Published Diamond Valley Leader, 23 Nov. 2005, Article reviewing the events of the fourth Eltham Rotary Town Festival with comments from organiser Chris Chapple and Eltham Town spokeswoman Lucy Anderson. Mentions jazz bands from Eltham High School and Eltham College On reverse - article about Eltham's Hollie Grima selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games basketball squad.Newsprint2005, eltham community festival, rotary club of eltham, rotary eltham town festival, eltham rotary town fesival, chris chapple, eltham college, eltham festival, eltham high school, eltham town, lucy anderson, 2005 commonwealth games basket ball squad, hollie grima

The iconic Eltham Barrel restaurant operated in Eltham from the late 1960s to its demise in a fire in 1989. This piece of timber - itself recycled from elsewhere (possibly the Clivedon mansion) in the construction of the Barrel had the words "Eltham Barrel" burned into the timber. It formed part of the welcome to visitors on the high external covered portico entrance. This large timber beam was saved and used in the construction of a house in Eltham.Three colour photographstimber beam, eltham barrel

The iconic Eltham Barrel restaurant operated in Eltham from the late 1960s to its demise in a fire in 1989. This piece of timber - itself recycled from elsewhere (possibly the Clivedon mansion) in the construction of the Barrel had the words "Eltham Barrel" burned into the timber. It formed part of the welcome to visitors on the high external covered portico entrance. This large timber beam was saved and used in the construction of a house in Eltham.Three colour photographstimber beam, eltham barrel

This type of mobile spring weighing scales were in high use before legislative Weights and Measure standards where in force throughout Australia. This was in a time when a "mans word and handshake" was his legal document. It was a time, especially in rural areas that the term "she'll be right" was extensively used and these types of scales (the accuracy over time) would produce a near "enough is good enough" measure. These scales are very significant for the rural produce within the Kiewa Valley. Rural produce such as hay milk and butter tubs,tobacco bundles could be easily weighed (in relatively smaller packages) for both markets and for use within the valley.This spring scale (!/2 Once to 4lb) was used as general weight scale. Because it is spring loaded the accuracy would fade over time and by over weighted loads. The spring enclosure is made from cast iron painter black. There is an iron ring at the top (attaching/holding) and an iron hook at the bottom (holding). There is a brass front plate with engraved markings(on the left side) running from top to bottom and a movable pin weight indicator running in the middle indicating the weight of the item being weighed.At the front top"SALTER'S SPRING BALANCE 4LB BY 21/2 OZ" underneath "No 1A" At the bottom in smaller print "MADE IN ENGLAND PATENT"weighing instruments, spring balances

The iconic Eltham Barrel restaurant operated in Eltham from the late 1960s to its demise in a fire in 1989. This piece of timber - itself recycled from elsewhere (possibly the Clivedon mansion) in the construction of the Barrel had the words "Eltham Barrel" burned into the timber. It formed part of the welcome to visitors on the high external covered portico entrance. This large timber beam was saved and used in the construction of a house in Eltham.Three colour photographstimber beam, eltham barrel

The loss of life from infectious diseases such as Typhoid in the pioneer settlements of Australia, was very high Hence the free, compulsory vaccination of infants within 6 months of their birth. This Notice To Parents was sent by the Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths in District of East Brighton , now known as Bentleigh. The notice states that all Public Vaccinators ‘ are supplied with Calf lymph. Parents can chose which Lymph they prefer”James Jones and Mary Ann Moore were born in Brighton c1857 and c 1859 into pioneer market gardener families in the area of the Dendy Special Survey of 1841. They married in 1883 and raised their family in East Brighton, now Bentleigh. Sadly infectious diseases took the lives of many infants throughout the Colony of Victoria due to the poor state of water supply and sewerage disposal and locally the swamps of the Elster Creek were a constant breeding ground. An original paper Notice To Parents for the Compulsory Vaccination Act , First Schedule, 13th August 1888 following the registration of the birth of Martha Jones to James and Mary Ann Jones in Brighton Victoria.A / COMPULSORY VACCINATION ACT – FIRST SCHEDULE / Section 17 / NOTICE TO PARENTS. Typed along left side “ (N.B. All Public Vaccinators are supplied with Calf Lymph. Parents can chose which Lymph they prefer)” This paper notice naming the child Martha Jones is signed and dated by the Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths of the District of East Brighton , W. Ward, on 13th August 1888, and gives the dates and times he will be in attendance ‘ at his residence’ for the said vaccination. vaccination, pioneers, early settlers, typhoid, brighton, moorabbin, bentleigh, market gardeners, fruit gardens, jones james, jones mary ann, jones martha, dendy henry, dendys special survey 1841, infectious diseases, water supply, elster creek, melbourne

