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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, General Motors Holden, Salmon Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .09 - General Motors Holden (GMH). 241 Salmon Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, general motors-holden, gmh -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Knox Schlapp Pty Ltd, Graham Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .11 - Knox Schlapp Pty Ltd. 49 Graham Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, knox schlapp pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Lagoon Confectioners, Graham Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .12 - Lagoon Confectioners . 191-193 Graham Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, lagoon confectionery pty ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Loscam Trading, Evans Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .13 - Loscam Trading. Evans Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, loscam trading -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Lower Yarra Crossing Authority, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .14 - Lower Yarra Crossing Authority (LYCA)built environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, lower yarra crossing authority, west gate bridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Malcolm Moore Engineers, 17 Feb 1948
... Melbourne Town Hall 333 Bay Street Port Melbourne melbourne industry ...Photocopy of photo of two Port Council workers with accompaning letter from Malcolm Moore Engineersindustry, local government - city of port melbourne, malcolm moore ltd, d matthew - council worker -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Petition, Removal of abbattoirs, ratepayers to Borough of Port Melbourne council, Jan 1890
Petition from the ratepayers to the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Port Melbourne re removal of abbattoirs, January 1890. Eleven pages of signatures with addresses.built environment - commercial, local government - borough of port melbourne, business and traders, industry - noxious -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Correspondence, Town Clerk, E C Crockford, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, 1906 - 1908
Letter book containing tissue copies of Town Clerk E.C. Crockford's correspondence from May 1906 to February 1908; some handwritten, some typed; pages numbered and referenced alphabetically by correspondentIndexed in fronthealth - general health, local government - town of port melbourne, communication, transport - tramways, industry, industrial disputes, built environment - civic, sport - recreational grounds, edward c crockford, town clerks -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Correspondence, Town Clerk, E C Crockford, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, 1900 - 1902
Letter book containing tissue copies of Town Clerk E.C. Crockford's correspondence 1900 to 1902Indexed in fronthealth - general health, local government - town of port melbourne, communication, transport, industry, industrial disputes, built environment - civic, sport - recreational grounds, edward c crockford, town clerks -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Correspondence, Town Clerk, E C Crockford, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, 1902 - 1906
Letter book containing tissue copies of Town Clerk E.C. Crockford's correspondence October 1902 to March 1906; some handwritten, some typed; pages numbered and referenced alphabetically by correspondentIndexed in fronthealth - general health, local government - town of port melbourne, communication, transport, industry, built environment - civic, sport - recreational grounds, industrial disputes, edward c crockford, town clerks -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Brochure, West Gate Bridge Progress Report, 1977 - 1979
.03 - West Gate Bridge Progress Report: August 1977 - large 4pp brochure detailing main span construction and Operations centre engineering - bridges, local government - city of port melbourne, industry - manufacturing, built environment - recreational facilities, built environment - industrial, lower yarra crossing authority, claude butcher, jack anderson, jack, pmcc electricity supply, port melbourne football ground, j kitchen and sons pty ltd, west gate bridge -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - 2015 Calendar, Pat Grainger, Historic Port Melbourne, Sep 2014
Researched, written and designed by member/Secretary Pat Grainger, as a fundraiser2015 PMHPS Calendar- "Wheels". The cover has Port Melbourne Town Council horse and wagon in Railway Reserve 1910built environment, transport, local government - town of port melbourne, business and traders, sport - horse racing, sport - motor racing, industry - manufacturing, piers and wharves, w pentland, international harvester, a e wearne & son, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, max disher, port melbourne station, faram brothers hardware, joshua brothers distillery, tramways depot, ps hygeia, -
Heyfield & Districts Historical Society
Brick
