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Ringwood and District Historical Society
Letter, Ringwood City Council et al, City of Ringwood - Invitation to Ball following Freedom of Entry to City Ceremony. Letter dated 11 March 1965 from B. J. Hubbard, Mayor, City of Ringwood, 1965
Buff coloured letter dated 11th March 1965, stating the Council has "decided that as a fitting climax to the ceremony of conferring upon the Unit (Royal Engineers 3 Division) the Freedom of Entry to Ringwood, a Ball be held at the Unit's depot in Dublin road, Ringwood east, on the night of the ceremony - that is, the 27th March next" Proceeds to the appeal for erection of the proposed Maroondah Cojmmunity Hospital. Invitation signed by B.J. Hubbard, Mayor - City of Ringwod Note: At the time of cataloguing (May 2024), no photos of the Ball have been found, nor any reference to the Ball in local newspapers. Ref A/1/9, Town Hall, Ringwood -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Plan - Lyons Street, Port Melbourne, Borough of Sandridge, 9 Oct 1877
Plan of Lyons Street, showing longitudinal section, ground plan and transverse section.Minehan, Michael:Clark, Edward C (Town Clerk)engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, michael minahan, edward clark, town clerks -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Container - Tobacco Tin
Red tin to hold tobacco. Delicate aroma. Delicate Blend of high class & carefully selected tobaccos"Town Talk" mild fine cut tobacco -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Maroondah Highway Central, Ringwood. Ringwood Town Hall - circa early 1930s
Black and white photographOld Ringwood Town Hall, circa 1934 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Document - Framed Poster, Borough of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, after 30/06/1875
This document, also referred to as a word picture or Tablet, is framed in glass and timber with gilt trim, is handwritten with colour highlights. The penned letters rest on ruled guide lines, decorated where the lines intersect. The writing gives a description of the state of Borough of Warrnambool around 1875; its location, the area it covers, its population, Harbour and facilities, public buildings and institutions, imports and exports, financial worth, number of houses, connection with other areas of the Colony. A possible reason and origin for the document is found in an article ‘Link with US Exhibition’ from the Warrnambool Standard of December 19, 1981, written by local historian Bruce Morris. The writer mentions that the Warrnambool Borough Council met on 15th June 1875 and recorded a letter from G.C. Levey , secretary to the Melbourne group of commissioners representing the Colony, and Victoria in particular, for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The letter asks Council to provide “statistics as to the population, social condition and commercial and industrial state of the district in and around Warrnambool.” A sub committee was formed for the project. The Mayor, Cr. Thomas King, wrote and signed a Report, presented to the council on July 14, 1875, in which “The Committee … begs to recommend that a Tablet be prepared setting for the particulars respecting the following matters relating to the Borough”. The matters included area, population, annual income, churches, schools, other public buildings, societies and companies, general description of houses erected, and returns of exports and imports for 1874. The minutes note that the Report was adopted. The article above also notes the opinion of Warrnambool printers who have examined the document; it is almost certainly to be an old lithograph, which means there could be several copies. It is possible that there may be a copy in Melbourne and another in Philadelphia. It is interesting to note that (1) the quoted location co-ordinates are for an “Unnamed Road, Packsaddle NSW 2880, Australia”, and that the DMS co-ordinates for Warrnambool’s Council Offices differ, being 38.23.9.12 South, 142.28.52.887. (2) the date for “Exports and Imports for the Year Ending 30th June 1875” is different to the period mentioned by Cr. King in the sub committee’s Report of recommendation “returns of exports and imports for 1874”. The information required to have the figures for the end of June 1875 would need to have been compiled very quickly for the Tablet to be ready for the opening of the Philadelphia Exhibition on 10 May 1876. The document/certificate shows the following – - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “Victoria Australia, Borough of Warrnambool. Latitude, 30.24.50 South, Longitude 142.32 East The Principal Port in the Western District of the Colony and the Centre of its Choicest Agricultural Lands. Established a Municipality in 1855, and