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Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, McLean, 1984-1999
References to McLean family, Hector John McLean and Louisa Frances (nee Green) and six daughters who lived in Eltham during the period 1930 to 1934 inclusive. Lived in the former Evelyn Hotel at the time it was destroyed by fire and being part of the Centenary Parade in 1934 where the family won the Group Section for their entry “Pioneers of Eltham” Reminiscences provided by Edith Jones (nee M1934 flood, ballroom, baptism, barber shop, bittern, boy scouts, bremner's flat, burgoyne's shop, cable tram, cemetery road, centenary celebrations, centenary parade, christening, coach house, collis grocery, dalton street, depression, dole, dorothy jean mclean, edith jones (nee mclean), eltham fire brigade, eltham high school, eltham higher elementary school, eltham lower park, eltham railway station, eltham state school no. 209, evelyn hotel, fire damage - buildings, flinders naval depot, fordham, gladys evelyn mclean, gold mining, gwenneth mae mclean, gwladys evelyn mclean, headmistress, hector john mclean, isherwood house and shop, louisa frances mclean (nee green), metery road, methodist church, miss finnin, miss grant cottage, motor bike races, mrs barrett, mrs bremner, mrs hurley, olive isabel mclean, parade, phoebe lillian mclean, picnic, pioneers of eltham, pitt street, research fire brigade, rev. r.g. arthur, shed, shops, st margarets church hall, st margaret's church, stables, state savings bank of victoria, susso books, todaro, vinnie willet, warrandyte bridge, warrandyte, wingrove park, yarra river -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Warrandyte Bridge, 1999
... construction, victoria hall, war memorial, warrandyte bridge, wingrove... construction, victoria hall, war memorial, warrandyte bridge, wingrove ...Printouts marked "M Houghton" (Murray Houghton was a local historian from Warrandyte Historical Society) headed "literature search - second Warrandyte bridge" with transcriptions from outward correspondence letter book files from Eltham Shire Secretary and Engineer C.S. Wingrove to various parties 1874 - 1879 which relate to the bridge at Warrandyte. 11 pagesHG Booklet 21batt, batt's hotel, brock, c.s. wingrove, christmas hills, eltham shire council, harry gilham collection, kilpatrick, road construction, victoria hall, war memorial, warrandyte bridge, wingrove, yarra flats, yarra glen -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Warrandyte Miner's Cottage, 1984
Report and photograph about purchase of historically significant slab cottage in Castle Road, Warrandyte. Newspaper also includes articles relating to Jock Macneish and his ultra-light aircraft, construction of foot bridge over Andersons Creek, Mrs Ruth Norman, Warrandyte Co-op, local results of the 1981 census, construction of elderly citizens' flats in Stiggant Street (Warrandyte), South Warrandyte Primary School, Professor's Hill and Warrandyte Football Club. The road guide features advertisments for Inglenook Tea Rooms, Warrandyte, Warrandyte Recreation Reserve Cafe (Mrs C. Miller, Proprietress), Eltham Motor Garage, Plaza Cafe Eltham, Eltham Park Team Rooms, Diamond Creek Garage and Engineering Works and The Dean Guesthouse Strathewen.Complete issue of "Warrandyte Diary" No 145, May 1984 with feature article headed "Historic cottage bought". 12 pages with section cut out of back page. Also includes photocopy of Broadbents Roadguide: central Victoria, 1946 pages 230-231HG Booklet 281981 census, advertisment, andersons creek, castle road, diamond creek garage and engineering works, eltham motor garage, eltham park team rooms, footbridge, harry gilham collection, inglenook tea rooms, jock macneish, mrs c. miller, mrs ruth norman, plaza cafe eltham, professor's hill, senior citizens, south warrandyte primary school, stiggant street, the dean guesthouse strathewen, warrandyte, warrandyte co-op, warrandyte football club, warrandyte recreation reserve cafe, warrandyte slab cottage -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Victorian Goldfields Project: Historic gold mining sites in St Andrews mining division, 1999
Heritage site report and gazetteer by David Bannear, head consultant for archealogy for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Includes information on the Warrandyte Goldfield and the Caledonia Goldfield, Queenstown (now known as St Andrews), One Tree Hill, Kingston (now known as Panton Hill), Kangaroo Grounds, You You Hill, Kingstown, South Morang, Nillumbik, (now known as Diamond Creek), Steele's Creek, Yarrambet and Kinglake. Photocopy of map headed: Location of mines and reefs from Geological survey of Victoria, Yan Yean with the Diamond Creek prominant on the map. no date35 page report with map and print out of cover letter (email form) from donorcaledonian gold fields, caledonina gold field, david bannear, gold mining, harry gilham collection, queenstown, st andrews, warrandyte goldfield -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Victorian Canoe Club, Shooting the rapids, Warrandyte, 1930–35
