Two items about the Attwood Family: A seventeen page computer typed copy of the memories of John Attwood, compiled by Colin Smith in January 2002. Includes memories of his childhood, contact and impressions of local identities including Merric Boyd and others; the retailers and business owners in the Murrumbeena area, the trains and railway stations, picture theatres and other businesses. A photocopy of an article taken from the Herald Sun newspaper 06/11/2007. Myra Attwood, wife of John, local business person in Murrumbeena Newsagency; includes brief local history of family and Myra’s personal hobbies, till the time of her death. Also a newspaper clipping of her death notice, unknown source and date.emily street, murrumbeena, elsternwick, railway stations, signal boxes, beena avenue, murrumbeena state school, primary schools, attwood john, attwood myra, attwood rhonda, attwood colin, attwood warren, attwood murray, attwood janine, attwood susan, attwood michael, attwood greg, attwood gerard, black bridge, outer circle railway, murrumbeena newsagency, newsagents, murrumbeena railway station, railway stations, book binders, stevens alf, sykes harold, attwood motors, neerim road, boyd merric, boyd mrs., timber houses, outbuildings, artists, trains, car parks, christie’s woodyard, ferguson cam, railway accidents, ardyne street, north road, dalny road, brett street, barnes family, newspapers, roads and streets, soils, flower growing, market gardens, world war 1939-1945, land subdivisions, air raid precautions, bicycles, drawing, springthorpe park, mass media, murrumbeena shopping centre, butcher shops, grocer shops, green grocers, shoe shops, confectionary shops, barber shops, beck george, bowyer ralph, rennie bill, bookmakers, presbyterian church, methodist church, hanna’s milk bar, sunday school, woodland bill, ssw grocery chain, drays, woodland alec, lee ron, jewellers, bakeries, fish shops, dressmakers, delicatessens, east bentleigh, selkrigs family, pottery, heads’ garage, head lindsay, head doug, head clarry, head ron, murrumbeena road, car retailers, petrol pumps, motor vehicle repair shops, billy one motors, bird mr., real estate agents, w.b. tonks and company, sparrow mr., pidgeon mr., hardware stores, florist shops, murrumbeena post office, tile shops, gardens, murrumbeena chamber of commerce, kiosks, gardeners, carnegie citizens band, spurway nursing home, argosy theatre, cinemas, dance halls, the capri, theatre groups, caulfield council, the blowfly train service, billiard rooms, printers, hammond olsen and company, l.j. miles and company, moody’s real estate agency, paddocks, flats, es&a bank murrumbeena, esanda bank murrumbeena, state savings bank murrumbeena, commonwealth bank murrumbeena, fuel merchants, hobart road, golden fleece service station, quince’s buses, bus services, ardyne street, timber yard, gow mr., railway parade, shell service station, pharmecies, house miss, bicycle shops, barnhill les mr., fliner mr., boot makers, widdop peter, moran and cato’s, grocers, pizza shop, car yards, classic caravan, o’brien kevin, wrought iron work, williams mr., candle making factory, lights, power tom, gates, fences, whitelaw monier tiles, whitelaw bill, hanna rex, dandenong road, cumloden grammar school, independent schools, emmaus rest house, oakdene, house names, taranto bob, hanson cab service, billy one motors, grey mr., horse troughs, horse drawn vehicle, taxis, board roy, buick cars, charleston’s bakery, carnegie, rosstown hotel, corum’s dairy, kangaroo road, reids dairy, dalny road, reid shaver, racehorses, cove’s dairy, wilson street, police, murrumbeena police station, dunoon street, murrumbeena park, footballers, gangs, liberal party, labour party, united australian party, uap, woodland alec, liquor shops, johnson suzanne, singers, taylor squizzy, boyd family, artists, criminals, skase christopher, skase charles, sunaria competition, herald and weekly times, ralph j.w., j.h. ralph butchers, butcher shops, pennington gardens, home units, flats, schrape frank, builder, smith colin, mansions, death registers, hockley myra, esperanto, book keepers, accountants, solicitors

