Valuation Book, Borough of Sandridge 1877. Reddish marbled cover with tan leather spine and corner bindings, red leather, goldstamped, red label on spine. 127 spreads listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc., plus p128 (also Rates; assessments)Signed by Town Clerk and Mayor as well as valuers; '1877-78' in ink lower left of cover (90 degrees)local government - borough of sandridge, built environment, frederick peterson, william cruikshank, edward clark, town clerks, john turnbull

Valuation Book, Borough of Sandridge 1874. 109 spreads (but additional figures on 110) listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. (also Rates; assessments) local government - borough of sandridge, built environment, frederick peterson, william cruikshank, edward clark, town clerks, frederick poolman

Valuation book, Borough of Port Melbourne 1884. Bluegreen with tan suede spine and corners, small, red, gold stamped spine label.. 144 spreads listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. (also Rates; assessments) New Port Melbourne seal affixed on 144, initialled "B 25/11/85" in blue pencil and signed by Town Clerk and Mayor on same spread.built environment, william cruikshank, irwin walter brinton, edward clark, town clerks, local government - borough of port melbourne, henry beveridge donaldson

Valuation book, Borough of Port Melbourne 1883. Dark red 'decorative' cover, dark red spine stamped in gold. One signature of shorter pages at back (129 full size spreads plus 4 short ones completed) (also Rates; assessments)Signed by Town Clerk and Mayorbuilt environment, william cruikshank, irwin walter brinton, henry beverage donaldson, edward clark, town clerks, local government - borough of port melbourne

Valuation book, Borough of Port Melbourne 1893. Solid bluegreen cloth cover with maroon spine, gold-stamped. 177 spreads completed listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. (also Rates; assessments) p 181: "701.180 taken out for for printers copy 10/9/94 F.C.C" Signed p177 by Mayor and Town Clerk.local government - borough of port melbourne, built environment, edward c crockford, town clerks, john finlay malcolmson, joseph turner

Surveyor Charles CLAY's reports to Council March 1877 to June 1882, handwritten. 176pp volume bound in maroon linen with red spine; sticker on front: MINUTE BOOK; 'Surveyor's Reports' hand printedThree names/addresses noted on first page. Two printed Agendas 1881 and 1882 pasted in front.local government - borough of sandridge, engineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, port melbourne town hall, transport - tramways, engineering - canals and drainage, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, business and traders, fishermans bend, fire and fire services, flood, engineering - bridges, utilities, health - general health, built environment - domestic, industry - manufacturing, livestock, transport - railways, charles clay, sandridge lagoon, business and traders - hotels

Five pages and stub of Borough of Sandridge Publican's General Licence Stub shows No. 1, 11th January 1864. Fee £25.thomas holmes davis, bath hotel, f call, andrew plummer, edward clark, town clerks, business and traders - hotels, local government - borough of sandridge

Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. 2013 PMHPS calendar ; Historic Port Melbourne - Pens, pencils, photography, paint. Cover shows sugar works Sandridge; plus writing, painting and drawing instruments. All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864piers and wharves - station pier, built environment, transport, sandridge lagoon, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, port melbourne town hall, local government - borough of sandridge, local government - town of port melbourne, station hotel, faram brothers hardware, charles stoley, ps weeroona, guernsey house, brian cleveland, gleeson family, peter grut, ps hygeia, business and traders - hotels

FOLDED CARD, ON FRONT A DRAWING OF THE CLUNES TOWN HALL, INSIDE A PRESSING OF THE ORIGINAL SEAL OF THE BOROUGH OF CLUNES. 1860 - 1965 DRAWING BY RUTH ANDERSONclunes town hall, council seal, borough of clunes

Captain John Mason came from Stirling in Scotland, arriving at Port Fairy in 1844. One year after James Atkinson obtained his Special Survey of the area. Thus his life covers all the history of Port Fairy when it was known as Belfast. He married Jane Murray in Portland in 1846 and they had 5 children, Jane died in 1855 and ten years later he married Ann Brown widow of Abijah Brown. They had no children and she died in 1887. In due course he became known as Captain Mason, he was not a sea captain, but captain of the Belfast Volunteers, a Rifle Corps formed in 1859 as a consequence of the Crimean War, and later reconstituted as the Belfast Volunteer Corps. For 40 years he displayed a remarkable versatility in his various occupations. Starting as an Innkeeper - he took over the Stag Inn from Captain Saunders in 1852, for 3 years. He then became a carpenter, stonemason, architect, estate agent honorary technical advisor to the Borough and treasurer to the Shire, and Savings Bank Secretary. They thought so well of John mason in Belfast that they elected him to the first Roads Board in 1853 and to the first Municipal Council in 1856. He was Chairman four times and with Councillors David Talbot and Joseph Whitehead designed the Council's Common Seal and the Motto "Commune Bonum".He was the first Mayor of the Borough in 1863 for a period of 7 weeks. He was responsible for the design, supervision or construction of many of the buildings in the town; most still standing today. He built the Rosebrook Bridge in 1855 and the first official Post Office ( a timber structure in Bank Street) in 1857, replacing it with a stone office in 1865. he built the Court house in 1859 and completed the breakwater between Rabbit Island and Griffith Island started by James Atkinson and John Griffith in 1849, also the first bridge over the Moyne river which connected with Battery Lane and the Bay. Among the many buildings associated with John Mason are Gobles Mill, Tynemouth Villa, 10-12 Princes Street, the Mechanics Institute, the Commercial Hotel, Yambuk and Mickey Bourke's Pub in Koroit. However, he did not build "Riverdale" in Gipps Street as is thought. He had a store and workshop on this site but sold the property in 1872 before the house was built. After an almost uninterrupted term as Councillor starting with the Municipality in 1856, John resigned from the Council in 1873. He well deserved the illuminated address they gave to him and the toast that they drank in the Bank Hotel champagne. Within the year he was working for the Borough as its engineer., surveyor, general supervisor and advisor of public works, simply as the man to whom all difficult problems were referred and at very little expense. John Mason was a great worker for his town and devoted himself unsparingly to the community. That his work was appreciated was shown by the way in which people rallied to his aid when, in the end, he found himself in financial difficulties and his reputation was challenge; arrested for embezzling from the Savings Bank of which he was the actuary in 1882. The money was repaid and the charges found not proven at his trial. He was an early member of the Loyal Prince Albert Lodge, and a founding member of the smaller Loyal Belfast Lodge in 1863. He was also a member of the Horticultural Society. Captain John Mason Died on the 14th of October 1891 (see also 62-04-046 photo)Sepia photograph on heavy cardStevenson & McNicoll photo. 108 Elizabeth Street Melbourne copies can be obtained at anytimedefence, captain, mason, carpenter, councillor, mayor

Bathing boxes view from waterBlack and white Photograph of a group of people in a dingy in South Beach showing Bathing boxes to the rightBathing Port Fairy Return Port Fairy Gazette - Borough of Port Fairy Town Clerk 194beach, bathing boxes, south beach, sea, dingy, people, group, ocean

Borough Various. Borough of Ringwood - Various. New Ringwood Town Hall - Laying Foundation Stone. Rates.