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Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Rosie Bray, Heidelberg Town Hall in Ivanhoe - now called The Centre Ivanhoe, 2022
Brief history of the Heidelberg Town Hall (now called The Centre Ivanhoe), by Rosie Bray, with photographs of the building and Councillors for 2022-2023.2 p. typescript with colour photographs, stapled. 2 copies.heidelberg town hall, banyule councillors, the centre ivanhoe -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Frank Cusack, Bendigo: a history, 1973
A history of Bendigo from before the first gold discovery to the closure of the last mine in 1954.262 p., illus.non-fictionA history of Bendigo from before the first gold discovery to the closure of the last mine in 1954.bendigo (vic.) - history, gold discoveries victoria, gold mining -
Greensborough Historical Society
Magazine - Article, Judy Lewis, Eltham welcomes back the Civic Centre, by Judy Lewis, 2008
Article on proposal to move the Nillumbik Shire Council Offices to the site of the old Shire of Eltham offices on Main Road Eltham, adjacent to the Eltham Library2 p., text, black and white and colour photographs. Extract from Eltham Town Community News, Issue 5, Summer 2007-08nillumbik council, eltham, main road eltham -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Plaque - Memorial Plaque, Ballarat Branch and Lucas Girls, 1946
... , Bendigo and other similar towns or centres. Op shops and CWA ...The Ballarat Branch Committee and girls of Lucas & Co. raised the money for the memorial window in Good Chapel of Saint Peter which is dedicated to the men of the Jervis Bay and all Merchant seamen who gave their lives in the world wars. To see a picture of the actual window go to VC database Mtsv record 0035.Regionally based support across Victoria provided crucial funds to the Mission for Seafarer welfare, activities and operations. This support was very often sourced either through a country Auxiliary group based in places such as Ballarat, Camperdown, Hamilton, Bendigo and other similar towns or centres. Op shops and CWA, Church Auxiliaries and other similar charities mainly operated by the womenfolk of the respective communities, recognized the vital importance of 19th and 20th C Merchant and Military Naval services to the development of Australia. The cumulative local fundraising efforts helped maintain the work of the Coastal based Mission services to seafarers.Rectangular brass plaque mounted to wood board.This window was erected by the Ballarat Branch of the Victoria Missions to Seamen and the Lucas Girls 1946.ballarat, lucas girls, lucas & co., 1946, window, plaque, ww2, world war 2, textile company, lucas clothing factory -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, copy, David Conolly (left) and Peter Smith (centre) dining out
Representational snapshot of the goodwill and support provided by members of the MTSV for visiting seafarers over the years. Small rectangular (landscape orientation) monochrome photograph depicting 3 gentleman sitting informally at a restaurant table.'A night on the town, Two of the mission's Stipendiary Lay Readers, David Connolly (left) and Peter Smith (centre) take a midshipman from a British ship out to dinner. Circa 1957'david conolly, peter smith, lay reader -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Photograph - Photograph, Sepia, French sailors in Brighton 1915, 5 April 1915
On Easter Monday, 5 April 1915, the Mission organised a picnic on the St Andrew's Church grounds in Brighton. Some French and Swedish sailors ere invited to take part in sports. In the centre is probably Ethel Godfrey, Honorary Secretary of the LHLG, who was just back from England where she visited her brother, Dr Frank Godfrey and his family in Scarborough. Along with her sisters Federica and Winifred, they saw the German attack on the English town.\ located on the North Sea. Article published in the Herald, Monday 12 April 1915, page 3: "SAILORS ENJOY OUTING In the spacious grounds of St. Andrew's Church, Brighton, on Easter Monday, the Seamen's Mission held an enjoyable outing, which culminated in a tug-of-war between French and Swedish sailors, and a race in fancy costume. In the evening, at the mission house, on the Australian Wharf, a welcome home was given, after the chapel service, to Miss Ethel Godfrey, who addressed the men, and related some of her adventures at Scarborough, where she was staying when the English seaside resort was raided by German warshlps."The Godfrey sisters and their step-mother had done the voyage to Europe to visit their brother just before the war stars. They witnessed the outbreak of the war, the attacks on Scarborough. When they came back to Australia, the voyage was dangerous as Germans were attacking vessels. Barely arrived in Australia, Ethel Godfrey who could speak French, having studied in Belgium, was already helping with the picnics, eager to share her story and support French sailors.sepia photograph depicting four sailors, a lady and two young girls standing in a park.One of the sailors is handing an apple to them.Written in Pencil on verso: French sailors in Brighton 1915french, picnic, lhlg, brighton, st andrew's church, ethel godfrey, scarborough raid, sailors, mission to seamen, seamen's mission, children, girls, apples -
