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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Joy Chapman in rear playground of Eltham High School, 1959, 1959
My Recollections of Eltham Past by Margaret Joy Harding (nee Joy Chapman.) My family of Elizabeth and Alec Chapman moved to Eltham in 1946 into a cottage on the opposite side of the Diamond Creek from where the little train now operates in the Lower Park. At that time Eltham truly was a country town and the Pub was the main meeting place for most inhabitants on a Saturday afternoon in the beer garden. I attended Eltham Primary School where I started as a 4-year-old (my birthday being slightly after the mid-year intake) that happened then. My mother spent a lot of days taking me back to school when I had dismissed myself and walked the one kilomtre home alone. Bremner's Common (now Wingrove Park) was a big attraction with its dam and tad poling which I found much more entertaining than school. (Mrs Bremner ran a Service Station on the site of the current one). Another attraction at this site was the circus that came a couple of times a year. Watching them put up the circus tent was very interesting and even more of an attraction was the feeding of the Lions in cages and the monkeys and elephants among the other animals that are not found in a circus these days. At school then we were provided with hot chocolate at morning recess where the mothers would prepare it in the shelter shed. The only form of classroom heating was an open fire. Worse was the warm milk given in the summer months. By the time I was near finishing at Primary school we used to be able to walk along the Main Road at lunchtime to Mrs. Mitchell's shop to a delicious hot pie. As I recall there was no supervision for this departure from the school grounds. It is interesting that some of the other children I started school with I still have contact with, in fact one is a very good friend although now living in Perth. That is the other thing about Eltham; many who grew up here continue to live in the area. Following primary school, the natural progression was to Eltham High School. There was only the main building at that time and I can remember our first assembly at the front entrance. During the time I was at High School several new class rooms were added and the school hall. I remember the musical plays such as HMS Pinafore and other classical musicals being performed. I also remember countless hours doing marching practice. The main street shops when I was young consisted of the Blue Gum milk bar at the far end, a Grocery store and a shoe maker where Coles currently stands. Opposite there was Lyon's Garage. They also provided a bus service and when we got off the train this little bus would tour the back streets taking each individual to their home, sometimes this could take quite considerable time. There was also a Black Smith next to the Chiropractic Practice opposite Alistair Knox Park, another Milk Bar/General Store on the comer of Bridge Street/Main Road where a shop currently still operates. There was also a Butcher's shop down from the pub opposite Franklin Street. The only doctor was next to the courthouse on the other side of Brougham Street. On Saturday afternoon I was occasionally allowed to go the movies in the Town Hall which also stood on the site of the Coles centre. Often the Fire Alarm would sound and everyone would run outside to watch the fire truck leave with the volunteers clutching on the back. The other attraction during summer of course was the swimming pool which was a small concrete pool filled with water pumped from the Diamond Creek, sometimes it was like a mud puddle so for me the nearer to home Yarra/Diamond Creek junction was a much better option. We swam in the water hole which was quite deep and with fallen trees and sometimes carcasses of cows and kangaroos floating past. As recreation, the churches were another attraction for the Sunday school picnics to Mordialloc in the back of the moving van with benches tied into the back for us to "sit" on. Too bad when we went around a corner! In the early days we had an Ice Man deliver the ice once a week for "refrigeration". The green grocer came around in a horse and cart as did the milkman and the bread was delivered but I constantly got into trouble for eating the middle out on the way from the box it was delivered to in Mt Pleasant road across the paddock. The milkman finally would not come down our street after his horse bolted one morning and took off across the paddock. We also had the "Pan Man" come weekly and whose visit I would avoid. Our nearest shop was where the flower stall is located opposite the Lower Park. It consisted of a Tea Room and Milk Bar. There was a Public Telephone there which was the only contact to anyone else. We were a one car family so my mother’s movements were very