Charles Wallace Gordon Graydon the First came out to Victoria on the S.S. Almora, the same ship on which Eliza Richardson and her family arrived on New Years Day 1875. Evidently C.W.G.G.1st. must have retained fond memories of a young fourteen-year-old girl named Elizabeth Richardson who travelled from Scotland with her mother and family (her father had arrived earlier) because three years later at Kyneton they were married. It was December 26th 1860, and Elizabeth was just seventeen. As the bridegroom’s age is written as 24 years on the wedding certificate, he certainly must have been more than eighteen when he sailed on the "Almora" in 1856. The newly married couple went to live at Taradale, Victoria, and they made a good life for themselves in that town which had then a thriving gold mine. They lived in a large two-storied house in Survey Paddock, and it was there that four daughters - Susan Emily (1861-1906), Elizabeth Constance (1863-1945), Amelia Amy (1865 -1952, Ada Mary Maude (1867-1901), and one son Newenham Edward Eustace (1869-1945) named after his Irish Grandfather, were born. On his wedding certificate C.W.G. Graydon, is described as a foreman. His father-in-law, Robert Richardson was employed as a time-keeper on the Melbourne to Bendigo Railway works, and he and his family lived first in Prahran, then Kyneton, and then Taradale. Perhaps Charles Graydon worked on the railway with him. In Taradale however, he worked for a gold mining company in a surveying capacity. C.W.G.G.1st was to become Shire President of the Shire of Metcalfe. That particular year the Graydon Family entertained the visiting English cricket Eleven at their home in Taradale. He was certainly regarded as an important man in the district when he was requested by a great number of the residents to nominate for the Legislative Assembly election. About 1876 the Graydons left Taradale, and went to live at Sandhurst, now Bendigo, at Barkly Place East. The Richardsons had also left Taradale to go into the grocery business in the same town. Charles Wallace Gordon Graydon the First became a legal manager of mines, and a well-known and popular resident. Sad to say he became ill with a lung infection, and on June 4th. 1885 he died, and was buried at Sandhurst, now Bendigo Cemetery, Back Creek Rd. Eliza Richardson's brother was Mr. James Richardson, the well-known grocer, of Pall Mall and Golden-square, who died at his residence, "Balgownie," Short street, on Thursday 22 Jan 1914. James Richardson was a native of Scotland. He was born at Glasgow in1849 and was only eight years of age when his parents sailed for Australia in the ship Balmoral. The family arrived in Melbourne in 1857 and went to Taradale, where Mr. Richardson, senr., acted as inspector of works during the construction of the Taradale Viaduct. James Richardson, who had commenced his educationin Glasgow, attended school at Taradale until the family removed to Bendigo at the time the railway was being built from Bendigo to Echuca. The contractors for this work engaged Mr Richardson, senr., as their timekeeper. When he left school James Richardson applied himself to learn the grocery business, and he gained a thorough knowledge of it with different employers at Bendigo, Taradale, and Daylesford. In 1872 he opened a grocery store on his own account in High-Street, Bendigo, but within a few months he had the great misfortune to be burnt out. The fire originated in an adjoining building early one morning and both places were burnt to the ground. In spite of his loss, Mr. Richardson was not discouraged, for he soon made another start. His trade improved and he extended his business, opening the Eclipse Cash Store at Golden Square. A little later another branch was opened at the Oddfellows' Hall, and subsequently this business was transferred to the Eureka Cash Store, in Pall Mall, which was the head depot. In addition to the retail trade, Mr. Richardson had, for many years carried on an extensive wholesale business with the Northern District, and had made a specialty of fodder seeds. James was a man of probity and sincerity in business, and as a citizen he was highly esteemed and respected. He was a prominent member of the Bendigo Caledonian Society in the earlier days of his citizenship. He was a staunch member of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and was a member of the board of management. In the Easter Fair procession, Mr Richardson's display was always a prominent and attractive one. Mr. Richardson was a member of the Masonic Order, and was a life member of the Bendigo Art Gallery and the old Mechanics Institute. He was married at Daylesford in 1871. Mr James Richardson was interred in the Presbyterian section of the Bendigo Cemetery.DVD A selection of Graydon and Richardson family photographs taken by Bendigo photographers, and family history notesphotograph, person, graydon and richardson families.

