Pru Sanderson, in her groundbreaking ‘City of Kew Urban Conservation Study : Volume 2 - Development History’ (1988), summarised the periods of urban development and subdivisions of land in Kew. The periods that she identified included 1845-1880, 1880-1893, 1893-1921, 1921-1933, 1933-1943, and Post-War Development. These periods were selected as they represented periods of rapid growth or decline in urban development. An obvious starting point for Sanderson’s groupings involved population growth and the associated economic cycles. These cycles also highlighted urban expansion onto land that was predominantly rural, although in other cases it represented the decline and breakup of large estates. A number of the plans in the Kew Historical Society’s collection can also be found in other collections, such as those of the State Library of Victoria and the Boroondara Library Service. A number are however unique to the collection.The Kew Historical Society collection includes almost 100 subdivision plans pertaining to suburbs of the City of Melbourne. Most of these are of Kew, Kew East or Studley Park, although a smaller number are plans of Camberwell, Deepdene, Balwyn and Hawthorn. It is believed that the majority of the plans were gifted to the Society by persons connected with the real estate firm - J. R. Mathers and McMillan, 136 Cotham Road, Kew. The Plans in the collection are rarely in pristine form, being working plans on which the agent would write notes and record lots sold and the prices of these. The subdivision plans are historically significant examples of the growth of urban Melbourne from the beginning of the 20th Century up until the 1980s. A number of the plans are double-sided and often include a photograph on the reverse. A number of the latter are by noted photographers such as J.E. Barnes.The Dale Estate in Deepdene was made possible by the death of Robert Sparrow Smythe, Australian journalist, newspaper editor/owner and theatrical manager. Smythe lived in his residence ‘Highate’, Deepdene until his death in 1917. In the subdivision proposed one year later, before the end of the First World War, 18 allotments were to be created. The very fragmentary plan in the Society’s collection notes that a large weatherboard [house] will need to be removed. This may be Smythe’s own home. The proposed subdivision included allotments facing Burke and Whitehorse Roads and Dale Street. Bordering the subdivision is the Deepdene Station and the Outer Circle Railway Line. The clear directions on the plan indicate that in 1918 it was possible to travel by train from Deepdene to East Camberwell and Ashburtonsubdivision plans - deepdene, the dale estate

Borough of Ringwood community information report issued December 1959, including financial summary and sections covering Private Street Construction, Sewerage, Projected Works, Fire Hazards, Dog Nuisance, and an obituary section covering the death during the year of Cr. H.E. Parker, former Mayor, and Mr. Alfred Kelly, Town Clerk.rinx

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Undertakers: Fizell and Mulqueen hearse, circa 1926. A partnership between Peter Fizell and Michael Mulqueen, who were both born in Ireland, operated from 1898 until the death of Fizelle in 1901, when Mulqueen became the sole proprietor of the parlour. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Photoraph. Cornish Collection - Photographs of funeral of John Praed: Three photographs in composite form (Levy -photographer) showing procession and crowd at funeral with typewritten note attached stating: ''His funeral was said to be the largest ever at Eaglehawk. At the time of his death he had been Federal Sec. of the Miners Association for 11 years''.person, mining, john praed, eaglehawk. federal secretary of the miners association.

Has a strong association with Phillip Work who was one of our volunteers.Printed colour folded A4 sheet for the funeral service of "Philip Edward Work", "Tex", November 2009. Phillip died 30/10/2009 and was one of the Museum's volunteer workers. Phillip is holding a Murray Cod. Included within the programme is a cutting from the Ballarat Courier of death notices. Dated 4/11/2009.trams, tramways, btm, volunteers, funeral

Murray Comrie Collection. Birth registration for Sarah Wilson, daughter of James Mundle Wilson and Martha Wilson (nee Fegen), of (now number 68) Gladstone Street, Tarnagulla. Official form of the Victorian department of Births and Deaths. Date of child's birth: 7th June 1872. Has list of the 12 other previous children (some were deceased).tarnagulla, births, children, babies, james mundle wilson, martha fegen wilson, sarah wilson, gladstone street

