Mr John Herron and his wife Isa Mary Herron purchased the house at 4 Vickery Street Bentleigh in 1950 from Miss M Marriott. He was a descendant of John James an early settler dairyman in Moorabbin Shire and Miss M Marriott was a descendant of the early settler market gardeners Marriott family. Mr Herron lived there until 1989 and the house was then demolished and turned into a carpark for the busy Shopping precinct of Centre Road, Bentleigh.The Marriott family were early settler market gardeners from 1878 in the area of Dendy’s 1841 Special Survey and John Herron was a descendant of Philip Jones , a chair-maker, who settled in the area of East Brighton, now Bentleigh, in 1852An original paper statement of receipt issued by William Meldrum for £100 deposit paid on March 28th 1950 by Mr John Herron for purchase of the house at 4 Vickery Street BentleighBENTLEIGH ESTATE AGENCY TAXATION & INSURANCE / WILLIAM MELDRUM / ESTABLISHED / 1908 Incorporating W.H.Wood & Co., Next Railway Station,/ SWORN VALUER and GOVERNMENT / APPROVED VALUER 367 a Centre Road / Bentleigh / Telephone XU 1404 / Fellow of the Real Estate and Stock Institute of Victoria / Associate of the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants/ Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers Stamp in left bottom VICTORIA STAMP DUTY 3d with signature initials / Letter dated 28th day of March 1950 and signed SP W Meldrum / C Raveand pioneers, early settlers, brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, market gardeners, dairyman, dairy farmer, jones james, jones mary ann, jones martha, jones elizabeth ann, dendy henry, dendys special survey 1841, elster creek, melbourne, jones ethel may, herron isa mary, herron john, tram conductor, marriott m, solicitors, valuers, taxation, meldrum w, real estate

Photocopy of a newspaper article and photo of Eaglehawk Road with a tram outside a two story newsagency. On the right is a dilapidated timber fence. Written on the back is: approx 1966 ? One of the last trams No. 18 to run up Main Street of Long Gully (Bond Street) now known Eaglehawk Road. On Left Post Office - now Gents Hairdresser & Rose of No. 3 Australia Hotel. On right Les & Marie Norris Newsagency & Mixed Business. 2 story Building was Commercial Hotel. No. 26 Tram was the last To Run between Bendigo , Long Gully & Eaglehawk still running as a Tourist tram in Bendigo 1987. Donated by Alan Crossley 1985.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - eaglehawk road, mr l w norris, country roads board, mr g marshallsea, rose of australia hotel, les & marie norris, commercial hotel, alan crossley

Hand coloured postcard: view of Mitchell Street, looking towards Pall Mall. "General View of Mitchell Street, Bendigo printed across top. Image shows tram in foreground, poles and line down centre of road. 'Sandhurst Coffee Palace' on banner outside two storey building with verandas and ornate pediments, on right hand side, 'The Living Centre' printed on the side of a shop on left side. Possibly late 1890's ? On rear of card: Post Card (W.T.P in ornate diamond shape) .W.T. Pater

Typed article titled Bendigo, The Heart of Victoria. Items mentioned are Location, Area of Bendigo, The People, Work Force, Industrial Base, natural Resources, Agriculture and Livestock, Minerals, Forests, Rail and Road, Sea and Air, Power and Water, Electricity, Natural Gas, Water, Sewerage, Industrial Land, Services, Community Services and Facilities, Educational Facilities, Hospitals, Culture and Tourism and Media.document, bendigo - the heart of victoria, city of bendigo, borough of eaglehawk, shire of huntly, shire of marong, shire of strathfieldsaye, bendigo development committee, department of agriculture, department of state development decentralization and tourism, state electricity commission, gas & fuel corporation of victoria, state rivers & water supply commission, bendigo sewerage authority, the bendigo college of advanced education, home and hospital for the aged, home for the blind, northern school of nursing, art gallery, historical society, dudley house, sun loong, central deborah gold mine, the vintage talking trams and transport museum, bcv8, the bendigo advertiser, golden city gazette, 3bo, 3cv, mr a j kelly

