Contract of sale dated 19th November, 1964 between National Trustees Executors and Agency Company of Australasia on behalf of Estate Charles Frederick Stilwell and Walford Stilwell (vendor) and Mr. A. Scinetti as agent for Mr. T. H. E. Hoy & Mrs. P. L. Hoy (purchaser). Solicitor for vendor: Messrs. Hyett & Hyett, Bull Street, Bendigo. Solicitor for purchaser: Messrs. Watson, James, Rogers, View Point, Bendigo. Property 60 Olinda Street, Bendigo being part of Crown allotment 9 section 77C land described in certificate of title volume 4786 folio 115. Price 580 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 17th March, 1952 between Mr. L. Batchelder (vendor) and Mr. E. Simmons (purchaser). Property: land being part of Crown allotment 14 and 15 section 4B, Parish of Sandhurst City of Bendigo, land described in deed of conveyance memorial No. 589 book No. 560 and situate no. 64 Short Street, Bendigo, together with 7 roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry outbuildings, all window blinds, curtains, electric light fittings and shades, blinds and all floor coverings except those on front bedroom and dining room. Price: 4,650 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 19th June, 1956 between Mrs. L. A. E. Ham & Sandhurst and Northern District Trustees Executors and Agency Company (vendor) and Mr. R. G. & Mrs. T. Perl. Solicitor for vendor: Hyett, Willis & Hyett, Bendigo. Solicitor for purchaser: Hyett, Willis & Hyett, Bendigo. Property: piece of land being Crown allotment3 and part of Crown allotment 1 section 130C land described in certificate of title volume 3525 folio 865, together with all improvements thereon including all blinds. Price: 4,600 pounds. Attached 3 hand written notes.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 5th November 1955 between Mr. L. H. & Mrs. M Davis (vendor) and Misses T. A. & I. Pithie (purchaser). Solicitor for vendor: H. E. Every. Solicitor for purchaser: Neal Woodward. Property: Lot 4 on plan of subdivision No.21517 lodged in the office of titles being part of Crown allotment 351 section E, land described in certificate of title volume 7731 folio 178, together with 5 room brick dwelling also all floor coverings, blinds, curtains, electric light fittings and shades, electric stovette and stand. Price: 6,000 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 30th August 1955 between Mr. E. M. Hopper (vendor) and Mr. J. H. & Mrs. E. E. Parker (purchaser). Property: land being part of Crown allotment3 section 5A having a frontage of 38 feet 8 inches as shown on plan of subdivision consented by the city of Bendigo on Wednesday 6th August, 1955 and situate block 5, No. 110 Penton Street, Golden Square, together with 5 roomed weatherboard dwelling as inspected to be completed similar to Mrs. James property 650 High Street, Golden Square. Price: 3,200 pounds. .organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 23rd May, 1956 between Mrs. M. A. L. Tobin - Mrs N. McMahon as executors of estate G. C. La Franz - deceased (sellers) and Mr. A. C. & Mrs. M. E. Tait (purchaser). Property: land being part of Crown allotment 6 section 12B Parish of Sandhurst City of Bendigo, land described in certificate of title volume 2592 folio 274 and having a frontage to Violet Street, Bendigo, together with all buildings thereon, fly wire doors, window screens and gas stove and blinds. Price: 4,075 pounds. Office copyorganization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 19th December, 1955 between Mr J. S. Henderson as executor of estate of W. J. Henderson (vendor) and Mrs E. & Mr. F. J. Taylor (purchaser). Property: all that piece of land being part of Crown allotment 10 and 11 section 9A Parish of Sandhurst city of Bendigo being land described in certificate of title volume 5221 folio 175 and situate No. 641 High Street corner fir Street, Golden Square, together with 5 roomed weatherboard dwelling , all sundry outbuildings and all blinds. Price: 2,200 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Contract of sale of land dated 7th January 1952 between Mr. H. & Mrs. E. M. Muir (vendor) and Mrs. R. F. Turvey (purchaser). Property: land being allotment 118B section D in the Township of Kangaroo Flat Parish of Sandhurst County of Bendigo, containing 1 rood 38 perches and 1/10 of a perch land described in Crown grant volume 7454 folio 004 and situate in Railway Terrace, Kangaroo Flat, together with 5 roomed weatherboard dwelling and all sundry outbuildings, also all blinds and electric light fittings and shades. Price 875 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