Slide of a Cheviot sheep. The Cheviot is known as a hill breed sheep and is found mainly in hilly country with high rainfall. It has not become very popular in Australia. Slide printed by Audio Visual Education Centre, Education Department of Victoria. Formerly stored in presentation folder as part of "British Breeds of Sheep Set No. 448" series by the Audio Visual Education Centre, Education Department of Victoria.Slide of a Cheviot sheep.BRITISH BREEDS OF SHEEP / Set No. 448 / No. 12 / Cheviot VISUAL EDUCATION CENTRE / EDUCATION DEPT. OF VICTORIAcheviot sheep, sheep, british, slide, sheep - british

Fourteen Miniature Models of Nurses from Primitive Era to 1980's. They were Dean Nancy Long's idea and she had them made. They were used for "Careers" information when visiting High Schools. In 1972 when the uniforms changed from traditional to more modern trend they created interest for prospective trainee nurses. Each has a frame and a name tag in Roman script Collection of fourteen miniature Dolls. These dolls were used as a teaching aid at the Northern District School of Nursing.Titles of Dollsnursing uniforms, educational equipment, careers

Noel Webster was mayor of the City of Nunawading from 1973 to 1974. He was a founding member of the Vermont High School council and a board member of Maroondah Hospital. He was involved in U3A and was a founding member of the Early Planning for Retirement Association. Jean Webster was the president of the Nunawading Historical Society and both assisted the resettlement of Cambodian migrants. Noel Webster passed away in 2002 at the age of 77.Black and white photograph of Mayor Noel Webster, and wife Jean Websterwebster, noel, jean

Donated to the Geelong Football Club by Dr Peter Richmond Grandson of ticket holder, Ernest Samuel Richmond. Supplied also with copy of photograph of Richmond in his gig associated with his trips from Winchelsea to High st Belmont where Mr Richmond would leave his horse and gig before catching a tram to Corio Oval East Geelong to watch the Geelong team in action.GFC Membership ticket. Folded ticket with deep blue textured front with gold lettering stating - GEELONG FOOTBALL CLUB GEELONG/FOOTBALL/CLUB/SEASON/1925. Inside folded section has white paper with heading on left of fold - GEELONG FOOTBALL CLUB - followed by list of office bearers, general committee. Signed in black ink, lower left side - E.S. Richmond Winchelsea - Right side of fold has numbers 1-23 printed around top, right and lower edge of card. The 3, 5 9, 13, and 15 have been perforated through. Dates and fixtures for the season are listed. Stamped in black is the number - 3912 - lower right side. Printed over both sides in light blue states - GEELONG/1925 -dr peter richmond, ernest samuel richmond, geelong cats, gfc

Western fashion in the 1890s saw women's capes become an item of fashionable choice as they fell gracefully over an expansive sleeve. Capes often had a high neck, and were frequently trimmed with jet passementerie and fur. This capelet has a fashionable dog-collar neckline which became fashionable from c.1895, lasting as a style to c.1905. The capelet was probably part of a mourning ensemble.The capelet originally belonged to Catherine Francis Ellen Gulliver (nee Wells) who was born in Ballarat in 1874. The item was passed by descent to her daughter Catherine Francis Helen Taylor (nee Gulliver) [born 1896], and then to her granddaughter, Doris Catherine Kriesfield (nee Taylor) [1922-2015]. Victorian-era capelet, designed to cover the shoulders, and ornamented with shamrocks outlined in jet passementerie. The capelet has a dog-collar neck, that is lined with leather. The original lace, forms a wide border edging the satin. The front of the capelet has large hooks and eyes.fashion design, women's clothing, outerwear, capes, capelets, fashion -- 1890s -- 1900s, mourning wear, catherine francis ellen gulliver, doris catherine kriesfield

State school children in the famous orchard district of Harcourt were expected to learn apple packing to a high standard, with instruction given by Dept of Agriculture specialist teachers, Classes were conducted at Harcourt Cooperative Coolstores during school hours.The pupils were expected to (and did) travel between school and packing shed by their own means without supervision..Pupils participated in state wide competitions .Shows the extent to which vocational training in a specialized subject could be taken to support the Apple Industry of Harcourt. The decoration/artwork of the shield is to a very high standard A wooden shield with metal adornments. A banner is at the top with "Gerrard Challenge Shield", a central metal shield shaped plaque shows a box of apples surrounded by trees and many boxed apples in the background. Below that is a banner with " District Championship for Schools Apple Packing Classes. Below that (at the bottom) is a smaller plaque with "Competitors to be pupils & attending school children's Apple Packing Classes." "Conducted by the Department of Agriculture." On the left side are three smaller shields for the years 1934 to 1936 awarded to Castlemaine the three shields on the right are blank.

