Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in AustraliaBlack and white photograph of a man dressed in a three-piece suit and hat and a woman in a dark dress and hat sitting on the beach. In the background are many other people similarly dressed as well as a few in bathing suits of the 1930's. In the far background are the buildings on the Esplanade. The place is St Kilda Beach and the people are William and Sarah Wright.Written in pencil on the back - Mum & Dad, taken on St Kilda beach, New Years Day 1930, 01/01/1930frank wright, william wright, sarah wright, ballarat, cornet, conductor, smeaton, saint kilda, st kilda, st kilda beach, beach

Sepia toned photograph depicting the Royal Hustlers Mine and dam within Rosalind park, this was 1150' deep. (The mine, not the dam) Three other mines on the same line are clearly visible to the north. The Imperial Hustlers is behind the Hotel, with the Hustlers Extended behind it again. The Great Extended Hustlers Tribute shaft (1970') is on the far hill.topic, mining, hustler's, upper reserve dam, royal hustlers mine, imperial hustlers, hustlers extended, great extended hustlers tribute shaft, imperial hustlers hotel.

The Faram brothers purchased this building from Margaret McLean (who had run it as a general store) in August 1919. A verandah was added and this picture ws taken in 1920Colour laser print from B&W photograph of Faram Bros. in the 1920s after market stalls were added - main building (2 storey) to left. A model Ford 2 seater out front, Dion car far left, boy and several men standing around. Brown surround included in copy.business and traders - hardware, built environment - commercial, faram brothers hardware

View of Cato Lake showing the bench seats around the lake and the walkway. Trees line one side of the lake and people beside the lake. Black & White photo of Cato lake. The photo is of a post card of Cato Lake. "The Lake Cato Park" is written below the photo. The image shows a walking path around the lake with bench seats around the lake. There are 2 people in the photograph, one on a seat the other fishing. Willow trees line the far edge of the lake. stawell

Postcard was addressed to Mr. H Lindamen, C/o JCD, Bairnsdale. Postcard bears a One Penny red Queen Victoria stamp, franked with number 17. Message on card scribbled out, another stamp has been removed. Also enlargement 16 x 25 cmBlack and white postcard showing P S Tanjil at Bairnsdale Wharf, Victoria. Shed and timber and hand crane on wharf. Industrial buildings, eg, butter factory, foundry behind wharf, post and rail fences, gravel roads and tannery on right, pine trees and end of bridge on far right. Bairnsdale township in background.Bairnsdale Wharf. H.D Bulmer Photo Lake Tyersships and shipping, waterways, wharfs

The original venue was opened in 1978. The Shovel phase as per the photos would be 1993 as the new renovations were completed in early1994. The four with the shovel, left to right, unknown, Bill Clarke (Glasses) G. Garth, possibly Dawn Cartner. Bill Clarke was President of the Club at that stage. Refer Cat No's 8073P, 8171 & 8230.2 for more history..1) Photograph colour, showing part of the original venue at the Bendigo District Servicemen’s Club Havilah Road. The bar was over in the far corner to the right, a section of the seating and Dance floor. The kitchen was to the right of the photo. .2) & .3) photo, colour shows 4 people with a shovel and hole in the dirt, in the back ground is several onlookers.brsl, smirsl, bdsc, renovations

Postcards began to be produced in Victoria from 1876. Between 1900 and 1920, picture postcards in Australia became an incredibly popular phenomenon. People could cheaply and easily send messages, without the formality of a letter, and they provided a cheap form of souvenir. Eventually, every event of significance was commemorated in some way with a postcard, and this led to the development of a ‘picture on one side and a message/stamp on the other’ postcard we are familiar with today. They were also a popular form of advertising. This postcard appears to be one in a set of postcards promoting the Black Rock area.Colour postcard from a hand tinted photographic image depicting the foreshore at Half Moon Bay, Black Rock. There are people in the foreground wading in the sea, a man sitting in a small boat near the shore, several other boats around, people deeper in the water in the background, and a range of beach shacks/bathing boxes in the far background.beach, holiday, leisure, boating, bathing boxes, recreation, foreshore, seaside