Conditions of sale by private contract dated 14th December, 1946 between Mr. J. R. Shields (vendor) and Mr. L. J. Trigg (purchaser). Property: land situate No. 110 Garsed Street, Bendigo at present occupied by Mrs. Cook as tenant, being part of Crown allotment 5 and 6 section 116C Parish of Sandhurst city of Bendigo described in certificate of title volume 1397 folio 279304, together with the right of carriage way over land coloured brown on map on certificate of title, together with 5 roomed weatherboard and rough cast dwelling and sundry outbuildings. Price: 1,020 pounds.organization, business, h.a. & s.r wilkinson real estate

8091.264a Photograph: Five men in CFA Tops with racing bikes, Fire truck behing. On Rear of Photo: 15/3 PH/WG Murray to Moyne charity ride L to R John Flood, Barry Cole, Bob Ellis, Dirk Vetch, Rod Roberts. Stick on label on rear: Editorial PMT Order Pub Date 5/4 Size Width 36:6 Depth 14.5 Section National, Page 2, Description Bike Riders. Special instructions/percentage S/S Order W Date 4/4 8091.264b Newspaper Article Bendigo Advertiser 5/4/1994recreations, sports, cycling, bendigo advertiser

Red covered notebook handwritten caption 'Register of Directors & Managers'. Handwritten inside states, Register of names and addresses & occupations of Directors & Managers as required by Section 82 Companies Act 1910. Years 1912-13-33-34-35-37-38-39-48-56-58, listed. Names herein; Jacob Cohn, Magnus Cohn, Julius Cohn, Norman Howell, Max Cohn, Frank Levy, Leo Reoch Cohn, Clifford Ballin Cohn, Edward Burt Newell, Arthur Garnett Keith Douglas, Albert McBeth Fairfoul, Richard Noel Levy, John Magnus Cohn.bendigo, industry, cohn bros brewery

Clothing. Infant's cream silk christening gown. High round neckline edged with gathered .7 cm lace. Yoke front (7cm) and back (8cm) of lace pieces and pin tucks. Skirt has 37 cm border of horizontal pin tucks, embroidered sections, piping and hemmed with scalloped embroidered lace.Centre back opening (21 cm) fastened at neck and lower edge of yoke with one cm pearl look buttons. No button holes. Long sleeves gathered at shoulders and gathered into 3 cm band of lace at wrist with gathered lace frill at hem. Three pin tucks around sleeves at elbow.costume, children's, infant's cream silk christening gown

Clothing. Women's cream coloured short sleeved linen nightgown. High round neckline with 4.5 cm broderie lace frill. Front has lace bib below neckline.(45cm wide X 30 cm deep) dipping to a V shape across the bustline. Bib section made up of 4.5 cm broderie lace around the edge. Centre front opening (15 cm) from neckline, fastened with two press-studs with lace frill covering the opening. Short set in sleeves edged with pin tucks, ribbon and 4.5 cm broderie lace. "A" shaped nightgown widening to the hem.costume, female, women's cream coloured linen nightgown

Clothing ,white cotton christening gown. Low round neckline with casing and cotton tape ties. Bodice at front and back.Casing at waist with cotton tape ties to back. Back opening 31 cm. Long sleeves trimmed with 3 cm broderie lace and vertical pintucks. Front of christening gown has inverted V section from waist to hem of broderie lace (9 cm at waist to 51 cm at hem). Centre panel edged with 3 cm lace from neckline to hem. Hem at back and sides has 4 cm border of broderie lace below three tucks. Old box 524.costume, children's, christening long gown

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Plan of Survey of Dam site, Part of Crown Allotment 98 Section C, City of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo. Signed by Garnet G Birch 1 Feb 1941. 33.5 x 43. Attached is a Copy of Field notes, Dam Site in Crown Allotment 198 Sec. City of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst. True Meridian, County of Bendigo, Area 0A 1R 16P. Signed Garnet G Birch, 1/2/1941. Drawn in red and black pen. 20.8 x 33. Both maps are for Deborah Extended Gold Mining Co. No Liabilityorganization, mining, deborah extended gold mining co nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, plan of survey of dam site

