Early panorama of EmeraldPostcard from the Rose SeriesFront: The Rose Series P. 2774 'View from the Main Road, Emerald, Vicrose postcard series, emerald

Sherriff's Garage started in the Blacksmith's shop (originally Stapletons Blacksmith) , cnr. Kilvington Drive (the Beaconsfield Road) and Main Road. Early history of the commercial district of EmeraldSmall sepia photograph depicting Emerald Motors with (possibly) owner Herbie Sherriff standing out front of businessNo inscriptions, but Kodak manufacturing mark on backemerald motors, herbie sherriff, mobiloil signage

The site of H A ("Herbie") Sherriff's business, Emerald Motors, was a former blacksmith's shop on the corner of Main Road and Kilvington Road. The sign over the shop bears the word "PLUME": This was a "motor spirit" (fuel) produced by Standard Oils and sold in Australia 1916-1954.The signage and the two cars visible (one late model and one early) establish the time the photograph was taken. Black and white photograph of shopfront of H A Sherriff's Emerald Motors business. White car (Austin?) visible in workshop entrance, dark older car in profile on right. Sign over garage shows Mobil "Pegasus" logo and word "PLUME" . Five men and a dog standing around casually, a sixth man (Herbie Sherriff?) posing next to white car. emerald motors, herbie sherriff

Tim Kennedy built 'La Belle' Guest House circa 1890 - 1920. It became 'The Grange' sometime after 1942. The guest house was on Belgrave/Gembrook Road between IGA and the Shell Petrol Station. Unfortunately the guest house was demolished around 1983.Guest houses of the DandenongsSepia postcard, Rose Series depicting early guest house in EmeraldFront: The Rose Series Postcard, 'La Belle' Guest House, Emerald Vic. Back:: (handwritten) Dear Miss Hartnell, Just to wish you a Happy Xmas and bright new year I hope and trust that your health is better it was just twelve months yesterday since I returned from Olinda how time flies Doesent it, with all good wishes yours sincerely B George'la belle', the grange, tim kennedy

Jack Hirst owned a property on Paternoster Road, Emerald, where this photograph was taken. He was a general carrier of goods for the district. One of the boys in the photograph is his son. The girl is a member of the Nobelius family.The photograph is a record of prominent families in the Emerald district.B/W photograph of three children standing beside a truck belonging to Jack Hirst at a rural property.FRONT: Truck registration plate VIC FU 947 REAR: Jack Hirst's truck (Jack obscured). John Richardson, Alan Hirst and Elaine Nobelius. 1937 Truck soursed [sic] from Canada. Kodak Print 1215nobelius family, emerald football club, hirst

Emerald Football Club won the district Premiership in 1931, and had this photograph taken by Ferdinand ("Freddy") Woermer, whose stamp is on the reverse of the mounting. Woermer lived in a humpy on the Monbulk-Seville Road, Silvan (then Burleigh), and worked around the district as a professional photographer. He used a hollowed tree stump as a dark room for developing photographs.This photograph has double significance. On the one hand, it depicts the premiership team members in 1931. On the other, it is the work of F Woermer, a figure of some interest in the area.B/W photograph of the 1931 Emerald Football Club Premiers team, 22 people in all. Woodlands in background. Photo is glued to heavy cardboard.Rear: Stamp of manufacturers "F Woermer, Silvan Vic" and handwritten date "1931"emerald football club, woermer

The Sun News Pictorial newspaper reports of aircraft disaster.

Postcards - pack of 6: 'Ringwood Victoria - tear off postcard folder - 6 views' (two identical folders); 1. Maroondah Highway, entering Ringwood with the Dandenong Ranges in the background (3303_001.jpg); 2. Aerial View of the City of Ringwood (3303_002.jpg); 3. Eastland Regional Shopping Centre at dusk (3303_003.jpg); 4. The Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower (3303_004.jpg); 5. The Civic Centre (3303_005.jpg); 6. The Ringwood Lake (3303_006.jpg)

A photograph of a wooden fence with a cyclone gate overlooking Mount Dandenong, Kilsyth and Heathmont. Taken from Bedford Road, looking south. Donated by Mrs Purser and has printer's marks that suggest that the photograph was printed in a newspaper.View over Ringwood

Wantirna Road Shack next to Dandenong Creek on East Side of Wantirna Road (near the bridge). Has been there many years - maybe 40 and it is still there (18.9.1989). (Note this is NOT part of Hill's dairy but was in the same series of photographs so kept together).A shack next to Dandenong Creek / East side of Wantirna Road / Has been there many years - maybe 40 / It is still there (18.9.89)

Black and white photograph. Typed beneath photograph, "Original Ringwood Police Station (Brick building). 32 Mt. Dandenong Rd. (Police Station 1888)." Written on backing sheet, "R.H. Building was first station. Site cost 20 pounds in 1888. Mtd. Const. Waters first to occupy it. Building and land sold 1973 for 20.000 32 Mt.Dand. Rd."

