Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Memorabilia Album 1, 1881-1998, 40pp [compiled by David Pitt]. [The item is part of the large historic Kew Bowling Club collection (1880-1988) gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020].kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), kew bowling club - history - memorabilia

Book - 84 pages black and white on gloss paper + colour card covers, centre stapled, titled "Melbourne's Tramways", written by David Keenan, published by Transit Press's in 1985. Gives an overview of the Melbourne, tramway development, the system itself including operation, fares, tickets, crew training, tramcars and their maintenance, track, power supply, tram routes, depots and allocation at the time. Has maps of the system, Preston workshops, depots, tramway track types, electrical system and services details of routes, running times and service frequencies along with many photographs. Includes photos of emergencies, track work and other aspects of the system in 1984. 'Has a sticker in the top right hand corner "TDO $12.00"trams, tramways, melbourne, tramways, history, trackwork, depots, fares, tickets, training, tram routes, tramcars, maintenance, power supply, maps, operations

Book titled "Melbourne's Tramways in 1974" written by David R. Keenan. Details the operation of the Melbourne Tramway system prior to the introduction of the then new Z class trams, in the final decade of the MMTB, its operations, track, training, management, power supplies, tickets and other operational systems. Includes notes on services, tramcar fleet allocation, depots, fare sections and running times. Has introduction by author looking at Melbourne compared to other tramway systems around the world at the time and acknowledgements. Two copies held. Yields information about Melbourne Tramways in 1974.Forty Eight page book stapled with a fold out track map at rear contained within a glued light card cover. Printed on gloss paper with many black and white photos. Book titled "Melbourne's Tramways in 1974" written by David R. Keenan. Details the operation of the Melbourne Tramway system prior to the introduction of the then new Z class trams, in the final decade of the MMTB, its operations, track, training, management, power supplies, tickets and other operational systems. Includes notes on services, tramcar fleet allocation, depots, fare sections and running times. Has introduction by author looking at Melbourne compared to other tramway systems around the world at the time and acknowledgements. Two copies held. On the front cover in black ink "Ex ARHS Archives". Copy 2 has a price sticker "2.25" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, tramways, tramcars

Set of five colour prints of photos taken by David Frost c1985 of ex SEC Ballarat Trams at the BTPS depot or the TMSV Bylands site. .1 - trams 671, 661, 14 and 38 on the depot fan. (661 repainted 1984 and 18 entered service 1985) .2 - 18 and 671 along with David's Morris Minor .3 - 14 on the access track .4 - Ex Ballarat 42 at Bylands .5 - ex Ballarat 17 and a cable trailer at Bylands.trams, tramways, btps, tmsv, depot, bylands, tram 18, tram 671, tram 661, tram 14, tram 38

Yields information about the appearance of BTPS trams at the time of the first COTMA conference in 1975.Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph Saturday 26/4/1975 at the time of the first COTMA conference. Photos of trams 27 and 40 in Wendouree Parade. Photo by David Verrier.On back of slide in ink' "Friday 26/4/75, Ballarat 27, 40"tramways, trams, btps, wendouree parade, cotma, carlton st, tram 27, tram 40

Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. Two photos of cable tram set No. 1 in the glass case by Melbourne Museum, Russell St Photos taken 28.4.1976In ink: "Wed 28/4/76 Cable car & trailers 1 behind Museum Melbourne"trams, tramways, cable trams, melbourne museum, tram 1

Book - 60 pages, including card covers, heavy paper, perfect bound, full colour on gloss paper, titled "Melbourne's Colourful Trams - illuminated advertising trams in the streetscapes of Melbourne - A photographic Profile from the 1970's". Prepared by David Clark, edited by John Sargent, published 2008 by Train Hobby Publications. Covers the history of Melbourne's decorated or illuminated advertising trams from the MMTB Christmas tram W7 1024 in 1970 and W6 900 through to August 1973 with one November 1977 photo. Includes photos of the Freight Tram 17 (V214, NMETL 13). See Reg Item 4264 for another similar book.trams, tramways, melbourne, tramways, history, advertising trams, decorated trams, freight tram

Agfa colour slide, white blue plastic mount. Photograph by David Verrier. Tram W2 504 northbound in Spencer St outside the Spencer St Railway Station Photos taken 28/4/1976.In ink: "Wed 28/4/76 504 Spencer St Melbourne"trams, tramways, spencer st, w2 class, route 18, city, tram 504

