TYPED DOCUMENT 2 PAGES STAPLED, ON PAPER (UNDATED) PROVIDING A WRITTEN PROPOSAL OF THE BACKGROUND & FUNCTION OF THE WILLIAM BARKELL ARTS & HISTORIC CENTRE. WRITTEN C1984clunes museum, report, m fenton, j vinecombe, g rickard

d.j. tulloch (author), cliffs white, h.w. hollis, james aif philpott, mr arnold, willie bennett, peter lee, alex bruce, state rivers and water supply commission, angus mccormick, yelta, merbein golf club, mrs e. spargo, merbein brass band, e.s. donaldson, f.a. deacon, william crosbie, e. fisher, j.h. hudson, c. bennett, w. adams, w.j. smith, e.s. collins, j.a. braidie, lake hawthorn, merbein train, mrs delahoy, c.j. sheridan, mrs delaney, mr bennett, picture theatres, post office, barney o'connor, dalmura, r.g. cameron, f.c. kane, myoora, h.g. lloyd, s.j. whiting, v. allen, r. allen, pioneer brick works, methodist church, methodist sunday school, h.c. lapthorne, merbein railway station, c. james, j.c. rose, n. treadwell, mrs wynne, miss troon, v. miss jarrett, miss e. bennett, miss cole, miss n. pearce, miss eva hollis, miss jean hollis, miss hazel hollis, miss kath hollis, mrs w.f. reeves, mrs r.m. voullaire, miss e. bannister, mr j. avery, mr l. holland, mr l.c. lapthorne, mr reeves, merbein public hall, mr j. worthington, merbein ana, mildura winery, research station, a.v. lyon, presbyterian church, s. thompson, a.s. lloyd, j.c. wishart, f. woods, e. smith, a.b. bruce, s. mcmeekin, finley fraser, a. fonder, e.w. wallis, james legge, gordon raff, g.l. hardie, p. murray, r.i. morris, james jones, v.f. hadleu, e. new, d.m. smith, charles weir, brigade fire, traders' association merbein, ratepayers' association merbein, p.v. appleby, a.j. chislett, w. bennett, d.w. peel, h. blaby, w. hazel, a.h. lee, w. grant, a.j. baldock, j. west, e. kelly, j.a. braidie, a.w. lee, j.h. russell, f. mckenzie, r.r. spence, p. swain, w.j. jones, i.w. heatherington, w.g. millhouse, e.w. smith, f.e.d. rankin, mr mcdonell, g. campaign, a. roots, friendly union of soldiers' wives and mothers, red cross society, merbein progress league, hugh a. leslie, a. hayles, j.p. power, j. davis, w.h. chaffey, f.j. walsh, a. roberts, d. richards, r.s. drury, a. robert, j.w. marrows, st john's church of england, r.b. davison, h.e. noltenius, g.e. menlove, st albans church of england - birdwoodton, mr wellington, progress association, elwood mead, merbein race course, rowing club, royal hall, j. lomax, f.j.p. pierson, c.h. foster, n. lumb, f.c. pierson., t. lumb, r. smith, w. quinsey, d. mctaggart, j. storer, l. mctaggart, j. walters, f.a. carmichael, n. smith, j.a. williams, d. walters, a. lever, l.u. alley

sylvia george, sport, len cock, l. droscher, a. tyers, w. williams, w. smythe, h. montford, r. hudson, c. mcswain, c. tonzing, h. anderson, w. hyde, l. mayne, j. campaign, w. campaign, g. campaign, g. reilly, braidie b. , a. mcdonell, f. tyers, w. gane, g. sylvia, r. laing, a. martin

