A rubble-stone hipped roof cottage known as Ellis Cottage, was built by small-time farmer William Ellis from local uncut stone 1865-66. It was restored by the Shire of Diamond Valley. Cr. David Hay opened the restored building for the use of the Nillumbik Historical Society on March 14, 1994 Two colour photographsellis cottage, opening ceremony, nillumbik historical society, david hay

Iron was heated on top of stove. Often the person ironing had two irons - one to iron with and the other heating on stove ready to use when the other cooled down. They were heavy to use and were generally cleaned with bees' wax and a cloth before use. Wooden handles were patented in 1865.This item is an example of a domestic appliance in common usage before the advent of electricity.Small rusty flat iron.domestic iron flat-iron

Reverend James Noble MacKenzie was born on 08/01/1865 on the Isle of Ewe and died on 02/07/2956. He arrived in Victoria in 1894. He served in Santo and Korea. He is notable for his work among lepers. Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1939. He authored two books. B&W full length printed image of Reverend Mackenzie with Mrs. Mackenize and four children." Rev J N & Mrs Mackenzie and Family". Photo for "Young People's Mission Bands of Presbyterian Church of Victoria 27th Annual Report 1930.mackenzie, james noble, rev., presbyterian, minister, moderator, young people's mission bands

1.CGA insurance became incorporated in NSW in 1920. Iin 1961 it became part of the Zurich Insurance Group. 2. Bendigo Mutual Permanent Land and Building Society first appears in advertising in 1865 and was incorporated in Victoria in 1876. In 1978 it merged with Bendigo and Eaglehawk Star. It eventually became Bendigo Bank.1.CGA Fire and Accident Insurance Company School Accident Policy for Steven Lummis, grade 1, Golden Square High School. 2. Loan Repayment Document with the Bendigo Mutual Permanent Land and Building Society; loan value $11,000.history, bendigo, merle lummis collection, school insurance policy

Came to Australia from Glasgow in 1865 and ran from Portland to Melbourne, then to New Zealand when gold was discovered there. In 1880 ran on the Melbourne-Geelong passenger and freight service. A Crimean War ship she had many collisions and ‘incidents’ during her long life, and became known as a ‘collision specialist’.B&W photographship, boat, sea, river

These posters advertised goods available at the Cramond and Dickson store in Warrnambool in 1888. John Cramond and James Dickson came from Scotland and established a clothing and drapery store in Timor Street in Warrnambool in 1855. In 1865 the store moved to the corner of Liebig and Timor Streets and was a large and well known establishment until 1974 .These posters are of considerable interest as they give details of the goods available in 1888 in the Cramond and Dicksons store, one of the most important stores in Warrnambool for nearly 120 years..1 A piece of yellow paper with brown printing. .2 A piece of yellow paper with green printing. Both include details of goods for inspection..1,.2 Cramond & Dickson 27th January 1888

black and white photograph of Great Extended Hustlers Freehold poppet head, now at Wattle Gully, Chewton ( james Lerk 26.22.1999 ) Poppet head in front of mining buildings, stacks of sawn timber tonight. Great Extended Hustlers/locality/Hustlers Hill Nth. Bendigo/ formed 1865/last production 1921. Depth of shaft 3,470 ( 1045 m ) Poppet legs, steel 70 feet high ( 21.08 ) Gold very rich, total yield 300,000 ozs. Dividends 675,000 pounds sterling ( $1,350,000 )organization, business, great extended hustlers mine

BOOK - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 300 page hardback book of poetry by Australian and New Zealand authors selected by Percival Serle assisted by Frank Wilmot and Robert H. Croll. Published by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London (2nd impression Dec. 1929) and printed in Great Britain. Included are four poems by William Gay (1865 - 1897) a poet who came to Bendigo for the last few years of his life and died in Bendigo. '2138 SER' catalogue sticker on spine.Various poetsbooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, poetry, william gay, percival serle, frank wilmot, robert h croll