limited as the Eltham Station was a couple of kilometres away and a trip to the city was an event. Being an only child growing up was a little lonely however rambling along the creek with my Mum, picking mushrooms and picking cherry plums for jam and the dogs catching rabbits which we ate if we could get them away from the dogs. We also liked to go into the Lower Park during school holidays when the Greek people came to camp and they would sing and dance around the camp fire and it all seemed so different to us as this was early days of immigration. Childhood was relatively simple and carefree and I wish the kids of today had the freedom of my youth and the healthy outdoor lifestyle of the "olden days". SHOW GIRL COMPETITION In 1965 Eltham was more like a country town than the suburb it has become today. People knew each other, if not personally then certainly of the family name. The big event for the year was a Gymkhana or show at Lower Eltham Park. I can remember marching as a teenager from the town centre to the park in the marching girls with the decorated floats. In 1965, just on a whim on the day, I decided to enter the Miss Eltham Show Girl which was a part of the festivities at the park. I seem to remember that the show mainly consisted of horse events, cattle judging and dog show. As I had not given any serious thought to entering the competition, I wore a suit that I had for work which was brown wool, with a coffee coloured shirt under, black shoes, bag, and gloves but no hat. I duly paraded for the judges and much to my surprise I was announced the winner. I eventually went on to compete at the Miss Victoria Show Girl competition which was held at the Royal Melbourne Show. There I met many country girls who were representing their rural Victoria home. I made it into a final round of judging but I think justice prevailed when someone from a country background was crowned. It was fun to go into the show as I had not really been before and to see the displays of handcraft, cooking and wood chopping events was great as well as the judging of farm animals interesting. It is hard to remember the Eltham I grew up in. The Lyons Garage company bus that actually drove you home (or close to it) when we got off the train at night. The Eltham Hotel on a Saturday afternoon a usual social meeting place where people just sat and chatted. The pictures held in the Town Hall and when the fire alarm sounded all the men just jumped up and ran to help. Suburbia has now swallowed most of that life but thankfully we at least do have the trestle bridge and parkland. Digital file only - Black and white photo print on loan for scanning by EDHSalec chapman, annie bremner, blacksmith, bremner's flat, brougham steet, bus services, circus, diamond creek, dianne bell, doctor bradbury, easter gymkhana, elizabeth chapman, eltham high school, eltham hotel, eltham lower park, eltham public hall, eltham state school, eltham trestle bridge, general store, grace mitchell, ice man, joy chapman, lyons garage, margaret harding, milk bar, miss eltham 1965, miss victoria show girl, mount pleasant road, pan man, rodda parade, shops, show girl competition, swimming pool, water hole, yarra river -
Federation University Historical Collection
Invoice from E.C. Schroeder, Yandoit, Victoria, 1959, 1959
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4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Magazine Publication, Argus & Australasian Ltd, Australasian Post 28 May 1959, 28 May 1959
Includes 4 page article "Galloping Death" about Light Horse charge at Beersheba 31 October 1917$5 price sticker -
Greensborough Historical Society
Map, City of Heidelberg, City of Heidelberg, - excluding the North Ward, 1959, 27/05/1959
Map of City of Heidelberg showing municipal and ward boundaries; North Ward is excluded from this map.Blue print map"Scale 20 chns to an inch. G.M.H. 27.5.59"city of heidelberg, heidelberg - maps -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph, Vessel 'Ixion' berthed to discharge a heavy lift for APML (Australian Paper Manufacturers), October 1959, 1959
Port of Portland ArchivesFront: (no inscriptions) Back: 6-5/8 x 4½ 120# 8036 (centre, blue pen)port of portland -
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room
Booklet (3 copies), The Elements of First Aid. Reprinted, Modified for Australia 1959, 1959
Soft covered booklet prepared by the Army Medical Services for the use of all ranksWO Code No 9640 AM Pamphlet No 342. 7610-010-5644first aid -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph - Group, Ringwood Technical School 1959 Form 1CR, c 1959
Black and White Photographrts, ringwood tech -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Ballarat Teachers' College, 1959, 1959
