo 2 (left to right) Harris the owner, unknown male, William Thomas Finn. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of two black and white photographs.peter blackbourn, william thomas finn, harris, onion farm greensborough

Stock Family 1906. (left to right) Jane Stock, William Stock, Florence Emma Stock, Jack Stock, Mary Stock. Children at front: Henry Blackbourn, Lillian Stock. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.peter blackbourn, stock family, henry blackbourn

The Barnett family at 122 Main Road Lower Plenty. (Left to right, standing: Mick, Bill, Elsie, Ivy, Amile,Les,(Kneeling) Marg Barnett, Margaret Blackbourn, Margaret Barnett, Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, barnett family, 122 main road lower plenty

Loaned by Fire Brigade. Tatura Fire Brigade Band 1933.|Back: A.Whelpdale; G.Cothbertson; A.Davies; Chapman; L.Seabourne; A.Cross; Norton.|Second Back: Dixon; J.Whelpdale; E.Mitchell; W.Day; W.Mortimer; J.Peat.|Second Front: M.Pritchard; W.Reddie; J.Harford; C.Hunter; P.DePagney'|Front: L.Brooks; E.Lockwood.| Missing: F.Pritchard.

Stawell Pleasant Creek Hospital Nurses around fountain in front of hospital. c1917 Includes May Booth later Chapman. Standing from left to right Nurse Palmer, Sister Wren, and myself (May Booth) Sitting Nurse Taylor, Williams, Baines, Singleton Sitting in front Matron Lang. stawell medical, hospital, ww1

Harriet Walker Stock, came from England 1861, first to Lower Plenty then to Greensborough. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn. [Nearly 100 advertisements for W. Bear at 145 Smith Street may be found for years 1882-1883]Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.peter blackbourn, harriett walker stock

Members of the Barnett and Blackbourn families at rear of 122 Main Road Lower Plenty. On roof: Laurie Barnett. On ground left to right: Ferdinand Barnett, Ted and Jean Blackbourn, Myrtle, Marjory, Ivy Barnett. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter blackbourn, barnett family, blackbourn family

Details the history of the current Greensborough township. It also mentions the early settlement of Kangaroo Point.Mentions early settlers such as William Poulter, James Chapman, James Mann and Edwin Willis Magger (Maygar).2 page printed document outlining the activities and motives of Edward Bernard Green, an early owner of the area of land that became Greensborough.Pencilled words on front page. greensborough, kangaroo point, edward green, poulter, mann, chapman, magger, mayger, melbourne to sydney mail contract

This depiction of Perseus in marble, was Presented by James Chapman in 1885 to the National Gallery of Victoria. It was de-accessioned and transferred to Ballarat in 1943 where it joined other Victorian-era statues acquired in the 1880s and later. It was located outside the first Ballarat Library in Camp Street and moved to an indoor location at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in 2013 due to ongoing vandalism.The artwork is of historic and aesthetic significance to the people of BallaratWhite marble statue, standing naked male with small wings on helmet.Perseusperseus

