Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Large honour board listing the male and female 'champions' of the tennis club between 1926 and 1967. [The item forms part of the large historic Auburn Heights Recreation Club collection, with items relating to the sports of lawn bowls, tennis and croquet, gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].auburn heights recreation club - barkers road - kew (vic), clubs - tennis - kew (vic)

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Wooden honour board with gilt lettering, listing the Auburn Heights Ladies' Lawn Bowling Club Presidents, Secretaries and Champions from 1933 to 1967. [The item forms part of the large historic Auburn Heights Recreation Club collection, with items relating to the sports of lawn bowls, tennis and croquet, gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].auburn heights recreation club - barkers road - kew (vic), auburn heights ladies' bowling club - barkers road - kew (vic), honour boards

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Large Honour board listing in gilt lettering the major sporting achievements of the Kew Bowling Club (1880-1998) by year. The item is part of the historic Kew Bowling Club (1880-1898) collection gifted to the Kew Historical Society by MCC Kew Sports Club in 2020. kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), honour boards - lawn bowls

1934 was the year that Victoria celebrated the European settlement of Victoria. Events were planned through Victoria. In Kew a children's picnic was planned. The following newspaper report records what happened: KEW CHILDREN'S PICNIC. Owing to rain the picnic which the Kew Centenary celebrations committee had arranged for children resident in the municipality, which was to have taken place at Victoria Park yesterday, had to be postponed. The organisers decided to forward to the various schools the luncheons which had been prepared for the children and hurriedly made arrangements for their entertainment at a picture theatre. Needless to say the theatre was crowded to capacity, in addition to special pictures a punch and judy show was provided and a number of aborigines who are in Melbourne for the Centenary gave, exhibitions of native dances and corroborees. The trophies for the sports events are to do competed for at a later date. (The Age, 3 Nov 1934, p. 24)Local ephemera deriving from the eventTwo tickets to a Children's Centenary Picnic including a buffet luncheon in Victoria Park. The event commemorated the settlement at Melbourne in 1833. The event occurred on 1/11/34. The tickets were donated by Joy Stewart in 1980.City of Kew / Children's Centenary Picnic / Victoria Park 2/11/34 / Buffet Luncheon (in central marquee) / Available 12.45 - 2.30 p.m. / Admit 1.centenary of melbourne (1834-1934), victoria park (kew), printed ephemera

Tobacco tin - RoundThree Nuns on the reverse NAAFI Stores for HM Forces

Gold trimmed white ceramic mug with handle and log depicting a blackbird with red hat and beak holding a bomb, a blue box and yellow moon. Star on blue back groundMotto: Alone! Unarmed! Unafraid? Black birds. On reverse side Aussie in black printing with gold border to lettersmug, 12th tac recon sqn

This item was donated by Major John Boyd Healy who served with the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He did two tours of duty. August 1962 to September 1963 with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) and from June 1965 to June 1966 with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.Newspaper article titled, NZ Pride which says the Diggers have a proprietary pride in the artillery battery. This item is on page fourteen of Personal Collections 5 1961-1975 -- artillery operations, chaplains, newspaper clippings, major john healy, royal australian infantry corps, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment, healy john boyd, padre, gerald anthony cudmore, cpl lex mcauley, 335092

This item was donated by Captain David Frederick Paul who served with the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. He did two tours of duty. June 1965 to May 1966 with 1st Battalion with the Royal Australian Regiment and from May 1969 to May 1970 with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV).A newspaper article titled A Company, 1st Battalion in action. To the left of the article there is a photograph of Major John Healy, commander of A Company, 1 Royal Australian Regiment and Captain David Paul. This item is on page fourteen of Personal Collections 5.1 rar, major john healy, capt david paul, a company, 1st battalion, the royal australian regiment, 235220, capt david frederick paul, royal australian infantry corps, australian army training team vietnam (aattv), paul david frederick, newspaper clippings

