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Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kew Historical Society, Newsletter No.111, June 2015
No 111 JUNE 2015. A historian's legacy (Dorothy Rogers) / Robert Baker p1. Exhibitions, Meetings & lectures, New members, 2015 meeting calendar / p3. What's in a box? / Suzanne McWha p5. New acquisitions / Robert Baker p5. A history of community activism / Valerie Bourke p6. Kew Tram Depot / p7. Boroondara Remembers: Stories of World War 1 / p7. Daily Life in Kew: the summer of 1885-86 / Andrew Frost p8. The textiles and clothing collection / Collections Activity Group p10. Kew Tram Depot celebrates 100 years / Tony Michael p11. Membership & Donations p12.Published quarterly since 1977, the newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members that explore aspects of the Victorian and Australian Framework of Historical Themes. Frequently, articles on people, places and artefacts are the only source of information about an aspect of Kew, and Melbourne’s history.non-fictionNo 111 JUNE 2015. A historian's legacy (Dorothy Rogers) / Robert Baker p1. Exhibitions, Meetings & lectures, New members, 2015 meeting calendar / p3. What's in a box? / Suzanne McWha p5. New acquisitions / Robert Baker p5. A history of community activism / Valerie Bourke p6. Kew Tram Depot / p7. Boroondara Remembers: Stories of World War 1 / p7. Daily Life in Kew: the summer of 1885-86 / Andrew Frost p8. The textiles and clothing collection / Collections Activity Group p10. Kew Tram Depot celebrates 100 years / Tony Michael p11. Membership & Donations p12. kew historical society (vic.) -- periodicals., kew historical society (vic.) -- newsletters, kew historical society (vic.) -- journals -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Work on paper - Photograph, The 2/1 Australian Field Butchery Platoon, Petrie, Queensland, 1945, 9 March 1945
This is an official group portrait of the 2/1st Field Butchery Platoon who are identified as: Left to right, back row: VX33117 Corporal (Cpl) F M Hogan; NX85618 Private (Pte) A J Nicol; VX127710 Pte E C J Kemp; VX143647 Lance Corporal (LCpl) L G Lobb; QX44905 Pte C L Adams; SX25540 Lance Sergeant R J Gray; NX193508 Pte K A Burgess; VX5112 Pte J T Roberts; NX153073 Pte D J Evans; WX9743 Pte M F Lynch. Middle row: QX49356 Pte L V Symes; QZ31697 Pte N R Underhill; QX16156 Staff Sergeant H L Cairns; VX19172 Lieutenant W H Thomas; VX55658 Sgt D W Craig; QX47082 Sgt E S Wilbraham; SX19778 Pte D Weatherald. Front row: NX155215 Pte E Corrigan; QX56335 Pte E Corrigan; NX57204 LCpl W H Jackson; VX59081 Pte B Moszkowicz; SX31901 Pte J Lambre; NX94941 Cpl R A Hanson; QX40009 Pte T G O’Neill; VX84971 Pte S J Welsh. The photo was taken under the command of 1 Aust Base Sub Area and Lt R B Irving. According to the Australian War Memorial website, the photographer was David Tennant Gaery Eastman and the photo was taken on 9 March 1945. In the AWM collection there is also a photo of members of the platoon at the unit slaughter yards in Milne Bay, New Guinea (REF: AWM 0703790). An overview of the history of the unit can be found at https://birtwistlewiki.com.au/wiki/2/1st_Field_Butchery_Company Leslie George Lobb, the father of the donor, was the platoon sergeant. He had multiple copies of this photo, which may have been obtained with the aim of distributing them to other platoon members. Leslie George Lobb - born 15 July 1920 in Box Hill; married Elizabeth Annie Stephenson in 1954; died 14 Nov. 1997. Leslie became a service station / garage proprietor at 352 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert a business he took over from his father. An associated mechanical business operated under the name of Leo Green Motors, at the same address. The family lived next door at 354 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert. Leslie's father Harry Lobb had operated at an adjoining property (350 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert) as a fuel and ice merchant, before installing a petrol bowser to service the expanding motor car industry. The house at 354 Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert was removed and relocated by the family in 2000 to Mirboo North, Gippsland, Victoria, where it still stands.The photo is a touchstone to local servicemen who served in World War 2.A B&W / sepia photo with a narrow white border of 25 men in uniform. They are standing / sitting in 3 distinct rows with the rear row standing and the other 2 sitting on a 'sandy' area with sapling eucalypts and a (?) corrugated iron shed in the background.REAR: Purple photographer's stamp approximately in the centre: "Photograph No. MH [in lead pencil 87544] / Supplied by Military History / Section (S.D.9) / General Staff L H Q. / For personal enjoyment ONLY / and on condition that it will / not be reproduced in any form." f m hogan, a j nicol, c j kemp, l g lobb, c l adams, r j gray, k a burgess, j t roberts, d j evans, m f lynch, l v symes, n r underhill, h l cairns, w h thomas, d w craig, e s wilbraham, d weatherald, e corrigan, w h jackson, b moszkowicz, j lambre, r a hanson, t g o’neill, s j welsh, 2/1st field butchery platoon, petrie, world war, 1939-1945, mont albert -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph - Photograph, Black and white, c 1914