2 items, which may be related, about old Elsternwick: 1/A roneod copy of Recollections of Walter Reeves: gives notes on local identities, their business’, Caulfield State School, places of interest and events that took place in the area; undated and apparently summarised by an un-named other person from Mr Reeves' recollections. 2/A hand written list taken from Rate Books 1864 of areas in dispute, including nine names of residents, between Caulfield and St Kilda, date and author unknown. No direct connection to Walter Reeves apparent but they are taped together.automobile, hebenstreit mr, shoobra road, butcher, glenhuntly road, henderson h mr, davis charles, hardware store, beddoe frank, horne street, shops, renown theatre, phoebe theatre, theatres, lepage phoebe, lepage jack, taylor ‘squizzie’, echuca terrace, edward street, hawthorn road, revees walter, dunn bros, cycle shop, cox bros, supermarkets, apps (undertakers), elsternwick men’s club, elsternwick trades club, johnston t., hayter george (painter and decorator), sargood frederick, cabmen, cabs, ‘ripponlea’, wilson dick, blacksmiths, orrong road, moran and cato, repco, downshire road, bullock (grocer), grocers, taylor’s liquor and wine saloon, bottleshops, biddle misses, schools, bliss mr, station master, elsternwick, bensonino mr, newsagents, caulfield, gas supply, point nepean road, rowney dick, trams, riddell’s paddock, football golf links, riddell john carre, rowan road, sports grounds, melville’s supermarket

This file contains one item pertaining to Glenhuntly: 1/A copy of the 11/1981, Vol. 1, No. 1 edition (that is, the first edition) of the Glenhuntly News, a local newspaper. Each of its 8 pages except pages 6 and 8 contain material of relevance to Glen Eira. Page 1 features 3 items: an article about the action taken in the wake of a fire occurring at Glenhuntly Primary School on 29/10/1981, a short article about Caulfield resident’s misuse of rubbish bins, and an article (continued on page 7) about the beautification of the Koornang Road Shopping Centre. Page 2 features 2 items: an advertisement for Homestead Handyman Hardware, and an article in which the Liberal candidate for the seat of Glenhuntly, Peter Norman, comments on the State Government’s decision not to extend trading hours for large retailer. Page 3 features 4 items: 2 advertisements for volunteer work for the regional branch of the Liberal Party, an article about the many difficulties people face using an underpass at a railway crossing in North Road, and an article describing the aims of the newly-established newspaper itself. Pages 4 and 5 feature 1 item: an article about Peter Norman; his life, work and opinions. Page 6 features 1 item: an article(continued on page 7) by three American children – Anita, Fabos and Adrian (surnames unspecified) – detailing their visit to Melbourne. There does not appear to be anything of relevance to Glen Eira. Page 7 features 5 items: the continuations of the articles from pages 1 and 6, an advertisement for a pool party for young Caulfield/Glenhuntly Liberals, an advertisement for an antiques sale, and an article about the establishment of a technical school on the site of former Holmesglen Construction Factory in Malvern (not relevant to Glen Eira). Page 8 features 2 items: an article about the three certificates the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia offers children for swimming competency, and an advertisement for an automobile called the Gemini Sandpiper II. Neither is relevant to Glen Eira). Numerous black and white photographs throughout the newspaper illustrate the subjects at hand.‘glenhuntly news’, glenhuntly primary school, primary schools, fires, dolphin bill, st anthony’s school, dalton des, caulfield south primary school, gardenvale central primary school, norman peter, rubbish bins, koornang road shopping centre, carnegie neighbourhood study, car parks, caulfield city council, homestead handyman hardware, hardware stores, liberal party, railway crossings, north road, ormond railway station, strong chris mr., kendall press, norman carol, ormond east primary school, norman stuart, norman cameron, estrella kindergarten, solway primary school, higgins electorate committee, higgins area finance committee, national stationers and office suppliers association, oakleigh chamber of commerce, anti-c3 action group (actag), haywood don, ireland jim, ramsay jim, gardner barry, sessler kurt, thompson lindsay, booran holden, glenhuntly road, caulfield