Postcard, hand tinted. Image shows Charing Cross Bendigo, looking up Mitchell Street towards Railway line. Alexandra Fountain on RH side of image, tram heading up View Street in foreground. Two trams in Pall Mall, one a 'toast-rack' tram. Men standing near fountain and tram, woman in long dress in background behind fountain. Man on horseback coming down Mitchell Street. On north corner of Pall Mall and Mitchell ' C. Plumbe, Tailor' on top and verandah of brick building. On south side of road, on front of building ' City Club' On bottom of card: Mitchell Street, Bendigo. On rear of postcard ' Cole's Sunny Australian Series, 102 View. E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide. Wriitten on card in pen and addressed to ' Mrs. Russell, Post Office, Patho.' Message reads: A very happy Xmas to all at Patho P.O., arrived home safely, did not miss the train. Leaving on Sat. for Queenscliff. Kindest regards to all. A. Morcom.'bendigo, streetscape, mitchell street, charing cross, mitchell street, bendigo, trams, alexandra fountain

Black and white photo. Number 11 tram at North Bendigo terminus, Thunder Street, with steam train approaching behind (RH side). Written on back in black pen: 5 3/4' x 6 Page 78, 83.Claver P. Carroll, 79 Eaglehawk Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria. No. TR-20person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photo of Alexandra Fountain, Charing Cross, Bendigo. Two trams - View Street and Pall Mall, at intersection of same. Many cars parked, driving on roads. Pedestrians crossing Pall Mall. On back of photo "Photo A. Doney, Bendigo" in indelible ink. 10/23/64 CA 711, Bendigo Center - Charing Cross & historic Alexandra Fountain written in pencil.A. Doney, Bendigoperson, individual

Black and white photograph of No. 5 tram and four others on Simpsons Road, Eaglehawk. All Bogie Car trams. 'C922' stamped in black ink on back.person, individual, basil miller

No. 11 tram departing North Bendigo terminus, steam train on railway line on right hand side of tram with steam issuing forth, following carriages barely visible. 'Bendigo' destination sign on tram. Mining chimney visible on left hand side behind tram.Claver P. Carroll, 79 Eaglehawk Road, Eaglehawk, Victoria. Tr - 20basil miller, bendigo tramways, north bendigo, steam train, claver carroll

Coloured post card, view of Alexandra Fountain and Pall Mall. Tram in forefront. View towards Pall Mall (north) Beehive and Ezywalkin buildings. Cars angle parked along Pall Mall. Approx. 1950/60's.Charing Cross, Bendigo, Victoria. Charing Corrs, with its historic Alexandra Fountain, is the hub of Bendigo from which roads radiate to most parts of the city. Plastichrome - Murfett Publishers P 62710.basil miller, bendigo tramways, charing cross bendigo

Black and white photograph of road works affecting trams at the corner of Carpenter and Houston Streets Bendigo.Inscriptions on reverse: Stamped in black of photo E938.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photograph of road works in Carpenter Street affecting the progress of trams. Contractor W. J. Doyle. Inscriptions on reverse: Stamped in black of photo E938.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photograph of Number 1296 Tram. Inscription on reverse: 'K' class at Wycombe Road Neutral Bay on last day. 29556 car donated to A.E.T.M. Written in pencil number '351'.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photograph of two trams and 6 men outside of tram depot, next to railway line. Inscriptions on reverse: 26/5/1957. Last trams being coupled top run the Dilwich Hill, Addison Road route N.S.W. Tramways Hist. Scty. Newtown depot. All in Blue ink. Number '195' in pencil on the back of photo.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photo: Bendigo tramways electric tram stopped at Alexandra fountain destined for Eaglehawk. Conductor standing on road, left of centre, inspector and motor on extreme right. Tram decorated with paper flowers and vines. W.J. Jackson's Tailor and Royal Bank in background. Mounted on heavy cream card. Stamp on back ' W.H. Robinson, photographer, Mundy Street, Bendigo. On pencil on back ' Camp hill Parkson 2. April 1910 Easter 10 ?? June' Part of Basil Miller Collectionperson, individual, basil miller

Black and white photo of workmen with road repair machinery. Wheelbarrow, shovel, truck.Business signs on buildings in background, 'Peters Icecream, Sandhurst milk',trudgeons antiques view street unidentifiable signs on verandah posts. On reverse one mark of two lines in pencil.Alan Doney Photo.place, streetscape, view street, 2000 232 01

