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Book, Parlimentary Debates 20th December, 1916 to 16th March, 1917
Hard Bind Book with pages 10297 - 11708Commonwealth Of Australia, Parliamentary Debates. 20th December, 1916 to 16th March, 1917. VII. George V. Volume LXXXI. Pages 10297 - 11708 and Index. 6th Parliament. 1st Session. Mr Fenton. -
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Book, Parliamentary Debates 18 December 1918 to 6 August 1919
Hard bound book containing pages 9651-11248Commonwealth of Australia Parliamentary Debates 18th December 1918 to 6 August 1919 IX & X George V. Volume LXXXVIII Pages 9651-11248 7th parliament 2nd session Mr Fenton -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates
Hard Bind Book with pages 1-1312Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates. 28th June to 11th August, 1922. XIII. George V Volume XCIX. Pages 1 - 1312. 8th Parliament 2nd Session Mr Fenton -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates 11th August to 26th September 1922
Hard cover book with pages 1313-2652Commonwealth of Australia Parliamentary Debates 11th August to 26th September 1922 XIII George V Volume C Pages 1313-2652 8th Parliament 2nd Session Mr Fenton -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates 10th June to 13th August 1925
Hard cover book with pages 1-1356Commonwealth of Australia Parliamentary Debates 10th June to 13th August 1925 16 George V Volume 110 Pages 1-1356 9th Parliament 3rd Session Mr Fenton -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates 26th Sep to 14th Oct 1922
Hard Bind Book with pages 2653 - 3962Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates. 26th September to 14th October 1922. XIII> George V. Volume CI Pages 2653 - 3962. 8th Parliament 2nd Session Mr Fenton. -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates 13th Jan to 22nd Mar 1926
Hard Bind Book with pages 1-1824Commonwealth of Australia Parliamentary Debates. 13th January to 22nd March 1926. 16 George V. Volume 112. Pages 1-1824. 10th Parliament 1st Session (First Period). Mr Fenton -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates 22nd Mar to 30th Jun 1926
Hard Bind Book with pages 1825-3672Commonwealth of Australia. Parliamentary Debates. 22nd March to 30th June 1926. 16-17 George V. Volume 113 Pages 1825-3672. 10th Parliament 1st Session (First Period). Mr Fenton -
Bendigo Trades Hall Council & Literary Institute Inc.
Book, Parliamentary Debates 2nd Mar to 24th Mar 1927
Hard Bind Book with pages 1-1085 Commonwealth of Australia Parliamentary Debates. 2nd March to 24th March 1927. 17 George V. Volume 115. Pages 1-1085. 10th Parliament 1st Session (second Period) Mr Fenton -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Certifciate
Certificate presented to Dick Nankervis on the occasion of his appointment of an officer in 1918 at Saint James's Court. Refer to Word Document in item 0048Certificate of Appointment in wooden frame with glass frontCertificate appointing Dick Nankervis MM as Officer of the Land Forces by King George VI at the Court of Saint James on 11 December 1918partchment, glass -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Memorabilia - British War Medal 1914 - 1918
Medal issued to B.A.Bristow 5848 6- LOND - R for was time serviceWar medal round with fixed suspender bar with tattered original ribbonOn front side, is bust of King George V; on circumference is written "GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP: on the reverse side on circumference is 1914 at 10 o'çlock position and 1918 at the 3 o'clock position; in the centre is horse with mounted horseman ; on the rim is impressed with the recipient's number rank name and regiment -
Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Certificate - Commemorative Scroll 1914-1918
Certificate issued to families of a deceased soldierScroll issued with a signed letter by King George VCommemorative Scroll -
Melton City Libraries
Document, Design of Dinner, c.1970
