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City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Farm Equipment, Horse Collar medium 20thC, 20thC
A horse collar is a part of a horse harness that is used to distribute the load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. The collar often supports and pads a pair of curved metal or wooden pieces, called hames, to which the traces of the harness are attached. The collar allows the horse to use its full strength when pulling, essentially enabling the animal to push forward with its hindquarters into the collar. It is a padded appliance that conforms well to the shape of the horse's body and is constructed so that at all points of contact with the body of the horse it avoids the air passage.The early settlers in Moorabbin Shire depended on the draught horse to pull the equipment need to plough the fields, grade the roads, pull their wagons of produce and small carts for transport as they developed the land after the Henry Dendy Special Survey 1841Horse Collar, 20thC mediumearly settlers, pioneers, draught horse, ploughs, farm equipment, saddles, leatherwork, blacksmiths, cheltenham, sandringham, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, parish of moorabbin, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, horse drawn wagons, plateway, vegetables, poultry farms, dairy farms, -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Farm Equipment, Horse Collar large, 20thC
A horse collar is a part of a horse harness that is used to distribute the load around a horse's neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough. The collar often supports and pads a pair of curved metal or wooden pieces, called hames, to which the traces of the harness are attached. The collar allows the horse to use its full strength when pulling, essentially enabling the animal to push forward with its hindquarters into the collar. It is a padded appliance that conforms well to the shape of the horse's body and is constructed so that at all points of contact with the body of the horse it avoids the air passage.The early settlers in Moorabbin Shire depended on the draught horse to pull the equipment need to plough the fields, grade the roads, pull their wagons of produce and small carts for transport as they developed the land after the Henry Dendy Special Survey 1841Horse Collar large 20thCearly settlers, pioneers, draught horse, ploughs, farm equipment, saddles, leatherwork, blacksmiths, cheltenham, sandringham, city of moorabbin, county of bourke, moorabbin roads board, parish of moorabbin, shire of moorabbin, henry dendy's special survey 1841, were j.b.; bent thomas, o'shannassy john, king richard, charman stephen, highett william, ormond francis, maynard dennis, market gardeners, horse drawn wagons, plateway, vegetables, poultry farms, dairy farms, -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Victorian Railways, Gellibrand ballast pit siding, c.1902
In 1902 a ballast siding was opened 4 km south of Gellibrand to provide materials for track construction. A spur siding with a capacity for six trucks was cut into the side of a slope. Above this was erected a loading bin and chute. The stone proved to be of durable quality so the siding continued after 1902 for periodic track re-ballasting works. The points were set for the main line and spiked shut when the siding was not in use. By the mid-1920s the Victorian Railways found it more economic to use ballast from Penshurst, so the siding was closed by 1925 and the rails lifted.B/W. Gellibrand ballast pit siding at 19 miles (30.6 km) south of Colac. gellibrand; gellibrand siding; railways; -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Painting - MS Sibajak, Dacre Smyth
The M.S. Sibajak may well have the most varied service of all the post-WWII Dutch immigrant ships. She had ties with the Dutch East Indies before and after the declaration of independence; she served the Allies as a troop transport ship while under the management of the widely-known British shipping company P. & O. As an immigrant ship plying the Atlantic, the Sibajak had as docking points Rotterdam, Quebec and New York. She rounded out her service back in Indonesia before being scrapped in Hong Kong.Mrs B SmythA framed oil painting of the Dutch migrant ship MS SibajakSibajakms sibajak, emigration, dutch migrants -
Carlton Football Club
Hardcover Book, Football Record - First Round - 1968 - Carlton, 1968
Hardcover book made in 1968 made to keep original copies of “The Football Record”. This book contains all Football Records relating to Carlton games for the home and away season of 1968. Carlton would win their ninth VFL/AFL premiership in 1968 defeating Essendon by 3 points in the 1968 Grand Final. Essendon 2.1 5.1 6.4 8.5 53 Sat 28-Sep-1968 2:50 PM Att: 116,828 Venue: M.C.G. Carlton 2.2 6.8 7.9 7.14 56 Carlton won by 3 pts Hardcover book, navy blue -