Robert Burrowes was born in Canada in 1826 and came to Australia and Bendigo in 1853. He initially opened a boot and shoe shop in Pall Mall and latera wine and spirit and grocery store in High Street. He was elected to the Bendigo Council in 1856. In 1855 he started the first fire brigade. In 1858 he married Sarah Ellen Vickery. He was elected to Parliament as the member for Bendigo and served 1866 -1877 and again 1880 - 1893. During the latter period he was Minister for Mines. For full biography see:- https://www.bendigohistory.com/pioneersofbendigo/Nomination under the Electoral Act of 1865, 29 Vict. No.279, nineteenth schedule. The 14th day of February 1868 We, the undersigned electors of the Sandhurst District do hereby nominate Robert Burrowes of Sandhurst for the office of Member of the Legislative Assembly for the said district at the election to be held for the said electoral district of Sandhurst in pursuance of writ issued the sixth day of February 1886. The signatures of twelve electors follow with the signature and consent to nominate of Robert Burrowes. On the back Nomination Papers Election 20 February 1868legislative assembly, election 1868

This is a school text book used at Wangoom State School by members of the Giles family. The book contains the names of Allan Giles and Henrietta Giles. The Giles family lived on the Allansford Road. Wangoom School was established in 1865 as the Wangoom Common School No. 645 and later became known as Wangoom State School. It is now closed. This book is of interest as an example of an English Grammar book used in Victoria early in the 20th century. It is also of interest as a school book used by members of the Giles family, early settlers in the Warrnambool area.This is a soft cover book of 80 pages. The cover is dark red with black lettering and an ornamental border. The cover is very stained and worn. At the front and the back of the book and on the back cover are advertisements for other books published by Allman and Son. The inscriptions are handwritten in black ink and pencil. There is a purple stamp of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society on the first page of the text. ‘Allan Giles, Wangoom State School No. 645’ ‘Henrietta R.V. Giles, Allansford Road’ wangoom state school, giles family, history of warrnambool

Councilor James Baird was elected as a member of the first Ballarat Shire Council in 1863 becoming the first Shire President for 1863-64,and was on council until 1865.He was then re-elected to council in1868 until 1887.He then served three more terms as President 1874-75 ,1875-76, and 1879-80.This original photo is of the first President of the newly formed Ballarat Shire. On 16th November (monday)1863, it was declared that the Ballarat Road Board District to be a Shire known as the Shire of Ballarat.This document was signed and sealed by Colonial Governor Charles H.Darling. The declaration was published in The Government Gazette on tuesday 24th November 1863. This rectangular black and white photo of James Baird,(circa 1863),is in a white mount with a wide walnut frame.The inner part of the frame has three parts, a narrow decorative gold painted trim,a narrow black trim,then a wider gold "frame"which has carved edging on outer and in each corner is featured carved "leaf " decorations. Richards & Co. Ballarat.james baird, ballarat shire, first shire president 1863, ballarat road board district, colonial governor charles h darling, 16th november 1863

The lady's clothes help us to date these images, circa early 1890s. She is standing at the steamer landing place; the first steam boat on the Lake was built in 1865 - from 1880 to 1910 the Lake was the social centre of the district, particularly on Sundays, when many people would arrive by steamer from the eastern shore. Previously unknown image of Ballarat. The set and its subjects indicate these images were produced to promote Ballarat and were perhaps aimed at tourists.Lake Wendouree, originally Yuille's Swamp, pictured from the western, or Gardens side.

