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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Clearing land for Le Pine Funeral Home, cnr York Street and Main Road, Eltham, c.March 1998, 1998
Newsletter No. 116, September, 1997 846-848 MAIN ROAD ELTHAM Nillumbik Shire Council has granted a permit for a funeral parlour on land which includes this site at the corner of Main Road and York Street. The site contains an architect's office in a building which was formerly a shop and dwelling dating from the 1920's. The proposal requires demolition of this building which is one of the few remaining old shops which formed the rather spread out "town centre" of Eltham. Prior to making its decision the Council obtained a report from Graeme Butler and Associates, the heritage consultants who carried out Stage 1 of the Nillumbik Heritage Study. The report summarized the historical significance as follows:- "This brick comer shop with associated residence has potential local historical significance as a late 1920's grocer's shop, now much altered and one of only a few shops of that era left in Eltham's Main Road. This significance is qualified by the many changes. The other examples are better preserved and still function as shops." With this type of expert advice it is difficult to make a strong case for preservation of the building although, of course, it is a shame to see it demolished. The report includes details of the site itself and its history based on research carried out by Carlotta Kellaway. The building dates from the late 1920's when it was owned by C.R. Nicholls. From the early 1930's it was Charles Cockroft's grocery shop and he also ran a grain store there. According to his daughter, Edna Brown, he delivered groceries around the district taking his truck as far as Kangaroo Ground. In 1950 he shifted to Traralgon. Since then several different businesses have operated from the site including a bottle merchant and produce store. Conversion to the present office use involved alterations to the shop front and rebuilding the galvanized iron store at the rear. Newsletter 119 March 1998 In our Newsletter No. 116 it was reported that the former shop on the comer of Main Road and York Street, Eltham was to be demolished as part of a funeral parlour development. If you have passed the site recently you will have noticed that it has now been demolished - another part of the old Eltham township has disappeared.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 strips Also photographic prints 10 x 15 cmKodak Gold 200-6a.r. warren, eltham feed store, le pine funeral home, main road, york street, c.r. nicholls, charles cockcroft, grocery store -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Clearing land for Le Pine Funeral Home, cnr York Street and Main Road, Eltham, c.March 1998, 1998
Newsletter No. 116, September, 1997 846-848 MAIN ROAD ELTHAM Nillumbik Shire Council has granted a permit for a funeral parlour on land which includes this site at the corner of Main Road and York Street. The site contains an architect's office in a building which was formerly a shop and dwelling dating from the 1920's. The proposal requires demolition of this building which is one of the few remaining old shops which formed the rather spread out "town centre" of Eltham. Prior to making its decision the Council obtained a report from Graeme Butler and Associates, the heritage consultants who carried out Stage 1 of the Nillumbik Heritage Study. The report summarized the historical significance as follows:- "This brick comer shop with associated residence has potential local historical significance as a late 1920's grocer's shop, now much altered and one of only a few shops of that era left in Eltham's Main Road. This significance is qualified by the many changes. The other examples are better preserved and still function as shops." With this type of expert advice it is difficult to make a strong case for preservation of the building although, of course, it is a shame to see it demolished. The report includes details of the site itself and its history based on research carried out by Carlotta Kellaway. The building dates from the late 1920's when it was owned by C.R. Nicholls. From the early 1930's it was Charles Cockroft's grocery shop and he also ran a grain store there. According to his daughter, Edna Brown, he delivered groceries around the district taking his truck as far as Kangaroo Ground. In 1950 he shifted to Traralgon. Since then several different businesses have operated from the site including a bottle merchant and produce store. Conversion to the present office use involved alterations to the shop front and rebuilding the galvanized iron store at the rear. Newsletter 119 March 1998 In our Newsletter No. 116 it was reported that the former shop on the comer of Main Road and York Street, Eltham was to be demolished as part of a funeral parlour development. If you have passed the site recently you will have noticed that it has now been demolished - another part of the old Eltham township has disappeared.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 strips Also photographic prints 10 x 15 cmKodak Gold 200-6a.r. warren, eltham feed store, le pine funeral home, main road, york street, c.r. nicholls, charles cockcroft, grocery store -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Albert Jones, 'Golden Glen' at Wattle Glen and the Wattle Glen General Store, c.1910