The Daylesford Fire Brigade carriage was locally built by White and Oldham, wheelwrights and carriage makers to the design of Captain Henshaw. Their premises was behind the Victoria Hotel, and American by origin.Photograph of the first ladder carriage bought by the Daylesford Volunteer Fire Brigade, built locally, and designed by Captain Henshaw. It is an important record of purchase and some significant buildings circa 1867.Black and white photograph showing the first ladder carriage of the Daylesford Fire Brigade taken from Bridport Street looking towards Wombat Hill. The carriage stands in Victoria Street (now Central Springs Road) and shows the former Daylesford Post Office on the right. The building on the left was the Bank of Victoria, later the Belvedere Hotel, and in 2012 was Kookla. Other buildings include Victoria Building, Church of England (Anglican), Stanbridge Hall.The carriage shows ten canvas water buckets hanging on hooks, a long ladder and two hoses hang from hooks on the lower section of the four wheeled carriage. The roads and footpaths are unsealed.Typed verso: "Copied from on original kindly loaned by J. Ogilthorpe. Shows Daylesford Fire Brigades first Ladder Carriage outside the then Fire Station where Kindergarten now stands 1977. Date about mid 1860s. This ladder carriage was locally built by a wheel and carriage maker with premises behind Victorian Hotel. White and Oldham. Designed by Capt. Henshaw was an American who went to the New Zealand goldfields about 1870. Post Office was built in 1867. On Belvedre (sic) at this time a a Bank, Bank of Victoria." Stamped: "Daylesford and District Historical Society"dayelsford, daylesford fire brigade, henshaw, post office, white and oldham,

The main focus of this edition is the extensive map collection of the State Library of Victoria. Contents: From the Editorial Chair Obituary: Estelle Canning Judith Scurfield The Map Section of the State Library Miles Lewis Maps for Building Research Thomas A. Darragh This Beautiful Work of Art?: Skene and Slight's Continental Australia Gerard Hayes Annotation: Ludwig Becker's ?First Camp from Duroadoo? Susan Ballyn Jean Baptiste Lehimas de Arrieta: The First Spanish Settler in Australia? Frances Thiele Recreating the Polite World: Shipboard Life of Nineteenth-Century Lady Travellers to Australia John Barnes Library Profile: Keith Murdochmaps, b&w illustrationsmaps, state library of victoria

Some time before the end of the year 1962, two great panels of Aboriginal art were begun. They were painted for part of a screen placed behind the Communion table in the Yirrkala church, and represented the two main, creative legends governing the lives, the behaviour and the ritual of the Aborigines belonging to a wide area of northeast Arnhem Land. Gives a brief outline of circumstances surrounding the panels. Lists the artists for each moiety. Maps show the territory of the people mentioned in the text. For each panel, there is a description of each section and an explanation of associated myths. Dua panel - the Djankawu journeys. Yiritja panel - legend of Banaitja. Glossary of terms.b&w art reproductionsyirrkala, yirrkala church, arnhem land

Unearthing local heritage has won two Year 8 Korowa Anglican Girls School students the state finals in the 'Victorian Heritage' section of the National History Awards. Serrin Smyth and Georgina Blood submitted a video which was one of over 2000 entries from across Victoria. Their chosen subject was in the history challenge topic 'Civic Rights and Responsibilities in our History' was Blood's Cottage in Station Street, Box Hill. The cottage is now 144 years old and is the oldest surviving cottage in Box Hill. Keeping the cottage has, and will definitely have, an impact on society. Cutting from 'Whitehorse Post', 3 September 1997.smyth, serrin, blood, georgina, bloods cottage, box hill

Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Sts tramway centre and Boer War monument.Set of three 35mm slides - AGFA dark blue / white plastic mounts of trams at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St - City terminus. 1 - view from the central median on the west side of Lydiard St, looking East with the Commonwealth Bank, Post Office, with many passengers at the location. The Boer War monument /statue is in the centre part of the photograph. 2 - No. 14 about to turn into Lydiard St North/ The short tram stop and End of Section sign are adjacent to the tram. 3 - Tram waiting at the north side tram stop - has a Twin Lakes and Cinzano sign. Has the ANZ bank and the SEC offices in the background.tramways, trams, sturt st, city, lydiard st, passengers, signs, tram 14

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, (date unknown), titled "Early bid for cable trams" noting that about 100 years ago, Ballarat's civic fathers were keen to give the city a cable tramway. Found that cable too expensive and horse tramway developed instead. Gave details of horse tram systems, costs and operations. Part of a Section of the newspaper titled "Enter the Past", looking for local history stories. Gives the Couriers address. Item not dated, but c1985. On reverse, is part of page 1 of the newspaper, noting that Ballarat's petrol prices broke the 50c a litre barrier the previous day.ballarat, cable trams, horse trams

