Various PartiesReference, Research, InformationKHS OrderReference file containing information about Alva and Frances Allen, including notes taken at a talk to the Society by Mr. Alva Allen (undated) and books published by his wife, Frances Allen (nee Johnston): the autobiographical Eyes in the Back of My Head (1979), and Verses Versatile (1985). Frances Allen was a graduate of Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers College and became the first kindergartner to work in a children’s home (White Hills, Bendigo). She also established the first country kindergarten at Euroa. The undated talk records Alva Allen’s first hand memories of Billy Hughes and Robert Menzies. There is also an unusual reference to Gough Whitlam “living down Stevenson Street way”. Both Alva and Frances were members of the Kew Historical Society. allen family - kew (vic), frances allen (nee johnston), alva allenallen family - kew (vic), frances allen (nee johnston), alva allen

Published quarterly since 1977, the newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members exploring relevant aspects of the Victorian and Australian Framework of Historical Themes. Frequently, articles on people, places and artefacts are the only source of information about an aspect of Kew, and Melbourne’s history.non-fictionImages in light [leadlight] / Robert Baker p1-2. Society Activities: Exhibitions [Beyond the Gate, A Model Kew Home]; Past meetings; Future meetings; New members; Quarterly book sale / p3. President's Report / Alex Wilson OAM / p4-5. Making News [150-years ago; 100-years ago] / p5. Birth and death in Kew [Edward Gough Whitlam, 46 Rowland Street] / Lea Ram p6. Unpacking the past [costume conservation] / Robert Baker p7. New acquisition [Victorian cape] / p7. Kew in the 1890s Depression: Part 2 Distress in Kew / Andrew Frost p.8-9. Membership & Donations / p10. kew historical society (vic.) -- periodicals., kew historical society (vic.) -- newsletters, kew historical society (vic.) -- journals