lew taylor, merbein higher elementary school - 1954, harold bennett, nanette griffin, nanette bennett, mr & mrs g. griffin, janice shillington, stan bennett, yelta railway, a.v. lyon, commonwealth research station, cemetery - merbein, street names - merbein, cowanna bend, george stewart, charlie dewilson, common, walter oakes, jock hogg, pop adams, dicky thomas, goodie family, noel goodie, old robbie - fisherman, tony fleetwood, bob cannon (presbyterian minister), keith ring, cliff ring, bob ring, mrs williams, lang children, william joseph caffrey, alex bruce, mollie smythe, barney o'connor, kate o'connor, charlie james, miss mahy, herbert chaffey, mrs delahoy, bill bennett, harry symons, harry bruce, hall buffalo, ern smythe, nancy swain, mrs mousdale, merbein bowling club, evelyn midgley, dr spargo, royal hall, clarrie martin, methodist church, rechabite lidge, mr beverly, mrs sheridan, merbein football club team 1965, sport, leisure, businesses, clive doering (trainer), ian gervasoni, kevin rule, brian williams (captain/coach), neil hurley, robert walder, kevin avery, ron bannister, noel barnes, neville mitchell, peter mitchell, frank fitzpatrick, jim stevens, kevin finteln, neville ward, kevin chapman, barry wagstaff (mascot), kevin sedgmen, barry walder, bill zonnenbergs, roxy café, merbein swimming pool, eva camin, railway - merbein, railway - yelta, railway - merbein west

c. morrison, k. hyndman, j. millhouse, .g. harkness.l/s?, third victory loan, dried fruit packing shed, business

a stubbs., n.j. baines, n. baines, a baldock, j baldock, j. bentley, j. bourke., j. brogan, m. brown, s.a. brown, f. bruce, i butcher, m. (miss) collins, alan connolly, a.e. connolly, w. davidson, d. dodson, f. fatt, a.(miss) gallacher, f. gallatley, p. hand, w. harvey, a. hawkins, l.g. hayles, l. hayles, b. higginbotham, c.k. hill, a.w. hillier, p. hogan, e. holland, g.g. king, d. lambie, d.a. lambie, l. (miss) lee, j. (miss) lockwood, e. (miss) loveridge, elsie. (miss) loveridge, g. loveridge, geo. loveridge, j. lumb, b marks, colin martin, t. martin, m. (miss) morrison, a. a. mckay, a.g. (miss) mckay, e.a.(miss) mckay, elsie (miss) mckay, farquhar mckenzie, f. mckenzie, m. mcmahon, e. neville, g. owen, b. pascoe, keith potter, a. punton, h. punton, m. quinn, g. rigby, geo. rigby, f. roots, w. roots, c. scott, e (miss) sewell, wm. sewell, l. shanks, l. sharman, v. (miss) sheean, e. shillington, r. simpson, e. slaughter, e. (junior) slaughter, r.h. smith, dried fruit packing shed, business

bob smith, bob maynard, alan smith, g. williamson, david jenkins, bob (marty) martin, kevin stevenson, mervyn (jake) summerfield, bruce lang, ted cox, john (wacker) dorman, j. o'day, ron smythe, doug (misha) martin, brian (foxa) dorman, ken lindsay, ian griffiths, les thompson, ian hinks

a. tyers, w. williams, s. smythe, h. montfort, r. hudson, c. mcswain, c. tonzing, h. anderson, w. hyde, l. mayne, j. campaign, g. campaign, g. reilly, a. mcdonnell, l. cock (capt. coach), l. gane, g. sylvia, r. lang, l. trainer) droscher, w. campaign (trainer), a. braidie (sec), f. tyers (president), a. martin (mascot)

yelta mission, g. & w. oakes, eva camin, merbein state school, garnie & nellie griffin, oscar neilson, olwen walters, ernest spargo, n. & sons adams

jack wilson, bill goldsworthy, les parkes, myra tyers, thelma lowe, joyce lemon, jean chamberlain, olga mead, una dean, isabelle friend, zelma robson, jessie fairbairn, nellie lee, jean dean, eileen davis, gladys fairbairn, florrie asterbury, jim mcphee, gladys hibberd, dot leeder, wally worcester, thelma tyers, perce hoyle, mona harvey, leila stubbs, arthur cole, jack box, acky mcnulty, j. rickard, jack doyle, gus ritter, tom morris, len berry, tom gainsberg, colin moore, fred tyers, les wilkinson, w. mayne, ern barrett, ray brighton, ken allen, ted rolph, tommy hogg, lindsay mckay, mark lemon, adam blyth, lyle stubbs, frank lawn, bill farnsworth, sam mead, g. sylvia