Mortlake and District Historical Society
Jug, Melba Bone China, Probably 1950's, 1960's
This small white jug was probably created as a souvenir of Mortlake. Its depiction of the 'Soldier's Monument' (War Memorial completed 1920), is quite accurate and perhaps reflects the importance of such monuments in small country towns. Memorials created in many country towns, cities and suburbs after the Great War, reflected civic pride and were created in recognition of the sacrifice of so many men in defence of the realm. Mortlake's 'Soldier's Memorial' is typical of many such memorials Australia wide. It forms one part of the Mortlake's tribute, the others being the Soldiers' Memorial Hall (which incorporates the old Mechanics' Institute) and the Avenue of Honour (cypress) along the Hamilton Highway on the eastern side of the town. Small glazed white jug, with gold rim, handle; transfer picture of the Mortlake War Memorial - showing plinth, column, soldier and fence with backdrop of mature trees. Captioned: 'Soldier's Monument Mortlake'. On base: 'Melba Bone China (followed by crown insignia) Guaranteed Made In England.'1914, 1918, world, war, memorial, memorials, mortlake, souvenirs -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Article, Kerrie O'Brien, Want to peek inside Melbourne’s finest mansions and buildings? This is your chance, 30 June 2022
Open House 2022: "Like many Melburnians, Ying-Lan Dann has long been fascinated by the Mission to Seafarers, in Docklands. When she was invited to create a work in response to a building as part of this year’s Open House Melbourne, she knew immediately which it would be. Taking a peek behind the closed doors of some of Melbourne’s finest and most interesting buildings is a core premise of the weekend event, now in its 15th year. During that time, the program has grown from half a dozen buildings to a 200-plus strong list that extends to Ballarat and Bendigo. “[It’s] much more expansive and citizen-led,” says Fleur Watson, Open House Melbourne’s executive director. “As a public festival, it has always had a spirit of generosity, this gesture of opening up and allowing visitors to come and look and experience things.” Swinging open their doors at the end of the month will be some of the city’s finest mansions, including Villa Alba in Kew and Brighton’s Billilla, the Cairo flats in Fitzroy, the newly renovated Jewish Museum designed by Kerstin Thompson, the Melbourne Quakers Centre, the Albanian Mosque in Carlton North and many more. Considering how to approach the event this year, held remotely for the past two, Watson decided to explore beyond the traditional, with associate professor and director of curatorial practice at Monash University Tara McDowell. The two have co-curated an exhibition of works to run concurrently with the Open House program, called Take Hold of the Clouds. That’s where Dann’s work, Circular Temporalities, comes in, one of seven commissions around town in which local and international artists respond to chosen buildings or sites. A lecturer in interior design at RMIT as well as an artist, she is interested in time and finding different mediums to show things in flux and, having grown up on Phillip Island, she often uses water as a theme. When she started spending time at the Mission, Dann found there was an oculus at the top of the dome, known as the Norla Dome. She thought about how that small but significant opening related to where sailors spent so many months of the year, the sky being the only thing they would see much of the time, stars guiding the way in times gone by, and of the recent stories she’d heard about sailors being trapped at sea during COVID. Built in the Arts and Craft style between 1916 and 1919 and designed by architect Walter Butler, the Mission includes a chapel, clubroom, Chaplain’s house, a small cottage and the Norla Dome, which was apparently inspired by the Pantheon. The Mission was funded by the government and the Ladies Harbour Lights Guild, who Dann was also intrigued