... for the first church), as well as being active in the wider local ...James Tyson (8 April 1819 - 4 December 1898) purchased Heyfield Station from the Firebrace family in the late 1860s. Tyson referred to Heyfield as his "cabbage patch". Tyson was famous for insisting his workers were accommodated at the same standard as he was, and arranged for George Drew (1834-1892) and his family to come to Heyfield from his home station at Deniliquin to make bricks for the homestead and for the workers quarters. As far as can be ascertained they arrived in 1868, and selected land that became known as the Brick Yard. After making the bricks for Tyson he operated as would any normal brickmaker. George carried on the business until his death, with it being then operated by his sons Jack and Henry. Many buildings in the district contain Drew bricks, which are sometimes smaller than normal bricks. The most accessible example is the first Anglican Church of 1874, now in the school grounds.This brick has historical significance as an example of one of the early bricks made by the family, similar to those made for James Tyson, an important figure in Australian history. It has community significance as the story of the Drew family (who still remain in Heyfield) provides the community with a strong link to Tyson. The family has remained linked to the Anglican Church (having made the bricks for the first church), as well as being active in the wider local community.A single clay brick with two thumbprints in diagonal corners, ends glazed.brick industry, brickmaking, bricks -
Maffra Sugarbeet Museum
Souvenir Plate
A tangible reminder of how important the sugar beet factory and the sugar beet industry was to Maffra, is the production of souvenir-ware with images of the factory. The Sugar Beet industry was highly significant in the Maffra area for just under 50 years, and led to the construction of the Glenmaggie Weir and the consequent Macalister Irrigation District. The item lacks detailed provenance, but is obviously local.Oblong cream and tan souvenir plate with photograph of "Sugar Factory, Maffra" printed in centre. The ends are extended to form handles, each pierced with two holes.Sugar Factory Maffra [crown] / Victoria / China / Czechoslovakiasugarbeet -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Letter - Department of Lands and Survey granting land for temporary reserve, 18 Mar 1860
Handwritten letter from Dept of Lands and Survey granting Crown land for temporary reserve as site for abattoirs 18 March 1861local government - borough of sandridge, industry - noxious, department of lands and surveys, clement hodgkinson -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive, Local Government Advisory Board of Inquiry into the Advisability of the Union of the Cities of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Port Melbourne and South Melbourne, 1969 - 1971
L VOUMARD - Chairman of inquiry"Local Government Advisory Board of Inquiry into the Advisability of the Union of the Cities of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Port Melbourne and South Melbourne." 17 folders of paperwork relating to the above inquiry. An attached sheet lists all items.local government - city of port melbourne, industry, business and traders, raymond frank julier, mayors, amalgamation, l voumard, andreas (andy) t aanensen, town clerks, local government advisory board of inquiry -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Archive - They can carry me out, 1990 - 1991
File 07 - documents re publication of "They can carry me out"local government - city of port melbourne, built environment, families, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, domestic life, industry, recreation, sport, pat grainger, jill dawson, wendy morris, vintage port - worth preserving project 1991 -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Property valuation working papers, Knights Transport, Cruikshank Street, Port Melbourne, George Levey, 1950 - 1974
Sample of working papers relating to the valuation of 29 premises in Port Melbourne. These papers were maintained by Mr George LEVEY, who was the City Valuer for PMCC from around the mid 1950s to about 1974. Details are all in manilla folders. .10 - Knights Transport. 109-127 Cruickshank Streetbuilt environment - commercial, business and traders, local government - city of port melbourne, industry, george levey, r knight pty ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LOCAL HISTORY GRANTS PROGRAM ROUND 3
Application form to Local History Grants Program Round 3. Four pages with Public Record Office Victoria and logo in the top left corner and Victoria the Place To Be and logo in the top right corner. Written at the top of the page is ? Draft. Application is for a Poppet Head to acknowledge the Men and their families who worked in the underground mining industry and the achievement that Underground Mining made to make the City of Greater Bendigo what it is today. Also mentioned is estimated cost of of the project.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - local history grants program round 3, public record office victoria, long gully community house inc, long gully history group, mr george ellis, city of greater bendigo, long gully linear park, city of greater bendigo recreation department, city of greater bendigo community environmental education department, long gully community newsletter, eaglehawk times, bendigo advertiser, bendigo tourist bureau, shared action project (st lukes) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: UNVEILING OF MINING MONUMENT AT LONG GULLY