Melton Fire Brigade history In a letter to George Minns of 24th March 1942 from the Forests Commission the brigade was registered Class ‘F’ with the certificate of Registration N. 425. In December 1935 a public meeting was held with the purpose of forming a bush fire brigade. Constable Roy Corbett was elected Captain a position he held until 1941 and 1945 –1949. 1942 EW Barrie. 1st Lieut 2nd Lieut TL Barrie 1943 EW Barrie 2nd Lieut 1944 : : MELTON RURAL FIRE BRIGADE Established under CFA act 1944 1945- 1953 EW Barrie Apparatus Officer 1951- 1965 EW Barrie Captain 1967- 1979 EW Barrie elected Group Communication Officer of the Mt Cotterill Fire Brigades. RADIO In 1954 the Fire Brigade introduced 2 HF (high frequency) radios, one was installed in the Fire truck and the other in the Captains utility. 1956- 16th March Licence granted to the County Fire Authority Melton to establish a MOBILE transmitting and receiving station. Area of operation, Melton and District on the frequency (kc/s) 3836 for the exchange of messages relating to the fighting and prevention of fires during actual fires or periods of fire hazard with the CFA Bacchus Marsh base station VL3OX. 1958- 22nd May Commonwealth of Australia, Postmaster-General’s Department Special Licence No H 702 under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1950 is hereby transferred to Mr. E.W. Barrie, Captain, Melton Rural Fire Brigade to establish a MOBILE transmitting and receiving station. Call sign VL3 OX 6 and VL 3OX 7Group officer Bon Barrie's invitation to a Fire Brigade formal dinner emergency services -
Melton City Libraries
Letter, Letter from George Minns, 1861
Letter from George Minns to his aunty -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Melton East end shopping, 1992
TOM COLLINS–from the reel to reel tape recording at Melton 1969 In the years between 1890 and to about 1913 Melton was a quiet little hamlet alongside the Toolern Creek, once called the Pennyroyal Creek, 24 miles from Melbourne on the Ballarat Road. There was a fair amount of woodland left around it, mostly grey and yellow box with sheoak, and golden wattle, which in spring time made a rather attractive setting. Most of the premises were in the main or High Street, with its line of elm and pepper trees on each side. Unitt, McKenzie and Henry streets each contained only a few dwellings. Hotels were four in number, Minns’s, Mrs Hay licencee, now Mac’s, Golden Fleece – Sheblers. The Royal or Ryan’s as it was then called, later Graham had the licence, and the Raglan - Kilpatricks had the licence and afterwards Tom Manning. This was situated about where Mr K. Young had his residence. There was a store attached to the hotel until about 1900. Both the Royal and the Raglan were delicensed, later on the Royal being converted to a green grocery and a boarding house, the Raglan was demolished. The Royal green grocery and boarding house was kept by E Carew and after he retired, E Radford. The Post and Telegraph Office was on the opposite side of the street to the Raglan Hotel about two doors west of the Shire Hall and was kept by Mrs Ferris and Lady Farmer until her retirement, when it was carried on by Miss Lottie Ross. A store was attached to the Post Office and was sometimes used as a store and at one time housed the National Bank. There were two full time banks at Melton, the other being the Commercial which built premises about 1904 and on the corner of High and Smith Streets, which it still occupies. Mr G Egan was the manager of the Commercial and Mr Stradling and later Mr Lee of the National. However as business was not thought good enough they reverted to a part time branch operated from Bacchus Marsh. Grocer shops were Chalmers, with a news agency and drapery now Arnolds, Jongebloeds had the bakery. Mr Fox also a produce merchant, was where Melton Real Estate is now, it was later occupied by Buchanans, Atleys, and Mrs Ross. Not long after the War Mrs Ross built the Post Office, since demolished where Miss Lottie Ross was the Post Mistress and later built the store which she conducted. It was later turned into a factory and in now the barbers shop. McNichols was just west of the Minns Hotel. He travelled as far a Ballan weekly, buying calves and dairy produce for sale in Melbourne. Afterwards he sold the business and bought Minns Hotel and changing the name to Macs. Blacksmiths were three in number. Blackwoods – later James Byrnes next door to Jongebloeds. Alex Cameron who learnt his trade with Blackwoods had his shop about the rear of where Ken Youngs Garage is now he later moved to the north west corner of High and Alexander Street. He was also the Registrar of Birth and Deaths and Electoral Registrar. After his retirement he was weighbridge keeper at Melton South. Two of his sons were engaged in the carpentry trade, but both died at an early age. Whittingtons shop was a few doors east of the Mechanics Hall and it was later occupied by Gordon Macdonald who did business there until about eight years ago. The