The Orbost Rifle Club existed in the early 20th century. (There are records from 1900). It folded in the late 1970's.Target shooting is one of the oldest organised sports in Australia. Records date back to the British Marines at Sydney Cove in 1788. The Victorian Rifle Association (VRA) was formed in 1860. One of the most important adjuncts to the militia system from 1903 to the re-organisation of 1912 was the role played by the Rifle Club movement in Australia. At the time, these clubs were seen as the reservoir of manpower for a potential guerrilla force should any invasion occur. For Australia, the invasion fear was uppermost in the minds of the population. So important were the rifle clubs for the defence of Australia that the Commonwealth provided the training staff, rifles and ammunition so the clubs could function. Members were drilled, wore uniforms and practised all the basic skills of soldiering as well as target shooting. The Orbost Rifle Club was active during this period.A green fabric covered book with "Collins Analysis Book 81 Series" in black print on front cover. Inside the pages are lined in green and blue. It contains accounts and a trophy list at the back. There is a page on a memo to clubs re Stamp Duties Act 1967. orbost-rifle-club acounts-book trophy-list

The Bank of Australasia Cheque book - full long book of cheques (minus one ) printed in purple ink on cream coloured paper with Bank seal / green paper cover / each cheque has one and a half penny Stamp Duty embossed on the paper .Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd Manufacturers Melbournedocument

Handwritten receipt signed by Thomas Jones acknowledging he received from Charles Jones the sum of 150 pounds in payment of land at Kimbolton 34 acres or thereabouts. A two pence stamp duty is affixed the the letter and the date 31/08/23 is on the stamp.document

.1 Blue invoice relating to an order of 100 gilt and enamel tiepins for the Ballarat Junior Technical School Old Boys Association - C/- Mr R Hoching .2 Pink credit note relating to the sales tax exemption on the goods ordered in invoice above .3 Receipt relating to invoice and credit note. Three penny stamp duty stamp attached to receipt.

Cohn Brothers Victoria Brewery share transfer of James John Neuham Pinnock to Alfred Nicholson dated 21st Oct 1895. One penny stamp duty paid. Fred Thonemann, Stock & Share broker of 58 Queen St Melbourne handled transfer.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery, neuham pinnock. alfred nicholson.

Morley Johnson's Invoice: Cream coloured with address Mitchell Street, Bendigo. Phone 185. Dated 8/04/1949. Brought of Morley Johnson's (Bendigo) Pty Ltd. (Incorporated in N.S.W.) Everything for the Home. Estimated and Designs on application. Served By. Lamson Paragon Limited. Mustard Victorian Stamp Duty 2d stamp. Invoice no.8. Box 625business, retail, house furnishings, morley johnson's.

A bill from Wishart's blacksmith to Thomas Nicol.Invoice dated August 13th. 1955 from The Eagle Foundry, Sussex Street Linton to Thomas Nicol. Account for various farm items supplied between November 1948 and November 1954. Marked as paid 17/8/1955, signed A.R. Wishart. 2d (twopenny) stamp duty stamp attached. Invoice has a picture of two blacksmiths shoeing a horse in the top left corner.eagle foundry, a wishart (blacksmith), invoices, thomas nicol

Envelope fronts with stamps, addressed to Baron Ferdinand von Mueller. Upper image,1 x 1 penny brown/rose, Victoria Stamp Duty, postmarked at Melbourne on Feb 4, 1890. Middle image, 2 x 1penny yellow/brown, Victoria Stamp Duty, postmarked at Yackandandah on May 11, 1891. Lower image, 1 x 2 pence blue, New South Wales Postage stamp, postmarked at Sydney on April 14, 1885. Baron Ferdinand von Mueller (1825-1896) was born in Germany and migrated to Australia in 1847.He was the Victorian Government Botanist (from 1853) and Director of the Botanical Gardens (1857-1873). These envelopes and stamps are from correspondence addressed to him.Front of 3 envelopes with address and postage stamps, enclosed in black stamp folder.ferdinand von mueller, postage stamps

Letter from Dudley A Tregent, Solicitor showing an outline of the final payment required for purchase of the Holmbush property, including stamp duty, transfer of Title fees and Council Rates. A record of the costs of acquiring property as well as being an important record of the first property to be purchased by Melbourne Legacy as a residence for children.Quarto copy paper, black and white, two hole punched for filing.holmbush initial negotiations, holmbush, properties

Printed Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Freehold Land dated 25 October 1888. Richard O'Neill, agent for John Holmes sold land in Baxter Street (Lot 79) to James Murray Aitken for £39. 2 bright green Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty attached.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, transfer of land statute-particulars and conditions of sale, john holmes, james murray aitken, richard o'neill & co, brockley - printer, geo w hosken

Collection of invoices from Connelly & Co - Wholesale Ironmongers, Plumbers, Gas fitters, Bell Hangers; High and Forest Streets. The invoices are all address to Eldridge & Burnett. Some invoices have a grey scale photo of the Connelly & Co Building on the corner of High and Forest Streets. A green 1d Victoria Stamp Duty Stamp appears on a couple of the invoices. Note the phone is No 7. The invoices are dated for the year 1909.business, retail, bendigo

