A meeting was held in Gardner's Hall, Beech Forest, for the purposes of considering the advisability of having butter factory established in the Beech Forest district. It was eventually agreed that a butter factory should be established, that provisional directors should be appointed, and upwards of 400 shares were taken up immediately. A second meeting was held on 20 May 1902 of about 40 dairymen. The meeting became a meeting of shareholders resolving to expedite the registration of the company and other preliminary matters. The election of directors then took place. Another meeting of shareholders held on the 15 July 1902 resolved to purchase a property and have the by-laws accepted. An Extraordinary General Meeting was held on 6 August 1902 to confirm all the resolutions passed by the Board.A ledger containing the records of the Beech Forest Butter Factory Minute Book from 18 March, 1902, the date the Butter Factory starts, until 6 February, 1905.Beech Forest Butter Factory Minutes Book Donated to the Otway District Historical Society Inc. by the Colac & District Family History Group Inc. 1st May 2013beech forest; butter, factory, 1902, 1905, minute book,

Notes of events and features of the Canterbury Presbyterian Church and congregation given to the Canterbury History Group on the occasion of our visit to the church, 24 September 2007.canterbury, canterbury road, canterbury presbyterian church, churches, clergy, church furniture, monuments and memorials, stained glass

Coloured photograph of Don Warren at the Canterbury History Group's stall, Senior's Health and Wellbeing Festival, Hawthorn Town Hall 8 October 2009.canterbury history group, hawthorn town hall, city of boroondara, seniors health and wellbeing festival, warren> janice, warren> don, festivals and celebrations

It is interesting to read of Veitch's description and views of Ballarat in 1891-1893 and other places and gardens visited in Australia.These pages selected from James Veitch's work add to an understanding of the development of Ballarat's Gardens and history.11 pages selected and a brief note on City of Ballarat notepaper.Note in the righthand margin of the 3rd page and some underlining of the 4th page. With this extract, there is a note in biro Philip Clingin, the Town Clerk to Roy Mosman, member of the Friends' History Group.john garner, doctor, john garner collection, james herbert veitch, traveller's notes, royal exotic nursery chelsea, ballarat botanical gardens, melbourne botanic gardens, geelong gardens, broken hill, botanist

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE MARYBOROUGH FAMILY HISTORY GROUP INC. WINTER 2009 EDITION, FRONT COVER FEATURES LITHOGRAPH OF THE MARYBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOUNDER IN 1854.local history, documents, reports, maryborough family history group inc.

Report of visit to the Canterbury Baptist Church by Canterbury History Group on 25 May 2009. includes drawing of the old Canterbury Baptist Church by Stuart Warmingtoncanterbury, balwyn road, canterbury baptist church, gibb> don, warmington> stuart, canterbury history group

Letter from C.J. White to the Canterbury History Group, with a hand written short history of his uncle's firm of estate agents White and Clarke (1916-1957)canterbury, canterbury road, real estate agents, white> mathew, clarke> frank, white> c.j.

Coloured photograph of Jan Pigot, President of the Canterbury History Group handing over the premiership pennants to James Nicolas and John Watson representatives of the Canterbury Football Clubcanterbury, canterbury football club, canterbury history group, nicolas> james, watson> john, pigot> jan, football, flags

Brochure prepared by Robin Da Costa- Adams for the walk she led on behalf of the Canterbury History Group, 2006. Includes illustrations, photographs and a map of the sites covered.canterbury, balwyn road, mont albert road, canterbury road, rochester road, john august reserve, balwyn wesleyan/methodist church, "the pines", golding family, tibbets> william, churches, factories, halls

Coloured photograph of Janice Warren talking to a visitor to the Canterbury History Group's stall, Seniors' Heath and Wellbeing Festival, Hawthorn Town Hall, 8 October 2009canterbury history group, hawthorn town hall, city of boroondara, seniors health and wellbeing festival, festivals and celebrations

A copy of the talk given by Neville Daynes to the Canterbury History Group, 22 February 2013 describing life in Canterbury leading up top to and during World War 2.canterbury, canterbury memorial hall, menzies> r. g(sir), canterbury bowling club, australian women's league, canterbury primary school, united australia party, emulation hall

Coloured photograph of Janice Warren at the stall she set up for the Canterbury History Group, at the Seniors' Health and Wellbeing Festival, Hawthorn Town Hall, 8 October 2009canterbury history group, hawthorn town hall, city of boroondara, seniors health and wellbeing festival, festivals and celebrations, warren> janice, warren> don