Photo of Tilly Aston as a young girl of 16 sitting in a chair with a handbag in her lap. She wears a high necked dress and her hair is pulled back behind her in a ponytail. Image has been produced in a sepia and black and white. Black and white copy has 'about 1920' on back, however this date is incorrect as Tilly would have been almost 50 that year.1 photograph in various tones of Tilly Aston aged 16tilly aston, royal victorian institute for the blind

Wattle Gully, at Chewton was first worked in 1853 albeit initially only to a depth of 10 metres. An exploratory drilling in 1934, that deflected off course, discovered new rich gold seams and by 1937 large amounts of gold were being extracted. The mine closed in 1969 because high water levels and the low price of gold made it unprofitable at the time. It has operated intermittently since then.Horwood Collection - Wattle Gully. Wattle Gully Mine, Chewton. Much of the buildings and other structures still remain. Markings Wattle Gully Chewton. DEC65MKodakmine, gold, walltle gully, horwood collection - wattle gully. wattle gully mine, chewton. much of the buildings and other structures still remain

Ticket allowed Scholars or school children to travel on MMTB trams/buses to attend schools at a concession rate. This one was used on buses. Inside gives issue details - issued to a person in Kew to attend University High School, five sections, for use to 18/12/1959, from Earl St to Lygon St via Princes St and Johnston St. Cost 50/- Ticket No. 1242.Demonstrates a Scholar's ticket to allow a student to travel from Kew to Lygon St.Blue clothed backed paper ticket, printed as a MMTB "Scholar's Concession Ticket", for 3rd Term. Gives condition of use on the outside cover. Details filled in of the person's name address etc.mmtb, tickets, schools, scholar's tickets, school tickets, buses

Photo of a cable tram set that has arrived at the Northcote line terminus in High St, prior to shunting. Another two cable sets are in the background. The gripman and conductor can be seen to be preparing to shunt the tram. The photo caption says the trailer is No. 235. A Bundy clock can been seen on the pavement on the left side of the photograph. A hairdresser and tobacconist shop are in the view. Photographer and date unknown.Yields information about Northcote cable tram terminus in High St at Dundas St.Black and white print with a hand written note on rear.In pencil "Car 235 at Dundas St"trams, tramways, northcote, high st, cable trams, tram 235, bundy clock

Watercolour by Lin Ditchfield of the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales (formerly the Sydney Industrial Blind Institution) in William Street, Sydney. Built in 1880, the Edmund Blacket designed building was eventually sold in 1971. Located on the corner of William Street and Boomerang Place, the site was keenly sought by developers as the city landscape transformed into high rise office builidings, as evidenced in the background of this painting.1 water colour in beige frameLin Ditchfield 1971royal blind society of new south wales, lin ditchfield

The photograph shows Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust tram 6 after using a crossover on Glenferrie Rd or High St, Malvern. The driver raises the trolley pole and is watched by a large crowd of spectators along both footpaths, many with bicycles. Central poles hold the tramway overhead and one carries a Hail Cars Here sign. The photograph bears a handwritten title "Opening Malvern Tramway".Yields information about Glenferries Rd, High St and PMTTSepia photograph with no writing on the rear.glenferrie rd, high st, central poles, crossover, prahran and malvern tramways trust, tram 6, hail cars here

In 1914 the Williamstown Grammar School trustees transferred trust in the school grounds and donated the original school building to the Department of Education to establish a state government high school for Williamstown. This meant the dissolution of the Williamstown Grammar school board and the school's senior students either went on to other grammar schools around Melbourne or enrolled at Williamstown High School. Williamstown High School continues today and the original Williamstown Grammar School building is still in use in the school grounds at Pasco Street. This would have been the end of Williamstown Grammar if not for the highly respected young head of the junior school, Mabel Molland. At the Williamstown Grammar School Speech Night at the end of 1914, the Williamstown Chronicle (Saturday 26 December 1914) reports that management of the school has been taken over by Mabel Molland and that she addressed the assembly saying, 'acceding to the expressed wish of many, I decided to carry on the junior school, and wish to thank the parents for their hearty cooperation in my undertaking'. The reputation of Mabel Molland as a teacher of enormous ability and continuing support from the community would enable the school to survive through depression, war and troubled finances, to see the reinstatement of a school board in 1956, the reintroduction of secondary education in 1978 and a now thriving multi-campus independent P-12 school in Melbourne's west. This photograph is the earliest known image of Mabel Molland (standing in the the third row, second from the right) with her students. The group is pictured in the grounds of the Holy Trinity church hall on the corner of Aitken and Pasco Streets, Williamstown, which was home to the School from 1915 to 1956.Black and white reproduction image on photographic paper of students in four rows with trees in the background, a board in the front row with the words Strathmore/Grammar School/Williamstown. Mabel Molland stands at the right and her sister, Mavis Molland, stands at the left.holy trinity hall, strathmore grammar, whole school photograph