Ah Tune, kicked William Brasslin to death in a drunken brawl following an altercation, Beechworth, November 1914. Death sentence was commuted to 10 years imprisonmentPrison record for Ah Tune, prisoner registered number 33926, giving details of the prisoner, his crimes and the dates and places of his trials.ah tune, foreign prisoner, beechworth, murder, william brasslin

Life Death & Gold in the Whipstick, a story of Raywood and surrounds - retold in 2015, some short descriptions, obituaries and stories written in the 1860s and later by the correspondents of the day describing life in the goldfields of Bendigo's Whipstick, centred on Raywood, Neilborough, Sebastian and Myers Creek. 117 pages, spring bound with plastic cover, contains maps, illustrations and photographs.Ian Belmonthistory, australian, raywood

Address to Mrs.G.P.Smith. Dear Madam. The intelligence of your sad bereavement in the death of your late husband was received by the members of the Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society with deep regret. Signed by -- President. Secretary. Lyre musical instrament in gold with word TO written in red & blue. Sitting on a cloud. White flowers in forground. Markings: F.Fearn. Gilt & embossed frame.person, individual, certificate

a. Letter to J. H. Curnow from ec. Of the Crown Law Department re appointment as Deputy Coroner; b. Letter to J. H. Curnow from Sec. to the Law Department re procedure for Deputy Coroner when death has occurred; c. (attached to b.) Act No. 2343 - An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to coroners.person, individual, curnow collection

Scrap book with approximately thiry pages with pasted in material: military service of F.C. Sweeney, G.T. Sweemey and Sons, F.C. Sweeney Ltd., Boy Scout movement, F.C. Sweeney, Mayor City of Heidelberg, personal correspondence. Shirley (daughter) and F.C. Sweeney, newspaper obituary on the death of F.C. Sweeney. a Front Cover b Inner pagehistory, australian, victoria.

National Service Honour Roll, framed in black & gold frame. Contains names, rank, state, unit & date of death in date order. Also, 6 medals: Australian Active Service Vietnam, Logistic Support; Australian Defence Medal, Anniversary National Service South Vietnam Campaign, 2 badges - Australia & Army. Ode included.Presented by the National Servicemens' Assoc. of Australia, 14 Feb 2008.national service honour roll

Contents: God's lot : Moravians and missions "The most wretched and bleakest" : Moravian desire to work amongst the Australian Aborigines "Ein fauler Fleck" : Lake Boga, a putrid stain "I is done no more" : the first converts "Alles geht seinen schleppenden Gang" expansion, movement and sluggish progress "Every triumphant death" closure in a British colony.Maps, b&w illustrationsdjadja wurrung, dja dja wurrung, gunai, wati wati, wemba wemba, woi wurrung, wurundjeri, wotjobaluk, wergaia, wotjubalak, wotjibolik, wudjubalug, kulin nation, victorian history, moravian missions, colonisation, port phillip protectorate

Legal document, heavy parchment, handwritten in black ink. On front ' dated the 4th day of December 1907, Miss Margaret Tuck to Mrs Sarah McEvoy, Conveyance. Document deals with the transfer of property allotment number 7 of section 12 township of Heathcote, on the death of Margaret Tuck, spinster, formerly of Heathcote. Accession number 454/17business, legal, horwood hincott

Coloured photograph showing the Sandhurst Hotel building on corner. The Sandhurst Hotel stood on the corner of St Andrew's Avenue and Lyttleton Terrace, near where the City of Greater Bendigo council chambers are now. Owned by Mr Sannerman and passed to his wife Flora Silverman on his death. The parents of Peter Ellis were licensees circa 1956.buildings, hotel, sandhurst hotel

Janet Angus was born in Linton and was a daughter of John Angus, a miner, and his wife Wilhelmina (nee Statemann) who ran a draper's shop in Linton. Janet married Richard Egan in Western Australia in 1898. She died in Western Australia in 1949. Janet's daughter Elsie married Fred Jennings of Linton in 1925.Black and white copy of original photograph, which shows a young woman wearing a dark coloured dress or coat which is buttoned at the front and has a large white lace or crocheted collar. Janet Angus, afterwards Janet Egan The photograph has been glued to an information sheet which provides birth, death and marriage details.janet angus, janet egan

