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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Strathdon faces axe, 1993
The closure of Strathdon Lodge in Forest Hill would be disastrous for people with dementia in the outer east, a packed public meeting was told on Wednesday night.The closure of Strathdon Lodge in Forest Hill would be disastrous for people with dementia in the outer east, a packed public meeting was told on Wednesday night.The closure of Strathdon Lodge in Forest Hill would be disastrous for people with dementia in the outer east, a packed public meeting was told on Wednesday night.strathdon community, nursing homes, aged people, alzheimers disease -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document - Land Title, David Boyle, 28/11/1873
Titles Office photocopy of Land Title granted to David Boyle in Canterbury Road, Forest Hill, originally granted on 28 November 1873.boyle, david, canterbury road, forest hill, land sales -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Class Art, 1/12/1992 12:00:00 AM
Students from Blackburn South Campus of Forest Hill Secondary CollegeStudents from Blackburn South Campus of Forest Hill Secondary College complete a Mural as part of Nunawading Schools Community Arts Project.Students from Blackburn South Campus of Forest Hill Secondary College forest hill secondary college - blackburn south campus, nunawading schools community arts project, artists, hannah, vel -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Win to Chase, 1990
Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre has won the special events category of the annual awards for excellence, innovation and outstanding marketing (AXIOM)Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre has won the special events category of the annual awards for excellence, innovation and outstanding marketing (AXIOM)Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre has won the special events category of the annual awards for excellence, innovation and outstanding marketing (AXIOM)shopping centres, forest hill chase, gardner, rex, forde, elaine, luby, steve -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Approval for two new entertainment complexes, 1991
Nunawading Council has approved applications for two new entertainment complexes at Forest Hill Chase, a bingo centre and a comedy theatre restaurant.Nunawading Council has approved applications for two new entertainment complexes at Forest Hill Chase, a bingo centre and a comedy theatre restaurant.Nunawading Council has approved applications for two new entertainment complexes at Forest Hill Chase, a bingo centre and a comedy theatre restaurant.forest hill chase, athan, savvas, bingo centre, theatre restaurants -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Former Mayor to Stand for Forest Hill, 8/08/1984 12:00:00 AM
Former Mayor of Nunawading, Cr. John MaddenFormer Mayor of Nunawading, Cr. John Madden, has won pre-selection as ALP candidate for Forest Hill for the next State election.Former Mayor of Nunawading, Cr. John Maddenmadden, john -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Tennis players in 1905, 1965
Photo appearing in the Reporter of Forest Hill Tennis Club in 1905.Photo appearing in the Reporter of Forest Hill Tennis Club in 1905. The court was built in Canterbury Road on the site of the South Blackburn Primary School.Photo appearing in the Reporter of Forest Hill Tennis Club in 1905. tennis, forest hill tennis club, blackburn south primary school, no. 4035, williams, a.m. (mrs), garner (mr) -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper, Council Discusses Library Closure, 1/03/1992 12:00:00 AM
Nunawading Council's Forward Planning & Review Committee discussed a Report to close Blackburn Branch Library and possible shift to Forest Hill Chase.Nunawading Council's Forward Planning & Review Committee discussed a Report to close Blackburn Branch Library and possible shift to Forest Hill Chase.Nunawading Council's Forward Planning & Review Committee discussed a Report to close Blackburn Branch Library and possible shift to Forest Hill Chase.public libraries, blackburn branch library, forest hill chase, city of nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Tainton Family, 2005
Early pioneers of the Forest Hill area.Early pioneers of the Forest Hill area: research by Pat Richardson and Maureen Kelly, descendants of the Course families, who married into the Tainton family.Early pioneers of the Forest Hill area.tainton family, course family -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Retiring after 21 years, 27/11/1991
Mrs Joan Bell is retiring after 21 years at Forest Hill Kindergarten and her farewell is to be held on 6 Dec 1991 at the kinder.bell, joan, forest hill kindergarten, watson, brett, bartling, simone, mahon, patrick, forsyth, sarah -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article - Newspaper article, Shopfront Council
