Rare photograph of a significant Melbourne home.Photograph of the historically significant house, Deepdene, which was located before demolition on the southeast corner of Burke Road and Cotham Road. The photograph is on the back of a subdivision plan of the Auburn Heights Estate.deepdene

Bob Hymans Collection Bob (Herman) Hymans (a former member of the Royal Netherlands Navy) was born in Bloemendaal, Holland on 30th September 1922. During World War II he fought against the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was imprisoned in Changi and on the Burma Railway. After gaining qualifications as a Ski Instructor, Bob arrived in Falls Creek in July 1950. Working as an Instructor and Supervisor at Bogong Lodge, Bob decided his future was in accommodation. He was successful in negotiating an indenture for land from the State Electricity Commission (SEC). It took Bob two years to build his Grand Coeur Chalet but, tragically, it was burned down in August 1961. Bob also built the first Chairlift in Australia. This was a single chairlift and the structure was built from wooden electricity poles. He was constantly full of new ideas and proposals for the village. Bob Hymans died on 7th July 2007. This Collection of documents and letters tells the story of Bob's endeavours to develop Falls Creek into the ski village it is today.This letter is significant because it documents developments made or endorsed by the Falls Creek Tourist Area Management Committee.An information bulletin published by the Management Committee. Information included is the release of a new subdivision map, establishment of a Ski Rescue Service and notification that Bob Hymans' would not be in operation for the coming season,falls creek tourist area management committee, preparations for winter season 1961

Copy from Mrs Jessie Williams scrapbook of article from Nunawading Gazette 12 February 1969 about the subdivision of Trove Park Drive Estate by Mr Hilary Watson.Article on Council decision to demolish Moreton Park Hall (used as Regal Theatre) in order to build a branch library (ca 1965). williams, jessie, trove park drive estate, vermont, land subdivision, watson, hilary, cantley lane, brentford square shopping centre, forest hill, nunawading swimming pool, nunawading memorial swimming pool, nunawading pool, aqualink nunawading

Historic documentsA4 x3 printed sheets:- - Covering letter from the Soldier Settlement Commission dated 19/10/1955 - Map of Minjah Estate - Map showing the subdivision of Minjah Estate1 x typed letter 2 x copies of mapssoldier settlement allocations

Subdivision Plan # 1044 - Parish of Nillumbik, County Bourke, Crown Allotment B Section 12, Eltham North. This subdivision plan includes Weidlich Road and St Clems Street. The developer for this subdivision is Taunton Developments and the Surveyors are Fisher Cleeland Turner & Dwyer Vic, Surveyors and Engineers.An example of hard copy subdivision plans from the Greensborough area. Mainly from the Shire of Diamond Valley era (1964-1994).Plan (single sided) mounted on heavy card. Stamped and handwritten Council permissions, dates and other details. subdivision plans, shire of diamond valley, taunton developments

Twenty-five grand allotments were offered for sale in the subdivision known as the Kia Ora Estate in Balwyn in the early 1930s. The streets identified in the subdivision include Whitehorse Road, Barnsbury Road, Campbell Road, Mont Albert Road and Burke Road. The lots were advertised for £10 deposit, with the balance to be paid over 5 years at 5 per cent per annum. The lots bordering Whitehorse Road were nominated as potential valuable shop sites, while the Mont Albert Road lots were advertised as having ‘wonderful views’. The Outer Circle Railway Line is shown traversing the subdivision. The route of the Railway in this area is now a walking/bike track bordered by strips of parkland.subdivision plans - balwyn, kia ora estate

Single page advertisement for Executor's Auction of land in Ringwood East on Saturday, May 29, 1937 with locality map showing 26 building sites for auction highlighted in brown, and brief summary of local services available. Subdivision includes Old Lilydale Road, Joseph Street, Dynes Street, Albert Street (later Wyrunga Street), Carcoola Road, and Mount Dandeong Road. (Carcoola Road incorrectly shown as Oban Road on the subdivision plan). Auctioneer - C.E. Carter, (Phone Ringwood 24.