The MUIOOF Lodge was located in Union Street, Kew. The Lodge was established in 1863. It was demolished in the early 1990s.The Lodge Board lists the names of representatives of many of Kew's pioneering families. The Board was donated to the Society when the Hall was demolished. MUIOOF Lodge Board - Yarra Yarra District, Loyal Kew Lodge No. 5093 Port Phillip District till 1888 / Yarra Yarra District from 1888 Past Grands [listed] W.Woolard 1864 to A.E. Martin 1990 Maker marks - [Painted on back panel] "Lodge Board - Written by Bro. J. Kleiner, Signwriter 432 Burwood Rd. Glenferrie March 1930".[Engraved on pediment] "G.E. Gosbell, Woodcarver 1955". muioof (kew), yarra yarra district, port phillip district, j. kleiner, manchester unity independent order of oddfellows, w. woollard, d. gray, g. taylor, d. dannock, e.g. backwell, s. conder, j.h. joyce, r. summers, r. clulow, w. morris, f. fanhauser, j. waters, w. butson, a. dalton, t.g. jellis, j. watson, w. howieson, a.h. alexander, w.h. perry, a.r. studd, t. greenhill, w.a. hunt, w. maslen, t. eakins, h. ellis, a. geoffrey, j. priestman, t.e. morrisjamieson, c.h. bryan, g. hinchcliffe, t. foley, a.j. conder, s. clapham, a. cornish, f.j. fauvel, e.m. bond, h. co, j.g m. moller, e. hillier, w. finucane, w.e. bristow, v. geoffrey, a. hill, j.t. studd, h. de c. kellett, a.j whittaker, e. foley, e.f. fordred, p.j. ridgeway, j. barnard, h.a. ingham, h. woollard, j.w. fuller, e. mclean, p.g. pearce, f. walsh, h. fryar, h. salisbury, h. woolard, h.c. cox, a.j. watson, w. holt, f.t. james, e.c. parry, g. lees, h.o. ada,s, g.c. barclay, g.h. mockridge, g. philpott, j. corser, a. lilburn, w.p. wheeler, t.e. morri, r.r. clarke, h.d. sisson, w.r. harle, w.g. gray, j.d. newman, c.w. laidler, e.a. rae, a.a. homes, a. mcconachie, h.f. woollard, p.g. gallop, h.c. nelson, l.n. graebe, e.w. firth, n. rae, r.j. kelly, j. donaldson, f.t. jmes, c. till, t.j. doyle, s.m.f wills, w.l. smith, h. mcallan, h.a. morgan, a. kinns, w.r. adams, c.h. jones, g.h. carter, m. prout, a.w. bishop, k.c. hemmings, e.k. sparls, l.m. harle, j.m. prout, l.e. watts, d.b. adams, f.u. woolard, a. macrae, n.l. gration, d.h. vickers, m.h.m. alister, t.a. till, r.w. bent, j.w. woolard, a.e. woolard, r.h. harle, jean harle, l.o. adams, d.h. lloyd, k.w. harle, d.g. mclean, p.s. pearse, v.l. profitt, f.c. marks, m.h. mcalister, j. newman, e.m. savory, a.f gration, c.g. teasdale, e.k. sparkes, a.j. scott, w.h. savory, t.r. holland, g.t. smith, d. adams, s. rowe, t. bentley, l.e. fegan, m.j. fiander, g.n. bentley, j.l. oakley, h. brierley, b. oakley, m. j. fiander, w. humphries, a. weingardt, c. nunn, d.a. adams, s.p. clark, s. evans, g.n.bentley, s. clugston, d.c. mitchell, a.e. martin, g.n bentley, l.b. murrell, t.b. will, d. murrell

Dark timber framed, burgundy, matt board box display of VC winner WO 11 Kevin 'Dasher' Arthur Wheatley. Displays Warrant Officers' peaked cap, L & R sleeves with insignia & cloth badges of AATTV, AMF, rank, photograph & citation. eleven (replica) medals, four badges & a brass plaque.Brass plaque "WO 11 Kevin 'Dasher' Arthur Wheatley, VC 29890. Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. Royal Australian Infantry.medals, vietnam., victoria cross, aattv, wo ka wheatley

PRIVATE ROBERT RICHARD METCALF, No. 4853, 7th Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Killed in Action 10 May 1917, France.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of one soldier and his life. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.ROBERT R METCALFframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

Staff Nurse, OLIVE ISABEL LAYCOCK, enlisted. Embarked Sydney 28/1/1918. Discharged from the AANS 30/3/1919. Staff Nurse ELLEN ELIZABETH MURDOCH, enlisted 21/6/1917, embarked Melbourne, June 30, 1917. Staff Nurse MURIEL MARY SAUNDERS, enlisted 7/11/1917, embarked Sydney 16/11/1917. Staff Nurse ELIZABETH KATE WILIAMS - enlisted 4/8/1915, embarked Melbourne, RTA 19/12/1917. Staff Nurse STELLA WILLIAMS, enlisted 18/6/1917, embarked June 30, 1917.Memorabilia - Framed story of the nurses, in colour, using memorabilia of the nurses and their lives. Printed on Paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing."THE NURSES"framed items, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE JOSEPH FLETCHER, No 1226, 16th Infantry Battalion, RTA. PRIVATE JEFFREY WILLIAM FLETCHER, No , 13th Light Horse Regiment, RTA RICHARD FLETCHER - Employed as a Munitions Worker in England. PRIVATE JOHN FLETCHER, No 2723, 38th Battalion, RTA PRIVATE SEPTIMUS FLETCHER, No 4485, 7th Infantry Battalion, RTA. PRIVATE ROBERT MARTIN, No 662, 7th Infantry Battalion, died accidental injury in Egypt 26 Feb 1915. Memorabilia - Framed story of a family, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.FLETCHER FAMILY framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