Canoeing on the River Yarra at Melbourne was an important and widespread recreational pursuit for Melbournians, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The Victorian Canoe Club was formed in 1912 at a meeting in Melbourne and its first committee elected in the same year. Records indicate that the Club continued into at least the 1950s .The photos in this album are historically and socially significant as a record of recreational activities in the first half of the twentieth century. A number of photographs in the album provide views of sections of the Yarra, as well as areas in regional Victoria, that may otherwise be unavailable.One of 12 sepia [faded] photographs of members of the Victorian Canoe Club. This photo shows members of the club in canoes, travelling through the rapids on the Yarra at Warrandyte."Shooting the rapids, Warrandyte"victorian canoe club, travel -- 1930s, canoeing, warrandyte, yarra river -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Victorian Canoe Club, Pound Bend Tunnel [Warrandyte], 1930–35
Canoeing on the River Yarra at Melbourne was an important and widespread recreational pursuit for Melbournians, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The Victorian Canoe Club was formed in 1912 at a meeting in Melbourne and its first committee elected in the same year. Records indicate that the Club continued into at least the 1950s .The photos in this album are historically and socially significant as a record of recreational activities in the first half of the twentieth century. A number of photographs in the album provide views of sections of the Yarra, as well as areas in regional Victoria, that may otherwise be unavailable.One of 12 sepia [faded] photographs of members of the Victorian Canoe Club. This photo shows members of the club relaxing on the rocks near the Pound Bend Tunnel at Warrandyte."Pound Bend Tunnel"victorian canoe club, travel -- 1930s, canoeing, warrandyte, yarra river -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Victorian Canoe Club, Shooting the rapids, Warrandyte, 1930–35
Canoeing on the River Yarra at Melbourne was an important and widespread recreational pursuit for Melbournians, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The Victorian Canoe Club was formed in 1912 at a meeting in Melbourne and its first committee elected in the same year. Records indicate that the Club continued into at least the 1950s .The photos in this album are historically and socially significant as a record of recreational activities in the first half of the twentieth century. A number of photographs in the album provide views of sections of the Yarra, as well as areas in regional Victoria, that may otherwise be unavailable.One of 12 sepia [faded] photographs of members of the Victorian Canoe Club. This photo shows members of the club 'shooting the rapids' at Warrandyte"Shooting the rapids, Warrandyte"victorian canoe club, travel -- 1930s, yarra river, warrandyte -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Album - Victorian Canoe Club : Album 2, 1931-5
Canoeing on the River Yarra at Melbourne was an important and widespread recreational pursuit for Melbournians, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The Victorian Canoe Club was formed in 1912 at a meeting in Melbourne and its first committee elected in the same year. Records indicate that the Club continued into at least the 1950s .The album has historic and social significance as a record of recreational activities in the early years of the twentieth century.Part of an unbound old album, containing photographs of members of the Victorian Canoe Club undertaking a series of trips to the lower and upper Yarra as well as to regional Victoria. All but one of the photographs in the album were labelled by the owner in white ink. The individual photographs in this album are also posted on Victorian Collections separately, typically under the label of the photo in the album. E.g "Salvaging wrecked canoe". Descriptive titles in the album include (sometimes referring to two photos): Xmas 1930, Leaving Studley Park / Breakfast on wharf after camping on lower Yarra / repacking / Old Cerberus / Shooting the rapids, Warrandyte / [Untitled] / Pound Bend tunnel (2) / Old mine / Salvaging wrecked canoe / Mallacoota trip / Gippsland LakesNil apart from individual photo labelsvictorian canoe club, river yarra, kew, warrandyte, upper yarra, lower yarra, cerberus, mallacoota, recreation -- canoeing -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Victorian Canoe Club, Pound Bend Tunnel [Warrandyte], 1930–35