Folded paper sheet with 'Dividend Sheet, Cohn Bros Victoria Brewery Company Limited April 30th 1892' written on top fold. Numerous Brown Stamp duty one penny attached. Shareholder names and their holdings listed. Summary of annual company financial affairs pencilled on back fold.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

social history of Myer business operations and records.Financial record of purchase and payment made by Mr. A. Hall, c/- Morley Johnsons, Mitchell Street, Bendigo; of a carved table for three pounds fifteen shillings and seven pence (includes ten percent discount); dated 1 May 1936. Includes pink slip wit stamp duty attached. social history

Eight unclaimed letters, four from Connelly & Tatchell, Solicitors, Sandhurst and four from Connelly, Tatchell & Dunlop, Barristers & Solicitors, Bendigo. Addressed to Mr. Allen, Cab Driver, Eaglehawk; Mr. O'Dea, c/. Mrs. Tangye, High Street, Sandhurst; Mr. Bacon, Woodcarter, Eaglehawk; Mr. J. F. Thompson, Hargreaves St, Sandhurst;Mr. Gecr? Piccacci, Echuca; Mr. Jas. Short, Havelock St, Bendigo; Mr. Novaglia, Post Office, Huntly crossed out and try Epsom, written in red; Mr Davies Contractor Bendigo; Letters have red Victoria One Penny postage stamp, Two Penny mauve Stamp Duty Victoria stamps and one has two orange Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty stamps. One letter has the person's name obliterated by a Return to Sender ink stamp. Postage marks date the letters between Aug 88 and June 94.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, connelly & tatchell, connelly tatchell & dunlop, j f thompson, mr bacon, mr o'dea, mrs tangye, mr allen, mr novaglia, jas short, gec?? piccacci

Four receipts from Messrs Connelly & Tatchell, Solicitors, for monies received. Receipts name Mrs Anne Magee, date 6/2/1888, J. T. Middleton, date 21/6/1888, Pierce & Perry, date 3 Oct 1893 and Mr Luxton 6/2/1888. Three receipts have green Victoria Stamp Duty One Penny and one orange One Penny Victoria Duty Stamp.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection: receipts, j t middleton, coutts, manning, mrs magee, neale, anne magee, mr luxton, perry

Tait collection: item 17 of 62 These are the Letters of Administration for Thomas Coffey who died intestate in February 1898. He was formerly a settler from Corowa, New South Wales and latterly from Warrnambool and Colac. His real estate valued at £20 and his personal estate valued at £746 was granted to his widow, Margaret Coffey of Kirkstall. Thomas Coffey died in Colac at the age of 64 but no other information on him has been found.This document is of minor interest, being the Letters of Administration following the death of Thomas Coffey. He may have lived in Warrnambool for some time in the latter part of the 19th century. The document has been in the possession of Ernest Chambers, a lawyer with offices in Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Koroit at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The document has then been stored in the Kepler Street offices of successive law firms until it was located in the premises previously occupied by the firm of Mackay Taylor.This 1898-1899 document consists of three pages of parchment paper tied together with thin green cord and cropped at the top and bottom left hand corners of the document. There are two seals attached, one with red sealing wax from the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the other attached with green ribbon from the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria. The document material is handwritten in black ink. There are six stamps – three from New South Wales, one from Geelong and two are indecipherable. The document also has a blue stamp duty label attached (New South Wales, one per cent stamp duty). The document is in fair condition with one page with the writing fading and difficult to read. letters of administration, thomas coffey, tait collection

Bennett's Arcade Stores Receipt: Mustard in colour with Bennett's Arcade Stores (GEO BENNETTS, Prop) Crockery, Glassware, Ironmongery, Stationery. Toys. Hargreaves Street, Bendigo. Box 3 Phone 295. It was a Cash sale on August 23rd 1949 of one Spitfire two pounds one shilling and fine cents. There is a 2d mustard Stamp Duty stamp with Rec Cash 23.8.49 and a signature hand written in pencil on the front. Receipt no 4. Box 625.business, retail, general, bennett's arcade stores. bendigo. hargreaves street

Printed Lien on Crops dated 1 November 1904, Mr. John Hurley to G. H. Watson. George Harold Watson may sell the wheat and oats delivered to the Gredgwin siding and retain the expenses of sale and the money due to him on this security fromn the proceeds of sale. Olive coloured Victoria One Penny Stamp Duty attached.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection - document, lien on crops, john hurley, george harold watson, jonathan raisbeck, h hosken, connelly tatchell & dunlop, a g dunlop

3 x envelopes addressed to Mrs Owen, Cemetery Road, Back Creek, unopened, Mr Steel, Carpenter St Bendigo, empty and Mrs McFarlane, Garsed St Bendigo with account dated July 6 1894. Purple stamp above Connelly and Tatchell, Solicitors, mentions Connelly Tatchell & Dunlop Late Connelly and Tatchell, Solicitors. All envelopes have purple Two Penny Victoria Stamp Duty stamps, Unclaimed at Bendigo and Not Known by Letter Carrier.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection: returned letters, mrs mcfarlane, mrs owen, mr steel