by. “One of the things those women identified is that life at sea is very dangerous [and they] wanted to give them a space of sanctuary and support,” she says, adding that for many years, the dome was used as a gymnasium. Her work inside the dome includes a 35-minute loop film, recorded from the ferry during the crossing from Queenscliff to Sorrento. The horizon takes up about a third of the shot and moves as the waves rise and fall, mirroring the journeys made by the sailors who found refuge at the mission over the years; it will be projected onto a gauze-like fabric, allowing glimpses of the building behind. Dann also plans to activate the site over the course of the weekend and will read a poem by Justin Clemens.The articles gives an insight of the création of the artwork by Ying-Lan Dann. digital copy of an article with photographs published in the Ageopen house melbourne, 2022, ying-lan dann, take hold of the clouds, norla dome, exhibition, the age, cultural events -
Greensborough Historical Society
Map, Australia. Department of Minerals and Energy, Melbourne, topographic map, 1970_
A topographic map of Victoria with Melbourne as the centre. Provisional edition showing contours in feet. International map of the world [scale] 1:1,000,000. Prepared by the Department of Minerals and Energy, Canberra in 1970.A pre-metric map, shows the Hume Highway travelling through towns such as Seymour and Benalla, now by-passed by the Hume Freeway.Map, printed in colour on one side.victoria - maps -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Percival Hodge Esq. Mayor, Town of Portland 1950-51, 1950s
Portland Town CouncilFramed black and white photograph of Percival Hodge, wearing dard 3-piece suit, white shirt, dark check tie.Front: Bottom centre: PERCIVAL HODGE, Esq. Mayor, Town of Portland 195--51 Back: Top left: Yellow sticker numbered 3503percival hodge, mayor, portland, civic, local government -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Hon. W.J. Williamson, LLB MLC, Mayor 1912-14, 1999-1922, Mendelssohn, 1920s
Portland Town CouncilFramed, coloured head and shoulders photograph of W.J. Williamson, wearing brown 3-piece suit, blue and white striped shirt with white collar and blue and brown check tie. Framed in decorative frame, brass-coloured.Front: Bottom left: Mendelssohn, written in blue. Bottom centre: Hon. W.J. Williamson, LLB MLC Mayor 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922. Back: Top right: yellow sticker numbered 3109.local government, mayor, w j williamson, portland -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - interior of Town Hall, Portland, Yeoman & Co., Melbourne, c. 1910
Displayed in History House. Portland Town Council?Sepia photograph of interior of room with wooden floors and ceiling. Pale-coloured walls. Three tall arched windows on each side (left and right) and fireplace in centre of rear wall. Single central light suspended from ceiling. Paintings and framed photographs on wall, wooden benches along 3 walls and at front left and right, with large central table and 10 chairs in centre of room. Mounted on buff card with decorative stencil.Front: Yeoman & Co. Extra copies can always be obtained. Royal Arcade melbourne. (ink stamp, centre right). Back: Yeoman & Co. The popular photographers, Royal Arcade Melbourne. [.....] Prahran, Richmond, Carlton and South Melbourne (purple ink stamp, centre left).portland town hall, local government, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, View of Early Portland, 1890-1900
Displayed in window of History House, 1991-2006. Given by Betty Wilson to her husband, Murray J. Wilson.View of a town on a harbour with piers. Two steam ships-one berthed at a pier, another in the bay, centre left. Small sailing craft in harbour; people on beach and cliff tops. Black and white lithograph. Mounted in matt.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions) Murry J. Wilson/from E. Wilson (cursive handwriting, blue pen. Taken from back of frame and a fixed in Mylar to back of mount) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting - Watercolour Painting, Town Hall Portland 1863, 21/01/1948
Watercolour, front view of Town Hall, Portland, off-white mount, black matte wooden frame, reflective glass, silver hanging wire on backFront: 'K.J. 27.1.48' - hand written, black ink, bottom left hand corner of painting 'TOWN HALL PORTLAND 1863' - hand written, black ink, bottom centre of painting Back: Black stamp centre. 'K.W.D, Jack P/L P.O. BOX 1, Doreen, Vic, 3754portland town hall, kenneth jack -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Sail Boarding at Portland Town Beach, n.d