Canoeing on the River Yarra at Melbourne was an important and widespread recreational pursuit for Melbournians, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The Victorian Canoe Club was formed in 1912 at a meeting in Melbourne and its first committee elected in the same year. Records indicate that the Club continued into at least the 1950s .The photos in this album are historically and socially significant as a record of recreational activities in the first half of the twentieth century. A number of photographs in the album provide views of sections of the Yarra, as well as areas in regional Victoria, that may otherwise be unavailable.One of 12 sepia [faded] photographs of members of the Victorian Canoe Club. This photo shows the mouth of the artificially made Pound Bend Tunnel, which was created to divert the course of the Yarra to enable gold prospecting in the river bed. "Pound Bend Tunnel"victorian canoe club, travel -- 1930s, canoeing, warrandyte, pound bend tunnel -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fay Bridge, Ancient Eel trap on the Yarra River at Laughing Waters, Eltham - pre-dating European settlement, 6 September 2023
Laughing Waters is the name for a stretch of the Yarra Valley Parklands consisting of river flats and hilly riparian bushland. With Birrarung (Yarra River) flowing through, Laughing Waters has been an important gathering place for thousands of years. For the Wurundjeri, ‘Garambi Baan’ (the name for Laughing Waters in Woi wurrung) is an important site for growing and harvesting food. Significantly, Wurundjeri iuk (eel) traps remain at Garambi Baan to this day. The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People take their name from the Woi wurrung language word ‘wurun’ meaning the Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along ‘Birrarung’ (Yarra River), and ‘djeri’, the grub which is found in or near the tree. Wurundjeri are the ‘Manna Gum People’ and their Ancestors have lived on this land for millennia. The site on the Yarra River near the former Morrison property Killeavey was given a language name in 2015 at the instigation of Wurundjeri Elder, Dave Wandin. Garambi Baan means “laughing waters” in the traditional language, Woi wurrung. The site at Warrandyte was rediscovered by Campbell Beardsell OAM in 2007 and is one of only a few known remaining iuk (eel) traps on Country once found the length of the Birrarung (Yarra) and the Maribyrnong. Original Indigenous aquacultural infrastructure was dismantled, taken away from sites and used to build houses, fords and roads by Europeans. The difficult and restricted access to this site is thought to be one of the reasons for its survival. The iuk trap is located within lands managed by Parks Victoria. The Narrap team in partnership with Parks Victoria and Acacia Land Management have been improving the native vegetation with a program of woody weed removal, exclusion fencing and revegetation. Importantly, the team have restored the trap’s infrastructure and have demonstrated its effectiveness.” References: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation - Laughing Waters. (2023, September 3). Retrieved from https://inplace.org.au/laughing-waters/ GARAMBI BAAN LAUGHING WATERS RESIDENCY CENTRE 2020 2024 Strategic Plan, Nillumbik Shire Council (2023, September 3). Retrieved from https://www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/minutes-and-agendas/2020/09-sep/15-sep-cm/ocm.177-20-attachment-1-laughing-waters-arts-program_1.pdffay bridge collection, eel trap, laughing waters, yarra river, wurundjeri woi wurrung, garambi baan, 2023-09-06 -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Real Estate History of "Shadowood", 74-76 Alto Avenue, Croydon, Victoria
Folder of Estate Agent's notes compiled in preparation for property auction, 11th October, 2008. Two-page history of "Shadowood", display photo of house with floor plan dating from circa 1920s, copies of LANDATA title documents. Map of Wicklow Hills subdivision, including Alto Avenue, Elesmere Avenue, Glenora Avenue, Wicklow Avenue, and railway line to Lilydale. Title Vol 1323 Fol 264412 Allotment 43C Parish of Warrandyte - Ann McKean, dated 6th October, 1881. Title Vol 1937 Fol 387367 Part of Allotment 43C Parish of Warrandyte - Richard Bonynge Kelly, 11th August, 1887. Title Vol 2728 Fol 543569 Part of Allotment 43C Parish of Warrandyte - Thomas Robertson, 27th July, 1898. Title Vol 4161 Fol 832181 Part of Allotment 43C Parish of Warrandyte - John Gordon Robertson, 4th November, 1918. Title Vol 4490 Fol 897808 Lots 82 and 83, Plan of Subdivision 7478 - Elizabeth Rutherford Morell, 12th August, 1921. Title Vol 4617 Fol 923322 Lot 82, Plan of Subdivision 7478 - Flora Clapperton, 23rd September, 1922. Title Vol 8409 Fol 533, part of Lot 82, Plan of Subdivision 7478 - Hugh Ravenscroft Hastings Wettenhall and Sybella Anne Wettenhall, 1st May, 1962. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document - Property Titles, Transfer of Land Act - "Pinemont", Ringwood, Victoria
Folder containing copies of LANDATA documents relating to "Pinemont", Panorama Avenue, Ringwood, Victoria, compiled for potential real estate sales background information purposes. Title Vol 965 Fol 923 Allotment 27B Parish of Warrandyte - James Forbes, dated 30th August, 1876. Title Vol 5236 Fol 1947157 Lots 294 and 370 on Plan of Subdivision no.11392 - Anthony Loughnan, dated 4th March, 1927. Title Vol 6415 Fol 1282937 Lot 294 on Plan of Subdivision no.11392 - Jessie McCracken Rothwell Woodard, dated 9th September, 1940. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Newman, Charles