Created a Borough 1863. Population in 1875 4,500. Warrnambool is the nearest Port to Melbourne on the Western Seaboard, being about 160 miles distant. Coaches run to and from the Metropolis daily, in connexion [connection] with the Railway of Geelong and Steamers belonging to Local Companies sail between Melbourne, Warrnambool, Belfast [renamed Port Fairy], and Portland several times weekly. The Harbour is known as Lady Bay, and is partially protected by a reef of rocks stretching from the mouth of the Hopkins River. The formation of a Breakwater has been decided upon by the Government, to extend 600 yards, at an estimated cost of £100,000. There are two substantial Jetties, one of 800 and the other of 600 feet in length. The former is connected with the Town by means of a Tramroad, along which Goods, inwards & outwards, are conveyed, & the latter has been constructed solely for the purpose of facilitating the transit of material for the formation of the Breakwater. In addition to the trade of the Borough and District, the principal Townships up country receive their supplies from Melbourne and ship their exports through Warrnambool. Potatoes form the staple produce of the district, and the richness of the soil can be estimated by the fact that the Government Statistics for 1875 give as the average yield a return of Seven Tons to the acre. Several thousand acres between Warrnambool and Tower Hill are now being laid down in Potatoes by Tenants who have leased the lands at rates up to £5 per acre for the season 1875-6. Wool, Tallow, hides &c are also largely exported, while the shipments of all descriptions of Farm Produce are annually increasing. Area of Borough, 3362 Acres. Net Annual Value £27,000. Annual Revenue £5,500. Number of Houses in Borough 800. Public Buildings and Institutions Churches. Church of England, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Congregational and Baptist. Schools. Three State Schools, average attendance nearly 1000. New Building in course of erection. Several private establishments. Banks. Bank of Australasia, Bank of Victoria, National Bank, Colonial Bank and Savings Bank. Public Buildings. Court house, Custom house, Post & Telegraph Offices, Survey & Land Offices, Shire £, Town Hall, Mechanics Institute, Volunteer Orderly Room, Odd Fellows Hall, Hospital & Benevolent Asylum, Temperance Hall &c. Companies & Societies. Steam Navigation Co, Woolen Mill Co, Gas Co, Racing Club, Amateur Turf Club, Agricultural Society, Farmers’ Club, Cricket Club, Anglers’ Society, Building Society, Freemasons Odd Fellows, Foresters, Druids, Hibernians. Protestant Alliance, Rechabites, Sons of Temperance, &c, Fire Brigade &c. --- Exports and Imports for the Year Ending 30th June 1875 –-- --Exports Total Tonnage 27,800 (Calculated at the Current Warrnambool Market Prices) Potatoes Wool Wheat Barley Hides Skins Fowls Butter Cheese Eggs Tallow Leather Ale Pigs Sheep Sundries --Imports 13,000 Tons Of the Estimated Value of £520,000 Total Tonnage of Exports and Imports 40m900 Tons, Value £806,627 Passenger Travels, to ad from Warrnambool during year, 10,000 persons Revenue from all sources paid through Warrnambool Sub Treasury From 1860 to June 1875 £1, 292, 300 Thomas King [signed] Mayor Henry T Read [signed] Town Clerk” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The document is of historical, social, economic and local significance in that it summarises activities, business, community, trade, travel and government at a point in time in Warrnambool’s history – 30th June 1875.Document, also referred to as a ‘word picture’ or ‘tablet’. Document is framed in glass and timber with gilt trim, handwritten with colour highlights. The penned letters rest on ruled guide lines, decorated where the lines intersect. Document outlines the establishment of Warrnambool as a Municipality in 1855 and Borough in 1863, with a population of 4,500 in 1875. It states geographic location, public buildings and institutions, harbor facilities and imports and exports for the year ending 30th June 1875. Two signatures "Thomas King" Mayor and "Henry T Read" Town Clerk. It shows the Coat of Arms of the Borough of Warrnambool.Signatures - "Thomas King" Mayor and "Henry T Read" Town Clerk. Warrnambool Coat of Arms; “British Coat of Arms, above sailing vessel and sheaf of wheat in sun, motto “By these we flourish” and around circumference “Borough of Warrnambool 1855”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, borough of warrnambool, municipality of warrnambool, document borough of warrnambool 1875, word picture of warrnambool 1875, tablet of borough of warrnambool 1875, statistics borough of warrnambool 1875, lithograph borough of warrnambool 1875, coat of arms warrnambool, warrnambool city motto – in these we flourish, establishment of warrnambool, warrnambool history, thomas king mayor of warrnambool, henry t read town clerk of warrnambool, warrnambool breakwater, warrnambool jetty, warrnambool imports and exports 1875, warrnambool agriculture 1875, warrnambool business 1875, warrnambool population 1875, centennial exhibition philadelphia 1876, framed certificate -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Scrapbook, Newspaper cuttings relating to Port Melbourne, Edward C Crockford, Town Clerk, 1890s