Dr David ALEXANDERA framed townscape with mountains in the background.david alexander, landscape, artist, artwork, townscape, available

The interview is one of a series recorded in 2013-2014 to document memories and experiences of the Williamstown Botanic Gardens. Interviewer is Lindy WallaceA primary source of information on memories of the Gardens. Iris was born in Williamstown in 1943, has lived in Williamstown all her life and has been witness to changes in the Gardens over those years. CD and transcript of interview with Iris Whitehurst and her memories of the Gardens from her childhood through to adulthood. Iris was born in Williamstown and has memories of the Gardens from an early age. In the interview she talks of playing on the cannons, memories of the Gardens appearance over the years and the contribution of the Friends of the Gardens.iris whitehurst, fish pond, ornamental lake, gates, curator, horse, cannons, williamstown botanic gardens, hobsons bay city council

Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. A 39 page hardcover book of poems by David Rowbotham about his native Queensland countryside. Published in 1958 by Angus & Robertson and printed by Halstead Press, Sydney. Catalogue sticker '2082 ROW' on spine. Handwritten in biro on flyleaf ''For Alec Chisholm, O.B.E., my former 'boss' who became a friend -- with my highest regards. David Rowbotham Feb. 1959.''David Rowbothambooks, collections, poetry, alec h chisholm collection, poetry, david rowbotham

2 page document, photocopy. 'The First Bendigo Easter Fair' written by David Horsfall. Page 17 and 18, extracts from book. Sandhurst Trustees logo on bottom.David Horsfallbendigo, bendigo easter fair, the first easter fair

As mentioned in the Description, the cover of The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is plain and in good condition. The internal pages are in similarly good condition, straight cut, and secured to the book binding with no signs of heavy use or wear. However the paper of the internal pages appears yellowed with age, unlike the cover pages that join the boards to the content pages. As also noted in the Description, the internal pages have intricate lettering, with black page borders, double column printing, and nineteenth-century styled black and white illustrations (etchings). This suggests that the bound pages represent an earlier print run and the cover was added, or replaced, at a later date. The book cover’s plain green design with minimal gold lettering seems more recent publishing practice than the pages within. This book bears no publishing date, which supports the speculation that the content pages were purchased as a remaindered lot and bound and distributed by another party, possibly in Australia rather than Britain, and at a much later date than the old fashioned page formatting suggest. The good condition of the cover and the bound pages indicate the book was seldom borrowed or read and the book may therefore have been acquired after the height of the poet Longfellow’s popularity (in the mid to late nineteenth century). The stamps and labels attached to the cover and title pages testify to the book’s provenance, from its initial ownership by the Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Library, to custody in the Warrnambool Municipal Library (where it, along with other WMIL texts, was catalogued by a librarian called Pattison), and finally to the Flagstaff Hill Historical Book Collection. The book was part of a collection of books, now known as the Pattison Collection, which originally belonged to the Warrnambool Mechanics Institute Library. In this context it is an example of the range of titles carried by Victorian rural libraries in the colonial and federation periods (Significance Assessment 2009).The book is bound in plain green cloth covered board with gold lettering on the top of the spine, which reads “THE POETICAL WORKS OF LONGFELLOW”. The cover is plain otherwise and in good condition. Clear Tape secures a typed paper sticker on the lower middle of the spine, which reads “PAT 811 LON”. The internal pages are in similarly good condition, straight cut, and secured to the book binding with no signs of heavy use or wear. However the paper of the internal pages appears yellowed with age, unlike the cover pages that join the boards to the content pages. The internal pages contain intricate lettering, black page borders, double column printing, and nineteenth-century styled black and white illustrations. Name: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author: H W Longfellow Publisher: William P Nimmo The cover page bears a printed label stuck over an earlier one, which reads “Corangamite Regional Library Service • Warrnambool City Library • Pattison Collection”. The title page bears a flat oval shaped black ink stamp containing the words “MECHANICS WARRNAMBOOL INSTITUTE”. On this page there is also the notations “P/W 4885” written in pencil, and “821” written in blue ‘biro’.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, poetry, henry wadsworth longfellow, classic book, 19th century, literature, leisure, warrnambool mechanics institute library, pattison collection, henry wadsworth longfellow’s poetical works, edinburgh publisher william p. nimmo, h w longfellow, the poetical works of henry wadsworth longfellow, warrnambool public library