"Fairyland", the home of Jim and Grace Tabulo, was a notable local, state and international tourist attraction situated in Kew, Victoria during the mid twentieth century. Located at 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, the weatherboard house and its garden were heavily decorated with statues, crockery and other collected items. A series of notebooks were used to record the messages of child and adult visitors to the property from the 1940s to the 1960s. After Mrs Tabulo's death, these visitor books are believed to have formed part of the Dorothy Rogers Collection. They entered the Kew Historical Society's collection following Dorothy Roger's death in 1973.This series of visitor books are the most important primary sources relating to the internationally renowned 'Fairyland' cottage in Malmsbury Street, Kew. Their social significance is that they record in the post war period the values and beliefs of children and adults who visited this historically significant tourist attraction.A rectangular notebook with a clear plastic front cover and black plastic rear cover with a maroon plastic patch. Unpaginated, approximately 50 loose pale blue-grey pages with red printed lines, held in place by black plastic spine at top edge. The notebook contains handwritten comments and drawings primarily made by children during visits to "Fairyland", at 57 Malmsbury Street, Kew, c.1949. grace tabulo -- fairyland -- 57 malmsbury street -- kew (vic.), tourism - kew - 1945-1965, childhood - kew, collectors and collecting, gardens - kew (vic), scrapbooks - 20th century

Valuation book, Borough of Port Melbourne 1881/82. 170 spreads completed listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. (Decorative) red cover, maroon spine with title gold-stamped. Spreads missing from the back include any signed and dated by valuer e.4e.119-129, 114-118 (also Rates; assessments)local government - borough of port melbourne, built environment, charles henry martin, joseph turner

Singer sewing machine with electric motor and maroon hard cover. Instruction book for No. 66 Singer Sewing Machine - greenpaper cover with red logo on front, 32 pages. Hinged wooden flap forms table when lowered. Machine housing is metal painted fawn with brown drive wheel & foot pedal. Motor is also brown. Base is cream. Cover has cream handle & brass catches. Accessories box R.N. 31.10.Motor serial No K10591526singer; sewing machines; domestic items; handcrafts

Valuation book, Town of Port Melbourne 1901-02 Purple-black cloth cover, maroon binding and cover gold-stamped. 69 spreads completed, listing name and occupation of tenant and owner of each property, description, number of rooms, size of property, rental etc. Letter from valuer detailing demolition etc pasted p 69; 2 pieces correspondence to Council pasted p. 68 (also Rates; assessments)Figures in ink, back end paper.local government, built environment, joseph turner