Nunawading Council has established a shopfront information centre at Forest Hill Chase co-ordinated by librarian Ruth Hall Date 1993Nunawading Council has established a shopfront information centre at Forest Hill Chase co-ordinated by librarian Ruth Hall Date 1993Nunawading Council has established a shopfront information centre at Forest Hill Chase co-ordinated by librarian Ruth Hall Date 1993city of nunawading, foresty hill chase, librarians, voluntary workers -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Birds, 8/11/1993 12:00:00 AM
Gazette, 8 November 1993 on bird life in bushland off Stanley Road, Forest Hill.Article from the Gazette, 8 November 1993 on bird life in bushland off Stanley Road, Forest Hill.(Now in Vermont South)Gazette, 8 November 1993 on bird life in bushland off Stanley Road, Forest Hill.birds, stanley road, vermont south -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book - Birthday Book, Unknown
Property of Jane Tyack, documenting birthdays of family & friends alongside inspirational daily quotation.Bound book, with illustrated front cover. Bamboo panels back & front. Font illustration of bamboo leaves & forest scene on paper mache.birthday book, quotations, dates, family birthdays, friends birthdays -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Nunawading Horticultural Centre, 1994
Black and white photograph taken in 1994 of two people trimming plants in front of the Nunawading Horticultural Centre, Jolimont Road, Forest Hill.horticultural centre forest hill, jolimont road forest hill -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Edwards Family, C 1930's
From left to right: Stanley, Theodore, Alfred, Ronald seated. This photograph must have been taken after 1931, because that was the year Ronald contracted Polio. Stanley later drowned aged 27.Black and white photograph of the four Edwards brothers of Husband Road, Forest Hill. Father Arthur Edwards, mother Martha (nee Course)edwards family, alfred edwards, theodore edwards, stanley edwards, ronald edwards -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten, c1938
See ND2991 for history of kindergartenBlack & white photo of children from Montague and Renown Kindergarten at the Forest Hill Residential Holiday Home. Shed behind seven children.forest hill residential kindergarten, kindergarten -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1998
Date made June 1998Colour photograph of a group of people at an interpretative sign at the opening of the Mississippi Creek walking track project at Colquhoun Forest, Lakes Entrance, Victoria.vegetation, waterways, topography, public works -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph
The photograph is from the album of Ivy May Child. It shows a view across the holding of Walter Jeeves. Walter was the second son of Ellis Jeeves and grandson of Isaac Jeeves, the pioneer. Walter was given the house 'Kalorama' and 20 acres of lnd - most of it sloping. He established a commercial garden, initially growing vegetables but later flowers and shrubs. This land now forms part of Kalorama Park. The building in the photograph is the Kalorama Homestead with shrubs and trees planted in rows on the sloping site. Ivy May Child (1910 – 1989) was the daughter of Arthur Edward (Ted) Child (1878 – 1964) and Ethel May Madden (1888 – 1970). Ted Child was the son of Matthew Francis Child (1839 – 1933) and Martha Jeeves (1857 – 1926). He was the grandson of one of the early pioneers Francis Child. Ivy grew up on the family property on Childs Road and took many photographs. Most of these are glued into her photo album. The album covered the years from c1927 – 1932. Ivy married Henry William Burgess (1906 – 1968) in 1944. The photographs remain in their original state in the album with individual copies made. Black and white photograph with a large gum tree in the foreground, a sloping area of cleared, cultivated land and homestead in the centre and a forested area in the distance.An inscription below the photograph in the album reads: W. JEEVESwalter jeeves, jeeves, kalorama homestead, kalorama park -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Photograph
The 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles was raised as a regiment of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps on 1 May 1948 with Headquarters in Melbourne and squadrons in Sale, Benalla/Wangaratta and Albury. In 1955 Regimental Headquarters moved to Wangaratta and a second squadron was located at Albury. The Sale squadron transferred to 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. In 1977 8/13 VMR Regiment was reduced to an independent squadron A Squadron 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles and in 1991 was linked with 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse forming the VMR Squadron of that regiment.Collection of photographs showing early evolution of an armoured regiment of the Citizen Forces as it progressed from WWII equipment and uniforms to post-war equipment and uniforms. Silver regimental hat badges are worn in place of Rising Sun badge.Black and White photograph of White Scout Car heavily bogged on exercise in Chiltern Forest. Four so;diers digging the vehicle out." 1956 White Scout Car bogged in Chiltern area. " -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Knox Collection, Beech Forest railway terminus, 1902, 1902