Two black and white photographs of bridge/road works being undertaken next the the Alexandra Fountain. Each photograph has been taken from opposite sides of the tram shown in the photograph. Both views are looking up Mitchell St. 'Ezywalkin' signs above shop on left corner. Photograph 'b' has large white area on left side. Reverse: 'a' 'C922' stamped in black , bottom edge. 'b' 'C922' stamped in black bottom edge. Both photographs have a 'Kodak paper' printed in grey at angle across back..person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photograph of tram. Three (3) people on board including driver, one uniformed staff standing on running board, and another uniformed person standing on road about halfway along the tram.person, individual, basil miller

Black and white photo of 4 trams, 3 bogie cars and 1 burnie safety car, stopped on Sailors Gully Road near Canterbury Park. No 18 Tram in lead, destined for Railway Station.person, individual, basil miller

Color photo of 2 trams parked in middle of road side by side, tram on right showing destination as Eaglehawk. On back 'Copyright by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria' stamped in purple ink, pencil marks showing '21/36'.person, individual, basil miller

Photo, colored. Looking up Mitchell towards Railway line. Tram lines in centre of road, ornate power lines up centre of street. On GH corner two storey building, verandah, Peters Ice Cream sign and Cozy Corner Care sign on verandah. On bottom of photo ' Mitchell Street, Bendigo, No. 17' Appears to be in 1940'sbendigo, streetscape, mitchell street, bendigo, mitchell street, plaza theatre, cozy corner

Photograph - black and white. Tram tracks being laid, could be Eaglehawk Road. Shop on left says ANDERSON CASH STORE. Written on back, Peter Brisbane, Room 4, 18 Churchill Avenue, Bendigo.W.H. Robinson, Mundy Street, Bendigo.place, transport, tram, tram track being laid. anderson cash store.

Newspaper clipping. Bendigo Advertiser. Saturday October 14, 1961. Early Railway Picnics Recalled. Article includes photo of souvenir tram ticket number 3588. Springtime, 1905 was Railway picnic time. And what a time it was - with packed trains from the metropolis and country towns, and Bendigo, thronged with the crowds of gay holiday-makers. Souvenir ticket belongs to rear Mrs. A. Bolitho, 5 Webster Street, Bendigo, issued by Electric Supply Coy. Of Victoria Ltd., Bendigo Tramways. Railway Picnic September 16, 1905. The ticket belong to Mrs Bolitho's father, the late Mr J H P Ellis, who lived in McIntyre Street. Post card size, printed in sepia on cream, bears photographs of the power house, engine room, a tram (we presume one of the first models) and the boiler room. Down the sides are listed cemetery, railway station, Rodney St, Charing Cross, through to California Gully Bridge and Eaglehawk. The fare was 2d. On the back a Beehive advertisement. 'Half-Century With Trams' is a history as remembered by Mr W J Evans of Mt. Korong Road, California Gully. 'Boisterous' is a history as remembered by Mr W Bolton of the firm of Bolton Bros. recalled the early picnics as 'boisterous' affairs. 'riff-raff' used to gather at Spencer St Station, arriving in Bendigo-after having spent the night drinking. The picnicers certainly had a right royal time in those early days. Railway Picnic was also boronia time, Mr Bolton said - and bunches of fragrant West Australian borania were sold on the streets. Bolton Bros always printed the tram tickets in Bendigo in those early years. A report in the 'Bendigonian' of the 1903 Railway Picnic period told that 20 special trams came to Bendigo on Saturday morning, September 15, 1903. Railway Picnic Committee: J Southern, Mrs Tait, Mrs Hudson, Mrs Fitzpatrick, Cr J H Curnow, Sir John Quick and many members of parliament. Fare from Melbourne costing 5/ for a day return, or 7/6 for the week.organization, business, bendigo trams

Temporary traffic channelling of Charing Cross, Stage 3 - Country Roads Board.person, individual, basil miller

Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association, Volume IV, No. 7, July 1949, 12 pages. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller Collection'.Pub: Tractions Publications, 29 Seymour Grove, Brighton. Printer, Caulfield Printing co., 202 Balaclava Road., Caulfielddocument