Top photo: The property 'Golden Glen', home of photographer, Albert Jones. At the right of the photo is an apple orchard over the other side of Watery Gully creek. The middle building in the photo is still standing, located on Wattle Glen - Kangaroo Ground Road between Pretty Hill Lane and Millers Road (Melway 271 A6) but on the opposite side of the road. Bottom photo: The Wattle Glen General Store in this photo was located at the same intersection as the present Wattle Glen General Store (cnr of Reynolds Road and Kangaroo Ground Road) but on the diagonally opposite corner. [Comment from Valda via Victorian Collections June 11, 2018] "The addition to the store on the left, and the building at the back, were not part of the store/post office owned by the Keenan's. They were added by Mr and Mrs Alan (Janet) Frencham's in the ?mid-1950s." See also EDHS_03112: See Ref: EDHS_03112 A WINDOW ON THE PAST by Roger Sanders, The Sun, Wednesday, Auguist 11, 1976, pp 38-39 A fascinating window has been opened on the early life of the Eltham district. It is a rare collection of 3,000 perfectly preserved glass plate photograph negatives. The collection is the work of the late Albert Jones, a Diamond Creek orchardist and amateur photographer. About 500 of the negatives have been printed and 100 are on display at Gallery 4, Eltham, as part of the Eltham Festival," which started on Friday. They capture in fine detail rural and village life around Eltham, Hurstbridge, Kangaroo Ground, Yarra Glen and Diamond Valley from 1900 to 1930. While the natural beauty of the district was painted in this period by Arthur Streeton (later Sir Arthur), Tom Roberts and Charles Conder, among others, photography was relatively new. Yet Albert Jones used the new medium to compile a weighty album of pioneers at work, at home, at sport and on holidays. He was at the first Yarra Glen race meeting, early Diamond Valley football matches and photographed soldiers from the district leaving for war. He photographed early gold mines, men with horses laying the Diamond Creek-Hurstbridge rail track and the arrival of the first steam train at Hurstbridge. He took his cameras on holiday around Victoria and the collection includes scenes from St. Kilda and Portsea and many country towns. The Jones collection of negatives was found by Mr A. J. "Ned" Spark, of Balwyn, under a house he bought from Mr Jones' widow. The plates almost went to the tip with a pile of rubbish before Mr Spark realised their potential value. Mr Spark, who is retired, will continue the identification and recording of the photographs when he returns from holidays. The exhibition of the Jones' photographs is open each afternoon until August 21 at Gallery 4, 1016 Main Rd., Eltham. Photographs included in article: • The priceless collection of glass plate negatives were found under this house in Eltham [actually Wattle Glen], home of Albert Jones and his wife. • A quiet country pub - Panton Hills Hotel. • Teams of draught horses were used in the building of the Diamond Creek-Hursbridge railway in 1910. • Chinaman Jimmy using a gold cradle in Wattle Glen Gully. • The photographer and orchardist Albert Jones. His work is on show as part of the Eltham Festival • St Kilda Pier – several of the houses are still standing, but the waterfront has changed dramatically since this was taken before 1920. • A picnic was a dressy affair at the start of the century – the women in this family group are decked in lace and pearls.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 stripsKodak Safety 5035albert jones, golden glen, shops, wattle glen -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Watson's Eltham Hotel, Maria Street, Eltham, c.1900
Christoher Watson's Eltham Hotel, cnr Maria Street (Main Road) and Pitt Street, Eltham. Christopher Watson in centre (bareheaded). Reproduced on p60 of 'Pioneers & Painters' The hotel was constructed in the 1850s immediately following the discovery of gold in Victoria. The original founder, a Mr Warren. engaged a builder named Wallace, to erect the hotel, and being unable to finance it, the story goes, handed it over to Mr Wallace, who finished the job, and received the first licence. The building was constructed of hard basaltic blue stone, quarried in the Eltham district, and partly of bricks made at Eltham. At that time the town owned not only an hotel, but a flour mill, a brewery, a brickworks, and other important industries. The hotel was carried on for the benefit of the first owners for over 30 years and was then purchased by Mr Chris Watson. The hotel was in the early days a well-known resting place for the gold diggers during the gold rush at Woods' Point. A new hotel was erected on the same site by Mr H. Watson in 1925.Early photo of Eltham Hotel which has been on site in various forms since mid 1800sSepia photograph mounted on cardInscribed on back: "Property of Mr Albert Watson, 53 Yarra St, Heidelberg. Christopher Watson (bare headed) Given to Marion Huggett December 1977 c.1900 son of Watson Snr behind cart"christopher watson, eltham, eltham hotel, main road, maria street, pioneers and painters, pitt street, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, watson's hotel -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Daniel Rutter Long, Bridge over the Diamond near Eltham, Daniel Rutter Long, 1855