B/W. Beech Forest railway terminus showing two inspecting officers upon a railway trolley on No.2 track near a shed..beech forest; railways; -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Account to Court King of the Forest from the Long Gully Mechanic's Institute dated Sep 27th 1871 for 3 months rent £2.societies, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - account, court king of the forest, long gully mechanic's institute -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Account to Court King of the Forest from the Long Gully Mechanic's Institute dated June 27 1877 for the 1/4 rent £2.societies, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - account, court king of the forest, long gully mechanic's institute -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS NO. 3770 COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
Account to Court King of the Forest from the Long Gully Mechanic's Institute dated Sep 25 1872 for 3 ms rent £2.societies, correspondence, ancient order of foresters no. 3770 collection - account, court king of the forest, long gully mechanic's institute -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Lancashire Witches, 1854
A romance of Pendle Forest.Faded brown marbled board cover with brown leather binding and corners, Spine repair to front cover with red cloth tape. Internal spine detachment at front and rear. Various markings to pages toward the front of the book. Illustrations. 492 pp.Frontispiece - '181' in red ink. 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' stamped on various pages throughout.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Jewkes pine forest in Mullum Road. Ringwood. 1958
Written next to photograph, "Jewkes pine forest in Mullum Road. Looking down from Wonga Road to Collett Avenue, 1958." -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Artwork, other - Black Forest Scene
This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.Green slopes in the foreground and snowy mountain tops in the back ground - river running through a valley, 3 prominent clumps of trees and two human figuresFront: 'C.R. 1941' Back: 'Black Forest Scene by Frau Charlotte Rippert. - Donor: Elfrieda (Kaltenbach) - Faig. April 2002' -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HARRY BIGGS COLLECTION: BENDIGO LANDSCAPE VIEW OF COTTAGES, c1850's (late) Pre 1864
Photograph. Harry Biggs Collection. 2 Black and white streetscape of Bendigo City from Forest Street late 1850's. The long Beehive Store can be seen. In the foreground are many cottages long since gone. A stand of trees along the ridge can be seen. Black & white photos, Forest St in foreground - dirt road picket fence.photograph, streetscape, bendigo, harry biggs collection, bendigo streetscape -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, R. Preston, Aerial view: Beech Forest, 1965, 13 February 1965
B/W. Aerial view of Beech Forest showing the complete station yard including the balloon loop (incorporating the two tennis courts), two ex-departmental residences, the station building and where the Colac and Crowes lines diverged. As well Beech Forest Hall, council offices and Shire Secretary's house, Denherts Track, and Main Road are shown.beech forest; railways; township; aerial; -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Secrets of the Forest-Discovering history in Melbourne's Ash Range, 1992
A history of Melbourne's Ash forestsPaperback. Front cover has a painting on it. The painting is "Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges, 1857", painted by Eugene von Guerard.Tom Griffiths with assistance from the Historic Places Branch,/ Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria,/ and the Monash Public History Group Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779historic site, victoria, ash range, history, griffiths, tom -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Secrets of the Forest-Discovering history in Melbourne's Ash Range, 1992
A history of Melbourne's Ash forestsPaperback. Front cover has a painting on it. Painting is "Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges, 1857", painted by Eugene von Guerard.Tom Griffiths with assistance from the Historic Places Branch,/ Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria,/ and the Monash Public History Group Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779historic site, victoria, ash range, history, griffiths, tom