This file contains eight items. “A Short Outline of the History of the E.D.B.C.” Photocopy of typewritten history of the club, one page from 1909 to 1982, noting important events and personalities. Handwritten notes from Southern Cross newspaper, 08/05/1909 and 10/04/1909 about meetings to establish the club, into lists of office-bearers. Three photocopies of a group photo of members of the E.D.B.C., undated but probably 1910-14. No caption but verse of one copy states Early Days E.D.B.C. Photocopy of one page from 500 Victorians, Centenary Edition, 1934, on Arthur Apps, J.P. “Mortician” with cartoon portrait, noting that he is now associated with the Elsternwick District Bowling Club. Mounted photograph of Opening Day of the Elsternwick District Bowling Club 1934, handwritten on the reverse, of the raising of the flag for new club building. Mounted photograph of Elsternwick District Bowling Club Opening Day. Previous label on file states that it shows the presentation of a small trophy “Kitty” to Mayor H.C.H. Smith and Mayoress on opening day 1934. Photocopy of printed R.S.V.P. invitation from Elsternwick District Bowling Club for meeting of Official Opening of the Green and 75th Anniversary of the Club Opening 31/08/1984. The page states that the original Invitation in file 1204A with note on back. Ten mounted original colour photographs on five pages of Opening of the Green, presumably 31/08/1984 but no date is given, of presentations and speeches by office-bearers and photographs of members, identified by handwritten names written under each photograph. Backing used in this file states that it contains History of Elsternwick District Bowling Club 1909-1951 but this is not included.elsternwick district bowling club, king j.l., levens g., hunt keith, charlesworth harold, hannah charlie, donaldson janet, hunt ellen mrs., hannah doris, pearson les, peterson les, mcloghlin jim, berg john, berg joy, trimble family, christie j., cook r., dear i., hunt e., shier n., vessey l., ward i., white m., main m. i., coz charles, meadows s., watts j., regan j.b., ross w.t., murphy e.c., davies h.g., scott arthur, cunningham h., brown w.r., lillie a.g., apps arthur, smith h.c.h., elsternwick district ladies bowling club, govett miss y., ward norma, martins veronica, peace mary, markaris thelma, tirrike trio, sporting clubs, lawn bowls, anniversaries, elsternwick, bowling clubs

k. gray, t mckenzie, j. wakefield, g. izard, w. knight, j. dwyer, w. coleman, l. crisp, m. murphy, b. mckay, d. bannister, k. chapman, j. thompson, g.w. crisp, g. driscoll, g. zrna, r. brown, s. walters, l. mann, d. parker, d. potts

l. crisp, g. driscoll, w. case, m farnsworth, j. mcswain, k. rix, g. hollis, d. potts, l. marshall, w. deckert, k. adams, d. bannister, b. mckay, k. gray, s. walters, r. braidie, i griffiths, r. loveridge, j. wakefield, m. murphy

laurie mayne, harry andison, r. hudson, charlie mcswain, alec mcdonnell, w. hyde, r woodbury., w. spiers, h. montford, fred hayes, a. hillier (trainer), arthur william (ponty) tyers, george sylvia, j.. reilly, w.e. smythe, w. leach, george campaign, w. gane, w. scott, a. martin (mascot), s. summerfield, e. smythe, l. watkins, a. prime, j. anseline, a. arnold, j. thompson, d. walters., j. hudson, w. keith, a. lee, w. ross, o. oliver, c. leeder, d. richards, g. woods, b. w. gaggin (pres.), w. williams

lyn adams, tony zaetta, merbein citizens club, merbein rowing club , henry buchecker, raaf merbein, sgt. g. n. f sayce

churches of christ service plan - merbein, a. chislett, b west, h. passmore, r. lawson, e. neville, g. chislett, picnic - church of christ group, arthur goodie, stan chislett, whit. neville, lucy nee oakes brooke, ivy rainbow, grace hazelwood, norman chislett, alma strawb, joyce brighton, norma jerome, jean williams, norman west, church of christ - information form, churches