Journal of Australian Electric Traction Association. Volume XVII, No. 9, September 1963, 16 pages. History of document: Part of 'Basil Miller Tramways Collection'. Cover picture: most of the tram services to Melbourne's South Eastern suburbs operate along tree lined St. Kilda Road. W4 Class car 672 is about to pass four inbound cars in this road during the weekend of the Royal Visit earlier that year.Pub: Australian Electric Traction Asscn. Printer: O'Loughlin Bros. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, NSW.document

Journal of the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Ltd. Volume 8, No. 2, April 1971, 35 cents. Sixteen pages. Cover photo (right) show D class no. 99 sits at the side of the road at Inglewood. On back cover (left), show A class no. 121 sitting in front on an E car and D car at the siding in 1958. Article in this journal wrote about electric trams transport in Perth, include planning routes map. History of object: Part of 'Basil Miller Tramways Collection'cottage, miners

Journal of the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria Ltd. Volume 9, No.5, 35 cents, October 1972. 16 pages. Front cover picture (right) shows car no. 1 of Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust fleet in High Street Malvern. The P&M T T commenced in 1910 with some four and a half route miles along High Street, Glenferrie Road and Wattletree Road. When absorbed by the M&M T B in 1920 its routes totalled over 35 miles.person, individual, basil miller

Journal of the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria. Ltd. Volume 5, No.3. 30 Cents. December 1968 - January 1969. 16 pages. At front cover picture (right) shows Ballarat Single Truck tram no. 21 is the Myer Father prepared for the road prior to departing the depot at 8.24 am. Saturday 16th November 1968, for Victoria Street terminus.person, individual, basil miller

The Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition, held at Bendigo from 13 November 1901 to 14 May 1902. The courts were numbered from one, or had titles like “Machinery”, “Agricultural”, “Naval & Military Court” and “Art”. The female visitors to the Exhibition were able to view exhibits deemed suitable for the fairer sex and located within their own “Women’s Court”. There were exhibits such as “Parasols & Umbrellas”, cotton and haberdashery from Manchester and Staffordshire, “Corsets & Embroideries” from Paris. The most valuable exhibits were mining machinery such as Taylor Horsfield’s £850 “Air Compressor & Rock Borer”. “Bohemian Glassware” brought down from Sydney was valued at £600. The profits from this Exhibition were used to fund the sculpture known as the Gold Monument, which still gazes along Pall Mall (from the McCrae Street end). The Exhibition’s Cash Book shows payments, which totalled £1160, were made to then up and coming sculptor C.D.Richardson. Recently a City of Greater Bendigo staff member used both these volumes to write a detailed report about this monument, for Heritage Victoria.Carol Holsworth Collection: Small book Souvenir, 29 pages plus cover; each page. has a photo of the exhibit. Exhibition was held on the site of the present Bendigo Library between Hargreaves St and Lyttleton Terrace. * 8662.1a Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Front Cover: Printed 'Souvenir', 'Bendigo 1901-1902'; a photo of the Entrance to the exhibition beside the Town Hall. * 8662.1b Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Inside Front Cover - Page 1 of 29. Portraits of Exhibition President S.H. Cowen esq.; and G.V. Allen esc., General Secretary. Photos by W.H. Robinson publisher. Printed by T. Cambridge, Market Square Bendigo. * 8662.1c Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 1 of 29 The Governor General at the Exhibition. Photo of the crowd, police, trooper and horse drawn vehicles. * 8662.1d Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 2 of 29 Procession Passing the Fountain, Pall Mall. The crowd and horse drawn vehicles. *8662.1e Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 3 of 29 James Martin and Co's Exhibit. James Martin & Co was an Australian engineering company which progressed from making agricultural equipment to making railway locomotives. * 8662.1f Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 4 of 29 Old Pioneers. Elderly gentlemen on foot and carriage - at the Bendigo Railway Station. * 8662.1g Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 5 of 29 Robert Harper and Company's Exhibit. From Trove - The Brisbane Courier 25 Aug 1891: One of the best known firms in the Southern hemisphere is Messrs. Robert Harper and Co , tea importers, coffee, rice, and spice merchants and manufacturers Then productions circle this continent, and every thrifty housewife is familiar with their Empire tens, their Star' brand of goods, then oatmeal, wheatmeal, and other breakfast table luxuries The headquarters of the firm are placed at Port Melbourne, and the manufactory there occupies over an acre of ground, while the mills at Sydney and Adelaide are as great in proportion It is eight cars since the firm opened business in this colony. The step was taken with much confidence, the principals the firm being quite attracted. * 8662.1h Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 6 of 29 The Electric Tram * 8662.1i Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 7 of 29 G. Weymouth Proprietary Ltd. The business of G. Weymouth & Co was founded in 1898 by George Andrew Philip Weymouth, who began operating from a small workshop on City Road, South Melbourne (opposite Princes Bridge). An early advertisement describes the firm's activities at this time as being 'makers of dynamos, (electric) motors, x-ray apparatus and electrical instruments, &c' together with 'repairs to every class of electrical work'. * 8662.1j Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 8 of 29 The Exhibition Fernery * 8662.1k Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 9 of 29 Cohn Bros'. Exhibit. In 1857 at the height of the gold rush, with people pouring into Central Victoria from all over the world, three brothers from Denmark – Moritz, Julius and Jacob Cohn – founded a small cordial factory in the booming town of Bendigo. They went on to build an empire and, through introducing lager, which is served cold, to the country, changed the drinking preferences of Australians. * 8662.1l Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 10 of 29 Ornamental Lake in the Exhibition Grounds * 8662.1m Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 11 of 29 Australian Explosives and Chemical Co.'s Exhibit. The Australian Explosives and Chemical Company began manufacturing explosives in Melbourne's outskirts (the area now known as Deer Park) in 1875. In 1897 the Company was purchased by Nobel, forming Nobel (Australasia) Ltd. * 8662.1n Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 12 of 29 Tasmanian Court * 8662.1o Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 13 of 29 N. Guthridge's Limited Exhibit. Guthridge sold a variety of mining supplies and equipment; also 'Rackarock' which was used to fill the mining drill holes before blasting. * 8662.1p Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 14 of 29 Navel and Military Court (LARGE File) * 8662.1q Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 15 of 29 Women's Court * 8662.1r Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 16 of 29 T. J. Connelly and Co's Exhibit. T.J. Connelly an American immigrant came to the Bendigo goldfields where he later established Connelly’s Tin Shop on the corner of High and Forest Streets 1853. Connelly was named after Thomas Jefferson the famous statesman who wrote much of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776 and became the third United States President. Connelly, along with other prominent citizens of the time established Bendigo’s first Fire Brigade, Mechanics Institute. * 8662.1s Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 17 of 29 The Potter's Wheel * 8662.1t Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 18 of 29 G. D. Guthrie and Co.'s Exhibit. In 1863 the Bendigo Pottery was set up by Guthrie. * 8662.1u Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 19 of 29 The Ladies' Committee * 8662.1v Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 20 of 29 J. Kitchen and Sons Exhibit. In Port Melbourne since the 1850s they made such products as Velvet Soap and Electrine Candles from the tallow and other animal fats from the nearby slaughter yards. In recent decades the company has become Kitchen & Lever then Unilever and most recently Unichema. * 8662.1w Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 21 1of 29 The Executive Committee * 8662.1x Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 22 of 29 Taylor Horsfield Exhibit. The most valuable exhibits were mining machinery such as Taylor Horsfield’s £850 “Air Compressor & Rock Borer” * 8662.1y Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 23 of 29 A Peep at the Education Department 8662.1z Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 24 of 29 John Danks and Co's Exhibit. John Danks & Son was a major manufacturing company in Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales. * 8662.1aa Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 25 of 29 Glance at the Agricultural Department's Court * 8662.1bb Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 26 of 29 T. York's Exhibit. Thomas York was an instrument repairer and brass instrument maker that resided in Melbourne in the late 19th to the early 20th century. While old newspaper advertisements suggested he repaired all instruments, it appears the focus of his business were military and brass band instruments. (BrassandWoodWind.com) * 8662.1cc Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 27 of 29 T. McPherson and Son's Exhibit. Possibly monumental masons. * 8662.1dd Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 28 of 29 T. Lewis and Whitty's Exhibit - Inside Back Cover. Lewis & Whitty were prominent boot blacking manufacturers as well as a number of other chemical products such as “Odourbane" disinfectant. * 8662.1ee Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition - Page 29 of 29 Singer Manufacturing Coy's Exhibithistory, bendigo, victorian gold jubilee exhibition bendigo, carol holsworth collection