The joystick has been held by the Barber family since the crash in 1945. It had been kept as a momento to the witnessing of the incident involving an aeroplane from the Nhill Air Training School. In recent times the joystick has been mounted on a display base and loaned to the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre to add to the awairness of this event. This is the only remains of this aircraft known to existSection of a wooden aircraft joystick, broken off at the base. Made of turned and polished wood with a turned handle section approx 100mm at the top. Mounted on a wooden display base with two brass retaining rings. Display base has information in text and description artwork of the aircraft. Inscription "MEMORABILIA from R.A.A.F. FLYING SCHOOL / NHILL AERODROME World War II"air crash, joy stick, propodollah, barber, tiger moth, a17 751, keith scholfield, lac john considine

Captain JOHN HARRY FLETCHER, No 1057, 24th Battalion, Killed in Action, October 5th 1918, Mountbrehain, France.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his lef. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.HARRY FLETCHERframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE DAVID JAMES VICTOR JAMIESON No. 3875, 5th Infantry Battalion, killed in action 28/7/1916 in France.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life, printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.DAVID J.V. JAMIESONframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE NORMAN VERREL LONG , No 591, 23rd Battalion, Killed in Action, August 16, 1916 in France.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.NORMAN V. LONGframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE WILLIAM JAMES MAY no. 674, 38th Battalion - 10 Machine Gun Company., RTA 18/9/1919.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life, printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.WILLIAM J. MAY framed items, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE FRANCIS NORMAN MOYLE. No 874, 29th Infantry Battalion RTA. Included in information - brothers-in-law to Francis N. Moyle; PRIVATE THOMAS ORTON - died of wounds 16 Sept PRIVATE ARTHUS ORTON PRIVATE LESLIE ORTON - 2nd Divisional Cycle Corps.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - Black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.FRANCIS N, MOYLE framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE FREDERICK LAURENCE SHELDON. No. 387, 14th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action 30/4/1915 on Gallipoli.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life. Printed on paper. FRAME - BLACK EXTRUDED PLASTIC , GLASS FRONT, CARDBOARD BACKING.FREDERICK SHELDONframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE GEORGE THOMAS SPEEDY no. 21718, Army Medical Corps, General reinforcements, RTA 6/9/1919. PRIVATE CHARLES EVERETT SPEEDY, No 3936, 22nd Infantry Battalion, wounded at the Battle of Somme, RTA 21/7/1918.Memorabilia - framed story of two brothers, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.GEORGE T, SPEEDY / CHARLES E. SPEEDYframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JOHN SYMONS, V.C. No. 174, 7th Battalion, 37th Battalion, wounded, RTA, Military appointment terminated 7/12/1918.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.WILLIAM J, SYMONS, V.C. framed items, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE JOHN EDWARD WOOD, No 5239, 6th Infantry Battalion, Killed in Action 20/9/1917 in Belgium.Memorabilia - framed story of a soldier, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldier and his life, Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.JOHN E. WOODframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE LESLIE WASHINGTON MILLER, No 1226, 14th Infantry Battalion. KIA 8/8/1915, Gallipoli Peninsula. PRIVATE PERCIVAL JAMES GELLON, No 785, 7th Infantry Battalion, KIA 5/7/1915, Gallipoli Peninsula.Memorabilia - framed story of two soldiers in colour using memorabilia of the soldiers and their ives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.- LESLIE W. MILLER/ PERCIVAL J. GELLONframed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

CORPORAL WILLIAM NICHOLAS RUDDICK, No 2112, 22nd Infantry Battalion, died in France 5/8/1916, aged 20 years. LANCE CORPORAL FREDERICK WILLIAM LAWRNCE KNUCKEY, No 66, 38th Infantry Battalion, drowned at sea 10/10/1918.Memorabilia - Framed story of two soldiers, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives, Printed on Paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.WILLIAM N. RUDDICK / FREDERICK W. L. KNUCKEYframed items, anzacs, eaglehawk

Private JOHN THOMAS TAYLOR, no 2067, 24TH Battalion, Killed in Action on 21st August 1916, France. Lance Corporal ALFRED ALEXANDER PRIEST, No 5162, 6th Battalion, died of wounds in France, May 27, 1918.Memorabilia - framed story of two soldiers, in colour, using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.JOHN T. TAYLOR/ ALFRED A. PRIESTframed items, anzacs, eaglehawk

PRIVATE EDGAR CLAUDE BICE, No 7448, 8th Battalion AIF, WIA, RTA. PRIVATE HENRY MARTIN BICE, No 3475, 21 Battalion AIF, RTA.Memorabilia - Framed story of two brothers in colour using memorabilia of the soldiers and their lives. Pinted on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.'BICE BROTHERS'framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk

John James Bray, Stoker, Submarine AE1, lost September 14, 1914.Memorabilia - framed story of a stoker in colour using memorabilia of the stoker and his life. Printed on paper. Frame - black extruded plastic, glass front, cardboard backing.JOHN JAMES BRAY framed item, anzacs, eaglehawk