British army officer Major Charles Newman was an early settler on the Yarra River at Templestowe after serving in India in the East India Company. Later be married and moved to Tasmania, farming at Black Brush near Pontville. In 1835 he came to the Port Phillip District and explored the Yarra River, returning with his family. David Crockett and Hazel Poulter researched, respectively, Charles Newman and the Templestowe area, identifying the Newman house, Pontville, on the Yarra banks. David Crockett also researched James and Anne Anderson. Contents Newspaper article: "David fills in the gaps", Diamond Valley News, 16 December 1986.29 October 1985, p62. Story of Charles Newman and of David Crockett and Hazel Poulter's researches. Letter, A (Tony) B Owen to Eltham Historical Society, 12 March 2018, enclosing information about Major Charles Newman. Email, Eltham District Historical Society to Tony Owen, acknowledging receipt of information about Major Charles Newman. Photocopy of pages from "Glimpses of Life in Victoria", pp38-43. Flier, "Heritage Events in Nillumbik, 2005". Photocopy of pages from unidentified volume, chapter headed "The Bush", and part chapter IV "Bushrangers". Warrandyte Historical Society publication "The Wurundjeri Clan of the Kulin". Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Network search results for "Andersons Station on the Yarra Yarra", "A brief history of Warrandyte", "The branch is broken", "Melbourne's historic home", "Land with infamous past", "Charles Newman's original grave at Monckton", and "Site of Major Newman's land". Photocopy of pages from "Templestowe - a folk history", Hazel Poulter, 1985,: "The squatter, Major Charles Newman".Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etccharles newman, british east india company, templestowe vic, warrandyte vic, david crockett, hazel poulter, james anderson, anne anderdon, a b owen, wurundjeri clan of the kulin, andersons station on the yarra river -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, The Robins, 13 Kangaroo Ground-Warrandyte Road, North Warrandyte, 2 March 2008
Built by noted artist Theodore Penleigh Boyd, father of architect Robin Boyd. Covered under National Estate, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Local Significance and Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p111This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, kangaroo ground-warrandyte road, north warrandyte, the robins -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fay Bridge, Ancient Eel trap on the Yarra River at Laughing Waters, Eltham - pre-dating European settlement, 16 May 2015
Laughing Waters is the name for a stretch of the Yarra Valley Parklands consisting of river flats and hilly riparian bushland. With Birrarung (Yarra River) flowing through, Laughing Waters has been an important gathering place for thousands of years. For the Wurundjeri, ‘Garambi Baan’ (the name for Laughing Waters in Woi wurrung) is an important site for growing and harvesting food. Significantly, Wurundjeri iuk (eel) traps remain at Garambi Baan to this day. The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People take their name from the Woi wurrung language word ‘wurun’ meaning the Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along ‘Birrarung’ (Yarra River), and ‘djeri’, the grub which is found in or near the tree. Wurundjeri are the ‘Manna Gum People’ and their Ancestors have lived on this land for millennia. The site on the Yarra River near the former Morrison property Killeavey was given a language name in 2015 at the instigation of Wurundjeri Elder, Dave Wandin. Garambi Baan means “laughing waters” in the traditional language, Woi wurrung. The site at Warrandyte was rediscovered by Campbell Beardsell OAM in 2007 and is one of only a few known remaining iuk (eel) traps on Country once found the length of the Birrarung (Yarra) and the Maribyrnong. Original Indigenous aquacultural infrastructure was dismantled, taken away from sites and used to build houses, fords and roads by Europeans. The difficult and restricted access to this site is thought to be one of the reasons for its survival. The iuk trap is located within lands managed by Parks Victoria. The Narrap team in partnership with Parks Victoria and Acacia Land Management have been improving the native vegetation with a program of woody weed removal, exclusion fencing and revegetation. Importantly, the team have restored the trap’s infrastructure and have demonstrated its effectiveness.” References: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation - Laughing Waters. (2023, September 3). Retrieved from https://inplace.org.au/laughing-waters/ GARAMBI BAAN LAUGHING WATERS RESIDENCY CENTRE 2020 2024 Strategic Plan, Nillumbik Shire Council (2023, September 3). Retrieved from https://www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/minutes-and-agendas/2020/09-sep/15-sep-cm/ocm.177-20-attachment-1-laughing-waters-arts-program_1.pdffay bridge collection, 2015-05-16, eel trap, laughing waters, yarra river, wurundjeri woi wurrung, garambi baan -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Titles of land subdivision, Crown Portions 32, 33 & 34, Parish of Warrandyte, 1884 and 1907, Ringwood, Victoria
