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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Magazine - HORWOOD COLLECTION: STEAM SUPREME MAGAZINE, June 2013
Magazine 'Steam Supreme', National Steam Centre, Melbourne. Article on Joel Horwood 'Horwood's Foundry' written by John Horwood, descendant. Joel Horwood JP 1832 - 1900, the pioneer foundry man of the Sandhurst Goldfields. Whereabouts unknown. Filing Cabinet 2 no longer in use.National Steam Centre Melbournemagazine, organization, steam engines, horwood foundry, steam engines at mudgee, joel horwood, bendigo iron works -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Colac & District Family History Group Inc, Pioneering days: a woman's life, 2013
This is a collection of stories and newspaper clippings that relate to the women of the Colac district during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 300 women, some with a lot of information, others only covering a few lines, have been recorded. Many often would have had overwhelming issues to face in their day-to-day lives, with loneliness, lack of close communication and medical help, bad or unmade roads and harsh living conditions, ensuring that their children were fed. Pioneering days: a woman's life. Colac & District Family History Group Inc (comp.). 1st ed. Colac (Vic); Colac & District Family History Group Inc; 2013. vi, 284 p.; illus. ISBN 978 0975 0679 1 8 Soft cover.colac; otways; families; articles; -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Heritage or heresy?, 1993
When pioneer August Schwerkolt built his stone cottage in 1864 he was more concerned with shelter than politics.When pioneer August Schwerkolt built his stone cottage in 1864 he was more concerned with shelter than politics. Yet the home he built is now the centre of a dispute between Nunawading Council and local historians over proposals to charge for entry to the gardens and erect a rotunda.When pioneer August Schwerkolt built his stone cottage in 1864 he was more concerned with shelter than politics.schwerkolt cottage, brandenburg, john p, cox, george, city of nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Isn't it wonderful, 19/04/1967
Daughter of pioneer, Mrs Helen Amelia Rowley celebrated 100th birthday and is presented with a letter of congratulations by mayor, Cr E.O Lundgren, town clerk, Mr A.N. Wallis and Cr S.G. Dewar. Photos of Mrs Rowley and homestead in Woodhouse Grove where she was born in 1867.rowley, helen amelia, lundgren, e.o., wallis, a.n., dewar, s.g., woodhouse grove homestead, bamford, frank, aspinall, rupert, aspinall, myrtle, furneaux, connie, aspinall, alice, furneaux, lena -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - EAGLEHAWK & DISTRICT PIONEER REGISTER VOLUME 3 J-M, c2001
Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register Volume 3 J-M. Publisher Annette O'Donohue, Bendigo. ISBN: 0 9585948 2 1. 334 pages. Book Mark also included listing abbreviations and their meaning. Photographs, illustrations & maps. Signed by Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hanson.Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hansonhistory, australian, pioneers, eaglehawk & district, bendigo history, eaglehawk pioneers, genealogy -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Pioneer Dinner 1912, 1912
Black and white photograph, mounted on cardboard. Group of people with row of flags in background. Bluestone building on left, with large lamp. Brick and timber building at rear.Front: Pioner Dinner 1912 hosted by Mayor and Mayoress, Cr. & Mrs. W.J. Williamson. Bottom - Old Pioneers Dinner given by Mayor and Mayoress, Cr. & Mrs. W.J. Williamson, 1912. Back: Date 1914 approx. Back row from left: 7th Willie Tulloh, 8th Jo Porter. Gathering of Old Pioneers Dinner given by Mayor and Mayoress, Cr. & Mrs. W.J. Williamson.pioneer dinner, 1912, portland -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Mayor S.C. Morris and Mrs. E.V. Pullin at unveiling of pioneers plaque outside Ringwood library on 26.10.74
Written on back of photograph, 'Mayor S.C. Morris and Mrs. E.V. Pullin, MBE President of RHR [Ringwood Historical Research] Group at unveiling of pioneers plaque outside library on 26.10.74.' -
National Wool Museum
Book, Pioneers of Wool
"Pioneers of Wool" - Robert Ingpen, Pioneer Settlement Press, 1972. Written and illustrated by Robert Ingpen, looking at various developments in the history of wool in Australia and various significant locations.wool - history wool growing wool processing, ingpen, mr robert, wool - history, wool growing, wool processing -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, 2001
"Pioneers of Victorian Irrigation"irrigation, dethridge, js, photograph, people -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pioneer Walk Murals
Pioneer Walk Murals. stawell -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newsclipping, Glossy record of shire's romantic past and the people who made it by Fab Calafuri, Diamond Valley News, 16 September 1986, 16 Sep 1986