Paper mentions that credit for the project must go to the Long Gully History Group who have been working to install a sense of pride in the locals by highlighting the contribution the former residents made to the city. Long Gully was once known as Bendigo's Little Cornwall - the Cornish Association was asked to help. Also mentioned Long Gully in the 1870's, Gold discovery, Anthony Trollop's visit to Bendigo and his praise for Ballarat and his comments on Bendigo which were not flattering. Also mentioned was the men and their work, the miners complaint, the unrest in the mining industry and a lot of the miners leaving for West Australia.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - unveiling of mining monument at long gully, long gully history group, bendigo's little cornwall, cornish association, anthony trollop -
NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE)
Book: Melbourne’s North – the new knowledge economy Melbourne’s North – the new knowledge economy 2009
... Development and matching funding from industry, education and local... the Victorian Government Department of Innovation, Industry ...Melbourne’s North – the new knowledge economy is a study commissioned by NORTH Link and the Northern Metropolitan Melbourne Area Consultative Sub-Committee with seed funding from the Victorian Government Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development and matching funding from industry, education and local government in Melbourne’s North. It was prepared by National Institute of Economic and Industry Research. The report provides a detailed analysis of the Melbourne’s North regional economy and builds on the previous report, Growing Melbourne’s North – developing an integrated economy. It concludes that the region can achieve significant economic and social benefits if stakeholders share resources and cooperate across local government boundaries to form a discrete economic zone. The report includes recommendations and benchmarks that will support growth and quality employment outcomes for the region into the future as it undergoes the transition into a knowledge economy. Consultants National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR), Carmine Consulting ISBN 978-0-9803994-4-3 northern melbourne region, nmit -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BROADCASTING STATION 3CV, MARYBOROUGH, 2 March, 1956
Broadcasting Station 3CV, Maryborough. A souvenir of the opening of the New Studios and Offices of Central Victoria Broadcasters Pty Ltd. March 2nd, 1956. Established 1956, offices in Burke Street, opening coincides with the stations 21st birthday, March 2 for the former celebration, October 26 for the latter. Coverage included Bendigo, Ballarat, Daylesford, Castlemaine and Maryborough. 3CV plays active part in assisting charities and hospitals at Maryborough, Daylesford, Maldon and Dunolly. Active Women's Radio Club with branches in country centres adds strength to station's charitable efforts. Opening 3CV's new premises will widen the scope of the station's charitable efforts, and stronger link with Australian Commercial Broadcasting stations. Writer Harold V Nunn writes history of district of Mayborough. Manager Ken J Parker, Central Victoria Broadcasters Pty. Ltd. The Souvenir brochure also covers topics such as: deep lead mining. WWI. Houses being pulled down. New settlements of Mildura. Secondary Industries. Bowenvale, Alma, Majorca, Craigie, Amherst, Adelaide Lead, Havelock, Bet Bet, Bently. Primary production and a railway staff of approximately 150. Maryborough a little town without a future. Coal fields at Wonthaggi. 1917 a public meeting was convened in an effort to stem the tide of adversity. Mayor George Frost, M.L.A., decision to form a Progress Association, a policy of secondary industry was decided upon and committees were appointed, James L Drew much credit is due. Maryborough's move for rejuvenation was revolutionary, because apart from Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong, it was regarded as so much presumption that industry could be expected to function with success in a country town. Governments were unsympathetic. Maryborough & district people showed determination to succeed and their faith in their town. Employment and economic security provided by the industries outweighed the debt. Maryborough's general position is that it is no longer dependent upon one particular phase of activity. The first of the industries to be formed in 1918 was the Butter Factory. The nearer dairy companies did not take kindly to the prospect of another opposition company taking supplies from their districts, and in the first few years of establishment completion made the going hard for the management. But adopting a conservative policy and placing all profits to reserve I the first six years of operation headway was gradually made. Thus it was a red letter day for the company in 1925 when the first dividend of 5 percent was paid.1955 dividend of 10 per cent. Operating it's own trucks the dairy serviced