This painting was presented to the library in December 1930. The painting had been paid for through subscription from Judges of the High Court, the Supreme Court and the County Court as well as both branches of the legal profession. An almost identical portrait is held by both the Melbourne Cricket Club and the National Gallery of Victoria. This portrait is of interest for its subject and artist. Sir Leo Cussen (1859-1933) is probably best known for his role in two consolidations of the Victorian Statute books in 1915 and the mid 1920s. These were immense undertakings and included determining the application of English Law in Victoria. Sir Leo was appointed at Surpem Court Judge in 1906, he was at various times Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. In addition, he was trustee of both the Art Gallery (NGV) and the Melbourne Cricket Club, and held various positions with the Melbourne University Law Faculty and the Council of Legal Education. Sir Leo was regarded as one of the finest legal minds of his generation and at his death, Robert Menzies, at this time the Attorney General, said that Sir Leo was "one of the great lawyers of the english speaking world". Sir John Longstaff was one of Australia's best known and well regarded portraitist in the early 20th Century, he won the Archibald prize five times (1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1935).3/4 Lenght portrait in Oils of Sir Leo Cussen, a judge of the Supreme Court, 1906-1933. Cusen is seated, a desk to the right of the picture with a few books. Sir Leo is in a 3 piece suit, his watch chain visible. Gold FrameSigned Longstaff in upper left corner. Plaque stating "the Hon Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen Kt Judge of the Supreme Court 1906-1933judges, cussen, longstaff

This gladestone bag was owned by William Ardlie one of Warrnambool's longest serving solicitors. William Ardlie, the son of a pioneer Warrnambool settler, John Ardlie, began practising as a lawyer in Warrnambool in the mid 1860s and dominated the legal scene in Warrnambool, continuing on his practice until he was over 80. This item has strong provenance and its significance lies in it being owned by one of Warrnambool and the State of Victoria's longest serving solicitors.Brown leather gladestone bag with leather handle and silver metal lock and attachments. Rectangular base with 5 metal stumps. Inside it is lined with ecru coloured fabric. Stitched with thick cotton.Label inside " Cramond and Dickson."william ardlie, warrnambool, gladestone bag, warrnambool solicitors

Antarctic Ice dairy plant was in Kepler St Warrnambool. It sold to Warrnambool Cheese and Butter and Kraft in the 1940’s and was relabeled as Sungold Dairies. They then purchased Kaye Ryan and relocated to Verdon Street.A common item with links to a local manufacturing business.Round bottle with wide neck and thick rim around top. Logo embossed on front of bottle with writing around bottom of bottle as well.Embossed on bottle as follows: This bottle contains milk bottled for sale by Antarctic Ice Products Pty Ltd Warrnambool. Smaller print at bottom reads “Bottle is the property of the above. It is loaned and cannot be legally used by others. One imperial pint on the back.497 and 842 on bottomantarctic ice pty ltd, sungold dairies warrnambool history

Tait collection: item 40 of 62 This document gives the details of the Will and Probate of Edward Jones, an engine driver who died in Warrnambool in January 1895 at the age of 69. He had previously been a resident of Port Fairy. He left real estate to the value of £640 and personal estate to the value of £187. The beneficiaries of the will were his daughters, Margaret and Mary Jones. The lawyers connected with this document were Ernest Chambers and the legal firm of Fletcher and Mackay. Ernest Chambers had legal offices in Port Fairy, Koroit and Warrnambool at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century and the signatures of two of his law clerks, Thomas Goodall and John White are included in this document. James Fletcher had a legal office in Port Fairy and in Warrnambool in the 1870s and in Warrnambool in the 1880s (Koroit Street). In the late 1890s he commenced a partnership with George Mackay who had previously had his own practice in Warrnambool. In the 1920s the firm became known as Mackay and Taylor and later Mackay Taylor (Kepler Street). This document was in the possession of Ernest Chambers and was passed down to successive lawyers occupying the Kepler Street premises. It was located in 2014 with other documents in these premises last occupied by the firm of Mackay Taylor. This document is of some interest as it gives details of the Will and Probate of Edward Jones who had been a resident of Warrnambool in the late 19th century. It will be useful for researchers. This is a cream-coloured piece of parchment paper folded in two and containing handwritten material on three sides of the paper. It gives details of the Will and Probate of Edward Jones of Warrnambool who died in 1895. The pages have printed red lines on the edges of three pages. The written material is clean and readable.In the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria In its Probate Jurisdiction in the Will of Edward Jones late of Warrnambool and formerly of Belfast in the County of Villiers in the Colony of Victoria Engine driver deceasedfletcher and mackay, lawyers,, warrnambool, ernest chambers,, edward jones, tait collection