Named after Thomas Hustler who purchased the lease in 1854. It was an opencut mine at this stage and Hustler patented a quartz crushing machine. HE later sold the mine to the Hustlers Reef Mining and drainage Co. and by 1865 the Great Extended Hustler's was operating 31 levels at a depth of 1053meters. The mine ceased operation in 1921.A4 copy of an original photograph, sepia toned print. View of hustler's Mine facing Barnard Street, Bendigohustler's, barnard street, james brierley

William Valentine Hill (1854-1940) journalist, was the owner of 'Eignbrook',10 Pembroke Street from 1904. His wife was Annie Boak (1865-1943); they were married in 1885. William Hill (Bill) Dempsey was his grandson. His mother Laura Constance Hill married Herbert T Dempsey in 1925.Original sepia photograph of the street view of a weatherboard in the Queen Anne style with a steep pitched iron roof; house is fronted by a picket fence. There are 2 copies of this original photo; the better copy has been scanned. The second copy is slightly mottled and the edges left and right have been cropped so that the adjacent house is not seen. Back of photo 1 is inscribed “10 Pembroke St. Donor W Dempsey”. Photo 2 has inscribed on back "Hills home, 10 Pembroke St, Surrey Hills. Donor W Dempsey" Card has written underneath the photo, “10 Pembroke St”pembroke street, hills family, 'eignbrook', house names, surrey hills, (mr) william valentine hill, journalist, (mrs) annie hill, (miss) annie boak, queen anne style

This building was constructed by James Elijah Crook in 1865 as a residence for Doctor Bone. Between 1874 and 1890 it was in use as a Post Office. From around the 1920s F.C Pearce sold motor cars from this site for a number of years. The site is now occupied by the Bacchus Marsh Newsagency and Stationers located at 138 Main Street.Small sepia unframed photograph on card with gold border framing photograph. Housed in the album, 'Photographs of Bacchus Marsh and District in 1883 by Stevenson and McNicoll'. Image shows a brick cottage with a verandah attached to part of the building. Four brick chimneys can be seen extending from the building. Part of the building has a white picket fence to the front and side.On the front: Stevenson & McNicoll. Photo. 108 Elizabeth St. Melbourne. COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY TIME. On the back: LIGHT & TRUTH inscribed on a banner surmounted by a representation of the rising sun. Copies of this Portrait can be had at any time by sending the Name and Post Office Money Order or Stamps for the amount of order to STEVENSON & McNICOLL LATE BENSON & STEVENSON, Photographers. 108 Elizabeth Street, MELBOURNE. stevenson and mcnicoll 1883 photographs of bacchus marsh and district, houses bacchus marsh, post offices bacchus marsh, doctors residences, james elijah crook, motor car dealers

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller was born in Germany on 30 June 1825. Ferdinand was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and a botanist. After passing the pharmaceutical examinations he studied botany at Kiel University. In 1847 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Kiel University.when he was 21 years old for a thesis on the flora of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1847, he moved to Adelaide, Australia and worked as a chemist. From 1848 to 1852 he travelled through the colony, discovering and describing a large number of unknown to Western science plants. He wrote a few papers to German periodicals on botanical subjects. In 1851, Mueller moved to Melbourne, capital of the new colony of Victoria. In 1853, He was appointed Government Botanist for Victoria by Governor Charles La Trobe. In 1873, Ferdinand received an honorary doctorate of the University of Rostock. In 1883, he was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales. He published many volumes on the Victorian plants. Many of Australian geographical features were named after him such as: the Mueller Ranges (WA), Muellers Range (Qld), Mount Mueller (in WA, NT, Tas and Vic) and many more. Mueller died in Melbourne on 10 October 1896 and is buried in the St. Kilda Cemetery A green cloth hard cover book. Title and author's name is engraved in gold on spine. It includes an introduction, a table of contents and plates. Lithograms in b/w. Each plate accompanied by a page with descriptive print. Number of plates XIII-LXXI. No. of supplement plates XII-XVII. The book illustrates Victorian plants and outlines the principal characters of those species. This book is No 1290 in the Original Register of Books (Cat. No. 005)Hand written pencil notes on contents page. Stamped throughout with "The School of Mines, Industries & Science, Ballarat. Ingenio Effodere Opes. In the University of Melbourne."australia, botany victoria, plants, ferdinand mueller, ferdinand von mueller, biodiversity, flora