Coloured postcard of several wind-surfers(sail boarders) in Portland Harbour off Henty Beach , Trawler Wharf and Fisherman's Breakwater in Background. Postcard has rounded corners. This is the same image as 5100a & b -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Postcard - Postcard - Sail Boarding at Portland Town Beach, n.d
Coloured postcard of several wind-surfers(sail boarders) in Portland Harbour off Henty Beach , Trawler Wharf and Fisherman's Breakwater in Background. Postcard has rounded corners. This is the same image as 5100a & b -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - A.B. Frost, A.B. Frost JP, Mayor 1954-56, c. 1950
... Front: Bottom centre: PORTLAND TOWN COUNCIL Councillor A.B... Cliff Street Portland great-ocean-road Front: Bottom centre ...Front: Bottom centre: PORTLAND TOWN COUNCIL Councillor A.B. Frost JP Mayor 1854-56 Back: 3502 on it (top left, yellow sticker) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Untitled (Portland Port), c. 1990
Project to interconnect NSW, Victoria and SA power grid officially opened 30 March 1990. Painting one of several commissioned to mark the link up. Presented to Cr. Bob Menzel at Heywood terminal station. Later in Admella Week activities display (Aug. 4-18, 1990). Displayed at Woodturners' Guild rooms in 1992 (Source: Portland Observer, 12/8/92).Depiction of a harbour and port with industry, boats, ships and a town in the background. In foreground is a road and a grassy area with pine trees. Jetties lead from this area into water. At centre right is an active port with woodchip pile, cranes, buildings and silos. To the left is a red vessel. At top left is a shore area with a road rising to the right, a spired church and several buildings. Large amounts of steam rises from the pile of woodchips of the port. Unframed.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: (no inscriptions) -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Greenmont from rear, c. 1955
Portland Town Council (?)Painting of a bluestone building with a shingle roof. In foreground right is a wooden fence. A carriageway cuts through centre of building, and above this is a window filled in with corrugated iron. The right side of building has large cracks. A tree is growing against the building in image centre, and bushes at image left and right. Framed in wooden frame.Front: Travis Webber (brown paint, lower left) Back: Geelong Picture Framers, 211 Moorabool Street, Gelong. Ph: 97805 (blue ink stamp, lower centre).oil painting, greenmont, portland town council -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Print, Albert Henry Fullwood, Portland Victoria, c. 1886
Scene of Portland Harbour. View includes people walking on beaches, jetties, morred boats (some with sails, some without). Upper centre of image shows a town, with a church to the right. To the left centre is a planned garden with people promenading. In foreground is empty land with a few seagulls. A train track enters the image on bottom centre. Print is predominantly in shades of blue, grey and brown. Framed, no glass.Front: A. H. Fullwood Back: (no insciptions)print, portland harbour -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Painting, Portland Town Hall, c. 1955
Portland Town CouncilPainting of a bluestone building with four columns mounted decoratively on the front of the building. A footpath is in front of the building, with a man and woman walking. A dirt road curves from foreground centre towards and past the building to the left. Two tall pines are behind the building on right. Building bears sign reading "Town Hall 1869". Framed under stippled glass in wooden frame.Front: Town Hall Portland '55 (brown paint, lower let). Travis Webber (brown paint, lower right). Back: Geelong Picture Framers, 211 Moorabool Street, GEELONG. Ph. 97805 (blue ink stamp, lower centre). -
Greensborough Historical Society
Booklet, Banyule City Council, The History of The Centre Ivanhoe, 1934_
Gives the history of The Centre Ivanhoe from its beginnings as Heidelberg Town Hall and municipal offices in the 1930s. Text and photos by Robin Grow.The Centre is an example of Art Deco architecture and has retained these features. The Banyule Council is committed to maintaining this building in its present form.12 pages, illus. (some col.). -
Greensborough Historical Society
Correspondence, Shire of Diamond Valley, Greensborough District Centre [Letter], 06/01/1989