A review of Pioneers and PaintersDigital file only - Digitised by EDHS from a scrapbook on loan from Beryl Bradbury (nee Stokes), daughter of Frank Stokes.beryl bradbury (nee stokes) collection, pioneers and painters, alan marshall, centenary celebrations, christmas hills, clifton pugh, david newbury, dudley street, eltham, gareth jones roberts, hurstbridge, john perceval, joy peck, kangaroo ground, kinglake, lower plenty, luther haley general store, main road, montmorency, neil douglas, panton hill, peter glass, research (vic.), sheila ferguson, shire of eltham, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, st andrews, yarra glen -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper clippings, approx 1909
Early commercial activities of the Hazelwood Family at San Remo approximately 1909. Published in an unnamed newspaperNewspaper clipping entitled "Pictorial History of San Remo" by Cyril Hazelwood, detailing Lou Hazelwood pioneer fisherman and Mutton Bird catching - includes photographs of Manuka Cafe, Vivien Hazelwood's fishing boat, early beach scene at San Remo and collecting Mutton Birds at Cape Woolamai.Pictorial History of San Remo x Cyril Hazelwoodlocal history, documents, newspapers, san remo, local area development by europeans, black & white newspaper clipping, newspapers- san remo, hazelwood family history, commercial activity -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, {pioneers were on the ball, 1983
The recent opening of the very first public tennis courts in Nunawading has stirred memories of the district's tennis pioneers.The recent opening of the very first public tennis courts in Nunawading has stirred memories of the district's tennis pioneers. The former Nunawading Park Tennis club was established near the Canterbury - Middleborough Roads corner more than 60 years ago. Photos of club members in 1919 & 1920.The recent opening of the very first public tennis courts in Nunawading has stirred memories of the district's tennis pioneers. tennis, nunawading park tennis club, boyce-gibson, alec, paton, burton, figgis, alan, macmahon ball, w., davies, dave -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: EMU CREEK BUSH BAND
Colour photo of the Emu Creek Bush Band sitting or standing outside a small weatherboard building with a sign over the door with Emu Creek painted on it. To the left is a sign with - In Memory of the Pioneers of Emu Creek - painted on it. The band members are playing their instruments. A heeler dog is sitting on the ground in front of them.photo, group, emu creek bush band, peter ellis collection, emu creek bush band -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: EMU CREEK HALL
Black and white photograph. In memory of the pioneers of Emu Creek sign. People Dancing in front of Emu Creek hall. Bush Band. Accordion. Guitar. Violin. Lute. Old style attire. Rear of photo reads Emu Creek Band Bendigo Bush Dance & music club Dancers.entertainment, dance, bush dance -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - MINE MANAGERS REPORT
Handwritten extracts from the Mine Manager's Report, John Veale from the North Johnsons Shaft No 216, dated Jan 16th 1908 and the Koch's Pioneer Shaft No 224, Manager C. Rowedated 26 /4/1899. Report mentions machinery and equipment, crushing, firewood and winding engine.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, mine manager's report, north johnsons, john veale, koch's pioneer, c rowe, cornish united co, central windmill coy, windmill hill coy, mr mcgrath -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - EAGLEHAWK& DISTRICT PIONEER REGISTER VOLUME 4 N-Q, c2003
Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register Volume 4 N-Q. Publisher Annette O'Donohue, Bendigo. ISBN: 0 9585948 6 4. 254 pages. Book Mark also included listing abbreviations and their meaning. Photographs, illustrations & maps. Signed by Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hanson 15.6.2003.Annette O'Donohue & Bev Hansonhistory, australian, pioneers, eaglehawk & district, bendigo history, eaglehawk pioneers, genealogy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO'S MINING HISTORY 1851 - 1954, 1991
Bendigo's Mining History 1851 - 1954. Introduction and overview of gold and mining by the pioneers in the Bendigo area. Contains photographs, Illustrations and Maps. Page 1 has a letter of thanks from James Lerk to the Bendigo Historical Society for use of material in their collection. Autographed by author on 22 July 1991James A. Lerkhistory, mining -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD PHOTOS WW1, Edgar Dawson Collection : Assorted postcards, 1918
