The Kiewa Valley Primary schools held an Athletic Carnival each year. Eight schools were involved.The Sports Meeting was an opportunity for children from eight primary schools to get together, socialise and compete in seven events.This was important as most of the schools were small country schools with children mostly from farms. The list of names is also of interest.Yellow cardboard folded in half with 8 Schools, 7 Events and 4 colour teams in 731 cm x 24.5 cm age groups listed.Scribble inside over all teams. athletic sports, kiewa valley schools sports association

Councillor Charis M.A. Pelling was a Councillor in excess of ten years and a former President of the Shire of Eltham. Cr Pelling was the founder of the Shire of Eltham Historical Society and the Society's first President.Public meeting for creation of the Shire of Eltham Historical Society, later Eltham District Historical Society subsequent to the cessation of the Shire of Eltham in late 1994. The society celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2017 and retains two founding members as current members.Letter typed on Shire of Eltham letterheadshire of eltham, shire of eltham historical society, society foundation, charis m.a. pelling

Note bush mia mia.This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital image, 9 x 12.5 cm print and 4 x 5 inch B&W Negsepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown

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Photograph shows the President of the Council of Ballarat College of Advanced Education, Mr E (Ted) Oppy, The Honourable Evan Walker, Minister for Higher Education and the Director of Ballarat College of Advanced Education, Dr John Sharpham.Photograph framed in card and the mounted on boardballarat college of advanced education, b c a e president, b c a e director, ted oppy, john sharpham, minister for higher education, evan walker

The Geelong West Coat of Arms is divided into four sections representing Transport, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture. For Transport (top left) a steam train typified the Geelong-Melbourne railway. Top right showed a factory, bottom left was a sailing clipper and bottom right had bales of wool. The modern adaptation of the official Coat of Arms is used in the booklet.1 Booklet pages are edged with gold with banner at top. Yellow ribbon at spine. Photographs of councillors and Governor of Victoria .2 Thick paper with red writinggeelong west, coat of arms, transport, industry, agriculture, louis keavy, mayor, centenary, governor of victoria, sir henry winneke, government gazette

Kindly scanned from Ringwood Branch archival collection

Digitised video (1.05GB). Duration: 20 minutes. Recorded October, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines takes us through the history of the Warranwood area where he grew up, situated just north of Ringwood, Victoria.

Digitised video (335MB). Duration: 13 minutes. Recorded March, 2020 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines presents an overview of technological developments in image colourization, with a slide-show demonstration of examples using black and white photographs from RDHS achives.

Digitised video (335MB). Duration: 24 minutes. Recorded August, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ken Briscoe presents an overview of RDHS activities centred around the sorting and digitising of slides and movies for archival conservation, with examples of a local film found in the archives and a collection of items from the former Ringwood Amateur Photography Club.

Digitised video (909MB). Duration: 11 minutes. Recorded March, 2020In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines presents a brief history of student punishment throughout Australia, with a focus on local references.

Digitised video (2.61GB). Duration: 61minutes. Recorded March, 2021 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines takes us through the early history of the Birt's Hill / Croydon Road area, the former locations of the Bilcock and Hardidge families. The Bilcock family had one of the early general stores in Kent Avenue and later moved to Toorak Avenue, Croydon. The father, David Bilcock was a talented film maker. His daughter, Joan Bilceaux, was a renown singer, model and actor, having varied the spelling of her surname as her chosen professional name.

Digitised video (1.62GB). Duration: 30 minutes. Recorded November, 2021 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about the voting rights campaign for women, including suffragette Vida Goldstein's role in the collection of numerous documented signatures in Ringwood, for Victoria's Suffrage Petition to Parliament.

Digitised video (680MB). Duration: 9 minutes. Recorded May, 2022 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about the former Racecourse, located between New Street and Heatherdale Road behind Ringwood's original Coach and Horses Hotel in the late 1880s.

Digitised video (871MB). Duration: 25 minutes. Recorded July, 2022 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about three men with prominant backgrounds who settled in Ringwood early in the 1900s - Alexander Robert Edgar, John Robertson Duigan, and Count Erich Von Horn.

Digitised video (776MB). Duration: 19 minutes. Recorded July, 2022 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Russ Haines, Ringwood and District Historical Society President and ERFC historian, talks about early Australian Rules football in the local area from the time of the formation of the East Ringwood Football Club, through the 1930s, the war years, and the era leading up to the historic 1947 Premiership.

Digitised video (894MB). Duration: 20 minutes. Recorded February, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)As a follow up to the recent centenary celebrations of the 1921 Ringwood State School building in Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines presents this look back at the often overlooked earlier history of the village of Ringwood, including the establishment of Cass' School in 1874 on five acres of land between Dublin Road and Everard Road, becoming Ringwood's first school.

Digitised video (1.90GB). Duration: 35 minutes. Recorded March, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines presents this talk on Bamford’s timber yard following the donation to the Society of the account books dating from the business’s inception in 1908 until the mid-1950s.

Digitised video (1.98GB). Duration: 48 minutes. Recorded August, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about some of the Society's archival activities, with a focus on "rescuing" items of significance, including timely digitisation of photographs and film potentially susceptible to loss or deteriorisation with the passing of time.

Digitised video (2.68GB). Duration: 85 minutes. Recorded October, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines talks about Ringwood's Irish Immigrants - a brief overview of their ancestry, why they came here, and how these pioneers added to our culture.

Digitised video (4.04GB). Duration: 74 minutes. Recorded March, 2019. (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines presents an insight into the naming of some of the district's streets.

Digitised video (339MB). Duration: 6 minutes. Recorded May, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines takes us through a brief history of George and Annis Bills horse troughs, manufactured in Australia and installed to provide relief for working horses in the first half of the 20th century. Around 700 troughs were originally distributed throughout Australia and overseas, some still existing locally today.

Digitised video (4.25GB). Duration: 70 minutes. Recorded July, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines takes us through East Ringwood's fascinating transition from early roots going back to working class families - some still in the area - to the village of today. East Ringwood is still seen as a quiet place, having resisted large-scale development although many larger blocks now include multiple unit dwellings.

Digitised video (1.89GB). Duration: 25 minutes. Recorded October, 2019 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this presentation to Russ Haines in recognition of distinguished service to history in Victoria, David Harper - RDHS Vice President, Don Garden - immediate past President of the Royal Historical Society, Jim Connor - Eltham District Historical Society, and Richard Carter - former RDHS President, speak of Russ’ untiring efforts for RDHS and other history groups during his twelve years as RDHS President.

Digitised video (335MB). Duration: 08:30 minutes. Recorded June, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)In this talk, Ringwood and District Historical Society President Russ Haines uses a slide-show of then-and-now photographs to compare Ringwood's shopping precinct changes over the past 14 years.