This edition includes report on the Progress Association November 1971 meeting, Councillors' reports, "The breakthrough", The preservation of diversity, When will they every learn?, Conservationists learn legal lingo, School and Kinder news, Diamond Valley Repertory, Personal news. A digital copy of this Newsletter is available from Greensborough Historical Society.Newsletter, 16 p., illus. greenhills, greenhills and north greensborough progress association

William Foster Stawell was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria from March 1857 until September 1886. He was president of the Ballarat School of Mines Council from 1876 until 1889.Photographic portrait of a man named William Stawellwilliam stawell, legal, supreme court of victoria, ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines council, sir william foster stawell

Four blue pages of a sample agreement. ballarat school of mines, cuthbert and wynne, ballarat school of mines staff, agreement, legal, lecturers

Account, dated 1 Aug 1889 and receipt dated 7 Nov 1887 to 16 July 1889 for Kerang Office Rent. Receipt signed by ? Palmer for D Hawthorne Oct 1889. Green Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty attached.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, d hawthorne, palmer

Letter in an unstamped blue envelope, addressed to Mr. G, P. Ross, dated 9 May 1902. To paid Income Tax £2.16.0. Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop Barristers & Solicitors Bendigo stamped in blue on the envelope flap.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, g p ross, connelly tatchell & dunlop

Letter in an unstamped blue envelope, addressed to Mr. T. Sloan, dated 16 July 1902. To amount paid you 10/-. Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop Barristers & Solicitors Bendigo stamped in blue on the envelope flap.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, t sloan, connelly tatchell & dunlop

Account ( 2 pages ) top document from Hotel & General Business Agency., 331 Coollins Street West, Melbourne. Chas Bennett Auctioneer and Manager, dated 18 July 1889. Costs re Moorhead v Hoffmeyer and others. Attached with pin is account from Melbourne Hotel Broking Co., 20 Collins St.business, legal, hotel & general business agency co., connelly, tatchell & dunlop., hotels

Note from Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop to Brown & Ellison re O'Brien & Robertson, enclosing cheque for 20/-/-. Receipted by Brown & Ellison. 22.10.1898business, legal, brown & ellison, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, brown & ellison

Invoice from Karl Van Damme, Shamrock Corner, Sandhurst 31 March 1889 to Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop for 5/5/-. Appears to be for advertising and paper order. 'Advg re C. Taylor,k C. Wright, I Stamp, J. Jeffrey, J. Jones, D. Wyse, W. Verjagt, S. James. Signed as paid by Karl Van Damme.business, legal, karl van damme, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, karl van damme.

Receipt from Brown, Ellison & Co., Albion Chambers, View Street, Sandhurst. 5th. July 1889, to Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, for 28/12/2. Receipt is damaged, torn edges.business, legal, brown ellison & co., connelly, tatchell & dunlop, brown ellison & co.

memo from J.J. Hayes & Co., General Auctioneers & Estate Agents, sheep and cattle salesmen, Hargreaves Street, Sandhurst. Receipt from Messrs Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, for valuation at Mologa and Pyramid Hill. Signed J.J. Hayes. One penny stamp on bottom. Undated ( approx. 1880's )business, legal, j.j. hayes & co., sandhurst, j.j. hayes & co., sheep and cattle salesmen.