Melbourne Legacy
Document, Citizens' Committee A Concept For Melbourne Legacy
This document was sent from Sydney Legacy to assist Melbourne Legacy with fund raising. In 1974 Sydney Legacy raised $4,070 using this technique, and $163,883 in 1984 . The Citizens Committee was made up of non Legatees who were prominent within the business community. A prominent leader of industry was selected to chair the committee. The committee only met three times a year. The document sets out in detail the formation of the Torch Appeal Committee, Format of the invitation, Programme for the luncheon, Table lay out for the Official Top Table, Publicity, and 5 general points to be noted. Although being separate entities, Legacy clubs all over Australia were prepared to share their ideas with other Legacy Clubs and thoughts for the common good.White foolscap paper with black typeTop left hand corner, blue biro L/ R Foskett, pencil, P.T/. 8901517 Top right hand side, blue biro, Ring P.D. Centre, title in black type enclosed in rectangle of asterisks. Lower right, Preparred by: Marilyn J. Roberts Appeals Director 10/12/85 Bottom, for A.T.H. meeting on Tues 21 Jan 1986 at 2- 16 also Patron(s0fundraising, committee -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Set of 2, Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co (MTOCo), "Time table for the Toorak tramway line", Nov. 1911
The first copy printed on a light blue card provides departure times and some intermediate timings for the Toorak Cable Tramway operated by the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. from both the Toorak Rd terminus and Queensberry St terminus in Swanston St. Shows the frequency of the service, provides details of fares and transfer points. Signed by H A Wilcox Secretary and dated Nov. 1911. See item 7357 for the crew running timetable. Second copy on a buff coloured card has times for passing South Yarra station as well, dated 20/7/1909.Yields information about the running times for the public on the cable trams on the Toorak line. Set of two timetables printed on light card.timetables, tramways, cable trams, mtoco, toorak -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Badges x 4, Stokes Melbourne, Red Cross- Links of Service, Circa 1950's
The Red Cross was established in Switzerland in 1683 and in Australia in 1914. Today it is the best known charitable organisation in the world and operates extensively throughout Australia. These badges may have been given to members for years of service. One badge comes from a local Warrnambool woman named Nance Moore, nee Vickers.These badges are retained as examples of badges produced for the Red Cross in Australia and possibly treasured by members of the Red Cross.Four metal badges: .1 features a symmetrical red cross with gold edging. Three extremities of the cross are linked by a gold coloured semi circular chain on the perimeter. The fourth extremity has a curved scroll with text and two small triangular points. The later allow the badge to stand when not being worn. There is a pin clip on the reverse. .2 Identical to .1 with pin detached .3 Identical to .1 except pin on reverse is missing. .4 Identical to .1 . the badge is pinned through a piece of pink and white paper with text All badges : LINKS OF SERVICE On reverse .1 2525 Stokes .2 2570 .3 2535 STOKES .4 395 Paper- Red Cross Links from Nance Moore ( Vickers)red cross -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Butter Stamp Block, Circa 1950
At the time when this shortbread / butter stamp block was used, rural dairies and larger properties who manufactured their own butter used butter stamps blocks for identifying the source of the butter or for decoration.. The patterns stamped into the warmed butter provided for a range of decorative visual enhancement to the "plain" and "boring" straight leveled normal butter surface. Although the wooden surfaces could be hard to keep clean commercial usage would have been limited and eventually replaced by a non porous and hygienically cleaner material. Greater hygiene controls where introduced. from the late 1940s on. These controls were the result of high infectious illnesses due to contaminated milk and dairy handling methods.This shortbread / butter stamp was used by a Kiewa Valley dairy and it presents what the domestic butter beautification processes were available during the mid to latter 1900s was. Their was a pride by rural properties in their produce and its by-products.This shortbread / butter stamp is made from wood, round and fashioned from a flat bed to a dome top. The top has a round moulded hole with screw indentations for fastening a pressure pole. The pattern on the face of the stamp is of an eleven petalled flower pattern around a small circular flower head. Both the head and petals have indentations which are will produce raised points in the pressed butter. Enclosing the flower pattern is a pattern which when pressed against the butter would produce small ridges radiating outward.On the dome stamped in black ink "T. & W. Davies"butter stamp, domestic butter blocks, domestic food preparations., shortbread, stamp, dairy, butter -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MALONE COLLECTION: GREETING CARDS