Each plaque has 4 names on being the winning team for that year. The plaques start 1971 and the last 1981. The Bendigo RSL Sub Branch conducted a Diggers Day Bowls as far back as 1953.Trophy, brown wood rectangular base shape with 3 pillars on top of metallic construction, all are round shape, 2 have a depiction of a bird on top with outstretched wings, the centre shorter one has a depiction of a man playing bowls. The base has a central plaque with a wreath around engraved in the middle. On the left of the base are 10 x small plaques engraved with names on, 1 x small plaque on the right of the base.On centre plaque, "Presented by R.H. Trethewey MLA - Perpetual Trophy - Diggers Day Tournament". Example plaque, "1977 - H. Tobin - W. Smith - P. Weymouth - J. Cruse"brsl, smirsl, diggers day, bowls

Black and white photograph looking along St Kilda Road with cable trams in the far distance, c1900. Has a cross-over in the foreground. Shows the trees along St Kilda Road, and the various streetlightsDemonstrates a view along St Kilda Road, c1900.Black and white print with adhesive strips on the rear.tramways, trams, st kilda road, cable trams

Photograph shows cable tram track being removed in Nicholson St to the north of Gertrude St. The cable tram engine house can be seen in the far distance. Photographer and date unknown - 1954/55.Yields information about the removal of cable tram tracks in Nicholson Fitzroy during 1954/55.Black and white photograph with notes on rearOn rear in pencil number "141" in pencil in top right hand corner and "Removing cable track ? St?".tramways, cable trams, nicholson st, trackwork, demolition

Black and white photograph of Wendouree Parade looking south. There is an SEC tram in the far distance. A young lad on a bicycle is north bound. Note the fence type on either side of the roadways. Photo possibly mid 1930s.Yields information about Wendouree Parade possibly mid 1930s.Black and white photograph on plain paper.trams, tramways, wendouree parade, botanical gardens

Provides information about the proposed Maidstone tram depot, detailing feedback received so far and a plan of the proposed site development. Dated August 2022. Published on a Victorian Govenment website 6-9-2022.Yields information about the proposed Maidstone tram depotReport - 3 x A4 sheets - titled - "Your Feedback on the Maidstone site redvelopment"tramways, trams, maidstone depot

Photo shows a Geelong tram to North in Moorabool St at the Balliang St / Forser St loop in Moorabool St. Has the rail over bridge in the far distance. See also item 8298 for the approaching photo.Yields information about the Geelong operations toward the closure of the tram system.Black and white Negative - 120 sizetramways, geelong, belmont, moorabool st

Letter from Bendigo Chinese Association Inc. to Dianne Cousins, Executive Officer, Bendigo Easter Fair Inc. PO Box 36, Bendigo, re Centenary of dragons in Bendigo. As far as the Bendigo Chinese Association Inc. is concerned the age of the Dragon in Bendigo is indeterminate. Signed Graeme Lougoon, Secretary. Dated 10th. October, 1991.bendigo, chinese, bendigo chinese association

Black and white photograph. Landscape view overlooking many weatherboard miner's cottages, brick house and more substantial buildings in background. Knipes Castle in background R. Mine with chimney and poppet legs in centre middle distance. Chimney at far R centre. Inscriptions: on back - 'MP 216', 'Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch'.place

Black and white photograph: Street-scape High Street, Kangaroo Flat 1961. View of shops in the main block. Sign post far left with distances un miles. Buses, cars and pedestrians. Note no formed gutters. Shell Petrol Station on right. Photographed from the corner where Aldi's super market now stands.The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd. Melbourne, Australiaplace, streetscape, high strret, kangaroo flat, copyright, not for unauthorized reproduction

Black and white photograph of North Deborah Gold Mine, 1940's. View of entire site showing poppet head, trestleway, engine house, chimney stack. Two ore bins to the right of poppet head. 1920's vehicle on far right of photo. Country style outhgouse in foreground of photo. Chimney stack on RH side.

Yields information about the Sturt St landscape looking east.Digital Image of a tram turning from Sturt St into Drummond St North at 1.55pm - long telephoto lens shot from about Ripon St, looking east. Mt Warrenheip in the far background. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971 prior to the closure of the Ballarat System. Peter's Title of image: 1.55pmtrams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st, town hall, drummond st nth

A group of 12 boys from physical education class or gymnasium, date estimated 1970's. The group includes Jeff Hill (far left) Ivan Constable (centre) with another boy on his shoulders, Claude Critchley (next to Ivan) holding someone else's legs. Another boy kneeling at front (LHS) may be Phillip Thompson.bendigo, institutions, sandhurst boys centre, physical education; gymnastics; jeff hill; ivan constable; phillip thompson; claude critchley