Written on backing sheet, Old Police Station 1888, 32 Mt. Dandenong Rd. Used as private residence. Sold this year (1974) for 20.000. Originally cost 20 pounds (land only)."

Written on backing sheet, "Stables at old Police Station, 32 Mt. Dandenong Rd. 1888.

This booklet fits together the geologist's story of the origins of the Dandenong Ranges with the story of settlement on them, from the first tiny group at Harmony Vale, as told in the manuscript "Corrhanwarrabul the Great Forest" in the possession of the Lilydale and District Historical Society.

Written below photograph, 'Photo by Frazer & Vallance. Salisbury Buildings. C/o Bourke & Queen Sts., Melbourne." Written on back of photograph, 'Ringwood Show at old Hall, Ringwood East.' Typed below another copy, 'Celebration held at Ringwood Hall, Mt. Dandenong Rd. 1908. Hall burnt down 1909.' Last photograph has typed below picture, 'Ringwood residents at Old Ringwood Hall near Club Hotel in Mt. Dandenong Rd. circa 1900.'

Old Stone Cottage with tin roof.Written on backing sheet, "1965 - I don't think this is 32 Mt. Dand."

Story of the Aborigines whose hunting and cult sites lay about the foothills of the Dandenongs and the Upper Yarra River

Reflections of the Dandenongs Second Edition 1953

Written on back of photograph, "Jan. 79 - boundary photo. Looking across Dandenong Creek towards Ringwood (H.E. Parker Reserve) - ?? South East corner of Ringwood. From children's playground end of Derwent (?) St."

Written on back of photographs - all prefixed "Jan '79. :Standing on top of concrete pole at end of handrail - Wantirna Rd. bridge over Dandenong Creek -" SS0357a: "looking east along creek." SS0357b: "looking north-east." SS0357c: "looking north." (along Wantirna Road) SS0357d: "looking west over gold club."

Written on back of photograph, "Jan. 79. Looking east along Dandenong Creek from very end of Heatherdale Road."