A black and white photograph of a World War 1 soldier standing near a weatherboard building.world war 1, soldier -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, c. 1914
A black and white photograph of a World War 1 soldier and another civilian waving. They are standing in a garden next to a building which has a wall of windows. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, c1914
The members of the brass band are wearing army uniform from World War 1. A black and white photograph with a cream border of an army brass band made up of fourteen men.australian army, brass bands -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, 1916
The lady in the photograph was attending a jumble sale which took place at Sunbury State School in 1916. The fair was held to raise funds for the war effort during World War 1.During World War 1 the residents in Sunbury held many events to raise funds for the war effort. The jumble sale at the school was oner of these events which the residents supported.A black and white photograph with na black border of a lady standing outside a school building.sunbury state school no. 1002., jumble sales -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph
The former mill and weir shown in the photograph were sited on the banks of Jacksons Creek downstream from the town of Sunbury. John Eadie, a Scottish immigrant established the water-driven flour mill on the banks of the creek after he arrived in the colony in 1866. The mill continued operating until the outbreak of World War 1 when the metal wheel and iron roofing were taken and used for the war effort. The hill in the back ground with the trees and buildings was the site of the former Sunbury Asylum. Milling was one of Sunbury's early industries that were established in the district.A black and white photograph of a building and a lake in a valley. Buildings and trees are visible on a distant hillside.sunbury flour mill., milling -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph, Jas. Bacon & Sons, c1914 - 1918
The lady in the photograph was serving as a nurse with the Red Cross during World War 1.A sepia studio portrait photograph of a Red Cross nurse dressed in her uniform. The photograph is mounted on cream board. nurses, world war 1. -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.
Photograph
The Sunbury War Memorial is sited in a grassed reserve at the intersection of Stawell and Macedon Streets in Sunbury. At its initial installation, the names of Sunbury ex-servicemen who had seen battle in World Wars 1 and 2 were listed on the four plaques. In later years the names of other servicemen who have fought in recent battles have been added to the memorial. On Anzac Day a service takes place at the memorial and is attended by many of the townspeople.The war memorial in Stawell Street is one of Sunbury's important heritage structures and commands an important position in the town.A black and white photograph with a cream border of a memorial set in an open area. The memorial has been set on a pedestal of three steps. a lamp supported by a metal tripod with four smaller lamps below the main one is on top of the memorial. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Ray Cox, Memoirs of Raymond Membrey - Membrey Family History - Heal Family History, 19/01/1991
Ray paid a visit to Stawell in 1988 & spent some time at the Society's rooms: som eof his anecdotes have been recorded on tape. Kept in room 3. Ray Died shortly after this visit World War 1 MembeyBlue Plastic Binder with black Spine, White Paper taped on cover with titleOn White Paper: Memoirs of Ray Membrey Membrey Family History Heal Family History Cat No 820 M/Box 4stawell -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Diary of 138 Spr. R Garford M.M. Battalion and Div.Sig.Coy A.I.F