Howard Pattendon, Monica Miller and Alan Sonsee, lecturers of the Ballarat Teacher's College, photographed whole on excursion to Adelaide.ballarat teachers' college, alan sonsee, mavis canty, howard pattendon, university women -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter - Correspondence, J.W. Foot, Correspondence on Mount Isa Mines Letterhead, 1959, 1959
J.W. Foots was the General Manager of Mount Isa Mines, and was a former student of the Ballarat School of Mines. Three quarto letters, two on Mount Isa Mines letterhead. They asked the Ballarat School of Mines for a photograph of W.H. Corbould.mount isa mines, j.w. foots, letterhead, mount isa technical college -
Federation University Historical Collection
Correspondence, Correspondence on K.D. Taylor Building Contractor Letterhead, 1959, 26/08/1959
Hand written letter and quote for a storeroom at the west end of the Ballarat School of Mines gymnasium. The quote was accepted.k.d. taylor, ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines gymnasium, harry arblaster -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Image - black and white, Joan Hood and students of the Ballarat Girls' Technical School, 1959, 1959
After marrying Ron Kirner, Joan Hood was known as Joan Kirner. She became the first female Premier of Victoria. “When I went out teaching, I went to Ballarat Girls Tech, where I met [husband] Ron who was at Ballarat Boys Tech. They were seen as tough schools, and I saw the disadvantage faced by these girls who were at the lowest of the low of the education rung – and yet there were some fantastic girls there who needed equal opportunity. So I think it was teaching that cemented in my mind that people don’t get an even go – and in particular girls. It didn’t take me too long to realise blokes were largely empowered. And it was teaching that cemented how equity and empowerment for women could be achieved through education.” Sarah Capper: You graduated from Melbourne University in 1958, and as mentioned, began work as a teacher in Ballarat. You married Ron in 1960 and received one of those government letters asking you to resign - JK: Yes, I think it burnt a hole in my pocket when I brought it home! We were both teachers, and I said to Ron, “Well, you got married – where’s your letter?!” That really clarified that the world wasn’t quite even, even in this profession that I’d always wanted and loved. I didn’t get superannuation – I think I got something like 100 pounds as pay in lieu of permanent service. And that wasn’t just me – that was a whole generation. Fancy that – that’s what it said – “pay in lieu of permanent service”. So that made me livid. If I hadn’t been a feminist before then, I certainly was by then. I realised the distribution of power was different for women and men. http://sheilas.org.au/2014/02/a-bonza-joan-kirner/, accessed 06/06/2015 Teacher Joan Hood (later Joan Kirner) is surrounded by a number of students from the Ballarat Girl's Technical School, all members of the Magazine Committee.joan hood, joan kirner, ballarat girls' technical school, university women, equal opportunity -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Ballarat Junior Technical School Old Boys' Association, 1959, 1959
The Old Boys' Association was inaugurated in 1923. Its objects were to foster continued interest in the old school, and scholars, and to provide amenities, scholarships and other forms of assistance wherever possible. In 1957 the most recent project was the 30 acre Nerrina pine plantation. A long printed newsletter outlining the Annual Meeting featuring former Principal A.W. Steane as guest speaker.ballarat junior technical school, a.w. steane, corbould hall, the ballarat junior technical school old boys' association, jubilee, albert e. williams, malcolm beith, nerrina plantation, keith rash, bob hocking, nerrina pine plantation -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Images - Colour, Ballarat School of Mines Ceramics Students, 1959, 1959
.1) Ceramics lecturer Neville Bunning with a group of Ceramics students at the Ballarat Technical Art School, a division of the Ballarat School of Mines. .2) Ceramics students on the pottery wheel.neville bunning, ceramics, ballarat school of mines, ballarat technical art school -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, M. Nelkon, 'Principles of Physics' by M. Nelkon, 1959, 1959
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Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Ballarat Teachers' College Visitors' Book, 1952-1959, 1952-1959
Black hard covered visitors book presented by H.T. Pattend3n on 12 December 1952.ballarat teachers' college, visitors' book, howard pattenden, h.t. pattenden -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, L.T. Frazer et al, A Guide to the Ballaarat & District Planning Scheme, 1959, 1959
Two blue soft covered booksballarat planning scheme, town planning, h.r. maddern -
Federation University Historical Collection
