Letter from Patricia Bates to Nunawading Historical Society asking for help in researching her family history. Includes many details of relations.Mrs Bates lived in Schwerkolt Cottage for a time.bates, patricia m, schwerkolt cottage, flynn family

Directory containing various research material such as photographs, scanned documents. Items in the directory are uncatalogued at this stage. Includes sub-folders on David Porteus, Kennedy Family History and Rev. Robert Bradbury

Family history of Frederick Robert and Jane nee Duff Moon and their descendants, written for the Moon Family Reunion, August 1981, to celebrate the 150th. anniversary of Frederick Moon's arrival in Australia in 1831.genealogy

A potted family history put together for descendants of Ned and Lucy Smith, who spent a major period of their lives at Genoa and Cabbage Creek in East Gippsland. Contains basic family tree and illustrations.settlers, genealogy

Colour photograph of author Norah Kendall during her visit to Family History Group to promote her book on Scottish history and migration With Naught but Kin Behind Them Lakes Entrance Victoriagenealogy

From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .04 - Photo of Ada 'Totty' Monackton.Each leaf is numberedliardet family, phillippa gamlin, ynys grecian

Notes on Schwerkolt Family History written by Abigail Schwerkolt, wife of Charles Clarence Victor Schwerkolt, following her visit to Mary in the U.S.A. in 1965. Nunawading Council bought the Cottage from Mary in 1964.schwerkolt, johann august, schwerkolt, abigail emmeline, schwerkolt, charles clarence victor, schwerkolt, paulina, schwerkolt wilhelmina, jackschowsky, mary, schwerkolt, mary

From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .06 & .07 - three photos of Caroline LiardetEach leaf is numberedliardet family, caroline liardet

From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .05 - Photo of painting of Caroline Liardet's mother.Each leaf is numberedliardet family, phillippa gamlin, ynys grecian

From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .18 - Family tree chart for Josephine LiardetEach leaf is numberedliardet family, phillippa gamlin, ynys grecian

From red binder of family history of Caroline and Willbraham Liardet consisting of photocopies of various photos and documents, family trees, etc.donated by Philippa Gamlin, granddaughter of Leonora. .23 - Photocopy of compilation of crime in Sandridge to 1850Each leaf is numberedliardet family, phillippa gamlin, ynys grecian

Also colour photograph of main entry to Mechanics Institute Hall and Library extension taken in 1998 04665.1 10 x 15 cmColour photograph showing the back entry to the Mechanics Hall before demolition, room to the left of stairs occupied by Lakes Entrance Family History Group and to the right by Tambo Shire Historical Society Lakes Entrance Victoriaaccommodation, environment, volunteering

Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria

This note book contains the Skinner family records ( births, deaths, marriages etc.). The first entry is for Russell Worland Skinner (1809 to 1884) who married Louisa Becker in 1830. The following pages give information on the Skinner family tree and even includes information on the family's cats and dogs. The connection of the Skinner family to Warrnambool has not been established but the booklet contains names associated with this city. This note book is of some interest as it has possible research value.This is a small note book with a brown leather cover which is marbled inside and has pages containing newspaper cuttings and hand written entries in black ink. There are many blank pages. There is gold edging on the pages.skinner family history