Letter (a) and envelope (b) addressed to Chas Gains, c/- Paul Carpenter, California Gully. Account for 10/-. 2 August 1894. Letter returned as 'unclaimed at Bendigo' Letterhead Connely and Tatchell, Solicitors, Williamson Street, Sandhurst. Overstamped with rubber stamp : Connelly Tatchell & Dunlop Barristers and Solicitors .The small envelope has two one penny red Stamp Duty stamps and a Postmark dated 4.8.1894 an Unclaimed at Bendigo stamp .On the back is written 'Gone away 6.8.94business, legal, connelly, tatchell, connelly, tatchell & dunlop

Cohns bros Victoria Brewery Co 100 Share scrip numbers 28126-28225 in the name of William E Seadon dated 31 st January 1888. Capital £ 55,000 in 55,000 Shares or twenty shillings each. Cohns seal impressed upon document. Transferred after his death to William Charles Vahland 50 shares, and to Ralph William Brown 50 shares on the Seventh of December 1905. Executors of his will 'The Union Trustee Company of Australia Limited. Document impressed with executors wax seal. One penny victoria stamp duty affixed to reverse of share scrip document paid in addition at rate of five shillings per share £25 authorised by E I hastings Secretary with February 1888 date. One penny stamp duty also affixed to transfer document.bendigo, industry, cohn bros., 19th century cohns bros share scrip. the union trustees company of australia. mr w e seadon.

Receipt written on a piece of paper with a green one penny duty stamp attached. 19/12/88 and an initial written over the green one penny duty stamp. Receipt is for fees for Medical services.societies, aof, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - correspondence, court king of the forest

Contract of sale between Rosina Jones, the vendor and William Vivian, the purchaser, of a saddlery business previously carried out by Mr. J. N. Jones, deceased. Handwritten in black ink on a sheet of ledger paper. Cost of business £41.1.1. Signed by vendor and purchaser, witnessed by Euphemia E. Stevenson, 1d stamp, Victorian stamp duty, dated 17.5.1912

Nine Green Victoria 3d duty stamps. Seven block and two block.commerce, office stationary, duty stamps

The Beehive Invoices: 2 x Cream paper with black print and red beehive motive Registered Office : 125 Pall Mall, Bendigo Phones 31 & 32. R.O. Henderson (Beehive Pty Ltd) Pall Mall and Hargreaves St., Bendigo. Both have orange Victoria Stamp Duty 2d and stamped paid. Invoices 2 and 47. Box 625business, retail, general, the beehive

Bob (Herman) Hymans (a former member of the Royal Netherlands Navy) was born in Bloemendaal, Holland on 30th September 1922. During World War II he fought against the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was imprisoned in Changi and on the Burma Railway. After gaining qualifications as a Ski Instructor, Bob arrived in Falls Creek in July 1950. Working as an Instructor and Supervisor at Bogong Lodge, Bob decided his future was in accommodation. He was successful in negotiating an indenture for land from the State Electricity Commission (SEC). It took Bob two years to build his Grand Coeur Chalet but, tragically, it was burned down in August 1961. Bob also built the first Chairlift in Australia. This was a single chairlift and the structure was built from wooden electricity poles. He was constantly full of new ideas and proposals for the village. Bob Hymans die on 7th July 2007. This Collection of documents and letters tells the story of Bob's endeavours to develop Falls Creek into the ski village it is today.This item is significant because it documents proposals put forward by Bob Hymans to develop facilities in the Falls Creek Tourist Area.A letter from the Management Committee accompanying official Form of Lease documents for a Term of 45 years for Site 4A in Falls Creek. The lease was to commence on 1st September 1966. A cheque to cover Stamp Duty made payable to the SEC, proof of Mr. Hymans' Public Risk Insurance Policy as well as the signed Form of Lease document needed to be returned to finalise the Lease.falls creek tourist area management committee, falls creek administration, plan for ladies hairdressing salon

BHS CollectionThe Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 16/06/1955. The invoice has three entries ''sale account Spencer'' for a total of 4 pounds 8shillings11 penny. A receipt n. 8500 dated 21/06/1955 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 2 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595

BHS CollectionThe Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 20/03/1955. The invoice has five entries ''sale account Wills'' for a total of 21 pounds 13shillings 9 penny. A receipt n. 16298 dated 23/03/1955 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 2 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.

BHS CollectionThe Bendigo Advertiser Newspapers invoice to H.A. & S.R. Wilkinson dated 28/10/1954. The invoice has five entries ''sale account Andrews'' for a total of 32 pounds 5shillings 5 penny. A receipt n. 2088 dated 28/10/1954 is stapled to the invoice recording the cash payment. A 3 penny stamp duty is attached to the receipt. The receipt is in a manilla folder.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate, yellow label 595.