This six-postcard group is the seventh in a series of records of items in the collection of Edgar Dawson DCM. Dawson was the Regimental Sergeant Major of 57th Battalion, AIF. C Company of the 57th was composed of men drawn from Echuca, Eaglehawk and Bendigo. The postcards are from his personal album, and many are annotated in Dawson's hand with explanatory notes on the subject. Refer to Cat No 893 for his service details. Items originally in album cat. no. 207P These postcards illustrate the links between battalions, such as the 5th and 47th. 1. Group portrait of the Officers and NCOs of C Company, 47th Battalion. 47th Btn was drawn from Queensland and Tasmania, and C company was primarily Queenslanders. 2. Group photo of the signallers and stretcher bearers of 5th Battalion. Dawson note that Josiah and Norman Rolls, from Golden Square in Bendigo, are in photograph. 3. Group photograph of 57th Battalion medal recipients taken outside Exeter cathedral. 4. 57th Btn band 5 HQ Pioneers, 57th Btn, 8th of October 1917. Dawson notes that the man front row extreme right is 50 years old. 6. Group photo of some officers of the 57th Btn 1. On verso "A.R. Tweddell, 47th Battalion, C Company A.I.F" 2. On Verso "This is a group photograph signallers 5th Battalion Jo and Norm Rolls" 3. "Group taken in Exeter at a a presentation of medals" 4. "This is our band can you pick out Bob Scott" 5. "This is our HQ pioneers who do all our building. The chap on the front row right is fifty years of age and came away with the first contingent. Also the corporal, sergeant and two left had men rear rank" 6. "This is a photo of some of the officers of our battalion. Colonel J.C. Stewart centre, Major R.M. Cotheson on left, Captain Laing M.C. on right. Will tell you the rest when I get home"postcards, 57th battalion, edgar dawson dcm -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Souvenir - China Egg Cup - Portland souvenir, n.d
White bone china egg cup. Gold rim, black and white image of Edward Henty. Measurements 6 x 4.5 diameterFront: '1834-1934' on cup Edward Henty, Victoria's Pioneer Portland Centenary; Around the foot of the cup Back: Makers stamp 'Royal Stafford English Bone China MADE IN ENGLAND' -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Book, Stawell "The Gateway to the Grampians", 1988
Stawell Tourist InformationA Page folded in half to make 4 pages with large print and small print split into two columns as well as two photographs on the right side"Stawell" with Two photographs showing Pioneer's Lookout on Big Hill. " "The Gateway" to the Grampians" above the other Photograph which shows a rock formation known as The Grand Canyon. which is located in the Grampians.stawell tourism -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pioneer Memorial on Big Hill
Pioneer Memorial on Big Hillstawell -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Pioneer Memorial Committee -- Framed
Pioneer Memorial Committee (Framed)stawell -
St Kilda Historical Society
Photograph, Exhumation of Glen Huntly Pioneers, 27/08/1898
Exhumation of Glen Huntly Pioneers, black and white photograph fair conditionlifting 1st coffin -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Alan Marshall, c.1970
Reproduced on p104 of 'Pioneers & Painters'Colour positive film 120 6 x 6 formatKodak Safety, sectioned frames 3, 10 and 12alan marshall, pioneers and painters -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Jimmy Hayes planting vegetables the hard way, c.1920
Reproduced on p51 of 'Pioneers & Painters'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 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg B&W Print 20 x 25 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, jimmy hayes, pioneers and painters -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Queenstown State School, c.1905
Reproduced on p34 of 'Pioneers & Painters'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 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg Prints B&W 20 x 25 cm (2) and 9 x 12.5 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, queenstown state school, pioneers and painters, school, st. andrews -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, James and Robert Ness, Garden Hill Farm, Kangaroo Ground
Reproduced on p49 of 'Pioneers & Painters'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 B&W Print 20 x 25 cm B&W Prtint 12.5 x 17.5 cm sepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kangaroo ground, garden hill farm, james ness, robert ness, pioneers and painters -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Mr. Glower, Caretaker Cottage on Aitken's property
Reproduced on p42 of 'Pioneers & Painters'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 4 x 5 inch B&W Neg B&W Print 19 x 25 cmsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, kinglake, aitken, caretaker cottage, glower, pioneers and painters -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Snake Run, Bulleen Skatepark, Swanston Street Reserve, 96 Swanston Street, Bulleen, c.1985, 1985c
One of the pioneering skateparks in Victoria.Roll of 35mm colour negative film, 2 stripsFuji 100bullen skatepark, skate park, snake run