EC CROCKFORD's scrapbook from time he became acting Town Clerk (1892) until he left to serve South Melbourne (1909).Scrapbook kept by Port Melbourne Town Clerk EC CROCKFORD, 1890s: notebook with marbled board covers, 38 ruled pp, some empty. Back of book used upside down. Pasted with clippings related to municipal operation, and ads for contracts (in back). Insert: note on rateslocal government - town of port melbourne, engineering department - town of port melbourne, transport - railways, transport - tramways, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, engineering - canals and drainage, amalgamation, piers and wharves - station pier, business and traders, sport - lawn bowls, health - general health, law, nightsoil, piers and wharves - railway pier, statistics, edward c crockford, town clerks, municipal elections -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Caulfield Town Hall
4 Photographs of Caulfield Town Hallcaulfield south, hawthorn road, geln eira road, caulfield town hall -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Image, Buninyong, 1959 - Looking East
The fledging town of Ballarat looking east. buninyong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH: TOWN CENTRE
photograph - black and white town centre.photograph, building -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF RIVER
black and white photograph of river and town.photograph, landscape -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH: TOWN CENTRE
black and white photograph of town centre.photograph, streetscape -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - UNKNOWN FAMILY COLLECTION: PHOTOGRAPH
Photograph - colour. Town Hall, Bendigo.buildings, town hall, bendigo, town hall, bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO VIEWS COLLECTION: TOWN HALL
Colour photograph of the Bendigo Town Hall.bendigo, streetscape, town hall -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Minute Book, Town of Port Melbourne, 1917 - 1920
Town of Port Melbourne minute booklocal government - town of port melbourne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: TOWN HALL BENDIGO
Copies of Bendigo Town Hall letterheads.bendigo, council, letterheads, lydia chancellor collection, collection, bendigo, stationary, bendigo town hall, ephemera -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, c1940-1960
Plate Showing painting of Town Hallstawell -
Clunes Museum
Postcard
TOWN HALL, MARKET, AND CATHEDRAL IN SYDNEYlocal history, document, postcards, postcards -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
DANCERS IN NATIONAL COSTUME ? IN TOWN HALLlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
DANCERS IN NATIONAL COSTUMES - TOWN HALL?local history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
DANCERS IN NATIONAL COSTUME? TOWN HALLlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations -
Clunes Museum
Photograph
DANCERS IN NATIONAL COSTUMES? TOWN HALLlocal history, photography, photographs, events and celebrations -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, Monuments
Animated Miners for the clock at the Town Hall. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Slide, Ian McCann, Aerial View of Town Hall
Aerial View of Town and nearby buildingsbuildings, town hall -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, refurbishment, robert macellen, james coglan -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, ballarat goldfields limited, mine shaft, robert f. spark, wanda chapman -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, rohan delacombe, governor of victoria, a,c. rizzoli, l.h. vernon, s.j. weir -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque on the Exterior Wall of the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, centenary, r.c. webb -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque on the Exterior Wall of the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, centenary, r.c. webb -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque on the Exterior Wall of the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall, city of ballarat, ornamental lamps -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Plaque on the Exterior Wall of the Ballarat Town Hall, 2017, 15/09/2017
Photograph of a plaque in the Ballarat Town Hall.ballarat town hall