The Charlton Gentleman's Club was established in 1900 by solicitor Ben Green. The original building had a narrow entrance off High St, between Egan & Spain's Grocery Shop and the Central Café. After fire damaged the buildings in the 1970s, the club was extended to its present size. The vacant block next door was formerly Clark's butcher's shop. Part of a series of streetscapes taken for the Charlton Shire in 1987. Charlton club was established in 1900 in a building with a narrow entrance off High Street between Egan and Spain's Grocery shop and the Central Cafe. After fire damaged the buildings in 1970's the Club was extended to its present size. The vacant block was formerly a butchers shop.Colour photograph of a single storey, glass fronted building with a white-framed front door. There is a large light pole and a white panel van and a white car are in front of the building. There is a blue awning over a yellow seat to the right of the building. Next to the seat is yellow metal fencing. On the far right of the photo is the side of an old brick building. charlton gentlemen's club, ben green, clark's butcher

Also black and white copy 12.5 x 18 cm with smear of purple ink in top left hand corner, purchased from Helen ClothierTinted black and white photograph showing boardwalk from New Works Jetty over the sand dunes with small shed on jetty, small one room Boole Poole school on right of boardwalk and harbour master's house on right. Club Hotel on opposite foreshore and town on far right. Kalimna escarpment in background, at Lakes Entrance, Victoria.View of Cunninghame Victoriaboardwalk, waterways, ships and shipping, township, topography

Black and white photograph showing steamer S S Omeo approaching Metung, on Bancroft Bay, Village of Metung with Metung wharf and shed on right, Shaving Point on far left. Log cabin in Bull's Shipyard visible behind wharf, Lake King and Boole Poole Peninsula visible behind Metung Village. Metung Victoria.Metung, Gipplsand Lakes (Bulmer photo)ships and shipping, waterways, jetties, township

35mm Kodak white cardboard colour slide by Keith Kings of 10/10/1968 of the concreting of the track to connect St Kilda Road into the junction further to the south and Wellington St replacement - Queensway. Note the temporary tram stop. Note the overhead trucks in the distance. The Junction Hotel in the far distance. See Keith's slide notes.Keith Kings stamp and number "41-30" and exposure details. In ink "St Kilda Jtn Bypass works - temporary junction in St Kilda Rd, south of new junction, replaced by new track, 1050am Sunday.trams, tramways, st kilda junction, fitzroy st, st kilda rd, trackwork, high st, tram stops

Sepia photograph showing S S Lady Harriet and barge at Mossiface wharf on Tambo river near Bruthen, Lady Harriet on left barge on right at wharf store shed and crane on wharf, small building far right, forested hill at back, stern of small rowing boat at lower right in photograph. Mossiface Victoria 1902Mossiface wharf (from the Leader, 2 August 1902)jetties, transport, ships and shipping, rivers

Cricket Players Winners of Dawson Trophy 1898B/W Group Portrait of a group of males in three rows most weraing cricket whites. second from left back row is holding a cricket ball ist left centre row is holding a cricket bat. 3 left centre row is holding a bat and wearing pads far right is also holding a bat.On The Left Side: Winners of the Dawson Trophy Season 1893 & On The Right Side: P(resented) to P Young E(sq) by the Stawell B Team Top of Photo: H.Lemon ( Umpire), E Cooper, A Neil, T Patterson, Rev Thompson, G Mitchell. Bottom of Photo: J Neil, D Thomas (capt), P Young, F Clarke, L Phillips T. Morgan J Stuart stawell sport

Charles Cockcroft born Bundanoon, NSW, 1885, died 1966 and buried in Eltham Cemetery. At one time Charles had a depot in Kangaroo Ground. He delivered groceries as far away as Panton Hill, Cottlesbridge, etc.Black and white print also negative copy of print (roll of 35mm black and white negative film, 3 strips Ilford FP4) also negative copy of print (roll of 35mm colour negative film, 5 of 7 strips Kodak CP100 5094)Details inscribed in blue ink on back of photocharles burgess cockroft, grocer, vehicles, trucks

Robin Boyd was appointed Exhibits Architect for the Australian Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. In 1966 Boyd travelled to Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory for research – the Expo exhibits included a coral display and native plant garden.Colour slide in a mount. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AustraliaMade in Australia / 11 / MAR 66M1queensland, slide