By arrangment with local and family history librarian, Myra Dowling, this diary was transcribed by Sandra Dexter from the original, which was donated to the City of Boroondara Library Service following the Boroondara Remembers project in 2015. It is a day-to-day account of a soldier's experience going to fight in World War 1, 1914-1919. Robert Thomas Garford (SERN 1138) was born in Fitzroy in 1892. He was aged 23 and living in Camberwell when he enlisted on 14 September 1914. He embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914. He was a sapper with the 2nd Divisional Signal Company. He was awarded a Military Medal: 'At CLERY, near MT.ST. QUENTIN, on the 31st of August 1918, this soldier was engaged as a linesman at the Brigade Forward Station. Throughout the day forward lines were repeatedly broken by enemy shell fire. Despite this Sapper FARFORD [sic], with very conspicuous coolness patrolled the lines from end to end repairing one break after another. His untiring efforts were responsible for the constant maintenance of communications from the Brigade Station to the Battalions.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 115, 10 October 1919. He returned to Australia 3 December 1918. He married Annie Christina Devine in 1941. They lived at 16 York Street, Surrey Hills and later 17 Blackburn Street, Surrey Hills. He died 30 May 1969 at Surrey Hills and is buried in Box Hill Cemetery: P-A-0054.A day to day account of a soldier's experience going to fight in World War 1, 1914-1919world war, 1914-1918, diaries and journals, (mr) (sapper) r garford, box hill cemetery, robert thomas garford -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, William (Willie) Victor Baily Wyatt
William Wyatt was a young soldier, who enlisted in 1915 for World War 1. This is an account of his life during the war until his untimely death at ade 24 in 1917.A 64 page loose leaf in binder of A4 size. photos(mr) william (willie) victor baily wyatt, soldiers, world war, 1914-1918, soldiers - victorian - surrey hills - history -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Medal, Angus and Coote, 1. 1942
1. Women of Australia medal issued in World War 2 2.Relatives of J.F.Kemp1. Silver medal with bar, crown on top, 'To the women of Australia' around the edge, bronze star on bar. 2. Gold medal with coat of arms, 2 rifles, crown on top1. No 101032 Angus and Coote 942 on back 2. 'Presented by the citizens of Port Fairy to relations of J.F.Kemp who made the supreme sacrifice Great War 1914-18'local history, numismatics, medals - commemorative -
National Communication Museum
Memorabilia - Honour board, Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, 1920
This honour board commemorates Victorian Postmaster General's Department workers who served in the First World War. A total of 3,726 employees of the Postmaster General's Department enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. This represented about one in every five of the total number of men employed by the Department. Many other employees volunteered, but were rejected for health or other reasons, whilst men in key positions could not be spared. This board was displayed at the Spirit of ANZAC Centenary Experience, Melbourne, in February 2016.This honour board was produced by the Postmaster-General's Department and passed through its successor entities until donation to the National Communications Museum in 2018. Its provenance is further supported by the supplementary photograph (VH256) held by the Museum which shows the board in production. The board provides a comprehensive list of the names of Postmaster-General staff across various departments, constituting an important resource for genealogical or social history researchers and a focal point for remembrance by fellow communications workers. The style of the board itself is rare, as it was an unusual practice for honour boards to be hand-lettered on paper.Handpainted paper on linen honour board, perspex glazed with a wooden frame."POSTMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT / VICTORIA" "ROLL OF HONOR / 1914 1918" "FOR / GOD / KING / AND / EMPIRE"|Headings that precede list of names: "CORRESPONDENCE / BRANCH" "CENTRAL EXCHE" "SUBURBAN AND COUNTRY / POST OFFICES" "TELEGRAPH / BRANCH" "ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S BCH" "MAIL / BRANCH"pmg, postmaster general's department (pmg), world war 1, ww1, postal workers, honour boards, first world war -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Norman Stone, World War 1 - A short History, 2008
... World War 1 - A short History...-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Book World War 1 - A short ...Book -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Victoria Park, Ballarat, A Brief History, Unknown
Little has been researched or written about Victoria Park, by comparison with the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and Lake Wendouree.Based on the information given here, the author's conclusion is that Victoria Park is, in many ways, "the poor relation of the Botanical Gardens."2 pages of mainly short paragraphs. p.1 is blank, 2/3 of the page down.Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, victoria park, george longley, city night soil, the mulloch heap, trees, 2nd world war, american servicemen., gardens, ballarat, john garner collection -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - List of Trees Grown in Victoria Park. VPRS, Box 109. 5/1/1916. To the Town Clerk from the Hospital for the Insane, 21 Different Trees grown in Victoria Park in the early twentieth century, Unknown