, Coloured photograph of part of the display, oprganized by Janice Warren, on the Canterbury History Group's stand at the Seniors' Health and Wellbeing Festival, Hawthorn Town Hall 8 October 2009.canterbury history group, hawthorn town hall, city of boroondara, seniors health and wellbeing festival, warren> janice, warren> don, festivals and celebrations

Jan Pigot , President of the Canterbury History Group, hands over the Canterbury Championship Football Pennants to James Nicolas and John Watson of the Canterbury Football Club, June 25 2012canterbury, canterbury history group, canterbury football club, pigot> jan, watson> john, nicolas> james, canterbury neighbourhood centre, flags, football

Single page of notes/interview record of Miss Daisy Paddock, teacher at the Ringwood State School in Greenwood Avenue (now Federation Estate) - Interview write-up by Ringwood History Group.Transcript: "Miss Janet Daisy Paddock She was an extremely well-liked and well-regarded teacher at the old RW State School in Greenwood Ave (Now Federation Estate). She taught between the years of 1927 until 1941, then again after the war from 1951 until final retirement in 1961. In fact she was so liked that her former pupils formed "The 2997 Club" , which met in her honour every year for a meal (and, of course, their guest of honour). 2997 was the RW SS number. In some of her letters about early life in RW, she recalls the RW Mail being produced and printed in a small wooden building in Adelaide St. [Adelaide St is officially no longer on the RW map but it went from the highway nearly to Mullum Creek, between Melbourne St and Warrandyte Road.^ In fact there is an unmarked 100 metres of road that is on the west side of Officeworks that ends in a roundabout at the bottom of Eastland carpark. I don't believe it is exactly in the same position as the old Adelaide Street but it pretty close. That would put the old Mail office in the vicinity of the Maroondah Council service centre in Eastland.] She also recalls that there were nearly a dam on every corner. In fact, I recall in my 1950s/60s childhood that there were still many dams around. As I previously mentioned, with the RW-Mitcham claybelt, there wasn't much top soil and the orange clay is very fine, so when the banks of the dam get wet, it wass very slippery. I often remember playing around in those dams, as most boys did in those days. A friend and I spied an old bath used to water some horses so after some trial and errors we made it waterproof and fashioned a couple of paddles out of wooden fence pailings. The first launch in the local dam was fine and we managed to manouver through the bullrushes into the middle. The only thing that I forgot about was that I had a d<^ that went everywhere with me and, rather than bark from the bank, he swam over to us and tried to get aboard. Bath tubs are not known for their seaworthness and he tipped us all in the drink. Of course the bath sank like a rock. We scrambled on the bank and he added insult to injury when, as all dogs do, gave the usual shake and sprayed us with water. My mind often comes back to one dam right next to the Croydon pub - that provided water to the Magg's orchard - dug in the usual fashion on about 3 metres deep scraped in the local clay, it was at this dam in the early sixties that a young boy drowned. After that we were pretty careful around dams. Going back to Daisy's memories, she recalls that the kids often started late on Monday mornings as Monday was Market Day at RW. They used to watch the stock being herded into the yards and people getting off the steam trains. Her family home was at Gruyere and her father used to drive to RW market and stop midway at the Burnt Bridge hotel and rest the horses. [I suspect that he may have watered other things besides the horses.] They eventually moved to RW in Thanet St. Miss Paddock still remembers the old RW school at the corner of RW St and Whitehorse Road, it was very small so they built the new school in Greenwood Ave. RW had a population of around 2,(K)0 when Daisy became an Assistant Class Five. She used to walk through the open paddocks, surrounded by bush and orchards. She goes on to say that the bush was alive with wildlife and a natural playground for the children. Miss Paddock was a member of the Soroptomist Club in RW (equivalent to Rotary), active in the church and local community. At our archives, we have a plaque that grac^ the entrance to the school, naming it the Miss Daisy Paddock library, in honour of a great woman in our city."

President Jan Pigot hands over the Championship Football Pennants to James Nicolas and John Watson, representatives of the Canterbury Football Club at the Canterbury History Group meeting on Monday 25 June 2012canterbury, canterbury history group inc., canterbury football club, flags, pigot> jan, nicolas> james, watson> john