Daniel Rutter Long was born in England, after training as a pharmacist he, his wife and family emigrated to Port Phillip, Victoria in 1840. By 1843 he had his own chemist shop in Bourke Street, later erecting a well known pharmacy on the corner of Bourke and Exhibition streets. During the gold rush of the 1850s he purchased gold at the shop for shipment to a Quaker syndicate in London. Retiring from the business in 1857 Long took up painting, sometimes returning to his original profession. He painted hundreds of landscapes in other colonies as well as in Victoria. Long participated in local affairs and was one of the earliest members of the municipal council. Later he was elected mayor and instrumental in the in the erection of Prahran Town Hall. He was also a member of the Police Court Bench for many years. Daniel Long died at the age of eighty-three in 1886. (State Library of Victoria)This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image 35mm B&W negativeshire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, bridge, daniel rutter long, diamond creek (creek), eltham, sepp -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Peter Pidgeon, Official opening of the restored Eltham Courthouse, 730 Main Road, Eltham, 23 Mar 2022
Eltham Courthouse Officially Reopened (Jim Connor, EDHS Newsletter No. 263 April 2022) In the Conservation Management Plan prepared in 2006 for the Eltham Justice Precinct there is mention that more than 350 court houses have been built by the Public Works Department since 1856, when the Department was established. It also states Eltham was in an early group of 'Victorian Free Classical' structures, featuring a projecting entry porch and gabled roof. Characteristically, this group shares a simple, rectangular shape, central placement of the court room with smaller-scale offices set back at the sides or rear of the court room, arched openings, and decorative string courses. The Statement of Significance listed in the Victorian Heritage Register states: ‘The Eltham Court House dates from the time when the town was largely self-contained. It was initiated in response to itinerant gold prospectors who turned to crime when their quest was unsuccessful. This type of localised solution is characteristic of the self reliance preserved in Eltham today. The court house is an important symbol of the spirit which makes Eltham distinctive as a community.’ It also states: ‘The Eltham Court House, built in 1860, is one of only two intact examples in the state of this simple design with projecting entry.’ So with this background it is most appropriate this valued historic building has recently been the subject of a total restoration, as detailed in previous newsletters. This was a major project undertaken by Nillumbik Shire Council. At a small function in the Eltham Courthouse, on 23rd March 2022, Nillumbik Shire Council Mayor Fran Eyre declared the fully restored building officially reopened. In doing so the Mayor spoke about the earlier law and order function of the court and the importance of this building to the Eltham community. Wingrove Ward Councillor Geoff Paine then highlighted the importance of historical societies and groups within the shire and their valued activities in recording and preserving their local history. EDHS president Jim Connor thanked everyone involved with the project and provided an overview of the history of the courthouse. Michael Ioannides, Council’s project manager, spoke about how the restoration process proceeded and those involved in undertaking the works required. Cr. Natalie Duffy, various council officers, EDHS executive committee members, as well as representatives of the head contractor Ducon Building Services and the heritage advisors, RBA architects and Conservation Consultants, were also in attendance, as was a representative of Nillumbik U3A. After the formal part there was some light hearted interpretation of how past legal proceedings may, or may not have, occurred within this courthouse, before some refreshments were shared in the former second courthouse at the rear, which is now utilised by Nillumbik U3A. This was a successful celebration of a very worthwhile project.Born digital image (38)conservation consultants, cr. geoff paine, cr. natalie duffy, ducon building services, eltham courthouse, eltham district historical society, eltham justice precinct, jim connor, mayor cr. fran eyre, michael ioannides, nillumbik shire council, nillumbik u3a, opening ceremony, rba architects, restoration project -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Louis L Holzer, Victorian Municipal Directory and Gazetteer, Jun 1951
Was originally owned by Mr W S Lang who was a city valuer of Port MelbourneVictorian Municipal Directory and Gazetteer, 1951. Gold cover, green spine binding. Spine and cover of book is fairly wornNames and writing on the front cover in pencil.waterworks, utilities - water, gazetteer -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Domestic object - Lamp, Leading Light, Douglas McKenzie, 1980 - 1989