Victoria Park featured in Ballarat's history from the nineteenth century.Victoria Park is a significant recreation area in Ballarat although the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and Lake Wendouree appear to have been seen as the pre-eminent garden areas over the years. 1 page with a list of names and numbers beside each. Reference at the bottom of the page.Written in black biro, beside the list, "List of Trees Grown in Victoria Park,1915.john garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, victoria park, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, trees, world war 2, american troops, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Australian Dictionary of Biography, Thompson, Matilda Louise (1871-1959), 1990. Accessed 26/9/2013
Matilda Thompson was a noted Ballarat businesswoman and philanthropist.Tilly Thompson came to be known especially for her philanthropy after World War 1.1 page. Headings are in blue. Author and title in brown with a select bibliography and citation details at the end of the article.None.john garner, doctor john garner, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, tilly thompson garden, ballarat botanical gardens, avenue of honour, arch of victory, methodist church, e.lucas &co pty.ltd, john garner collection, garner, ballarat -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Edward Arnold, Gallipoli diary vol.1, 1920
A history of the Gallipoli campaignIndex, ill,maps, p.387.non-fictionA history of the Gallipoli campaignworld war 1914-1918 -campaigns - gallipoli, sir ian hamilton - diaries -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Jasper H. Stembridge, The Oxford war atlas: v.2. 1 Sept. 1941 to 1 Jan 1943, 1943
An atlas illustrating the war up to January 1943Maps, p.47.non-fictionAn atlas illustrating the war up to January 1943world war 1939-1945 - atlases, world war 1939-1945 - history -
Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Photograph (sub-item) - Black and White, The Honour Roll to Wonga Park residents who served and or died in the First World War. This was donated by the first Mr. Stocks, and hangs in the Wonga Park Hall today
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Wonga Park Community Cottage History Group
Photograph (sub-item) - Black and White, The remains of the Ammunition Store on Stane Brae, 1984. During World War II soldiers were trained here. Mr. Fred Renton on left
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Tarnagulla History Archive
Postcard - Photographic postcard: Tarnagulla soldiers, c. 1914-18
Williams Family Collection. Sepia photographic postcard depicting of soldiers in uniform posed in a military camp. Subjects are residents of Tarnagulla and other towns in surrounding district. All subjects served in First World War, dating the image to circa 1914-1918. Subjects have been identified as: (Left to Right) Back Row: 1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. Bert Whimpey 4. Bill Langan 5. Will Kilgour 6. Claude Whimpey Front Row: 1. Perce Ison 2. Arthur Whimpey 3. Syd Akers 4. Dave Ropertarnagulla -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Soldiers from Tarnagulla & district, c. 1914-1918
David Gordon Collection. Original sepia photograph (mounted on card backing) of soldiers in uniform posed in a military camp. Subjects are residents of Tarnagulla and other towns in surrounding district. All subjects served in First World War, dating the image to circa 1914-1918. A note accompanying a copy of this photo (THA-2019.0024) gives the following names: (Left to Right) Back Row: 1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. Bert Whimpey 4. Bill Langan 5. Will Kilgour 6. Claude Whimpey 7. _______________ 8. ________________ Front Row: 1. Perce Ison 2. Arthur Whimpey 3. Syd Akers 4. Dave Roper -
Canterbury History Group
Book, Elspeth Carey, Eustace Halley Coghill's diaries: Vol. 1 1916-1918 - The First World War, May 1996
This is the first volume of the diaries of Eustace Halley Coghill transcribed and published by his daughter Elspeth Carey. This volume covers his experiences of World War I during the years 1916-1918.Spiral bound; 104 pages. Includes black and white photos, glossary and index of namesnon-fictionThis is the first volume of the diaries of Eustace Halley Coghill transcribed and published by his daughter Elspeth Carey. This volume covers his experiences of World War I during the years 1916-1918.eustace halley coghill, diaries, personal accounts, world war 1914-1918 -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Donation to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Three Commemorative Seats, 30th August 1999