This bellows was used at the Warrnambool Racecourse by Master Farrier, Brian Chapman (1931-2017), during the 1970s but its history before then is still being investigated. The bellows have continued to be used from 1978 at Flagstaff Hill's blacksmith's workshop. Even today, in 2021, this same bellows are used by a volunteer blacksmith as he demonstrate the skills and tells of the importance of the blacksmith trade to colonial Australia. This 1860s double-action bellows is a typical form of blacksmith's or shipsmith's bellows. The end is forge-fitted with an iron nozzle or tube, called a tuyere or Tue iron, which concentrates the air to fan the fire or furnace. Tuyeres were traditionally made of cow horn. The double-action design of this bellows efficiently moves air both in and out of the chambers in the one movement of the long handle. The bellows was manufactured by John C. Onions of Birmingham, England, between 1862 and 1875. The stamp with the text, Gold Medal 1862, was also used on the business’ advertising. In 1875 the company was registered and began using the name John C. Onions Limited. JOHN C. ONIONS - John C. (Collingwood) Onions (1841-1904) was the son of a bellows maker of the same name. Onions (born 1841) and his wife Helen married in 1867 and they named one of their children John Collingwood Onions (1868-1913), as was the family tradition. He was well known as a Birmingham manufacturer of patented bellows and other forge-related equipment. He sold to the wholesale and retail markets for both local and overseas customers, including the British colonies. An 1862 advertisement points out that John C. Onions was a “Bellows manufacturer and contractor to Her Majesty’s Honourable Board of Ordinance” and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French [Napoleon Bonaparte]”. The advertisement includes a sketched portrait of the Emperor Napoleon III, and an Imperial Autograph Letter dated May 23, 1854, from Napoleon, Palace of the Tulleries to Mr J C Onions of Bradford Street, Birmingham. In 1863 the company registered a patent on portable forges. In 1871 there were eight employees. John C. Onions Limited became a registered company in 1875. In 1876 an advertisements included that the company were smiths for hearths and tools in general and showed a row of six medallions including one with “Napoleon III, Emperor” and his portrait, and another “ _ _ _ 1862 MEDAL”. Their advertising motto was “For Excellence of Quality”. In 1885 the company merged with William Allday and Sons to become Allday and Onions. This mid-19th century bellows has local historical significance as it were once used by blacksmiths at the Warrnambool Racecourse in the annual racing event that continues today. This bellows is significant as a working example of equipment used in the 1800 and 1900s in the trace of blacksmiths and other metal working smiths. The bellows is technologically significant as it shows the progress from simple bellows to the double-action bellows, a time saving and efficient improvement. The manufacturer John C. Onions is historically significant as a family business that began in the 1600s and continued up until the 1980s.Bellows; large, oval, mechanical double-action smith’s bellows, manually operated, in working condition. The paddles of wood that form the top, middle sections and base of the bellows have flexible leather pieces attached firmly between them, forming airtight double lungs. Cut-outs in the panels allow the bellows to fill with air then force it out. A long handle is connected to pump the bellows and control the quantity and force of the air. The blasts of air are forced through the metal nozzle or tuyere at the end of the bellows and into the forge’s fire. Inscriptions are impressed into the wood on the upper paddle or board of the bellows. There are three circular stamps containing text. Text impressed in the wooden upper paddle of the bellows has been assumed to read “JOHN C. ONIONS, PATENTEES & MANUFACTURERS, BIRMINGHAM””?” “EXTRA” “AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE OF QUALITY”, made from the following readable text :- “JOHN C ONIONS“ “PATENT - - - & MAN - - - - - - - - -“, “BIR - - - - HAM“, “ _ ERA - - - - “- XTRA-“, “- - - - - - - FOR EXCELL-“ “OF - - - - ITY” Text in the stamp “ - - ECE - - “, “ - - - - - / 1862 / MEDAL”, “- ITY” flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, john collingwood onions, john c onions, allday and onions, bellows, smith’s bellows, 19th century bellows, double-action bellows, double-acting bellows, double lung bellows, double chamber bellows, blacksmith tools, blacksmith trade, blacksmith craft, blacksmith equipment, forging equipment, john c onions patented double-action bellows, brian chapman, warrnambool racecourse, blacksmith, shipsmith, iron smith, mechanical bellows

Boothey Photo Collection. Eight sleeves.-1 Black Memorial Card John Boothey January 14, 1908 -2 Marble Gravestone for John Boothey & Hannah Boothey buried at Stawell -3 John & Ann Boothey Family -4 Wedding Photo Son of John & Hannah Boothey (seated) and his wife in wedding dress -5 Wife of John & Hannah's son -6 Mrs J Boothey -7 Mrs J Boothey -8 Boothey House Lake Road Stawell -9 Boothey House Napier Street, Stawell -10 Boothey Home Napier Street, Stawell -11 Left to Right Mrs Boothey, J Robson, W Boothey, L Robson, E Boothey, D Boothey, c 1940's -12 Sent By Cpl. Boothey E B V240192. Left Myself, Bill Cairns, Sgt Mc Nell, Lieut. Izod, Ken Cullen, Reg Kelso -13 Myself & Bob Richards. New Guinea 1945. -14 Stawell Cenotaph Main Street. Lawson's Model Bakery at left. -15 Erin, Daisy, Walter -16 Daisy 15 Years -17 Mrs W B Boothey 1934. nee Ursula Harris -18 W B Boothey in suit with Bicycle -19 Man with two Puppets on knee -20 Five puppets -21 Walter Boothey & dancing dolls 1941 -22 Daisey Boothey -23 Soldier in uniform WW2 in Card Folder Ern Boothey -24 Soldier in uniform WW2 Ern Boothey -25 Man in suit with Gladston bag in front of tree foliage. Mr E Boothey left Stawell for camp 19 December 1941 -26 Soldier with parents. To Ern from Mum & Dad. May 1942. -27 Early truck. Ern Truck Boothey -28 Ern Boothey in uniform.-1 The Australian Card Company, 49 Elizabeth Street Melbourne -3 Stawell Photographic Co, Close Railway Station, C Hewitt, Manager -12 PHOTOGRAPH No 15587, Supplied by Military History Section (S.D.9), General Staff L.H.Q. -15 W. J. Chapman, Stawell. -23 Chapman Photo Stawell -25 Mr E Boothey left Stawell for camp 19 December 1941 -26 To Ern from Mum & Dad. May 1942. -27 Ern Truck Boothey stawell