Document. Greeting Cards. Small, single light brown card with timber pattern background. Top has scallop edge and gold coloured scallop pattern with tassels and rings hanging from the points. The left side has 4 gold flowers which extend past the edge. The bottom has 1 gold flower and the base of the urn extending past the edge. A gold urn with black flowers at the bottom and black shading on the top edge has mauve flowers with gold leaves in it. Picture on card is embossed.person, greeting cards, malone collection, malone collection, greeting cards -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster, Transport Regulation Board, Bendigo Bus Services", Feb. 1972
Yields information about the closure of the Bendigo Tramway system and the bus replacements made by the Transport Regulation Board, can be compared to that for BallaratDigital print of a scanned Poster, titled "Bendigo Bus Services" printed on white paper. Produced shortly before the closure of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria operated Bendigo Tramway system. Gives details of the replacement bus services as well as the existing bus services and other changes planned. Provides notes on the operator, timetables, fares, route numbers and dates when the services would be changed. Map shows the bus routes, route numbers, section points and City stands and stops. Authorised by the Transport Regulation Board. trams, tramways, bendigo, map, closure, buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), late 1950's or early 1960
Yields information Bridge Street and the buildings at the junction with Main and Victoria St / Stones corner. Tram parked for some particular reason - see 3807.1 to .3 for a similar set of photographs. Shows shops and cars.Black and White photograph, No. 17 at Stone Corner, intersection of Bridge and Main Streets Ballarat. Parked just past the junction points - reason unknown, see also Reg Item 3803, 3807.1 to 3807.3 - for other photographs of the tram at the same location. Photo late 1950's or early 1960. Also has a number of interesting motor vehicles in the background. In the background a Ricksha Paints (pronounced Rickshaw), Allen's Vernal Cake Shop, Junction Shoes. Roddas, ANZ and the English Scottish Bank of Australia buildings in the view. tramways, trams, bridge st, stones corner, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Rule Book, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation", 1960
Forty Eight page, end staple book within blue Rexene covers. Titled "Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways /Electric System /Instructions to Drivers in Electric Car Operation" Dated 1960 Has stamped number "1296" in top right hand corner. Page 1 and 2 have been removed - serrated edge - acknowledgement of receipt of this book. Provides in a Q & A format, instructions to drivers in electric car operation, photos of various types of controllers, an A.B.C. for tramways drivers - always points to remember and has a reference index. "Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society Catalogue No. 310" in ink. trams, tramways, rules, instructions, by laws, mmtb, drivers, conductors -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, 9/04/1958 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about one of the tramcars in the Museum's collection and its operation. Also yields information about a Melbourne level crossing that has been replaced.Digital image of W3 661 as Elsternwick level crossing in Glen Huntly Road, 9/4/1958, taken by Ian Brady. Shows the overhead arrangements, level crossing gates posts, signal box and the disc signal for the catch points. Has an Advertisements for Best Biscuits in the photograph. Glenhuntly road. See emails in the worksheet files - see re use and acknowledgement conditions. See Reg item 4162 for a John Alfred photograph after level crossing replacement works commenced featuring 661.trams, tramways, level crossings, tram 661 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MERLE HALL COLLECTION: ARTS BENDIGO: RE DISCUSSION ON ''FORTUNA'' OCT 15TH 1999
Arts Bendigo: Re Discussion on ''Fortuna'' Oct 15th 1999 Two pages - first pages is ''Background'' (''As for ''Fortuna'', our tentative proposals for the development and use of the site could lead to it becoming a NATIONAL centre for the arts, even more important than somewhere like Monsalvat''; second page is titled ''To The City of Greater Bendigo'' - three general points arising from the one-day seminar with a request for the CoGB to approach the Department of Defence re the likelihood of the property being available for sale within the foreseeable future. -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Instruction Book, The Met, "Instructions to Drivers on Z class trams", 1/05/1989 12:00:00 AM