Two sets of this man's handwritten memories: 1/Five pages of handwritten personal memories, written by William Hogarth Hunt 13/07/1977. He outlines his family, their travels and settlement in 1908 at Glenhuntly: a detailed account of residents, shop owners, land sales and identities, Murray Ross, Mr Burr of Burr’s Gun Oil and Mr Zarman. Also details Glenhuntly Methodist Church, football, athletics, Glenhuntly Aerodrome and an extensive list of local residents and their stories. 2/Two pages of handwritten personal memories, written by William Hogarth Hunt 02/09/1977. A detailed account of residents, shop owners, identities, athletes, local policemen and their stories in the Glen Huntly area.personal memories, hunt william hogarth, glenhuntly, grange road, trams, plumber, stone mary ann, neerim road, wanalta road, schurme mrs, private hospital, hospitals, watson grove, hunt jessie, hunt alfred, hunt charles, smith mr, fisher mr, smith mrs, jockeys, dore george, ‘willis’, builders, house names, mernda, roseberry grove, el nido, neerim road, glenhuntly post office, mrs fielder’s sweetshop, mrs beer’s sweet shop, paddocks, confectionery, fielder fred, maroona road, murrumbeena, grocers, callister dave, carnegie state school, hay and corn store, james street, woodyard, hillards chemist, hughes body works, chemists, davidson’s, glenhuntly printing, hay and corn stores, railway gates, anz bank, fox mr, martin jack, fox mrs, clothing stores, steam rollers, radio and tv shop, beasley j, delicatessen/ham and beef shop, butchers, schurme’s private hospital, gellatley george, tailors, commonwealth banks, watson grove, banks, preston peter, e.j. & h. amos, hardware stores, estate agents, glenhuntly picture theatre, whittle mr, theatres, newsagency, cooper and cooke, station street, f.j. long and co, jennings a.v, timber yards, builders, ‘the estate’, hillcrest estate, grange road, marara road, rosedale avenue, hobart jack, mackie road, confectionery stores, ross murray, glenhuntly athletic club, godfrey evelyn, athletics clubs, railways, glenhuntly junior football club, elsternwick, princess park, carnegie oval, booran road, koornang park, ormond oval – ee. gunn reserve, glenhuntly oval, oakleigh road, victorian amateur turf club, koornang road, glenhuntly aerodrome, neville street, glenhuntly state school, rosslyn street, geary mr, lauriston tennis courts, bakers, carnegie r.s.l., east bentleigh, bowling clubs, tucker road, tennis clubs, centre road, murrumbeena road, larman mr, hollway street, nurseries, parker street, lyle marshall, burr mr, solicitors, builders, bones nursery, ‘burr’s gunoil’, glenhuntly methodist church, carnegie, smith alf, ezard family, clemens family, noy family, noy clarrie, dickie family, storey family, storey george, davis family, joss house, chinese community, wattle avenue, grange road, glenhuntly amateur football club, football clubs, glenhuntly athletic club, athletic clubs, glen huntly junior football club, carnegie oval, koornang park, glenhuntly oval, victorian amateur turf club, glenhuntly aerodome, glenhuntly state school, geary mr., bakers, east bentleigh, tucker road, centre road, larman mr, nurseries, lyle marshall, solicitors, bones nursery, carnegie, "the estate", royal avenue, mckay avenue, dumsday bertha miss, love family, gilmour family, waratah ave, sinclair mr, tuckpointers, bricks, donegan mr, plumbers, frazer mr, frazer and jenkinson printers, frazer arthur, ezard manufacturing, jewellers, private hospital, maroona road, o'carroll mr, beattie mr, horse trainer, morton tom, lord harry, estate agents, ormond, councillors, taylor mr, builders, gibson family, westley alf, o'carroll j (jack) d, glenhuntly athletics club, athletes, jack page's bakery and cake shop, nay clarrie, hunt william h., hunt alf, page jack, armstrong jack, manchester grove, morgan advertising, cusdin sid, farrier, glenhuntly cricket club, caulfield racecourse, neerim road, hoffman's plumbing, emma street, st. agnes school, st. agnes church hall, jenkin 'boss' mr, teachers, hawthorn miss, quinn miss, chitty charlie, chitty's timber, crystal palace picture theatre, theatres, marsh bill, hardware shops, watson arthur w, j.s. kidd and company, marshes hardware, kidd's hardware, bruce ivy, 'belgrave', house names, belgrave road, dandenong road, hunter 'pud', police officers, hunt jess, kangaroo road, murrumbeena, glen huntly