Doug McKenzie collected these lighthouse replicas which were semi cylindrical and mounted on some substance originally. They have been joined and electrified . He gave this piece to Pat Grainger who kept it at home until he died, then donated it to the PMHPS collection.Electric table lamp base crafted by Doug McKenzie from two wooden replicas representing the Leading Lights, souvenired from the Port Melbourne Town Hall auditorium when it was reconstrcted c 1982. "Lighthouse" base brown with gold "light area.built environment - civic, beacons, handcrafts, doug mckenzie -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Town of Port Melbourne, Rates Cash Book, 1900
Rates Cash Book 1900-1903 Town of Port Melbourne. Dark brown cover with tan leather spine and corners, red with gold lettering, labellocal government - town of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne, Rates Cash Book, Town of Port Melbourne, 1895
Rate Cash Book October 1895 to 1898, Town of Port Melbourne. Green cover with tan leather spine and corners, gold lettering on spine.local government - town of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne, Rates Cash Book, Town of Port Melbourne, 1898
Rates Cash Book 1898-1900, Town of Port Melbourne. Dark brown cover, tan leather spine and corners, gold lettering on spinelocal government - town of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Decorative object - City of Port Melbourne, Coat of Arms, 1970s
Large circular perspex Coat of Arms for the City of Port Melbourne; gold lettering and general main colour other than red material backing.local government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plaque - City of Port Melbourne Coat of Arms, 1960s
Large City of Port Melbourne circular plaque of the coat of arms, made of plaster of paris and painted blue, red and brown/goldlocal government - city of port melbourne -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Long service employees, J Kitchen & Sons, Port Melbourne, 1928
Narrow brown wooden framed photograph of long service recipients. Background is a high hedge. All are men except for central figure front row - a woman in light dress with darker hat. Reverse has paper copy of photo plus names and photos of 4 men unable to be present.Recipients of long-service gold watches, 1928. Port Melbourne J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltdindustry, manufacturing, workers, j kitchen & sons pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - John Ambrose Kitchen to Mr Peters re supplying soap to Ballarat in competition to J Kitchen & Sons, John Kitchen, 25 Jun 1909
Narrow gold metal frame containing letter from John Ambrose Kitchen, Managing Director to "Mr Peters, Dunolly" written from Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 25th June 1909. Letter is in regard to Mr Peters supplying soap to Ballarat in competition to J Kitchen & Sons Pty Ltd. Printed label made by Kitchen's staff.Port Melbourne Prints and Framingindustry, manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, john ambrose kitchen, mr peters dunolly, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, apollo candle co -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook, Symex Holdings Ltd
Scrapbook with brown leather-like cover. Gold lettering on cover. Containing photographs, photocopies of Symex Holdings Ltd being listed on the Stock Exchange 29th of August 2000.Symex Holdings Ltd August 29th 2000industry - manufacturing, workers, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, symex holdings ltd, mike newton, alan stockdale -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Insurance Ledger, J Kitchen & Sons, c. 1935
Large corduroy and leather covered, metal-bound ledger. Printed on spine in gold lettering "Insurance Ledger JK&S Pty Ltd". First section refers to Main Schedule, Building No 1, 1941. Other sections include vehicles, boiler explosions and burglary. Dates range from 1930s to 1945. Inside front covers is Symex musuem staff label.industry - manufacturing, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, administration -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Album - Photograph album presented by C WILLIAMS to his parents, 6 Apr 1881
Brown leather covered photograph album with part of brass hasp. Front cover has oval gold decoration on a raised design. Ten of interior pages have colourful foliage and scenes around photo mount."Presented by C Williams to his affectionate parents as a mark of esteem and regard for their kindness in looking after his interests. C W Williams 6/4/81"families, elizabeth williams, phyllis dunham, john dunham, alfred gray, edith eddy, james gray, mary jane williams, c williams, john albert williams, f e edwards, hannah hill, william hill, margaret hill, alexander hill, ernest arthur williams, frederick james williams, mary ann williams, alice victoria mclennan, leslie williams, lucy williams -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Booklet, The Record, a brief history from 1868 to 1968, Aug 1968
"The Record, a brief history from 1868 to 1968" by G Hermon GILL, MBE. A4 illustrated 8 pg brochure set in pale grey cover with 'The Record' in gold. (3 copies)newspapers, publishing, the record, g hermon gill -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Port Melbourne Cricket Club, 4th XI, Premiers, 1960 - 1961