1037 - Newspaper clipping from The Sun (Melbourne), April 15, 1972 in the Magazine section of the newspaper, called 'Then and Now' about the closure the following day of the Bendigo tramways. Gives an outline history of the tramway system, and two stories about the tramways, one about a driver named "Hellfire Jack" and an accident between a tram he was driving and a horse pulled dray loaded with tomatoes. Has six small photos on the top of the item, four of trams and two of Bendigo looking towards Charing Cross from the Post Office in 1880 and 1972. 1037.1 - added 23/10/2004 - duplicate cutting. Item written by John Fraser.trams, tramways, bendigo, closure, hellfire jack, charing cross

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, 14/9/1971 titled "Last tram to 'star' in film about Ballarat" of the making of a film by the Commonwealth Film unit on tourist attractions in Ballarat. The first section of the film was to feature the last run of the trams in Ballarat the following Sunday. Has a photo of a meeting of members of the film unit, the City Council, and the Ballarat Regional Tourist Promotion Association the previous day. The clipping gives the names of people in the meeting. Second copy of the text only added 25/10/05 - photo not attached. Image of the whole cutting added 28/3/2011 - see i1. trams, tramways, ballarat promotion, commonwealth film unit, closure, films

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 30, Wendouree Parade, View Point terminus. Tram is in the process of being fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips. Tram has destination of View Point, has a SF Motors Pty Ltd, roof advertisement and an advertisement for White Horse Whiskey on the front dash panel. Note terminal markings on road, timetable and section insulator box on pole. Photo taken early 1961. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes. "BAS 20" in penciltramways, trams, view point, terminus, wendouree parade, tram 30

Book, titled "Door and Step Control", 192 pages printed on white art paper, with green inside covers and end covers, 12 sections, full bound, sewn into green Rexene outside covers with title and company logo in gold on front cover and publisher "National Pneumatic Company" on spine. Details equipment available for control of doors and steps using compressed air, manual methods, with photos of various types of railway and tramway vehicles, equipment and drawings. Has an index. Also details of sash (window) and garage door control systems. Has been stamped with the ESCo Company stamp in a number of places.trams, tramways, tramcar equipment, doors, safety

Book - 320 pages + end covers + hard covers + dust jacked, titled "Lucky City: The First Generation at Ballarat: 1851 - 1901". Dust jacket printed in colour, sewn sections, end papers glued to cover. Has contents, list of illustrations, list of maps, acknowledgements, table of conversions, an index, appendices, abbreviations, notes, bibliography. Detailed history of the discovery of the Ballarat Goldfields, divided into three parts; Skirmish, Bonanza and Consolidation. Has small notes re the horse trams on page 219. Written by Weston Bate. See Reg Item 8410 for "Life After Gold" by the same authortrams, tramways, ballarat, local history

Has a strong association with some of the volunteer workers who undertook work for the BTPS in there 1972/73 period.Black and white photographs of the installation of a pole adjacent to No. 3 road. The depot fan is progressing, No. 1 road points have been installed, overhead troughing to No. 2 and 3 roads installed and the transformer is by No. 1 road door. Date possibly 16 June 1973 - based on the list of dates in the 1972 - 73 Annual Report. Note the little sections of rail indicating the position of the curve into No. 1 road laid out on top of the sleepers. See also Reg Item 4758 to 4760 for similar photos and colour slides. See 1972 - 1973 Annual Report which has a list of dates on page 3 of events at the depot.Bob Prentice in ink on rear.trams, tramways, depot fan, btps, construction, tram 40, tram 27, tram 26?

Red covered auction catalogue of Complete Sluicing Plant, Electric Generating Plant, Pumping Plants, Electrical Equipment, Buildings, Etc of the Eureka Lead Gold Sluicing Co. (Ballarat) N. L. on Thursday 3rd July, 1947 at the Plant, Ballarat East. Catalogue contains Conditions of Sale, 291 Lot numbers arranged in sections, e.g. Outside Engine House, Engine House, Outside Producer House, Transmission Line, At Sludge Pump, At Assay Office, Blacksmith's Shop, Assay Office and Pump Plant at Brown Hill. One catalogue has sale prices in pounds, shillings and pence beside each lot.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - eureka lead gold sluicing co (ballarat) n l, j h curnow & son pty ltd, the prahan telegraph printing co