Multi-fold brochure advertising public auction of one-acre, 2-acre, 5-acre and 8-acre allotments in Ringwood and Bayswater on Saturday 12th April, 1919. Brochure includes terms of sale, description of subdivision features and local facilities, and photographic images of the area.Subdivison includes Canterbury Road Heathmont, Armstrong Road Heathmont, Armstrong Road Bayswater, Bungalook Road Heathmont, Bungalook Road Bayswater, and Orchard Road Bayswater. Road shown as Bayswater Road to Bayswater became Mountain Highway Bayswater. Vendor: H.E.B.Armstrong, Auctioneers: Coghill & Haughton, 79 Swanston Street Melbourne, Telephone Central 2793, in conjunction with J.B. McAlpin, Ringwood, Opposite Station, Telephone Ringwood 7. (Map) Woodcock & McCormack, Civil Engineers Architects & Surveyors, 430 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Phone 3241 Central. MOST OF THE MONEY COMES OUT OF THE LAND. And more money can be obtained from anb acre of fruit than from an acre of any other produce. But you do not have to grow fruit on Garden Farms Estate. You can go in for - Outer Suburban Home - Market Garden - Orchard - Pig Raising - Poultry Farm - Small Dairy Farm - Small Fruits - Floral Culture - Scent and Bee Farm - Or just for a Week-end Home. RINGWOOD - THE PLACE TO LIVE. The Beautiful Ringwood District has so many natural attractions, that half a Land Agent's work is done in just showing a prospective buyer round and about. Ringwood has a pull of its own that attracts folk, proved beyond doubt by its rapid development within the last decade (spite the war). First, it is high and healthy, picturesque and undulating, convenient of access, sufficiently close to the Metropolis for City and Business folk to live at Ringwood. Its development is solid, because most of its people are industrious husbandmen, real producers, who have turned idle hills into smiling gardens. These are the kind of real people to live amongst; ones who wear out their spades. The rapidly-developing town has excellent Stores, Trade and Repair Shops Churches, Banks, Telephone Exchange, Weekly General Market, Cool Stores, and good Private and State Schools, etc.; is Electrically lit, has Metropolitan Water Supply, and generally provides so that practically all shopping can be done locally. WHY RINGWOOD MUST GROW. Ringwood is a great centre and must be a greater. Two rapidly-developing railways junction here. The passengers from Ringwood Station cityward, in one year, number 250,000. Ringwood will be the terminus of the Outer Suburban Electric Eastern Railway. Its natural boundaries are the River Yarra on the North, Dandenong Creek on the South, the popular town of Croydon on the East, and the suburb of Mitcham on the West. This is a large territory that is steadily being converted from intense culture, and then it might be called (as regards its gardens) "The Devon Territory of Victoria." ARMSTRONG ROAD. This new road traverses Garden Farms Estate from its northern boundary on the main Canterbury Road, across Dandenong Creek, to its southern boundary on the main Bayswater Road, and will provide a long-desired additional link of communication between Bayswater and Ringwood. The 1-acre building sites on Bayswater Road are within 8 minutes' walk of the Bayswater Railway Station, and the Canterbury Road frontages are only 1-1/2 miles from Ringwood Station, and 1/2 mile from the Railway Station site of Canterbury Road; therefore, the whole Estate is easy of access and there should be a large demand for land so favourably placed. (Image) Cultivation Field - Potatoes on Lot 28 (Image) Picture of Bayswater Creek Flats. (Image) View from "Korumbeen" where Mr. Armstrong lived on Garden Farms Estate. Estate outlined in white ring. (Image) Site of New Bridge over Dandenong Creek. (Image) On one of the timbered lots adjoining railway. (Image) This Dandenong Creek traveres the Estate. (Image) Main Fern Tree Gully Line bisects the Estate.

Hardcover book by Michael Jones illustrated with photographs and maps. Full title: Prolific In God's Gifts - A Social History of Knox and The Dandenongs (Victoria, Australia).

Cardboard-backed advertisement for 39 home sites for sale, with location map, and summary of local real estate statistics in 1955 & 1956. Handwritten date noted in top right corner - 24th March, 1956.Subdivision map includes Reilly Street, Philip Street, Lorienne Street and Daisy Street in Heathmont. Surveyors: Messrs Little and Brosnan. Agents in conjunction: Peter Martin Pty. Ltd., Estate Agents, 55-57 Latrobe Street, Melbourne (Phone) FB 3571, FB 2783, and Peter Aubin Pty. Ltd., Auctioneers & Estage Agents, 345 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong (Phone) Dandenong 340, after hours Dandenong 932, 70.

Folded double-sided brochure advertising residential land sale auction on Saturday 24th March (1956), with locality map and subdivision layout, terms of sale, and summary of local features and services. Subdivision includes Reilly Street Ringwood, and Philip Street, Daisy Street, and Lorienne Street Heathmont. Surveyors - Messrs Little and Brosnan. Agents in Conjunction - Peter Martin Pty. Ltd., Estate Agents, 55-57 Latrobe Street, Melbourne (Phone) FB 3571, FB 2783, and Peter Aubin Pty. Ltd. R.E.S.I., Auctioneers & Estate Agents, 345 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong (Phone) Dandenong 340, After Hours, Dandenong 932, 70.

Double-sided folded page with blue border advertising sale of Oban Road Estate Ringwood building allotments. Front page features photograph of view from the estate towards Dandenong Ranges. Centrefold pages include terms of sale, layout and features of the subdivision, and summary of local services. Photocopy of typewritten price list for the 52 lots also attached.Subdivision includes Oban Road, Ambrie Avenue, Hendra Grove, and Mullum Mullum Road. (Agent) T.M. Burke Pty Ltd., 63 Exhibition Street Melbourne, Telephone 654 4144.

Black and white photograph (2 copies)Typed under photograph: The Water Lily Pond. Mr Hill's flower farm, Mt Dandenong Rd. Later Howship's. In area around Howship Street. Written on back of one image: 'Australasian' 29/3/05. John Hill's flower farm, Mt Dandenong Rd. Later Howship's flower farm subdivided, name retained in street name. Pool was part of Sandy Gully Creek 1905.water lillies, flower farming