This book has been used by children of the Giles family at the Wangoom State School. William and Allan Giles were members of the Giles family that lived on the Allansford Road. Wangoom School, no. 645 was opened in 1865 on the Warrnambool/Wangoom Road as Wangoom Common School. It became Wangoom State School after 1872 and is now closed. This book is of interest as an example of the reading books used by children in Victoria late in the 19th century. The book contains stories about England and the British Empire but has no Australian content. The book is also of interest as it was used by children of the Giles family, early settlers in the Warrnambool district. This is a hard cover book of 190 pages. The cover, once blue but now very faded, had embossed lettering and ornamentation on the front cover but these are now almost indecipherable. The book has come apart from the spine and has been re-stitched with white thread. There is much scribble on the first and last pages with the decipherable inscriptions being handwritten in black ink and pencil. There is a blue stamp of the Warrnambool and District Historical Society on the first page. The text has many black and white illustrations with some coloured in by the users. Many of the text pages are torn, stained and scribbled on. ‘William E. Giles, State (ed. word missing) Wangoom’ ‘Allan Giles’ giles family, wangoom state school, history of warrnambool

This clock was brought out to Australia in 1849. it was then bought in Ballarat by Samuel Richardson in 1865 and brought to Orbost when he settled there. The Richardson family was one of the very early settler families to establish themselves in the Orbost district. Samuel Richardson was builder of the Paddle Steamer Curlip. This clock may have been used as a marine clock. The Richardson family was one of the very early settler families to establish themselves in the Orbost district. Samuel Richardson was builder of the Paddle Steamer Curlip. A wooden mantle clock in a rectangular cabinet. It has pendulum striking. The face has blue and gold decorations. the numerals are Roman. The face surround is white and the numerals black.There is a glass door with red,blue and green decorations on the lower quarter. There is a faded printed label behind the clock and pendulum.Scratched onto the back: "To Australia in 1849. Samuel Richardson bought this clock in Ballarat1865"

A card to travellers and excursionists that was published to promote The Australian Hotel in Marysville. The card shows a long poem expounding the attractions of The Australian Hotel and some of the local attractions in the district. The Australian Hotel was the first hotel to be opened in Marysville. The hotel was opened by the Keppel Family in 1865. The Keppel Family were among Marysville's earliest pioneering families.A card to travellers and excursionists that was published to promote The Australian Hotel in Marysville. The Australian Hotel was the first hotel to be opened in Marysville. The hotel was opened by the Keppel Family in 1865. The Keppel Family were among Marysville's earliest pioneering families.keppel hotel, keppels australian hotel, australian hotel, keppel family, maurice john keppel, marysville, victoria

William and Ann Swinton came to Warrnambool in 1854. William was a carpenter and established a general store in Warrnambool in 1865. By 1888 the firm was known as William Swinton & Sons. After William died in 1901 the business was known as Swintons Pty. Ltd. After 1934 there were two branches of the business, George Swinton & Son and Swintons Pty. Ltd. These labels are of interest because Swintons stores have been of utmost importance in Warrnambool's history.Today it is one of the oldest family businesses in Australia.1 Rectangular paper label with white inner rectangle with black text surrounded by dark green, checked red and dark green gold coloured borders.It is adhered to a piece of white paper. It is damaged. .2,.3 Rectangular paper cream labels with dark green text and gold coloured decorative borders. .4 Rectangular paper white label with red text surrounded by a brown and two thin black borders. It is damaged. .5,.6,.7 Rectangular cream coloured card with red text and a sphere surrounded by a decorative border. .8 White paper rectangular label with dark blue text. It has remnants of an adhesive on the back. .1 Genuine Vinegar BOTTLED BY SWINTON & SONS Approximately 25oz. .2 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CELEBRATED VINEGAR . Fermented Mixed Vinegar made from Wine, Sugar, and Distilled Alcohol. Free of any addition of Commercial Acetic Acid, COLOURED WITH CARAMEL. Each Bottle contains approximately 22oz. BOTTLED BY SWINTONS PTY.LTD.WARRNAMBOOL .4 PURE Extracted Honey SWINTON & SONS TIMOR STREET WARRNAMBOOL .5,.6,.7 THE UNIVERSAL MADE EXPRESSLY FOR W SWINTON & SONS, WARRNAMBOOL Size.....Price..... .8 SWINTON & SONS WARRNAMBOOL