The letter was sent to the Fraser Family in response to a query on the future of the Greensborough District Centre.At the time of its creation Greensborough was undergoing a lot of change and there was a fear among older residents that the character of the town would be lost.A 5 page letter on the letterhead of the former Shire of Diamond Valley. Nilgreensborough district centre, shire of diamond valley, fraser family, development, 1989 -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Plaque - Plaque - 1951 Commemorative Plaque, 1951
1951 Commemorative Plaque (Centenary of Government in Victoria and Centenary of the Discovery of Gold) THE obverse side of this Medallion represents the three qualitities of democratic Government which makes the citizen's life worth living. Freedom, Justice and Equality. But the basic quality, through which Equality and Justice can be achieved or which results in Equality and Justice is FREEDOM. So the artist, in agreement with the sub-committee, selected a beautiful horse, gallantly bounding forward, his broken shackles still on his foreleg, carrying a woman representing Justice and a man representing Equality on its back. Without Freedom there is no Justice and Equality, but if there is Freedom, Justice and Equality are its natural results. The Stake on the reverse side represents strong democratic Government. Supported by it society grows and blossoms freely.Medal: OBVERSE: Depiction of a bucking horse with two nude riders. The first rider is a man wielding what appears to be a torch. The second rider is a blind folded woman wielding a sword. The horse has a broken shackle on the left foreleg. Information sheet in case. Case: Black leather, white satin lining and green velvet insert. Top bears gold coat of arm of Government of Victoria.Front: Equality and Justice through freedom. Back: CENTENARY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA 1851-1951 (edge) Presented to THE TOWN OF PORTLAND 1951 (engraved, centre)medal, commemorative, centenary, victoria -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Functional object - Box of sealing wax, n.d
Possibly from the Portland Town Council collection.Artefacts relating to the Portland Town Council represent the history of the Glenelg Shire and how it came to be. The Glenelg Shire Council was established by an Order-in-Council under the Local Government Act 1989, published in the Victorian Government Gazette S63 on 23 September 1994. Three councils were amalgamated, the City of Portland and the Shires of Glenelg and Heywood, to form the new Glenelg Shire.Cardboard box containing 11 full sticks and 5 partial sticks of sealing wax. Sealing wax embossed with maker detailsFront: Orange and yellow paper label on top. S. Maw, Son and Sons Fine sealing wax Crest in centre with London Englandportland town council, local government, glenelg shire, administration -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - The Honorable H.V. MacLeod, MLC JP, c. 1950
Portland Town CouncilRetouched (colour) photograph of a man in a suit, posed in ¾ view, upper torso. He has grey hair, cut short, glasses and is wearing a badge on his left lapel. Framed in decorative paper mache/plaster and wood frame, painted gold, in gold mount.Front: Portland/Town Council (Black and red text, upper centre) The Honorable/H.V. MacLeod MLC JP/Mayor 1946-49 (black and red text, lower centre) Back: (no inscriptions)hv macleod -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Letter - letter - Letter from Governor of Victoria to His Worship, The Mayor, Borough of Portland, 1934
On display in frame with 1391.2 in History House. Portland Centenary Celebrations. Portland Town Council.Letter with gold crest top centre. Addressed to His Worship the Major. Framed -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Letter - Letter - Letter from Governor of Victoria to His Worship, The Mayor, Borough of Portland, 1934
On display in frame with 1391.1 in History House Portland Centenary Celebrations Portland Town CouncilLetter with gold crest top centre. Addressed to His Worship the Mayor. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Certificate - Sesquicentenary Certificate, 1985
Displayed at History House. Portland's Sesquicentenary. Portland City Council.Certificate with "Victoria 150" logo at top. In a black-boxed square in lower two-thirds of paper is certificate endorsing the activities of the Town of Portland's planning committee for events of Anniversary Year November 17, 1984 - November 11, 1985.Front: Signature of Ranald Macdonald, Chairman (lower centre, faded pen). -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Booklet - Booklet - Official Opening Municipal Offices, 1st May 1984, Town of Portland, 1984
Displayed at History House. Portland Town Council.Booklet, black and white cover and pages. Two staples in spine.Front: Cover: (Signatures) _/Valery Stephens (blue ink, upper centre).