IMages, Ballarat School of Mines Metallurgy, 1959, 1959
Four colour photographs of a metallurgy kiln in use at the Ballarat School of Mines. ballarat school of mines, metallurgy, metallurgy kiln, assay kiln, laboratory -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book pages, Ballarat School of Mines Record of Letters, 1959-1964, 1959-1964
Ruled pages of a book indicating correspondence in and out of the Ballarat School of Mines. Each entry includes number, date from, to, precisballarat school of mines, correspondence, correspondence index, letter index -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, A Handbook for the Elementary School Teacher, 1959, 1959 (reprint)
Brown hard covered book by W.H. Ellwood, former Principal of the Ballarat Teachers' College, and Chief Inspector of Schools for the Victorian Education Department. The articles had previously been published in the Victorian Education Gazette.w.h. ellwood, ballarat teachers' college, pre-service teachers, elementary school teacher, education gazette, j.a. seitz, speech arts, oral expression, reading, poetry, handwriting, spelling, grammar, written expression, rural school teacher, grounds, buildings and furnishings, equipment and aids, discipline, infant department -
Federation University Historical Collection
Scrap Book, Ballarat Teachers' College Scrap Book, 1959, 1959
Large brown covered scrap book relating to students and staff of the Ballarat Teachers' College. It includes lists of names and photographs. ballarat teachers college, newsclips -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Letter on Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme Letterhead, 1959, 1959
Typed letter concerning students at the Ballarat School of Mines students by the Repatriation Commission. repatriation, commonwealth reconstruction training scheme, letterhead, disabled (social services) scheme, helen olive tilley, harold arblaster, o.e. nilsson, helen tilley -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Booklet, British Army: Signal training, vol. 6: electronic warfare, pamphlet No. 3: defence against commication jamming, 1959, 1959
australia - armed forces - service manuals -
St Kilda Historical Society
Document - Booklet, Scouting in St Kilda 1959, 1959
Booklet produced by the Boy Scouts Association, St Kilda District containing information about the Association, Scouting, Scout training and activities, local Scout groups. Includes drawings and pictures and advertisements for local businessesWhite pages (32), discoloured with age, printed in black and stapled togetherscouting victoria, boy scouts association -
Wheen Bee Foundation
Publication, Commonwealth of Australia, Forestry and Timber Bureau, Illustrations of the buds and fruits of Eucalyptus species with an alphabetical index (Forestry and Timber Bureau), Canberra, 1959, 1959
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University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Book - Register, List of Plants Grown at Burnley Horticultural College 1959, 1959-1960
Copy of typewritten list compiled by B.G. Dangerfield. Separate sheet c.1960 lists additions and subtractions to the list. b.g. dangerfield, plants -
Slovenian Association Melbourne
St Nicholas with Slovenian children and angels, St Nicholas - sv. Miklavž with children and angles in 1959, December 1959
When St Nicholas visits every year, the angels help him to give presents to the good children and the naughty are taken and frightened by the red-clothed devils with chains. Slovenians all over the world keep this tradition.A special tradition, adapted in every nations to their need and possibilietsBlack and white photo of St Nicholas with Slovenian children (and adults) held every year in first week of December. He was accompanied by the angels and devils.Traditional Slovenian customs celebrated every yearst nicholas, sv miklavž, celebration, angels, devils -
Merbein District Historical Society
Certificate - Appointment of Patrol Leader, The Boy Scouts Association 1959, September 1959
Light cardboard certificate, printed, coloured.E. A. Downerboy scouts association -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Black and White, Ballarat East High School Form Photo 1959, 1959
Black and white photograph of a group of girls from Ballarat East High School.ballarat east high school, education, ballarat east -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Program, Ballarat East High School, Speech Night 1959, 1959
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Lions Club of Maldon Inc.
Photographs, Maldon Fire Brigade Running Team 1959-1960, 1959-1960
Black and white photograph containing 6 members of the Maldon Fire Brigade Running Team Back Row: Paull Lahn, Bruce McGregor, Jack Shearer, Roy Baxter (Barney) Front Row: John Hughes, Eddie Williams (Chisel)maldon fire brigade running team