butchers of the period were George Graham, that is where Mandy Lees hairdressing establishment is now. Euan MacDonald had premises later occupied by Whittingtons blacksmith shop. Later shifting next door. He left here about 1901, he slaughtererd animals at a slaughter house right where Chas Jones now resides, it had previously been a slaughter house and butcher shop of that site. George Spring also operated as a butcher for two or three years about the 1900 or so. Ted Simpsons shop was where John Kontek now has his Estate Agency, he used it as an branch shop from Bacchus Marsh bringing meat from there by a two horse lorry. Jimmy Butler the manager was well known and loved, his son was later a steeplechase jockey. The Court House and Police Station would be built sometime before 1900. The Constables at the time were McGuire, later Wade, Riely and McKenzie after that Robert Wilson and Seinfort were here, they were a bit later on. The Mechanics Hall was first opened by Ryan of the Royal Hotel who sold it to the Hall Committee. It was on Unitt Street and it was moved by McLellans the house shifters from Unitt Street to its present site. Bluestone premises formerly occupied by the bootmaker Carew, were later demolished and replaced by the brick frontage to the Hall. Keith Orensini [?] the local bricklayer built brick portion to the Hall. In the cottage adjoining the Hall a Frenchman named Baudin, had a boot repairing business.This cottage was the later residence of J Hill, a local carpenter and builder from whom I learnt my trade. Granny Watts was the well known local nurse and operated the Mid-Wifery Hospital in Yuille Street on the Sherwin Street corner. Mrs Nissen was on the opposite side of Yuille Street a short distance nearer the township. She conducted the laundry. Carew had a greengrocers shop next door to the Post Office in the High Street for some time before transferring to the Royal Hotel site. He also bought [?] calves for killing. W Cecil was a tank maker and also had a produce round, he lived on Pyke and Sherwin Street. Later Gus Shebler, builder and carpenter engaged in tank making being well known for good workmanship. Shebler was very energetic in forming the Gun Club which met for a good number of years where the golf course now has its headquarters. Of the four churches only three are in use, Christ Church, Scots and St Dominics. The Methodist closed down but later transferred to Melton South. Monthly stock sales were held at the yards in Unitt Street at Minns Hotel by McPhail Auctioneers, later held by McCarthur and McLeod. After the Council built the pound and sale yards they transferred sales to these premises, but lack of patronage caused them to be abandoned. A familiar sight in the district was blind Bob Nixon, who lived in a tumbled down cottage in Centenary Road near W Coburns, being led by his dog down the road to Melton, that is Palmerston street, to the Post Office, butcher and baker for his supplies and then back home. He was able to do his own cooking and other chores. Sundays he would come down Raleighs Road to the back of the church and tie his dog to a tree. Someone, mostly one of the boys would guide him into the church and out again after the service, when the dog would lead him home again. State School 430, a two roomed bluestone building it was the only school in the district, none at Melton South. The nearest would be Rockbank and Toolern Vale. Scholars had a fair distance to walk in most cases. The teachers were Mr T Lang Headmaster. I put a query here, Miss Winters, I’m not certain of the name, Mrs Skinner and Miss Silke as Assistant Teachers. Miss Augusta Cecil and Miss Maud Lang were Junior teachers. One boy who attended the school about the turn of the century was Hector Fraser who resided with his parents in Keilor Road, where Jim Gillespie now lives. He was an excellent gun shot and at the age of about 17 years his father took him to France or Monaco where he won the Gran Prix for pigeon shooting and became the champion boy shot of the world. However he died there from pneumonia. He shot under the name of “Parvo”. The Melbourne Hunt Club used to meet in Keilor Road north side just east of the Toolern Creek on what was originally Pykes Run. This was also the place where the races were held and the Sports Meetings. Dave Murphy, employed at Clarke’s Rockbank Station usually provided the fox which he liberated for the Club. Greyhound coursing was usually held on Moylans property Mt Kororoit, or Mt Misery