Evolution of the subdivision and the use of landBlack plastic bound pockets containing copies of 18 LANDATA subdivision maps and mortgage transfer pages dating from 1884 for 303 acres 2 roods and 1 perch bounded by Warrandyte Road, Wonga Road, Oban Road and Mullum Mullum Creek in Ringwood, Victoria. Certificates of Title include Vol 1606 Fol 045 Frederick Walter Purches 1884 and subsequent transfers to 1902, and Vol 3232 Fol 646357 Ann Jane Kennedy 1907 and transfers to 1921. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Notification of registration and certificate fee, United Grand Lodge of Victoria - Collection of Masonic Degrees and Correspondence maintained by Aird family of Ringwood, Victoria
Letter dated 25th January, 1957, from Grand Secretary's Office, Freemasons' Hall, 25 Collins Street Melbourne to Wor. Bro. A.J.B. Aird, Warrandyte Road, Ringwood, notifying fee registration and certification fee upon accepting proposed rank of Past Senior Grand Deacon. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph - clipping, Edwin G. Adamson A.R.P.S, Lane running from Adelaide St. to Warrandyte Rd.Ringwood 1963 (Eastland Litigation Photo)
This series of SS0380 photos are part of the "Eastland Litigation" launched in 1962 by the Whitehorse Traders Co-operative Association (WTCA), against the Ringwood Council's Interim Development Order of 1960. WTCA sought "orders from the Supreme Court of Victoria that the planning scheme was invalid" - See "The Eastland Litigation" chapter in "From Horse Shoes to High Heels - Ringwood Shopping Centre and Eastland 1858-2008" by Richard Carter, Bounce Books 2009.Black and White PhotograpgWritten on back of photograph, 'The lane running from Adelaide St. to Warrandyte Rd. Now Civic Place. Right-hand side where Jack used to make clothes hoists. Left-hand side verging on plumber - S. Hunt then Horman & Woolhouse.' Stamp on photograph reads, 'Edwin G. Adamston A.R.P.S. Chartres House, Melbourne, Date May '63'. And on one copy stamped "IN THE SUPREME COURT E.W.L. 13 AUG 1963" -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Investiture of Officers, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Masonic Hall, Ringwood, Victoria
Folded cream coloured Installation Ceremony programme - Bro. William Edgar Lilburn at Masonic Hall, Aird Street, Ringwood on Thursday, 3rd October, 1974. Ceremony conducted by R. Wor. Bro. A.H. Allsop, assisted by V. Wor. Bro. J.F. Corr, past Grand Officers of the Maroondah Group Association. Includes list of Officers 1974-75, list of Members by year since Foundation (1955-1974), and list of Past Masters of the Lodge. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Investiture of Officers, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Masonic Hall, Ringwood, Victoria
Folded cream coloured Installation Ceremony programme - Installation of Bro. Graeme Robert Fairbairn and Investiture of Officers at Masonic Hall, Aird Street, Ringwood on Thursday, 2nd October, 1975. Includes list of Officers 1975-76 and list of Past Masters of the Lodge. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Investiture of Officers, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Masonic Hall, Ringwood, Victoria
Folded cream coloured Installation Ceremony programme - Installation of Brother Keith William Laing and Investiture of Officers at Masonic Hall, Aird Street, Ringwood on Thursday, 7th October, 1976. Ceremony conducted by V.W. Bro. A.H. Croxford. Includes list of Officers 1976-77, list of Members by year since Foundation (1955-1976), and list of Past Masters of the Lodge. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet, Twenty-five Years On (1955-80) - Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Ringwood, Victoria
Outline of Warrandyte Lodge 772 history since consecration in 1955. Includes list of foundation members, first initiates in 1956, secretaries 1955-1977, membership statistics, and naming of longest serving officer - Wor. Bro. H.W. Amos, 22 years. Also includes copy of opening Consecration Ceremony programme at Masonic Hall, Rochester Road, Canterbury, 9th September, 1955. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Investiture of Officers, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Masonic Centre, Ringwood, Victoria
Folded cream coloured Installation Ceremony programme - Installation of Ronald Ernest Breese, 2nd October, 1986, at Maroondah Masonic Centre, 124-8 Warrandyte Road, Ringwood. Includes list of Officers 1986-87, Toast list, and list of Past Masters 1955-1985. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Investiture of Officers, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Masonic Centre, Ringwood, Victoria