Part of a collection of photographs copied from the late Shirley Fraser (nee Black), also descendant of the McLaughlin and Whatmough family. This photograph shows Rosalie Ellen McLaughlin (nee Whatmough). John McLaughlin and Rosalie Ellen Whatmough came to Greensborough in 1840 from Belfast. In 1865 they moved to Whittlesea; McLaughlins Lane in Plenty is named after the family.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.shirley fraser, rosalie mclaughlin, rosalie whatmough

Part of a collection of photographs copied from the late Shirley Fraser (nee Black), also descendant of the McLaughlin and Whatmough family. This photograph shows John McLaughlin and Rosalie Ellen McLaughlin (nee Whatmough). John and Rose McLaughlin came to Greensborough in 1840 from Belfast. In 1865 they moved to Whittlesea; McLaughlins Lane in Plenty is named after the family.Digital copy of black and white studio photograph.shirley fraser, john mclaughlin, rosalie mclaughlin, rosalie whatmough

In May 2016 the Nillumbik Historical Society invited Greensborough Historical Society to visit its historical centre at Ellis Cottage in Diamond Creek. Ellis Cottage was built in 1865 and is made of local uncut stone. The cottage is a typical farmers residence of this period. The stone construction is unique in this district as most construction is weatherboard. This photo shows an antique compressor.Digital colour photographellis cottage, nillumbik historical society inc.

Clutha was the home of John Carson, the second mayor of Kew. Leonard Terry designed the house for him in 1856. Terry was the architect of the Melbourne Club (1858), the former London Chartered Bank (1861), Lothian Terrace in Carlton (1865), and the ES&A Bank in Hawthorn (1873). The commission for Clutha was won three years after Terry’s arrival in Victoria.An extremely rare photograph of a major residential architectural commission of Leonard Terry. The photograph of the house has statewide significance as the home of the Victorian pioneer and businessman, John Carson. A rare, nineteenth century photograph of ‘Clutha’ in Studley Park Road, Kew. The sepia-toned photograph is of the front of the house, with its bluestone foundations and its second storey balcony. A real estate advertisement in 1875 described the house as: 'First-class family mansion, and about 8½ acres of pleasure grounds and fruit garden. The house, erected under the plans and supervision of Mr. Leonard Terry, is most substantially built of brick, stuccoed, on solid bluestone pediment, forming a noble basement story, large entrance hall, and lobby, with conservatory on the left. *** A wide verandah and balcony, erected on cast-iron columns, runs round the house, the views from which are perhaps unequalled in extent and beauty in the neighbourhood of the city, commanding the bay, shipping, Mount Macedon, and Dandenong Ranges. Th e whole forming a most complete gentleman's residence, no expense having been spared in its erection and comfortable finish.'"Clutha West Side Studley Park Road Kew / Clutha West Side"clutha, john carson, leonard terry

Originally the Port Fairy Post Office built by Captain John Mason in 1865 in place of a wooden structure which he also built back in 1857. It then became the Port Fairy Borough Chambers in 1882 and the drawing shows the building inhabited by a Restaurant called "Lunch" c1990's. It is now the home of another Restaurant called 'Le Edera'.Black and white photograph of a drawing shop, commercial, borough chambers, borough council, port fairy, restaurant, 'lunch', 'le edera'

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Pall Mall: Sandhurst circa 1860s. In January, 1865, land in Pall Mall sold for 90 pounds per foot. In 1867, the Duke of Edinburgh visited the town. The Prince Albert Hall was erected next to the town hall for the Prince's visit. Unfortunately, the hall burnt down just hours before his arrival. A torchlight procession to mark the occasion saw the model of 'Galatea', manned by four boys, aged about eight, catch fire and result in the death of three people. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were