This photograph was taken by Charles NETTLETON (1826-1902), a prominent Melbourne photographer who recorded the city’s rapid growth from a small town into a metropolis. He was the special photographer for the government and the Melbourne Corporation, and documented of the built environment and major public works throughout Melbourne from when he arrived to Victoria in 1854. Nettleton is credited for having photographed the first Australian steam train, the Melbourne-Sandridge (Port Melbourne) line, which opened in 12 September 1854; the first cricket team to come to Australia on the ss Great Britain in 1861; and Ned KELLY while Nettleton worked as a police photographer.Bay Street shops, 1875:- original Charles NETTLETON print showing west side of Bay Street: Collings & Son, Butcher; Cranston, Paperhanger; Mrs T CLAY; Johnny ALLSORT's Pawn Office; H. DAVENPORT, Clothing; G. RANSOM, Hardware; A.E. AITKEN, Auctioneer; Mrs A. BROWN, Haberdashery; F.C. FORSTER; Marshal, Printer; John PARRY (or BARRY), General Store; E & M RICE. The house is on the site of the 1912 Post Officebuilt environment - commercial, charles nettleton, theresa clay, collings & son, cranston, h davenport, g ransom, alexander ebling aitken, mrs a brown, john parry, john barry, e & m rice, f c forster, johnny allsorts pawnbroker

Copy of Citation No 242 (2 pages), City of Port Phillip Heritage Review. The premises is Faram Bros shop at 405-415 Bay Street and the document outlines the significance of the building.built environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, business and traders - hardware, faram brothers hardware, bay street, city of port phillip heritage review, a g warren, m b muir

Part of Ron LAING's collection of photographs recording Port Melbourne over a thirteen year period. Donated to the PMH&PS by the photographer.A set of 7 colour photographs taken by Ron LAING of sites shown in the Historic Port Melbourne 2001 calendar (early traders), as they are in 2001. Includes::Demmler's:MacLennan's:Davenport's:Coles Supermarket:Miss Jago's:J.E. Earl's:Faram Brosbuilt environment - commercial, built environment - domestic, business and traders, ron laing, demmler's boot store, maclennan's grocery, davenport's, coles supermarket, miss jago's corner shop, j e earl pty ltd, faram brothers hardware

Bay Street shops, 1875:- original Charles NETTLETON print showing west side of Bay Street: Collings & Son, Butcher; CRANSTON, Paperhanger; Mrs T CLAY; Johnny ALLSORT's Pawn Office; H. DAVENPORT, Clothing; G. RANSOM, Hardware; A.E. AITKEN, Auctioneer; Mrs A. BROWN, Haberdashery; F.C. FORSTER; Marshal, Printer; John PARRY (or BARRY), General Store; E & M RIVE. The house is on the site of the 1912 Post Office. This is a copy of the larger original at B.11.09built environment - commercial, charles nettleton, theresa clay, collings & son, cranston, h davenport, g ransom, alexander ebling aitken, mrs a brown, john parry, john barry, e & m rice, f c forster, johnny allsorts pawnbroker