Photo Port Melbourne Cricket Club 4th eleven. Premiers 1960 -61sport - cricket, port melbourne cricket club, les plumridge, denis fogarty, arthur golding, a cameron, ron agar, g menzies, j rogers, brian donnelly, harley bickerton, b hall, a matters, steve white, fred lalor, tas hill, b earle, bill hidson, d madigan, w harrison, jim hall, graham sager, ian byrce -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Essay - Honours Thesis, Rosie BRAY, Rosalie (Rosie) Thrupp Robnson Bray, "The Borough", 2010
Copy of thesis submitted as part of the final honours examination in the History program at LaTrobe University. Copy bound and donated by the author."The Borough", by Rosie BRAY 2010. Honours Thesis, History program, LaTrobe University, which discusses the experiences of Port Melbourne's people in World War Two and includes information from interviews with people who lived through the war and the author's own memories . Bound in red and blue, with gold print on the cover.war - world war ii, rosalie (rosie) bray nee thrup -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Audio - PMHPS Meeting, Gems from the Collection, John Kirby, 23 Jan 2017
Members discuss items from the collection. John May - Kitchen's Gold Watch Emma Teasdale - WWI Memorabilia and Holy Trinity Suzy Milburn and Ann Gibson - Pat Grainger as long term Secretary and the early cataloguing system Duration 00:54:35societies clubs unions and other organisations, suzy milburn, ann gibson, pat grainger, john may, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Flannery Family History, Pros & Cons and Cops & Robbers, 2003
Pros & Cons and Cops & Robbers. Book of the Flannery Family history. Sepia and gold cover which is a map of "New Holland". Gold section has the name above words "Common men and women for an uncommon country". "A study through my ancestry by Robin Flannery with Frank Alcorta" Book inscribed on inside first page with names of the three Flannery girls and signed by the author. Latter part of book talks of family in Port Melbourne, including waterside workers, SP bookmaking and police.law, families, police, robin flannery, noelle kinsella, denise o'connor, rita may -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Errol Chinner et al, Australia's Schoolboy Ambassadors, 2002
"Australia's Schoolboy Ambassadors" Green covered book with gold lettering. A record of the Sun-Advertising Daily News sponsored youth travel tours to Great Britain in the 1950sPresented to John May of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society on behalf of Laurence Erik (Laurie) Carlson (see page 367) and the Sun Advertiser Youth Travel Association by Professor John W Brownbill (Vice President) on 21 May 2018societies clubs unions and other organisations, laurence carlson, sun advertiser youth travel association -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Container - Biscuit Tin, Anzac biscuits, Centenary of WWI, 2018
Limited editionGreen Anzac biscuit tin with gold lid. Picture on front of soldiers in rail trucks marked "Port Melbourne"Anzac Biscuit. 1918-2018. Commemorating 100 years.war - world war i, domestic life - containers -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Michael Thomas Woodruff, c. 1940
Large gold framed photograph of Michael Thomas Woodruff (Mayor City of Port Melbourne 1936/37, 45/46, 49/50) in Mayoral fur robe Burlington melbourne (in white ink on bottom right)local government - city of port melbourne, michael thomas woodruff -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, Bruce Scates et al, World War One; A history in 100 stories, 2015
"World War One; A history in 100 stories" Large hard cover book with sepia dust cover. Photo on cover has two soldiers in uniform and small boy in matching uniform. Title is in gold and white. Back cover has inscription, five small photos and three badges. Allan Whittaker article on page 85.Back cover -" telling the truth about war requires it's own kind of courage"war - world war i, allan whittaker -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Installation of Bro John B Stenniken (Master- Elect) and Investiture of officers, 1935
Program for the Port Melbourne City Lodge "Installation of Bro John B Stenniken (Master- Elect) and Investiture of officers" at the Masonic Hall, Liardet Street on the 1st May 1935. Printed in blue and gold. Includes a list of past masters and officers.societies clubs unions and other organisations, jihn b stenniken, port melbourne city lodge, masonic hall -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book, James H Whitehead, "Proceedings of a Symposium on the SS Great Britain", 2002
"Proceedings of a Symposium on the SS Great Britain" Book on the history of the SS Great Britain. Was used as a migrant ship in the period following the discovery of gold in Victoria. The Symposium was held at St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne, 10 November 2002. Spiral bound pages.piers and wharves - railway pier, james h whitehead, ss great britain -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - John Kitchen (1799 - 1891), founder of J Kitchen & Sons, 1860s
Large black and white photograph, in ornate gold coloured frame, of John Kitchen (1799-1891), founder of John Kitchen and Sons of Port Melbourne. Plus photocopy of information sheet prepared by Symex staff in early 2000sindustry, manufacturing, john kitchen, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, symex holdings ltd, pental products pty ltd