local dairymen up to 40 miles. Maryborough Knitting mills est. 1923, having transferred from Clunes. Out bid Ballarat and Bendigo to the industry. The mill has what is probably the largest circular underwear plant in the Commonwealth, which is conservatively valued at 198,913 pounds. It produces between four and five million garments each year, worth over one million pounds. The company has established subsidiary mills at Dunolly, Talbot and Avoca. The company also assisted in the establishment of the Interknit Hosiery Co. Ltd., Clunes. The Maryborough Flour Mills is the second oldest of Mayborough's industries. It was built by Mr Cadwallader over 70 years ago. It was later sold to Mr. A Land and then to Jas. Minifie & Co. It had a somewhat 'in-and -out' existence until purchased in 1923 by Messrs. Willersdorf and Forbes, of Eddington. In 1939 the firm began to build silos for the storage of bulk wheat and the present storage capacity is 100,000 bushels. 1944 power was changed from steam to electricity. The mill has an out put of 20 sacks an hour. 1938 a chaff mill was built, and now is regarded as one of the best in Victoria. Its output in one year of approximately 6,800 tons is a State record for a single cutter. During this 30 year period Patience and Nicholson Limited has grown with Maryborough and is now one of the major key industries of Australia. The P&N brand covers precision tools - taps, dies and twist drills - indispensable to the country's economy, and quality is acknowledged equally by an air craft factory in Canada, a dockyard in Thailand, a railway workshop in New Zealand, no less than by our own Australian industries. Maryborough can be proud of the part played by P&N in war when, geared to the needs of the times, it poured countless millions of tools into defence factories and to the armed forces of the Allies, and now in peace when it is providing, hydro-electric undertakings and the manufacture of cars and tractors. From 1858, W Phelan & Sons Pty Ltd has made phenomenal and spectacular growth, becoming incorporated as a private company in 1929. It is without doubt the greatest private development in the history of Maryborough. 1940 joinery manufacture was commenced. The company entered the Ready Built Housing field in `950 - and in 1951 established a factory at Cairns, Northern Queensland to overcome the manufacturing difficulties being experienced due to the shortage of plywood in Victoria. Present activities include: Ready Built Housing Factory, on-site building, a modern joinery, timber yard, drying kilns, etc., and plumbing & electrical & engineering services, a door and panel factory at Cairns, retail hardware store, Melbourne Sales Depot. Hedges & Bell Pty Ltd were est 1945, with a staff of 40 employees are the largest printing firm outside the metropolitan area. The branch of Premier Wireworks is a contribution made by the decentralisation policy of the State.event, official, celebration, broadcasting station 3cv, maryborough. a souvenir of the opening of the new studios and offices of central victoria broadcasters pty ltd. march 2nd, 1956. established 1956, offices in burke street, 21st birthday. coverage bendigo, ballarat, daylesford, castlemaine maryborough. assisting charities and hospitals maldon and dunolly. women's radio club opening 3cv's new premises australian commercial broadcasting stations. writer harold v nunn writes history of district of mayborough. manager ken j parker, central victoria broadcasters pty. ltd. souvenir brochure: deep lead mining. wwi. houses pulled down. new settlements. primary production railway staff. coal fields wonthaggi. 1917 a public meeting was convened in an effort to stem the tide of adversity. mayor george frost, m.l.a., form a progress association, policy of secondary industry, james l drew rejuvenation was revolutionary, employment and economic security. the first of the industries to be formed in 1918 was the butter factory. thus it was a red letter day for the company in 1925 when the first dividend of 5 percent was paid.1955 dividend of 10 per cent. operating it's own trucks serviced local dairymen. maryborough knitting mills est. 1923 largest circular underwear plant in the commonwealth. established subsidiary mills at dunolly, talbot, avoca. interknit hosiery co. ltd., clunes. the maryborough flour mills it was built by mr cadwallader. mr. a land jas. minifie & co. messrs. willersdorf and forbes, build silos for wheat storage capacity is 100, 000 bushels. 1944 power was changed from steam to electricity. 20 sacks an hour. 1938 a chaff mill was built, best in victoria. patience and nicholson limited the p&n precision tools - taps, dies and twist drills. war, geared to the needs of the times, countless millions of tools into defence factories the armed forces of the allies, hydro-electric undertakings and the manufacture of cars and tractors. from 1858, w phelan & sons pty ltd, incorporated 1929. 1940 joinery manufacture. ready built housing field in 1950 - 1951 established a factory at cairns, northern queensland to overcome the manufacturing difficulties being experienced due to the shortage of plywood in victoria. present activities: ready built housing factory, on-site building, a modern joinery, timber yard, drying kilns, etc., and plumbing & electrical & engineering services, a door and panel factory at cairns, retail hardware store, melbourne sales depot. hedges & bell pty ltd were est. 1945, with a staff of 40 employees are the largest printing firm outside the metropolitan area. the branch of premier wireworks is a contribution made by the decentralisation policy of the state. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - SUBMISSION ON BENDIGO'S POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL EXPANSION, 1966