Document - 9 A4 pages, stapled in the top left hand corner, photocopied double sided - titled "Instructions to Drivers on Z class trams". Provides information on the operation, faults, defects, line breakers, track brake, lights, points, PA, Safety, Hot Weather, design changes on Z5, notes on the Z3 tram, power limiting switch, overspeed, faults -when it will not drive. Dated 1/5/1989. Original copy replaced 1/7/2020 with a better copy from Keith Kings.trams, tramways, the met, drivers, driver training, instructions, ptc, z class -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Dept of Planning and Development, "Catch the City Circle", 1994
Pamphlet - DL 6 fold from A3 sheet, full colour titled "Catch the City Circle", detailing the City Circle tram, 1994 - has the original route by Spencer St - map shows various points and details the various locations.. Has contact details but no web site. Has the Victoria government, Better Cities and Public Transport Corporation Logos. See Reg Item 866, 2703 and 1337 for other versions. Second copy added 24-04-2019 from Bob Prentice Collection.trams, tramways, city circle, yarra trams, ptc -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Timetable/s, Swanston Trams, Set of 8 detailed timetables for each Malvern Depot route, Nov. 2000
Set of 8 detailed timetables for each Malvern Depot route dated 15 November 2000, giving direction, run, route and timing points for weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. 1 - Route 67 - Carnegie 2 - Route 64 - East Brighton 3 - Route 5 - Malvern (last page loose) 4 - Route 3 - East Malvern 5 - Route 16 - St Kilda Beach - University 6 - Route 72 - Camberwell 7 - Route 8 - Toorak 8 - Route 6 - Glen Iristrams, tramways, timetables, route 3, route 5, route 6, route 8, route 16, route 64, route 67, route 72, carnegie, east brighton, malvern, east malvern, st kilda, toorak, camberwell, glen iris -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, "Tram cram? Loaded question", 3/10/2019 12:00:00 AM
"Tram cram? Loaded question" by Zach Hope Public transport advocates claim state government report is misleading due to poor choice of survey selection points. Trams are surveyed at the edge of the CBD and do not consider overcrowding due to the free tram zone. Article has photo of crowded E-class tram and a cartoon. Department of Transport website accessed 2/11/2019 for report. See: https://transport.vic.gov.au/-/media/tfv-documents/tram-passenger-load-may-2019-pdf.pdf?la=en&hash=B739751488A495DC74B732E8C71FAF4E.trams, tramways, tram routes, e class, reports, passengers, tram 2061 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, "It's Trammy Eric", Jan. 1971
Newspaper cutting from an unknown paper and date titled "It's Trammy Eric", about Eric Pearce GTV 9 Newsreader driving tram 864 - a long life wish. Notes Acting Traffic Manager Norm Elliot giving the OK. Image shows Eric changing points with tram 864 in the background. On the rear is an item about the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Singapore and a date Jan. 12. Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting accessed 19-1-2019 dates the meeting as Jan. 1971.trams, tramways, television celebrity, driver training, tram 864 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Map (item), Megan Evans, Cultural Heritage Map, Shire of Eltham, 1993
Copy of artist's map of the Shire of Eltham with numerous historical and cultural places of interest illustrated and notated including evidence of original Wurundjeri occupation and local flora and fauna. The original watercolour is held in the Nillumbik Shire Council Civic Collection. "Evans remembers being surprised they had asked an artist to create this map rather than a designer. Originally made as a watercolour, the map was later made into posters and adorned many homes around the area. The map creatively interprets the town and provides a wayfinding to both cultural and historical points in the area." Nillumbik Arts News December 2023. artist, buildings, cultural heritage map, fauna, flora, map, megan evans, shire of eltham, wurundjeri -
Running Rabbits Military Museum operated by the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch
World War 2 Era Contact Sea Mine
These mines were tethered to the sea bed and were detonated when a ship came into contact with the "Horns" that protruded from the mines exterior surface (removed in this example although the fixing points are clearly visible.) The mines were usually laid by ships or submarines in "Fields" across harbour entrances or in busy shipping lanes. They were tethered so that they floated several feet below the water. This type of mine carried enough exlposive to sink even the largest of ships. Floating mines typically have a mass of around 200 kg,including 80 kg of explosives e.g. TNT, Minol or Amatol.mines sea mines -