as it was known then. Later it was held at Melton Park, Mr Matt Carberry was the judge and Percy Cook the slipper. Early in the 1900’s the Recreation Park was created and the Caledonian and the ANA sports meetings were held there, they were annual events. L Paterson from Melton South was a successful competitor in all the cycling events as a young man. He later in life became the Deputy Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. The present Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade is John Paterson, nephew of his, and spent his early life in Exford where his father was manager of the Exford Estate. Notes Tom Collins was born c 1895. He lived on the south side of the Ballarat Road near the intersection of Keilor Road.Historical image of Palmerston Street in Meltonlocal architecture, landscapes of significance -
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Newspaper, Special Melton People, 1971
"Hannah ‘Grannie’ Wattsis one of Melton’s mostcelebrated and cherished pioneers. Born in Ireland in 1831, Hannah immigrated to Australia with her husband George Byrns in 1854. Moving to Melton, they built a wattle and daub hut home where they lived with their four children until George was tragically killed in 1860. Unusually for the time, Hannah purchased land in her own name in the Melton township in 1863. Later that same year she married William Watts and together they moved to Toolern Vale and built a bluestone and mud brick home. It is believed that while travelling to Australia, Hannah assisted the ship surgeon and demonstrated a natural aptitude for the tasks assigned to her. When she was living in Melton she assisted other women in an unofficial capacity as neighbourhood midwife, while also working on her farm and raising her six children. By 1887, however, her reputation as a midwife had grown to such an extent that she was able to establish her own practice. William Watts died in 1874, but Hannah remained in Toolern Vale for the next twenty years. In 1894, she moved into the Melton township and built Lynch Cottage on the corner of Yuille and Sherwin streets, near Toolern Vale Creek. There she assisted in the births of hundreds of Melton residents, as well as the laying out of the deceased. Meticulous in her record keeping, Hannah Watts recorded the details of a total of 442 births between the years 1886 and 1921. Lynch Cottage was officially registered as a private hospital in 1911 and Hannah was listed in the Victorian Register of Midwives in 1917. Hannah Watts died on 21 October 1921, a few months after she assisted with the delivery of her final baby, Thomas Watts Minns. She was 90 years old. Hannah was buried in Melton Cemetery and mourned by the Melton community. Her obituary in the Gisborne Gazette is a testament to how beloved she was by the people she served: ... while in the absence of medical aid residents looked to Grannie as their doctor, philosopher and friend. Hundreds, in fact we might say thousands of people held the deceased in veneration ... A woman of great energy and determination combined with superior intelligence, Grannie conquered difficulties that would have made many falter... Today Grannie Watts is remembered by her descendants and by many locals in the City of Melton. Created in 1985, Hannah Watts Park honours Grannie Watts’ pioneering work for the health and wellbeing of hundreds of Meltonians. Not only is the park a fitting tribute to the memory of an outstanding citizen, it also continues to provide today’s residents and visitors with a space to walk, relax, gather and celebrate in Melton" .Tom Minns holding Debra Wain, first hospital baby to be born In Melton since 1921. Article featured in the Herald. Mother Rhonda Wain is featured in the photo too. local identities, local significant events -
Melton City Libraries
Painting, Minn's Hotel, 1890
Photo of the painting scanned by Morrie Forte 2011. "The Minns’ Hotel, the was originally a butcher shop, before owner George Minns transformed it into a hotel. It later became known as Mac’s Hotel, which remains a popular place in Melton today".Oil Painting by D C Power Minns Hotel Meltonlocal architecture -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Fanny Parker's house, 1972