SUBMISSION ON BENDIGO'S POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL EXPANSION.City of Bendigo, Eaglehawk, Huntly, Marong and Strathgovernment, local, city of bendigo, bendigo, eaglehawk, huntly, marong, strathfieldsaye. commercial, industrial, industry, commerce -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: BENDIGO'S CENTURY VOLUME SEVEN: 1960 - 1969
Supplement to the Bendigo Advertiser, December 15, 1999 Volume Seven: 1960-1969 titled Bendigo's Century. The front has a photo of the BCV 8 Studio. Contains photos and local news, council matters, planning, Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business and some Advertisements. Photos include Early stages in the construction of the Eppalock tower and bridge pillars, Christine Wiseman, TV8's first news reader Ron Alderton, Dr Albert L Beischer, Advertiser buiding, fire at the Advertiser building, Oscar Flight, Bendigo Town Hall, William Basil Ashman, Lake Eppalock, Premier Henry Bolte, Que O'Hoy, Sandhurst Guest House, The Lyric Theatre, E C Thompson, The elm tree in Market Square, Leslie Galvin, The original Myer Store, The Joss House, Sidney Myer, Bendigo Police Barracks, Bunratty Castle, Albert Vivian Gray, The Victoria Hill site, Architects drawing of the new council administrative offices and Noel Beaton MHR.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo's century volume seven: 1960 - 1969, bendigo advertiser, bcv 8, eppalock dam, premier henry bolte, the criterion hotel, mccarthy family, teachers training college, bendigo original teachers college, long gully state school, stramit, bendigo university site committee, mrs christine wiseman, bendigo city council, the broadcasting control board, general television pty ltd, bendigo central victoria telecasters pty ltd, mr davidson, bennett's arcade, woolworth's, white hills swimming pool, herb elliott, sailor's guide, toni riley pharmacies, rising sun hotel, ron alderton, dr albert l beischer, channel 8, melbourne herald, 3bo, bendigo advertiser officeslyceum theatre, junior technical school white hills, mount alvernia hospital, most reverend dr b d stewart, sisters of the franciscan missionaries of the divine motherhood, lazarus family, bendigo's tramways, state electricity commission, george pethard, lance pethard, bendigo advertiser fire 29/7/1962, riverine herald, the herald and weekly times, bendigo art gallery, oscar flight, hollands foundry, eaglehawk u.f.s. dispensary, gillies famous pies, william basil ashman, golden gate hotel, grieves family, bendigo town hall, mr r r anderson, mr e h brown, cr neville oliver, cr tom flood, traffic commission, lansell family, abev-1, bendigo ordnance factory, actu, bendigo trades hall council, the ramsay report, bendigo benevolent home, bendigo home and hospital for the aged, princess theatre, amoco, lake eppalock, bendigo training prison, bendigo police station lock-up, shamrock hotel, rifle brigade hotel, hopetoun hotel, anz bank, marong shire offices, sir rohan delacombe, st paul's church, que o'hoy, waldron family, windermere hotel, aids & appliance shop, anne caudle centre, e c thompson, mayfair hams, sandhurst guest house, lyric theatre, chinese joss house, ordnance factory, sir john jenson, bridge street chinese quarter, bendigo city hall, cr r f turner, cr tom flood, victorian inland meat authority, new zealand insurance co, mrtropolitan security service, bendigo easter fair society, golden square high school, eaglehawk high school, bendigo technical college, mr ralph w birrell, bendigo fountain plaza, the bethlehem home for the aged, dick hazeldene, victorian egg board, bendigo united cricket club, south bendigo united cricket club, western mining corporation, les priest, alexandra fountain, bendigo advertiser, cr w cambridge, bendigo council, eaglehawk council, strathfieldsaye shire, huntly shire, marong shire, david thomas, senator john gorton, bendigo's college of advanced education, bank of new south wales, harp and shamrock hotel, the honorable leslie william galvin, kurmala, cain government, hanro knitting mills, myer store, sidney myer, davey brothers grocery store, national trust, myer emporium, myer's ltd, cox bros (australia) ltd, dame merlyn myer, baillieu myer, frank greenaway, institute of technology, gas & fuel corporation, bendigo railway station, anz bank, city family hotel, tab branch, senior constable alfred herbert wright, senior constable allan raymond brown, victorian football league, bendigo police barracks, camp hill state school, state electricity commission, the country party, the labor party, transport regulation board, stuart anderson, grose family, jean theodore de ravin, kyneton shire, sir william mcdonald, mines department, the loddon hospitals region group laundry and central linen service, kevin wynne, albert vivian gray, bradford cotton mills ltd, bradmill industries ltd, victoria hill, bendigo and district tourist association, professor brian lewis, melbourne university, victorian chinese community, loong, sun loong, stafford ellinson, coles' store, north deborah mining company nl, noel beaton mhr, durham ox hotel, taylor family -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Memorial Plaque, Memorial Plaque Factory, "Dead Man's Penny", Circa 1921