Bible belonging to the Williams family. The bible is bound in black leather with two metal edgings. 'The Holy Bible Illustrated' is written in gold gilt lettering on the front cover. The bible has a number of coloured plates depicting stories from the bible. In the middle is a register of births, marriages and deaths relating to the family of George Williams and Jessie Templeton.tui mitchell collection, george williams, jessie templeton

Content: Page 1: - The Missions Patron, President, Committee - Photograph of the Siddeley Street Mission Page 2: - Lost ship SS Waratah (from the Blue Anchor Line founded by Wilhelm Lund - Death of able seaman, Leslie Mumford of the ship Wendur - Death of German seaman, Matthew Hummelsheim after 3 months in hospital - Visit of Rev. Gurney Goldsmith to the Sydney Mission - News from the Newcastle Mission and Port Adelaide - News from the LHLG (drawing room meetings) - League of the Souther Cross Page 3: - 3rd Annual Seafarers Service - Thanks for gifts - Ships and Sailors Collections list - Address and timetable of activities in the 3 missions - Advertising from Inglis, SMith & Co. Page 4: - Advertising from Robur Tea, Jas. F. McKenzie & Co. , Diocesan Books Society The Mission holds a photograph of this publication being packed in calico by the members of the 'Ladies Harbour Lights Guild' for distribution to branches and supporters.Published for some 30 years by the Victorian Missions to Seamen issued to supporters the series contributes to the history of the organisation. It is a key cross reference supplying many details and dates of Chaplain and LHLG activities in both Melbourne, Port Phillip and other States where Missions were gradually established and information not able to be included in Annual Reports. It is also a source of images.newsletter, victorian seamen's mission, melbourne misson to seamen, jottings from our log, lhlg, rope, flying angel, seagull, advertising, port melbourne, williamstown, sailors' home, australian wharf, seamen's institute, sailors' rest, services, concerts, events, socials, deaths, w.h.c. darvall, motor boat, geelong, woolies, michaelmas, quarterly, ladies harbour lights guild, reverend alfred gurney goldsmith, charles arthur holmes, reverend a.t. pitt, harold kingston vickery, boatman, southern cross, crotonhurst, myrniong, s.s. waratah, seamen's guild, wendur, leslie mumford, matthew hummelsheim, blue anchor line, wilhelm lund

Content: Page 1: - The Missions Patron, President, Committee - Photograph of the Siddeley Street Mission Page 2: - Lost ship SS Waratah (from the Blue Anchor Line founded by Wilhelm Lund - Death of able seaman, Leslie Mumford of the ship Wendur - Death of German seaman, Matthew Hummelsheim after 3 months in hospital - Visit of Rev. Gurney Goldsmith to the Sydney Mission - News from the Newcastle Mission and Port Adelaide - News from the LHLG (drawing room meetings) - League of the Souther Cross Page 3: - 3rd Annual Seafarers Service - Thanks for gifts - Ships and Sailors Collections list - Address and timetable of activities in the 3 missions - Advertising from Inglis, SMith & Co. Page 4: - Advertising from Robur Tea, Jas. F. McKenzie & Co. , Diocesan Books Society The Mission holds a photograph of this publication being packed in calico by the members of the 'Ladies Harbour Lights Guild' for distribution to branches and supporters.Published for some 30 years by the Victorian Missions to Seamen issued to supporters the series contributes to the history of the organisation. It is a key cross reference supplying many details and dates of Chaplain and LHLG activities in both Melbourne, Port Phillip and other States where Missions were gradually established and information not able to be included in Annual Reports. It is also a source of images.newsletter, victorian seamen's mission, melbourne misson to seamen, jottings from our log, lhlg, rope, flying angel, seagull, advertising, port melbourne, williamstown, sailors' home, australian wharf, seamen's institute, sailors' rest, services, concerts, events, socials, deaths, w.h.c. darvall, motor boat, geelong, woolies, michaelmas, quarterly, ladies harbour lights guild, reverend alfred gurney goldsmith, charles arthur holmes, reverend a.t. pitt, harold kingston vickery, boatman, southern cross, crotonhurst, myrniong, s.s. waratah, seamen's guild, wendur, leslie mumford, matthew hummelsheim, blue anchor line, wilhelm lund

