This book focuses on the minute books of the Monbulk Progress and Fruit Growers Association from 16 October 1918 and explores the background to, and the significant issues and events reflected in the minutes eg. industrial relations, transport, marketing and corruption. The memoirs of George A'Vard relate his experiences in growing and carting raspberries.Soft cover bookmonbulk historical society, monbulk progress and fruit growers association, george a'vard

Corner High Street and Learmonth Street. 2 shops demolished by Greg Fatheres. Shop on left Paterson's fruit and veg c.1935. Butchers shop. rebuilt by Graeme Turner, Marini's take away cafe. Dalgety's, Building at back home of Sheisa Volch facing Learnmouth Street.Corner High Street and Learmonth Street, 2 Shops demolished by Greg Fathersdemolition, charlton, high street, shops, butcher, business, dalgety's, paterson

Greensborough flats and house on the Plenty River at Blackjack, the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.blackjack, robinson family, plenty river

Looking north from the top orchard of Blackjack. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.blackjack, robinson family

George Tibbits, University of Melbourne. Faculty of Architecture, Building and Town & Regional PlanningIndex system that support the research for Beechworth : historical reconstruction / [by] George Tibbits ... [et al]Arranged by street names of BeechworthEach index card includes: street name and number of property, image of property, allotment and section number, property owners and dates of ownership, description of the property according to rate records, property floor plan with dimensions.beechworth, george tibbitsbeechworth, george tibbits

This is a pocket spring balance. It would have been used last century in our district by market gardeners, hawkers and other itinerant workers and possibly also used in some small businesses. In households it could also be useful for weighing jam fruit, vegetables etc. Spring balances are still in use today.This item is retained as an example of a spring balance manufactured 80 or more years ago.This is a set of spring balance scales. The spring is fixed at one end with a hook attached to hold an object to be weighed. The top end has a ring to hang the scales up. The spring mechanism is enclosed by a steel cover. The front scale face is made of brass and both this face and the rear spring casing are fastened by three rivets. On the front is a spring-loaded blade which has equally spaced scale markings next to it on one side. This item is much rusted. ‘Hughes Pocket Balance’ ‘Patent’ Scale Markings:- ‘0 to 25’ pocket spring balances, household items of the past., history of warrnambool

Looking west over Pope's paddock to Main Street. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.popes paddock, main street greensborough, blackjack

Greensborough near Plenty River bridge and football ground. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.robinson family, plenty river, blackjack

All photographs appear in the Student Magazine "Orroroo" 1970Students engaged in various activities. (1) Eating refreshments in an Orchard, possibly on an excursion. (2) Chemistry class. (3) Working in the Orchard extracting tubes of soil. (4) Pruning fruit trees using metal and wooden ladders. (5) Tea break. (6) Working in the Plant Science Laboratory. On reverse, "Rhododendron leaf analysis." (7) Working in a glasshouse.students, activities, excursion, chemistry class, orchard, pruning, fruit trees, tea break, glasshouse, student magazine, orroroo, science projects, soil analysis

BHS CollectionBlack and white photograph mounted on rectangular grey board. House, large elevated w/board with tiled roof. Ventilated eaves and rough cast insert to front gable. Steps to side verandah with balustrade. Casement windows to front and side bay window double wooden verandah posts, palms, fruit trees and ground cover creepers in garden.Not legibleplace, building, residential, stamped on back in rectangle ''t.c. watts and son/auctioneer/estate agents/253 mitchell street/bendigo'' stamped on back in circle ''royal historical society of victoria, bendigo branch''

Looking across the Plenty River from Pope's paddock to Blackjack. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.blackjack, popes paddock, robinson family

Looking south east from Pope's paddock to the railway line. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.robinson family, popes paddock

Looking south west from Pope's paddock to the swing bridge. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.robinson family, popes paddock, blackjack

North end of Pope's paddock looking west to township of Greensborough. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.robinson family, blackjack, popes paddock

A Lady's white, long, cotton half petticoat with a gathered flounce and lace insert at hem. The petticoat has a placket on the side seam and is fastened with bone buttons, The pioneer families had to be self sufficient making their own tools, clothing, while developing their market gardens, fruit orchards and dairy farms in Moorabbin Shire The pioneer women in Moorabbin Shire had to make and repair the clothes for themselves and their families and were accomplished in dressmaking, needlework , craftwork and knitting A Lady's white, long, cotton half petticoat with a wide flounce lace edging and bone buttons at side seam clothing, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, dressmaking, market gardeners, early settlers, craftwork , bentleigh, lacework, moorabbin shire blackburn nance, dairy farms, fruit orchards

Coloured photograph of Primary Cricket Team 1983/84. Two boys in the front row are holding cricket bats and one is wearing long gloves. They are all dressed in whites. The names of the boys are:- (Back Row) Matthew Waterson, Brett Goodwin, Brenden North, Bambos Anastasi, Shane Rodda (coach), Steven Hart, Dean McNamara, Bradley Hall, Brenden Britten, Terry Rule. (Front Row) Mark Herbert, Ashleigh Johnstone, Ricky Dresher, George Gerolemou and Gary Atherton. Names are typed on paper stuck to a piece of foam core.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - photograph primary cricket team 1983/84, matthew waterson, brett goodwin, brenden north, bambos anastasi, shane rodda, steven hart, dean mcnamara, bradley hall, brenden britten, terry rule, mark herbert, ashleigh johnstone, ricky dresher, george gerolemou, gary atherton