Collection of maps and title deeds of Kleinert's 1886 homestead - 22 pages in pockets in black plastic spiral binder, compiled by Richard Carter, November 2008. Photocopies of title deeds and subdivisions.

Particulars & conditions of sale of lot no. 188 on plan of subdivision of land at Robinvale between Dennys Lascelles Ltd + George Pethard as agents for the vendor and H. A. Wilkinson (buyer). Price 63 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Office of Lands and survey map, 1864 with many further subdivisions of 1870 onwards added. Boundaries of City of Box Hill included. Note added re Slater's land in Blackburn North. Office of Lands and survey map, 1864 with many further subdivisions of 1870 onwards added. maps, shire of blackburn and mitcham, city of box hill, slater family

Copy of plan of subdivision by Patrick Riley of Section 77, Parish of Nunawading 'Springfield Township' 1861. Bounded by Whitehorse Road, Walker's Road, (now known as Springvale Road) and Springfield RoadCopy of plan of subdivision by Patrick Rileyland sales, riley, patrick, whitehorse road, nunawading, walkers road, springfield road, black street, robertson street, sandy street, burnt street, luckie street, bridge street, creek street, koonung street, thompson street

Real estate brochure for a land sale of 86 sites in East Doncaster. Roads identified in the plan include: George Street, Dennert Street, Worthing Avenue, Sandhurst Street, Belinda Crescent, and Romsey Rise.Historic subdivision plan of a Doncaster East EstateFour page colour real estate brochure including on page 2 a subdivision plan for the Romsey Rise estate in East Doncaster. This record also includes a separate price list for the lots.real estate plans, subdivision plans - doncaster east, romsey rise estate - doncaster east (vic)

Colour aerial photograph showing Shaving Point at Metung including Chinamans Creek at the right housing subdivisions of Kingscove Estate Tambo Bluff Estate and Lake King on Gippsland Lakes Victoriaaerial photograph, topography, waterways, metung

Subdivision Plan # 1026 - Parish of Nillumbik, County Bourke, Crown Allotment B Section 12, Eltham North. This subdivision plan includes Ryans Road (also known as Government Road) and St Clems Street. The developer for this subdivision is Taunton Developments and the Surveyors are Fisher Cleeland Turner & Dwyer Vic, Surveyors and Engineers.An example of hard copy subdivision plans from the Greensborough area. Mainly from the Shire of Diamond Valley era (1964-1994).Plan (single sided) mounted on heavy card. Stamped and handwritten Council permissions, dates and other details. subdivision plans, shire of diamond valley, taunton developments

Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.In the subdivision of part of Crown Portion 82, bordered by John and Sackville Streets and Cotham and Burke Roads, over 100 lots were offered for sale. In addition to the designated lots, a number of key locations are also identified. These include the Genazzano Convent to the north of Cotham Road, the Reservoir, St Hilary’s and the land holding of Colonel Parnell on the corner of John Street and Cotham Road. On the Plan, No. 5064, is the handwritten name ‘St. Hellier’s Estate’. St. Helliers, the home of the Dumaresq family is shown beside St. Hilary’s.subdivision plans - kew, st helliers estate

The numerous subdivision plans in the Kew Historical Society's collection represent working documents, ranging from the initial sketches made in planning a subdivision to printed plans on which auctioneers or agents listed the prices for which individual lots were sold. In a number of cases, the reverse of a subdivision plan in the collection includes a photograph of a house that was also for sale by the agent. Subdivision plans are historically important documents used as evidence of the growth of suburbs in Australia. They frequently provide information about when the land was sold on which a built structure was subsequently constructed as well as evidence relating to surveyors and real estate and financial agents. These photographs provide significant heritage information relating house design and decoration, fencing and household gardens.When 29 Uvadale Grove, Kew was offered for sale it was described as: ‘Kew. Fine locality, 3 minutes Cotham Road. Splendidly built 6 roomed Brick Villa. Rooms 17 x 14, 16 x 13, &c. Beautifully fitted throughout. Land 70 x 134 to ROW.’ The price was advertised as being £1,400. The house exhibits key features of Federation architecture such as the gabled roof with a facing of half-timber and stucco. The veranda has a curved corrugated iron roof supported by timber pillars and fretwork. The slate roof with terra cotta ridging and finials marks a transition to the more common use of Marseilles tiles in Federation architecture.subdivisions - kew (vic.), 29 uvadale grove - kew (vic.)