Ballarat Clarendon College
Trophy
In 1926 three houses were established at CPLC - Cairns (Green), Kennedy (red) and Walker (Blue). Interest in inter-house competition was encouraged by the presentation of an antique silver cup, known as the Trawalla Cup. This was awarded at the end of each year to the House gaining the most points in work, sport and conduct. in some years Clarendon had inter-house play competitions as part of deciding the winner of the Trawalla Cup. From 1974-1996 the cup was presented at Speech Day to the Girls House with the best academic results. The Cup was the gift of Mrs H P MacKenzie, of 'Trawalla', a large property west of Ballarat. Large silver cup with ornate double-handles and base, fixed to wooden standStand inscribed: TRAWALLA CUP / PRESENTED BY MRS H P MACKENZIEh-p-mackenzie, trawalla-cup -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Instruments, Measuring tool, CLate 19th century
This instrument is a folding arm protractor. It is used for measuring angles on the vertical and horizontal planes. The two folding arms have small metal support springs where they are attached to provide support and the other ends have pins with which to mark particular points. A screw mechanism on the rim allows fine tuning of plotting. Chadburn, Brothers were fine instrument makers of Sheffield making optical and nautical instruments during the 19th century. This item was donated by a local resident whose grandfather Carl Spence was a bridge builder who worked on the Warrnambool Breakwater extension c 1919. This item has scientific significance which is possibly linked via the owner to one of Warrnambool's most well known landmarks.Brass, circular instrument with fold out sections which are hinged and a movable section. The circular part is marked in degrees around the circle. Notches on inner rim at 90 degrees intervals. Chadburn ,Brothers Sheffield. Graduated scale measuring 360 degrees.warrnambool, warrnambool breakwater -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Functional object - Hinge, prior to 1932
This decorative hinge was recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Casino (1882 – 1932) in 1969. It is one of the shipwreck artefacts in the John Chance Collection. The hinge has round sections on the back that could have been mounting points. The coastal trader SS Casino (1882–1932) had a run of almost 50 years along the coast of Western Victoria. She traded goods and food as well as carrying passengers from port to port on her many voyages. This vase may have been included in her cargo or could have been amongst the personal luggage of the people on board.The hinge is historically significant as an example of hardware existing in Victoria the 1930s or even earlier. The hinge is also an example of artefacts recovered from a Victorian shipwreck in the 1960s. It was recovered by John Chance, a diver from the wreck of the S.S. Casino in the 1960s-70s. Items that come from several wrecks along Victoria's coast have since been donated to the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village’s museum collection by his family, illustrating this item’s level of historical value. The hinge has significance because of its association with the S.S. Casino, which played an historical role in Western Victoria, providing transport, communication and trade along the coast between Melbourne and Portland in the late 19th and the early 20th century, visiting the ports at Apollo Bay, Warrnambool and Belfast (Port Fairy). The S.S. Casino was the only regular trader with normal passenger accommodation along the West Coast and the only Western District steamship that was in service between 1854 and 1939, and to be represented in the Victorian Heritage Shipwreck register, and to have been wrecked in the Western District, and to have the wreck located, and to be accessible to divers. The wreck of the S.S. Casino, and its associated relics, is considered an important part of Victorian and Australian cultural heritage and is now protected as a Historic Shipwreck under State and Commonwealth Law in the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976). Hinge, arrow shaped, cast iron, decorative design. Hinge is wide at one end and tapers to a point at the other end. The top surface is textured with the design. The underside is flat. The metal is very fragile.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, s.s. casino, john chance, west coast trader, apollo bay, captain middleton, hinge, hardware -
Churchill Island Heritage Farm
Tool - Auger bits X 13