Folded cream coloured Installation Ceremony programme - Installation of W.Bro. David Russell Young, 1st October, 1992, at Maroondah Masonic Centre, 124-8 Warrandyte Road, Ringwood. Includes list of Officers 1992-93, Toast list, and list of Past Masters 1955-1991. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Programme - Investiture of Officers, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, A.F. and A. Masons of Victoria, Masonic Centre, Ringwood, Victoria
Folded cream coloured Installation Ceremony programme - Installation of Wor. Bro. Walter Stanley Butler, 6 October, 1994, at Maroondah Masonic Centre, 124-8 Warrandyte Road, Ringwood. Includes list of Officers 1994-95, Toast list, and list of Past Masters 1955-1993. -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Newspaper - News Clipping, Herald, He died at Eltham. Herald, March 4, p3, 4 Mar 1965
John Lawrence Coleman (1934-1965) born January 10, was the son of Raymond John Coleman and Hanna May (Gillet) Coleman. He married Margaret Frances Dare in 1955 and was the father of two children. He died whilst attempting to rescue an older man trapped in the bushfire at North Eltham on March 3, 1965 He died at Eltham (Herald, 4 March 1965, p3) [Picture of John Lawrence Coleman] Builder Mr John Lawrence Coleman, 31, of Main Rd., Eltham, one of three men burnt to death yesterday in the fire at North Eltham. The other two were XXXXX, 33 who lives opposite the Colemans and Mr William Elwers, 64 of Batman Rd., Eltham. * * * Frank Martin was a volunteer with the Eltham rural fire brigade at the time of the 1965 bushfires which burnt Eltham North and Research. Frank was asked to assist with the removal of three bodies from the back gully (now Orchard Avenue). They were badly burnt and one was found stuck under a fence as though trying to escape. Volunteers John Coleman Jnr, William Elwers and George Crowe were killed trying to protect Eltham from bushfire – they were local heroes. At the time, John Coleman Jnr was survived by his wife Margaret and two young children – John 11 and Vicky 2. Margaret Coleman lived in the family home until 1992 when she sold it and moved to Tasmania to be close to her son. She died in 1997 aged 65 years. 75 yr old Ken Gaston grew up on Edendale farm, which was originally a poultry farm but is now owned and run by the Shire of Nillumbik as an educational farm for schools and visitors. He was Captain of the Eltham rural fire brigade in 1965 when John Coleman Jnr was burnt to death in the Eltham North bushfires serving as an unofficial volunteer. He was able to draw where the original Wattletree Road was and at the time was verified with the location of some remaining bitumen and a post from the original bridge over the Diamond Creek located near the junction of the Diamond Creek and another small creek which is further down from Research or Christmas Creek as locals refer to it. The original Main Road ran behind Colemans before the railway line was built beyond Eltham in 1912. (Information recorded by Harry Gilham, President EDHS c.2011) * * * Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead (1965, March 4). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131758981 Includes two photos of the fire in North Eltham “Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham, Victoria. The smoke hides a house.” and “A house explodes into flames at North Eltham, Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up.” Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 4 March 1965, page 1 ________________________________________ Firemen make for safety as fire rages in Upper Glen Park Road. North Eltham. Victoria. The smoke hides a house. A house explodes into flames at North Eltham. Victoria. Firemen said bottled gas went up. Bushfires rage in Victoria, Snowy: Three dead MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Three people died today in a bush» fire which raged through North Eltham, about 15 miles from Melbourne. The victims were three men. A fourth man is feared to be dead. Another bushfire. sparked off by the heatwave sizzling over south-eastern Australia, is burning out of control in the Kosciusko State Park, in the Snowy Mountains. Firefighters fear that if it reaches pine forests up the Yarrangobilly River, they will be powerless to stop it. The three victims of the North Eltbam fire were trapped by flames in a valley. Their bodies were found only a few yards apart. They were named by police tonight as Mr. George Crowe, 78, of North Eltham, William John Ewers, 64, and John Laurence Coleman, 31, both of Eltham. The other two have not been identified. They are believed to be a man aged about 40 and an 18-year-old youth. At least 12 homes were destroyed by the fire, the worst in Victoria since 1962, when eight lives were lost and hundreds of homes burnt down at Warrandyte. At one time the township of Eltham was threatened, but a cool change swept in from the south and held back the wall of flames. More than 100 dogs, worth about £4,000, died when the fire raced through two kennels in Short Street, Eltham. and Upper Glen Park Road, North Eltham. A trickle of water Residents ran into the streets as the blaze raced towards their houses. Others frantically dug firebreaks around their homes. Mrs. Sue Recourt wept when firemen arrived