The "Dead Man's Penny" of Private George Matthews (24/1744) is a district link to the First World War. George enlisted with the Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a rifleman. Born in 1891, he was a former pupil of Myrtleford State School 955 and was one of four first cousins killed in action and recorded in a memorial window and honour board at the Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, the Soldier's Memorial Square and on the State School Honour Board. George's parents, John and Mary Matthews,received the plaque in a pack, together with a letter and commemorative scroll from King George V. George Matthews is buried at the Caterpillar Valley (N.Z.) Memorial, France, having died on October 1, 1916, aged 25. The memorial plaque links local family tragedy to world conflict. It represents the impact of such events must have had on small town communities. George Matthews' enlistment in New Zealand is an indicator of the migratory nature of men involved in gold mining after the decline of the industry in Victoria and New South Wales in the late 19th centuryA World War 1 memorial plaque issued to next-of-kin of all British and Empire service personnel who died as a result of the war. They were round and cast in bronze, hence their similarity to the much smaller penny coin. The plaque includes an image of Britannia, holding a trident and standing with a lion. Britannia holds an oak leaf above the deceased's name, which is recorded without rank. Two dolphins swim around Britannia, symbolizing sea power, and at the base a second lion is tearing apart the German eagle. Around the picture a legend reads: "He died for freedom and Honour"Name engraved: GEORGE MATTHEWSmemorial plaque dead man's penny george matthews -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Tobacco Sales Photograph
The photograph depicts the magnitude of the tobacco industry in the late 1960s to 1970s era when many Myrtleford district growers contributed to the annual tobacco harvest. The impact of post-war migration from southern Europe was playing an important role in reaching harvest records.The photograph reflects the "golden years" of tobacco growing in the district, which continued into the 1970s, prior to later deregulation in the 1980s and 90s and the ceasing of production altogether in 2006. This sales floor attracted local farming families to observe activities off-season in Melbourne, before the sales were conducted at a complex in Myrtleford. A monochrome photograph displaying a large tobacco selling floorInscription: "VIEW OF THE SHOW FLOOR OF DALGETY-NZL's BROOKLYN WOOL STORE ON 27-6-1966 WHEN 15,940 BALES OF TOBACCO LEAF VALUED AT $3,507,000 WERE DISPLAYED. IT WAS THE BIGGEST DISPLAY OF TOBACCO LEAF EVER SEEN IN AUSTRALIA" tobacco industry, myrtleford tobacco selling floor -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Tobacco Advertising Sign, "Wills's Golden Flake"
The sign is one collected by shareholders or officers of the Tobacco Company of Victoria Ltd. (located in Myrtleford), who donated it following closure of the tobacco growing industry in Australia.The advertisement acknowledges local grower links with a major tobacco manufacturer who purchased leaf from them over an extended period.Large metal multi-coloured enamel advertising sign, rectangular in shape, depicting cigarettes in a cylindrical package,Signage includes: Wills's "Golden Flake" Cigarettes--50s. W.D. & H.O. Willstobacco industry tobacco advertising -
Myrtleford and District Historical Society
Cigarette Dispenser
... to the local tobacco industry organization, the Tobacco Company ...Such dispensers were sold in tobacconist and gift shops as everyday household novelty items.The dispenser links the role of a Myrtleford tobacconist and hairdresser to the local tobacco industry organization, the Tobacco Company of Victoria Ltd., who housed the item after closure of his business in 1976. Brown and cream coloured bakelite cigarette dispenser, incorporating shape of a kookabura. Upright shape of a kookabura at one end of the dispenser.cigarette dispenser. -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Document (item) - Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Report on the Future of Australian Military Aircraft Manufacturing, The Australian Aircraft Manufacturing Industry
Outlines current problems facing the industry and suggests responses to ensure a strong local manufacturing base. -
Clunes Museum
Document - MAGAZINE, THE LOCAL ISSUE 279
... -SOTTED" BEES HOBBY TURNED INDUSTRY THE LOCAL ISSUE 279 DATED 8 ...THE LOCAL ISSUE 279 DATED 8 MAY 2023, PAGES 20 AND 21. ARTICLE "BEE-SOTTED". HOW A BACKYARD HOBBY BECAME A BUSINESS". IAN MCFARLANE AND GRAEME GRIGSON."bee-sotted", bees, hobby turned industry