Commemorative Seats x 3, Ballarat Botanical Gardens. They are the "Rats of Tobruk", "Lucas Employees World War 2" and "Victor Catherall" seats.The three seats commemorate citizens of Ballarat who made valuable contributions during their lifetimes and who were to be remembered. Two sheets of pale green paper; one and a quarter sheets of print. p.1 top right hand corner, Eureka flag logo, "City of Ballarat".john garner collection, garner, dr, commemorative seats, seats, tobruk, lucas, catherall, ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat, gardens, victor moreton catherall, rats of tobruk, lucas employees, world war 2, location of seats, reg middleton, irene lillingstone nee catherall. -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - On the Trail of the Lone Pine, Pine Cones from the Gallipoli Battlefield, April - June 2011
Sergeant Keith McDowell gave a cone he collected from Gallipoli to his aunt to try and grow. One seed was planted in the Warrnambool Botanic Gardens and another at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. These pine trees have symbolic importance as a representation of Australian soldiers' "tenacity and fortitude". They are an important link to the remembrance of those men and women from Ballarat who saw action in World War 1.3 pages (pp.44-46). p.44 in black print on white paper, a photograph of the planting of one of the pines in 1934 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. p.45 is a coloured picture of the pine in Canberra. p46 has a history of the seeds brought from Gallipoli by Smith and Mcdowell on the right-hand side of the page and a photograph of the Pines being labelled. There is a column about these trees down the left-hand side of the page.None john garner, doctor, john garner collection, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of the ballarat botanical gardens, the lone pine, gallipoli, anzacs, sergeant keith mcdowell, lance corporal benjamin smith, aleppo pine, turkish pine, pinus halepensis, pinus brutia, gardens, ballarat -
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
1985 recording of 3CR Community Radio 'The History Show' broadcast about nurses in World War I featuring historian Katie Holmes, 3CR Community Radio, 1985 April 28
Broadcast of 'The History Show' on 3CR Community Radio. Features feminist historian Katie Holmes speaking on the experience of nurses in World War I.29 minute audio file (.mp3 multimedia format), transferred from compact disc recording.nurses, nursing, war, wwi, world war one, community radio, 3cr, radio, broadcast, history, katie holmes, feminism -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of soldiers from Tarnagulla and district, Soldiers from Tarnagulla and district, Exact date unknown, circa 1914-1918
Murray Comrie Collection.Monochrome photograph of soldiers in uniform. Subjects are residents of Tarnagulla and other towns in surrounding district. All subjects served in First World War, dating the image to circa 1914-1918. Accompanied by a note that gives the following names: (Left to Right) Back Row: 1. Jim Browbill (Simpson's Creek) 2. Geo. Whyte (Tarnagulla) 3. Ken Bramley (Arnold's Bridge) 4. Geo. Riordan (Arnold's Bridge) Third Row from front: 1. Harold Spedding 2. Hewie Spedding (Laanecoorie) 3. Jack Graham (Murphy's Creek) 4. Syd Akers (Tarnagulla) 5. Geo. Corrie (Tarnagulla) Second row from front: 1. Geo. Clark (Llanelly) 2. Allan Mitchell (Llanelly) 3. Sergt. Anderson (Laanecoorie) 4. Jack Mitchell (Llanelly) 5. Will Kilgour (Tarnagulla) Front Row: 1. Fred Jackson (Tarnagulla) Same image as THA-2019.0203, which is an original print.tarnagulla, llanelly, laanecoorie, arnold, arnold's bridge, simpson's creek, murphy's creek, war, military, service, soldiers, veterans, ww1, first world war, kilgour, jackson, clark, mitchell, anderson, spedding, graham, akers, corrie, brownbill, whyte, bramley, riordan -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of soldiers from Tarnagulla and district in a military camp, Soldiers from Tarnagulla and district in a military camp, Exact date unknown, circa 1914-1918
Murray Comrie Collection.Monochrome photograph of soldiers in uniform posed in a military camp. Subjects are residents of Tarnagulla and other towns in surrounding district. All subjects served in First World War, dating the image to circa 1914-1918. Accompanied by a note that gives the following names: (Left to Right) Back Row: 1. ______________ 2. _______________ 3. Bert Whimpey 4. Bill Langan 5. Will Kilgour 6. Claude Whimpey 7. _______________ 8. ________________ Front Row: 1. Perce Ison 2. Arthur Whimpey 3. Syd Akers 4. Dave Roper tarnagulla, war, military, service, soldiers, veterans, ww1, first world war, kilgour, whimpey, langan, ison, akers, roper