while she was vainly trying to stop the flames with a trickle of water from the garden hose. A stack of firewood was blazing, but the firemen managed to save the house and rescue four goats. Many homes in Eltham were saved after flames had crept to within feet of their fences. Students at North Eltham State School had to be evacuated when the blaze threatened the building. Fire fighters were severely hampered by lack of water and narrow roads. The blaze, which began in above century heat, turned toward Wattle Glen, where two houses were gutted. Then the flames raced towards Hurstbridge to the north. Firemen battling desperately, controlled the fire late this afternoon. Five forest fires were still burning in Victoria tonight. IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority (1965, March 9). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 2. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131759928 Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 9 March 1965, page 2 ________________________________________ IN VICTORIA THIS WEEK Tragic lack of central fire authority From Rohan Rivett It was the worst week for Victorian fire fighters since Black Friday 27 years ago. On that day one pilot up in a spotter plane said afterwards: "It seemed at times that half the State was on fire." This time, for three days on end, Gippsland men, women and children had moments of conviction that their towns would have blackened into anonymity before the weekend was out. The week began with horror at Eltham on the North-eastern edge of Melbourne. Eltham today is something of an artists' colony. Oil painters, water colourists, potters and sculptors proliferate. A number of University folk have emulated the example of Professor MacMahon Ball who pioneered the way by moving to Eltham and carving a home out of the bush in the thirties. Innermost Eltham is barely 14 miles from the G.P.O. Farthest Eltham stretches miles beyond. It served to illustrate the tragi-ludicrous truncation of Victoria's fire control. Part of Eltham is under the protection of the Melbourne Fire Brigade. But this responsibility ceases at some invisible and incomprehensible line — apparently determined by the meanderings of the water mains. At this point everybody's property throughout the rest of Eltham is dependent on the Country Fire Authority. Half an hour before midday on Wednesday, a fire suddenly started on the West side of Upper Glen road on the edge of Eltham. Before the fire brigade could arrive, it was burning on a widening front through timber and high grass north of Eltham. Two wind changes in rapid succession saw the fire leaping Diamond Creek. With a freshening wind it struck home after home in three streets. More than one of them exploded suddenly as if hit by an incendiary bomb. There is no piped gas in the Eltham area, hence many housewives use bottle gas. The flames outside caused the bottles to explode. Altogether twelve homes were completely incinerated and four more were badly damaged. Thirty prize dogs perished. About three hours after the fire started it raced suddenly down a gully hillside trapping an elderly man. Two other men apparently raced to the rescue. Flames caught the three men within yards of each other, not 200 yards off the Upper Glen Park Road where safety lay. They were burned to death. Next evening an angry and convincing secretary of the Fire Brigade Union, Mr. W. M. Webber, came on television and appealed to the people of Victoria to end the ridiculous and dangerous dualism in fire-fighting control. The Eltham fire, he said, had precisely illustrated the situation. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade area touched Eltham, but where the fire had gutted and killed, was just outside its area. Mr. Webber said his union had constantly urged one authority for the State with a complete reorganisation of fire protection. On Wednesday the union had repeated its call for an inquiry into fire protection in Victoria to the Chief Secretary, Mr Rylah. "No matter how close the liaison between the two organisations, there are always divided sections of thinking," Mr. Webber told viewers. "I don't know how much tragedy the com-munity can take before it demands that it is properly protected." Rumours that differences in gauge between taps and hose nozzles (as between the two authorities) accentuated the damage were denied by fire chiefs who said that all appliances were now carrying adaptors so that hoses could be linked to mains everywhere. But there is grave concern in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade's higher councils at the action of several Federal authorities with projects in and around Melbourne. They are installing non-standard equipment without reference to the State authorities or any dovetailing of appliances and equipment. Public alarm was not diminished by the publication on Friday and Saturday of a heart tearing letter from the young widow of John Lawrence Coleman, 31 year old father of two, who had died in the flames apparently trying to rescue the old man trapped in the gully. By