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 (as well as canoe making) in the early years of the twentieth century. It has local significance as the site of the headquarters of the Club was in Studley park. A number of photographs in the album provide vistas of Kew on the Yarra that are otherwise unavailable.24 labelled photos in part album, originating from the Victorian Canoe Club, which had its headquarters in Studley Park, Kew. The album includes a photographic record of canoe construction and also locations in Studley Park and Kew where the canoes were used. Descriptive titles in the album include (sometimes referring to two photos): Steaming gear / Mould for racer / Ribs bent on mould / Planking [3] / Planking racer / Planking Nagha / Planking completed / Off mould / Built-up ends and deck frames / Racer completed (Retriever) / Nagha & Dnapna completed / V.C.C. Studley Park / On the Yarra / Through the rapids / Yarra near Bourke [sic] Rd [2] / Camp site near Bourke [sic] Rd / Dyghts [sic] Falls, Studley Park [2] / V.C.C. site, Studley Park / Y.M.C.A. Camp, Mornington.Each photograph is labelled in white inkvictorian canoe club, canoe making, river yarra, burke road, mornington, studley park, kew

Area corresponds to the present Eastlands complexPlan of the crown portion 12 of Parish of Ringwood, County of Mornington showing Adelaide Street and Whitehorse Road. Made by H.J. Macey, Licensed Surveyor 1917.

A photocopy taken from the original land sale map provided to the society through Karel Coxell of Stockdale & Leggo. The original maps are stored in large bound account books and were originally the propert of McNally Real Estate. The books are held (in 2A3 photocopy of plan of survey of part of Crown Allotments 20 & 21, section C, parish of Narre Worran, County of Mornington. Clements Ave and environs in Belgrave Heights"Villette Estate" in top LH corner, "Locality Plan" in bottom LH corner, "Not in sale" written on one block and crossed out. All handwritten in pencil on original. "Colby Drive " and "Verona Street" added in pencil to copy.land sales, advertisements, subdivision

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A short life history of one Hector Valentine James Hanson who lived and worked in the eastern states of Australia, particularly Mornington Peninsula Victoria. Contains sketch maps and photographsgenealogy

Plan of country lands in the Parishes of Nunawading, Ringwood and Scoresby in the Counties of Bourke and Mornington. Lithographed at the Public Lands Office, Melbourne, 16 February 1858. Inset: Pound Reserve, Nunawading.nunawading, ringwood, scoresby, maps

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