Account for T. Canning for rates paid on his behalf 1/1-/-. 11.10.1902business, legal, t. canning, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, t. canning

Account rendered by Connelly, Tatchell & dunlop to the trustees of the Estate of John Watson deceased and Mrs. Watson & others. For services given in 1901, account for 63.0.0.business, legal, john watson, john watson, connelly, tatchell & dunlop

Document : red print on buff paper. Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited, fire insurance for T.J. Connelly and G.H. Tatchell, property described in proposal dated 15th. June, 1888, on building Williamson St., Sandhurst.The top left corner has a Company Emblembusiness, legal, connelly, tatchell & dunlop:, connelly, tatchell & dunlop:

Account for Income Tax Return for Mrs. J. Weymes, Farmer, Laanecoorie from Tatchell, Dunlop, Smalley & Balmer, Solicitors, Bendigo. Dated Feby. 1910.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, mrs j weymes, tatchell dunlop smalley & balmer

Receipt attached to A5 letter. Letter re Tyrrell from Motteram & Hyett, Bull Street, 8 Oct. 1888. Receipt from Motteram & Hyett dated 9th. October, 1888 for five pounds, balance of costs. Green one penny stamp at the foot of the document .business, legal, connelly & tatchell, motteram & hyett, connelly & tatchell, tyrrell.

Invoice issued by Teapot Cash Store, Pall Mall, Sandhurst, bought of D. Whyte & Co., wholesale and retail grocers, Wine and Spirit Merchant, to Connelly & Tatchell, 12th. February 1887.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection:, tea store pall mall, d. whyte & co.

Receipt issued by Connelly & Tatchell for five pounds from Lenegan. Issued 8th. October, 1889. green one penny stamp at foot of receiptbusiness, legal, connelly & tatchell, lconnelly, tatchell collection, lenegan

Letter (a) and envelope (b) addressed to Chas Gains, c/- Paul Carpenter, California Gully. Account for 10/-. 2 August 1894. Letter returned as 'unclaimed at Bendigo' Letterhead Connely and Tatchell, Solicitors, Williamson Street, Sandhurst. Overstamped with rubber stamp : Connelly Tatchell & Dunlop Barristers and Solicitors .The small envelope has two one penny red Stamp Duty stamps and a Postmark dated 4.8.1894 an Unclaimed at Bendigo stamp .On the back is written 'Gone away 6.8.94business, legal, connelly, tatchell, connelly, tatchell & dunlop

Invoice from J.B. Young, General printer, lithographer, Lyttleton Terrace, Sandhurst., dated September 1st. 1888, for stationery provided to Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop. Marked Paid 13/10/88 J.B. Young.business, legal, j.b. young, connelly, tatchell & dunlop., j.b. young

Invoice issued by J.B. Young, Sandhurst, dated June 1st. 1889, to Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, for stationery purchases. Letterhead is red with coat of arms enclosed in circle, printed around outside of circle ' account book manufacturing, city printing office, paper ruling embossing etc. Green one penny stamp at the foot of the document .business, legal, j.b. young, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, j.b. young

Receipts (3) issued by Irrigable Estates Company Limited, Melbourne, for monies received from Messrs Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop for share issues and an application fee, all dated July 2nd. 1888. Documents printed by 'News' Office, Sandhurst, written on LH side of receipt.Green one penny stamp at the foot of the documentbusiness, legal, irrigable estates company, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, irrigable estates company

Receipts (4) from Estate of Late David Stuart. Receipt dated 11th. May 1889 from Messrs De Garis., Wm. Neate 11 April 1889., De Garis 1st. November 1889., De Garis 1st. November 1889. Receipts produced by J.B. Young, Printers, Sandhurst, written down LH side of document.Green one penny stamp at the foot of the documentbusiness, legal, estate david stuart, connelly, tatchekll & dunlop, david stuart

Account from John Stevenson, General Engraver, Sandhurst, dated 30 June 1888 for brass plate to order 15/-. Receipted and signed J. Stevenson 30/6/88.business, legal, john stevenson, connelly, tatchell & dunlop, john stevenson

The building still stands at the corner of Lydiard Street North and Mair Street. It is currently Cuthbert Solicitors.ballarat trustees, lydiard street north, mair street, building, legal, commerical