"Rothsaye" was built in 1917 by J.B. McAlpin who was a councillor in Lillydale and Ringwood and was Mayor in 1928-29.Multi pocket burgundy coloured spiral binder containing 34 pages of the property history, subdivisions, land titles and photographs of the house, compiled by Richard Carter pre-auction 17 June 2006

Tunstall was originally the name of Nunawading Railway Station. Tunstall opened on 4 June 1888 and was renamed on 1 November 1945. An historically significant advertising map that can be used to ascertain the extent of urban development in 1929 in the areas of Nunawading, Blackburn and Mitcham.A map of Mitcham, Tunstall and Blackburn found on the reverse of a real estate subdivision plan published by R. L. Jarrett of Elizabeth Street. This promotional street map is overprinted with the business address of the sponsors and advertising. Map overlaid in red print: "Drake & Co. / (N. Armstrong, Prop.) / Estate and Financial Agents / next Mitcham Station / Established 1914. Open all day Saturday. / Phones: Office, Box Hill 289 J. / Private, Vermont 10."real estate agents, mitcham, tunstall, blackburn, road maps, drake & co, new zealand insurance co ltd

This is the earliest known photograph of the home of Thomas Judd, now situated at 20 Hillcrest Avenue, but with an address in Parkhill Road before surrounding subdivisions were created. Thomas Judd was a notable early colonist in Kew.Silver albumen photograph on card of the house and paddock of Parkhill, the home of the Kew pioneer Thomas Judd. The photograph looks south up towards the house. The photograph is undated but it is presumed to predate the subdivision of 1915."Parkhill. Looking South up towards House"thomas judd, kew - history of, parkhill, kew -- pioneers

This is one of two photographs of the same view in the collection. The other purports to be taken in 1925 whereas this photo has an inscription dating it to 1927. East Kew was the last section of Kew to be developed following subdivision of the large estates and former farmland in the first half of the twentieth century. The centre of the photograph would appear to show the trees of the Boroondara cemetery.Inscribed verso: "East Kew 1927" kew east (vic.), panoramic photos -- kew (vic.)

Buff coloured survey map of subdivision glued to manilla folder. Five residential blocks bounded by City Road, Victoria Street (later Ireland Street), and Prussia Road (later Regina Street).(Surveyor) R. James Love L.S. M.I.S. (Aust) M.A.I.C. 52 Comer Street Brighton East S6 Phone XB-5928

Faded hand-drawn map on lightly transparent paper with cardboard backing. Subdivision plan for Bamford's Timber site, later varied for Safeway supermarket and subsequently part of Eastland shopping precinct by 2020s.P. Bamford

Subdivision Plan # 1018 - Parish of Nillumbik, County Bourke, Crown Allotment 4 Section 15, and Crown Allotment B Section 12, Eltham North. This subdivision plan includes Ryans Road (also known as Government Road) and St Clems Street. The developer for this subdivision is Taunton Developments and the Surveyors are Fisher Cleeland Turner & Dwyer Vic, Surveyors and Engineers.An example of hard copy subdivision plans from the Greensborough area. Mainly from the Shire of Diamond Valley era (1964-1994).Plan (single sided) mounted on heavy card. Stamped and handwritten Council permissions, dates and other details. subdivision plans, shire of diamond valley, taunton developments

Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. The Normanby Estate, which was adjacent to Normanby Road, Kew East, included thirty-one lots for sale. Streets on the subdivision plan include Adeney Avenue, Park Hill Road, Normanby Road, Weir Street and Wharton Street. Cotham Road and its tramway are shown nearby. The plan is interesting as it shows Wharton Street, named after the architect and town planner George Wharton, who was the first chairman of the Municipality of Kew. The street was to later be renamed Cecil Street. Also shown are proposed ‘Municipal Gardens’ where Parkhill Drive is now located.subdivision plans - kew, normanby estate