A death mask is a plaster or wax mould made of a human face shortly after death (around 30 minutes after the execution). The intention was to capture the likeness of the individual and maintain their facial expression and features before these became distorted in death. They differ from their counterparts the life masks which were made to preserve the likeness of an individual while alive. Death masks were often replicated and sold to various institutions and private buyers. Death masks were created for a variety of reasons. Organisations like museums and scientific institutes collected these masks to support the study of phrenology. Phrenology is the study of the conformation of a skull in an effort to understand the mental faculties and traits of an individual. This was undertaken in a period in which it was argued that the shape of a head could provide detailed knowledge into personality. In addition, death masks were also created to aid effigy making, as tools for sculpture and as objects of veneration. Death masks were often placed on display as objects of curiosity. Edward “Ned” Kelly was convicted of murder on the 29th of October 1880 and executed by hanging on the 11th of November that same year. In the 1800s it was common practice for authorities to make a death mask of an executed criminal. In Kelly’s case, there were multiple copies made of his death mask, one of which is in the collection of the Burke Museum. Copies of the official death Mask (attributed to Maximilian Kreitmayer) have been made by artists including Max Meldrum (1875-1955). It depicts the head, neck and partial right shoulder of Ned Kelly. Whilst generally considered to be a ‘pseudoscience’ today, phrenology and the study of the reception and use of artefacts like Ned Kelly’s death mask, can provide valuable insight into a past era’s views of personality and the human body. This mask presents a unique three-dimensional depiction of Ned Kelly shortly after his execution which is unlike any other depiction of him. It can provide vital information as to the use of death masks in Victoria and their popularity in the 1800s. These masks were mostly done of criminals and used for exhibition purposes alongside phrenological study. Phrenologist AS Hamilton used Kreitmayer’s replication of the mask (displayed in Kreitmayer’s Bourke Street waxworks the day after Kelly’s death) to report a detailed phrenological analysis on Ned Kelly and concluded from his research that the deceased had an “enormous self-esteem”. Portraits of living people represent the way they themselves and/or the artists wished themselves to be remembered. The death mask contrasts this and therefore, creates a likeness of a person in their entirety and not just an ideal representation. Therefore, the study of such artefacts and their history of use and disuse can provide interesting information valuable to understanding the past. Colour rectangular photograph printed on gloss photographic paper.Obverse: Reverse: AGFA kelly album, ned kelly, death mask, kreitmayer, old melbourne gaol, phrenology, craneology, 1800s, pseudoscience, burke musuem, max meldrum

The card relates to the death of George Frederick Pierce DCM. Refer Cat No 4136P for his service, award and death. Part of the collection of William (Bill) Thomason, refer Cat No 4136P.Four page folding card, front cover has a set of flags with a cross and wreath, inside a short poem headed “he fought the good fight”, next page is a brief sympathy note and under a hand written note in ink, a small black ribbon holds the pages together.Front cover, “A world of sympathy”, in ink “To Mrs and Mr Pierce from Agnes.E.Staples”.sympathy, military, cards

William George Page was Shire and City Engineer in Wodonga from 1965 until 1989. When he arrived the Shire of Wodonga had a population of 17,000 people. In 1966 Wodonga was selected as a city for special growth assistance. In 1972 Bill Page presented a new Town Plan to the Wodonga Council. Over the ensuing years he dedicated himself to bring this plan to fruition. He often had to argue and campaign with the Albury-Wodonga Corporation to push for the interests of development in Wodonga. This included winning a planning appeal to allow the saleyards to be relocated to Bandiana on the outskirts of Wodonga. Bill Page retired on health grounds in July 1989. The Council honoured him with a farewell dinner and renamed the saleyards at Bandiana the W.G. Page Saleyards in his honour.The Mayor , Cr Valentina Gillard, said "Every development in Wodonga in the past 24 years has a bit of Bill Page in it". William Page died 3 months later at 58 years old.This image depicts an important centre in the development and support of the livestock industry around Wodonga.An aerial photograph of the W. G. Page Saleyards in Wodonga. It has been mounted in a wooden frame.On a sign attached to the photo frame: "This photo of the W.G. Page Saleyards has been donated to the people of Wodonga from Mrs Pat Page and Family. The saleyards were named after the late Bill Page, City Engineer of Wodonga Council for 25 years until his death".w. g. page saleyards, wodonga saleyards, william george page