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The Ballarat Technical Art School was a division of the Ballarat School of MinesA hard covered ledger with marbled cover and brown tape spine. It includes students names. A selection of names can be found in the keywords.ballarat technical art school, frank young, r. hager, g.w. kelly\drawing, carpentry, smelting, treatment, assay, w. wilson yong, treatment of pyrites, g.m. vare, alfred seely, t. trengrove, w. pearce, c.v. day, john heinz, m. ditchburn, d. ditchburn, w. baragwanath, g. cornell, chemistry, w. wardle, j.j. carroll, julia carroll, h. murphy, d.m. lenehan, joh caley, h. fleahy, alfred gordon, effie dulfer, b. lloyd, p. papenhager, h.j. waller, k. malcolm, esther daniel, john watson, harry leggo, r. john allan, basil reid, e. wasley, w. richard, edgar lamb, rita webb, sophia mccartney, arnold cowdell, thomas glover, m. hamburger, r. allan, r.w. holmes, a. dobbie, a. slade, w. pepper, r. gilpin, w.a. gossman, james a. bass, w.t. bass, thomas lynch, stanley batten, murial hart, essie herbert, david o. nightingale, george p. hayes, j.a. powell, w. amor, c.f. wilson, bertram g. wheal, thomas wade, h. woodward, v. symons, robert j. allan, thomas woolcock, john w. williams, r. shand, william caldwell, charles lyons, ruby webb, a. trehowan, nicholas white, thomas commons, otto rieglhuth, james kidd, james bass, justus angwin, john munro, james ronaldson, a.b. osborne, g.j. boudry, john sprague, leslie c. langsford, john don, waller e. hearman, j.c. pickford, edwinn penn, w.g. price, thomas mann, william brokenshire, john blayney, arthur mccooey, samuel walmsley, matilda lees, e.w. campbell, ernest wiliams, william john pearce, w.l. bailleu, thomas proctor, daisy ditchburn, maurice hamburger, james dando, nelson humphrey, james pyke, james c. pickford, john coad, george richard pratt, ferguson boyce, ernest whettle, william lamb, john cawley, christina watson, ivor davies, percy la gerche, norman gaunt, william bolte, leonard p. seal, alex young, george penny, w. caircross, harold frew, robert allan, james h. holst, george green, herbert semmens, john ronaldson, william robinson, james paterson, walter douglas, louisa roberts, james swenson, austin woods, herbert hillman, william cairncross, harry blyth, john craford, william h. callister, clare gartery, daisy batten, j. attenborough, herbert o'neilk, j.f. lynch, fred holst, a. doepel, horace giles, john perry, samuel morrow, thomas hawthorn, george britnall, alan j. acton, jessie cantwell, franci a. horsfall, william stubbs, john sutherland, percy russell, richard walsh, oliver jager, garfield bolton, thomas vincent, james holst, j.a. hill, william charles hughes, a. vale, james lonie, karl moore

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Potted history of John and Mary McClare, arrived in Melbourne 1855 from Galway, Ireland. Bought 55 acres on Canterbury Road. He paid 4 ponds per acre. he carried goods to the goldfields with his bullock team. Later he had a tannery and leather business on Canterbury Road. Their 1st child, Agnes was first white child born in the district. in 1862 John brought out his wife's brother and 2 sisters. Katherine and John Madden. John Madden took a selection on the south side of Canterbury Road.Potted history of John and Mary McClare, arrived in Melbourne 1855 from Galway, Ireland. mcclare, john, bowen, michael, mcclare, mary, mcclare, agnes, mcclare james, mcclare, rose, madden, katherine, madden, john, delaney's road, canterbury road, vermont, vermont

Single sheet with three notices of (1) annual election of Councillors; (2) selection of Mayor by ratepayers; (3) extraodinary election of one councillorlocal government - city of port melbourne, edward william cremer, william howe, owen sinclair, george samuel walter, walter robert john mclellan

A short history of the Victorian State Park, Nyerimilang, on the Gippsland Lakes, from selection of the land to acquisition by Parks Victoria and formation of Friends of Nyerimilang.parks, settlers, waterways

Material on cricketer Peggy ANTONIO: copies of two letters from AWCC advising her of her selection to Women's Test Cricket team for 1937,sport - cricket, peggy howard nee antonio

A varied, stimulating and entertaining selection of good journalism from the Age newspaper April 1979 to late June 1980. Contains list of contents and photographs.media, photography