Fanny Elizabeth nee Minns Parker, daughter of George Minns was born in Norfolk c.1808, married Nicholas Parker in Melton 1874. They had two sons, John Nicholas. Father Nicholas died circa 1877. Their second son George Minns Parker was born 31st December 1876. Fanny’s house contained external decorative features and corner stonework which was also used in the Willows House. Fanny died circa 1919 Fanny Parker was a friend of Ann Myers. Their sons were born in the same decade. The rate books show her as a dressmaker. Parkeer's house was located on Mckenzie Street, Meltonlocal identities, local architecture -
Kilmore Historical Society
MY NOVEL VOL 1, 1867
Leather bound spine and corners with blue marble book board cover Gold writing on spine 'My Novel 1' 7 unnumbered pages ; 375 pages ; 18 cmHandwritten inscription on page 1 '79' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' Dedication to 'Right Hon Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer'adult fiction -
Kilmore Historical Society
CLASS-BOOK OF GEOGRAPHY, 1888
School binding of brown paper stitched across from cover 323 pages ; 16cm ; N/Aschool text, geography -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE LAST OF THE BARONS, 1867
Brown hardboard cover Missing spine, loose back cover xiv ; 464 pages ; 19cm Handwritten inscription on front page '73' 'The last of the Barons' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Machines Institute' lord lytton, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
GODOLPHIN, 1867
Brown hardboard cover with gold detailing on the spine Blue spine label 'Lord Lytton's Novels - Godolphin' xiv ; 224 pages ; 19cm Handwritten inscription on front page '91' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' lord lytton, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
PAUL CLIFFORD, 1867
Brown hardboard cover with gold detailing on the spine Blue spine label 'Lord Lytton's Novels - Paul Clifford' Routledge' xii ; 308 Pages ; 19cm Handwritten inscription on front page '94' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' lord lytton, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
LUCRETIA: THE CHILDREN OF NIGHT, Lucretia: The children of the night, 1867
Brown hardboard cover with gold detailing on the spine Blue spine label ' Lord Lytton's Novels - Lucretia' xiv ; 336 pages ; 19cm Handwritten inscription on front page '90' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'lord lytton, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
DEVEREUX, 1867
Brown hardboard cover with gold detailing on the spine Blue spine label 'Lord Lytton's Novels - Devereux' 'Routledge' xiv ; 303 pages ; 19cm Handwritten inscription on front page '88' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' lord lytton, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
PELHAM; OR ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN, Pelham; or, Adventures of a Gentleman, 1867
Missing front and back cover with gold detailing on the spine Blue spine label 'Lord Lytton's Novels - Pelham' xvi ; 304 pages ; 19cm Handwritten inscription on front page '92' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'lord lytton -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE AGRICULTURAL TEACHER, The Agricultural Teachers Books I. II. Luplau, 1881
Brown leather cover with embossed pattern on covers Gold embossed inscription on the front cover 138 pages ; 19 cm ; IndexHandwritten inscription on front page 'M. Figgins'agriculture, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE LIFE OF GLADSTONE, The Life of The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone
Blue Cloth cover with gold detailed image on front and gold embossed detail on spine 'The life of the right hon. W.E.Gladstone, G. Barnett Smith,Cassell & Company Limited viii ; 604 pages ; 20cm Handwritten inscription on front page '78' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute'william ewart gladstone, autobiography, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON 1 VOL 1, 1902
Red cloth bound cover with faded embossing on front ' Life of Napoleon 1' with gold embossing on the spine 'Life of Napoleon 1, J:H:Rose M:A:, I, GEO:Bell & Sons' xvii ; 512 pages ; 20cm ; illus Handwritten inscription on first page '175, 923 ROS R79' Stamp on various pages ' Kilmore Mechanics Institute' napoleon 1, biography, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
SPARKS AND SOUNDS FROM A COLONIAL ANVIL, 1873
Faded brown cloth cover with embossed detailing on cover and spine 'Sparks and Sounds by J Whiteman ' xi; 195 pages ; Illus; 19cm;Handwritten inscription on front page '3' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute Signature; ' Faithfully yours John Whiteman'kilmore mechanics institute library.