that time, a Vast area of Gippsland was in flames and the troops had been sent in to back up the overworked and often helpless fire-fighters. By Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Stoneham, who has previously demanded a Royal Commission into fire-fighting arrangements, repeated his demand. To add to the Chief Secretary's worries he was publicly rebuked for allegedly implying on television that lives had been lost at Eltham because people went to the wrong place at the wrong time. In a letter to the Press, Professor MacMahon Ball pointed out that two of the men involved were experienced bushmen who had gone "to help an old man in great danger fully aware of the danger to themselves". As Victoria faced its sixth day of total State-wide fire ban, it looked likely that even official resistance was not going to silence the demand for one central authority to control the fire fiend. At the moment, the 400 square miles where two million Victorians live in Greater Melbourne are divorced from the rest of the State in planning, communications, equipment and control of personnel. No one doubts the whole-hearted co-operation and willingness to back each other up of the M.F.B. and the C.F.A., both at top-level and among the firemen themselves. However, when a city straggles so deeply into the country side, the absence of a single authority, to oversee and analyse the fire threat as a whole, suggests suicidal policy of divide and fuel. Emphasis of the tragic loss of a member of a pioneering family who died whilst helping others in his communitybushfire, cfa, country fire authority, fire brigrade, glen park road, heroes, john lawrence coleman, north eltham, victorian bushfires - 1965, volunteers, william john elwers, fire fighter, frank martin, george john crowe, ken gaston, orchard avenue -
Trafalgar Holden Museum
Vehicle - 1946 Oldsmobile, 1942
General Motors Holden imported this vehicle into Australia from Canada in approximately 1941 or 1942 as 4 door sedan. The Oldsmobile company believed that at the end of WW2 there would be a need for coupes worldwide. GMH at that time were heavily committed to he war effort and the proposal was to convert this vehicle into a coupe in line for Coup with the Oldsmobile policy. The conversion went ahead under some secrecy as the war effort had priority. The result was by the end of war this coupe was manufactured at the GMH Fisherman's Bend plant. The car was taken to both Brisbane and Sydney motor shows and was immediately a success with GMH taking orders at both shows. However when these orders were forwarded to Oldsmobile USA the response was less than favourable. Apparently Oldsmobile had been inundated with orders for Coupes in both Canada and the USA and could not fullfill any overseas orders due to lack of capacity. This vehicle under instructions from USA was to be hidden and not used for sales promotion anywhere in Australia. The exact location of this vehicle is somewhat lost between 1946 and 1990's. It was located in Kyneton in Victoria where it had been placed in the back of Kyneton GMH dealership. It was extracted by Doug___ from Warrandyte, removed from the blackberries and undergrowth and taken for restoration. Progress was slow and it was sold to the museum fully restored by Mr Rob Treen Glassy Spur Victoria. The colours both interior and exterior are the same as it came out of the GMH workshop in 1945.It is a one off vehicle and the only 2 door RHD Oldsmobile Coupe body made by Holden.1946 Black Oldsmobile 2 door automobile, 1932, car -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Document, Masonic Centre of Victoria, Bundle of miscellaneous papers (47 pages) from 1953 to 1976 pertaining to the formation of the Ringwood Masonic Centre (also called Warrandyte Lodge, no.772), 1953 - 1976
Lists of Installations of the Warrandyte Lodge No.772 at the Masonic Hall, Pratt Street, Ringwood47 pages - bundle of miscellaneous papers from 1953 to 1976 pertaining to the formation of the Ringwood Masonic Lodge (also called Warrandyte Lodge, no.772) -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet - By-Laws, Warrandyte Lodge No.772, Under the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Victoria, Masonic Hall, Ringwood, Victoria
Blue covered booklet presented to Bro. Ronald E Breese on his initiation, 7th February 1974. Includes list of foundation members, first officers and past masters of the lodge. The Warrandyte Lodge, No. 772 was Consecrated by the Pro. Grand Master, M. W. Bro. Dr. George Bankin Bearham, on the 9th September, 1955, in the Masonic Temple, Canterbury, the Ringwood Lodge No. 382, being Sponsors. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Composite Aerial Views of Ringwood, Victoria - 1972
Two composite black & white aerial photographs with north-facing view over Maroondah Highway, including Railway Station precinct, Civic Centre precinct, Eastland, Mount Dandenong Road, Bedford Road, Ringwood Street, Warrandyte Road, Mullum Road, Loughnan's Road.Department of Crown Lands and Survey. Maroondah Highway Project - Run 3 - 20.1.72 - 3,900' ASL.