Three colour photographs near the corner of Arthur Street and Main Road; two looking diagonally across Main Road, Eltham towards Lyon Bros Ford dealership showing the general Festival parade; one looking directly across Main Road showing Real Estate agency (photo blurred from movement but gives a general perspective of the scene). Parade participants include Montmorency Primary School. Eltham High Schooleltham, festivals, main road, lyon bros ford, montmorency primary school, eltham high school

Three colour photographs near the corner of Arthur Street and Main Road; two looking diagonally across Main Road, Eltham towards Lyon Bros Ford dealership showing the general Festival parade; one looking directly across Main Road showing Real Estate agency (photo blurred from movement but gives a general perspective of the scene). Parade participants include Montmorency Primary School. Eltham High Schooleltham, festivals, main road, lyon bros ford, montmorency primary school, eltham high school

These wooden trees for riding stocks are a concept that was brought to early colonial days from "mother" England. Gentle folk of wealth and status used these trees from early 1800's to keep and maintain their riding boots in their correct form. This form of maintaining the tall riding boot structure was maintained in Australia by the rural "elite" both on cattle properties and smaller cattle stations in the early 1900's. Good riding boots were a status symbol in rural and outback Australia. The riding stocks "wooden trees" are very significant in the Kiewa Valley because they were used by members of some of the original grazing cattle families to settle there. Both cattle and sheep properties occupied large areas of the Kiewa Valley and they also herded their flock and herd on the Bogong High Plains region. These stocks and boots were worn by Fred Roper whose great grand daughter donated them to KVHS. Therefore these boots and stocks would date from 1880's to 1920's and are a good representation of the style of boots worn during this period. This pair of wooden stocks for riding boots trees has been manufactured to a very high standard. Each of the four boot tree parts fit snugly together and maintain their form, and that of the boot that they occupy. The groove channels and foot forms (tongue and groove) are exact and once snapped together become very solid. There is a brass ring, attached by a small brass "peg" on each of the thin "sliding" middle uprights. See KVHS 0177 - Riding boots.On top "L" (for left boot), "R" (for right boot)horse. country. leather. gaiters. high plains. grazing. cattlemen. laces. studs. stocks. roper family. bogong high plains.

Three colour photographs near the corner of Arthur Street and Main Road; two looking diagonally across Main Road, Eltham towards Lyon Bros Ford dealership showing the general Festival parade; one looking directly across Main Road showing Real Estate agency (photo blurred from movement but gives a general perspective of the scene). Parade participants include Montmorency Primary School. Eltham High Schooleltham, festivals, main road, lyon bros ford, montmorency primary school, eltham high school

Small three quarter portrait of a lady seated on a chair beside a table. She has her right elbow resting on the table and her hand up to her face. She is wearing a skirt with rows of gathers and a high neck jacket with buttons down the front and on the sleeves. She has a brooch at her neckline. She is also wearing gloves. Photo mounted on cream card with rounded corners and brown printing front and back.Stewart & Co., 217 & 219 Bourke St. East, Melbournephotograph, portrait, female, portrait of a lady, stewart & co.

Black and white photograph of a sketch of building (post office) with high roof and six skylight windows. Lean-to verandahs/ buildings in front of main building. LH front is creek and primitive wooden bridge (short span). Inscriptions: on back - written in ballpoint pen. 'Bendigo Vic Post Office, Sandhurst Vic 1850's' History: James Lerk 18/2/2000: 'View Point Bendigo, Post Office, looking West'buildings, post office, view point

sepia tinted photograph mounted on cream board. Older woman seated, younger standing behind. Both women wearing corsages, wearing light coloured dresses with leg-o-mutton sleeves, high necklines with bar brooches. Written in pen on back ' To dear Brother Tom and Sister Jane. With our very best love from Bessie and May 2.8.08 ' 'Goggon' wiritten in pencil top back RH top corner.Melba & co, Melbourne.person, family, mother and daughter ?