Auger bits fit into the jaws of a hand brace (brace and bit), which is used to bore holes into wood. The tapered end, or tapered shank, fits into the brace, while the twisted shank and twisted point draw the bit into the wood. The twisted shank guides the bit into the wood, helping to remove chips produced by the cutters and enabling the user to bore deep straight holes. The collection pictured here includes two common patterns of twist bits: the ‘Jennings’ double twist pattern; and the ‘Irwin’ single twist pattern. Their finely pitched threaded points are typically used to cut hardwood timber.Set of thirteen auger bits, with tapered proximal ends and corkscrew spiraled distal ends. Some with tight and loose spiral patterns. Paint spots and surface rust.[size of each bit stamped on]churchill island, tool, auger bits -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Equipment - Cylinder, Medical Compressed Air
Early cylinders were coloured as their maker saw fit, usually black, perhaps with a white top for oxygen. The Americans first achieved standardisation, but other countries do not follow American Standards. Australia follows the colour-scheme of the British Oxygen Corporation. The body is coloured individually for each gas, viz: compressed air, grey; carbon dioxide, brown; oxygen, black; nitrous oxygen, blue’ cyclopropane, primrose-yellow’ ethylene, mauve. Panels of other colours may appear on the body, but indicate technical points of cylinder-design and do not concern the anaesthetist. (Penn catalogue entry)Empty small pale green painted cylinder with rounded base and attached outflow valve with circular 'On-Off' knob.Handwritten in red paint across the main body of the cylinder: ST. VINCENTS 32510 Printed on manufacturer's label: 'KEEP CYLINDER COOL / CIG [logo] / MADE IN AUSTRALIA / MEDICAL AIR COMPRESSED / DO NOT ALLOW OIL OR GREASE ON VALVE / OPEN VALVE SLOWLY CLOSE AFTER USEcompressed air, cylinder, colour standardisation -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Labour History No. 68 May 1995 (D.J. Spiers Collection), Irving, Terry
Published semi-annually, contains refereed, scholarly articles about social and labour history in Australasia, - labour politics, trade unions, management labour practices, co-operatives, gender and ethnicity. This edition includes these articles: -Deskilling Revisited: Continuity and Change in Craft Work and Apprenticeship in Late 19th Century NSW -'Depravity and Disorder': the Sexuality of Convict Women -'That Old Treasure-House of Constructive Suggestion': Australian Labor Ideology and War Organisation of Industry -'Four More Points than Moses': Dr. H.V. Evatt and the Press and the 1944 Referendum -Chifley, the Army and the 1949 Coal Strike Labour and class politics; direct relevance to industrial relations; social issues in general that fall within the purview of the union movement.Book; paper.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, history - labour, labourism, politics - class, industrial relations, economics, politics - communism, women's rights, book reviews, conference reports -
Bialik College
Article, 'MLA at Bialik College', The Eastern Suburbs Standard, 27 April 1965, 1965
Newspaper article 'MLA at Bialik College', published in The Eastern Suburbs Standard, 27 April 1965. The newspaper clipping states: 'Mr. Walter Jona, MLA, paid an official visit to Bialik College, Hawthorn, at the invitation of the headmaster (Mr. Abraham Chowers). During a tour of classrooms, Mr. Jona pointed out to the children the extent of the electorate of Hawthorn in which the college is situated. Right, Mr. Jona points to the map watched by (left to right) Ricky Kausman, Chaim Krigel, Roark Muhelm, David Goodman, Mr A. Chowers and Mark Ashkanasy'. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.shakespeare grove, 1960s -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Wal Ives & Bert [Watson] at the outlet of the Kew Main Drain, c.1900
Connor's Creek is/was one of two major waterways bisecting Kew, both of which empty into the Yarra River. Connor's Creek originates near the grounds of Genazzano FCJ College, which is one of the highest points in Kew. Until the 1930s, this was an open creek until a barrel drain - the Kew Main Drain - was constructed. As the creek ran through Kew it cut across a number of roads the maintenance of which was a continuing concern for Kew Councillors. In August 1864, the Council called for tenders to erect a stone culvert and embankment over Connor's Creek, on Belford-road. This may be the embankment on which the boys are sitting.Original, small photographic positive on card of two boys, identified by the donor as 'Wal Ives and Bert' [Albert Watson] sitting on bluestone capping above an outlet of Connor's Creek. To the left of the boys is a barrel drain which at that stage was the outlet for Connor's Creek near the Yarra River. The retaining wall is constructed of brick. In ink on photo: "Wal & Bert"connors creek -- kew (vic), wal ives, albert watson, belford road, yarra river -- kew (vic.), creeks -- kew (vic.), drains -- kew (vic.)