Bendigo Advertiser "The way we were" from Tuesday, May 11, 2004. Girl power: with mitts and bats at the ready, some of these players of the Royals softball team, pictured in 1947-1948 at Londonderry Reserve, were also sporting very avant garde caps. Back row from left: Biddy Brown, Normie Warner, Robin Burnett, Fay Cowling, Dosi Warner, Pat Paterson, Amy McCormick, Jean Burnett, Addi Duggan, Ruth McCormick. Front row: Shirley Smith, Effie Bell, Nola McCullaugh, Gladys McCormick.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Small booklet: Some Australian Animals. On the front cover a Koala with baby on the back. Published in April 1959 by the Bank of New South Wales. It has 17 pages. Contents: Foreword - Banded Ant Eater - Spiny Ant Eater - Bandicoots - Bats - Bilbies - Marsupial Cats -Cuscus - Dingo - Flying Foxes - Flying Squirrels - Gliders - Koala (inside front cover0 - Kangaroos - Mice - Marsupial Mice - Marsupial Mole - Numbat - Pademelons - Platypus - Possums - Rats - Tasmanian Devil - Tasmanian Tiger - Tiger cat - Thylacine - Wallabies - Wallaroos - Warrigal - Wombats.books, natural history, native animals

Black and white image of thirteen (13) women dressed in white blouses and skirts, in three rows. The front row of women are sitting on the floor and flanked by men dressed in suits, holding cricket bats across their knees. The middle row are seated and a woman dressed in dark clothes is seated second from left. The back row are standing and man dressed in a suit is standing, third from left. Four women have been identified in the back row (L - R): M Howard, L Ward, G Parry and R Gays.cricket, sport, women, team

Minnie PWERLE (c1910-2006) Atnwengerrp/Utopia Minnie Pwerle's Dreamings consist of elements of 'Bush Melon' and 'Awelye'. Awelys-Atnwengerrp' is depicted by a series of lines painted in varying widths and colours. These patters represent the lines painted on the top had of women's bodies during ceremonies in Minnie's country of Atnwengerrp. 'Bush Melon' is depicted using linear design of curves and circles in different colours creating a very loose and bold design. This dreaming tells the story of this lovely sweet food that comes from a very small bush and is only found in Atnwengerrp. Once very abundant and fruiting in the summer season, the Bush Melon is now hard to find. Minnie and other women used to collect this fruit (that was green in colour and then ripened to a brown colour) and scrape out the small black seeds. They would then eat the fruit straight away or cut it in pieces and skewer them onto a piece of wood to dry then to be eaten in the coming months when bush tucker was scarce. These artistic symbols carry potent spiritual meanings.. The physical creation of these Dreamings in an important part of the continuation of an ancient and rich cultural heritage. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Awelye & Bush Melon Dreaming, 2004 Acrylic on canvas, over three panels art, artwork, minnie pwerle, aboriginal, anmatyerre language, atnwengerrp country

Frank Robinson hoeing the apricot orchard at Blackjack with son Andrew in rear. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photograph.frank robinson, blackjack

Looking north over the football ground with bridge over Plenty River. The Blackjack property, house and acres of fruit orchards ran down to the Plenty River off Hume Street Greensborough and was the home of the Robinson family to late 1956. The photographs were taken as slides by Frank Robinson and digitised by his son James in 2015.Digital copy of colour photgraph.robinson family, blackjack, plenty river

A pair of scales or dishes in which objects to be weighed and the weights / masses against which to weigh them are placed is an "Apparatus for weighing. The pan, or each of the pans, of a balance." These common kitchen / dairy scales would be used by the householder to weigh flour, sugar, cereal, vegetables, fruit, meats, butter, cheese etc. prior to cooking or storing . c1900 A set of steel weighing scales with a balance beam that holds 1 large metal dish for the item to be weighed and a smaller tray holding the weights. The object/ substance to be weighed is placed in 1 dish and the weights are added to the other dish until the two dishes balance equally on the beam. The base , balance beam and tray are decorated with a floral pattern Its parts include a fulcrum, a beam that balances on it, two pans at the ends of the beam to hold the materials to be weighed, and counter-balancing weights.Each weight is engraved with Imperial Measure = 2lb, 1lb, 6ozmarket gardeners, early settlers, fruit vegetables, farmers, cooking, recipes, scales, weights, measures, brass, balance beam, moorabbin, cheltenham, bentleigh, kitchen scales, dairy products, cereals, wheat flour, .

Note by E.B. Littlejohn and T.H. Kneen, 1991, "Fruit pruning day held annually on the first Saturday in July always attracted large attendance (up to 2,500). Displays mounted in Hall." EBL. "Photo on display at top left includes students with Lecturer R.G. Luff (60-61) (now Director of V.C.A.H.)." THKBlack and white photograph. Display Board with photographs and pamphlets.On reverse, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Department Of Agriculture Ref. No. D.144.C."pruning day, students, lecturer, r.g. luff, courses

The white corner building was formerly a fruit and vegetable shop which was run by various generations of the Preston family, the last of whom was George Preston. The shop closed in the 1970s and this photo taken in 1988 shows it without its original verandah. Dean Hart afterwards purchased the weatherboard house as a residence and demolished the shop building on the corner.Colour photograph showing a green double-fronted weatherboard house in Sussex Street, Linton. The house has a chimney, pitched roof and a small porch, and a picket fence across the front. A smaller, white-painted building fronts the footpath on the corner of Sussex and Gillespie Streets.buildings, houses, shops, preston's shop, george preston, dean hart

Erith Lane would have been named after Eliza Erith, the wife of Thomas Hand of Mountain Grange. The house made of slabs and bark pictured (centre) is where the family lived before Mountain Grange was built. Mabel Hand, Thomas and Eliza's youngest daughter stated that she was born in the bark hut in 1881 and they moved into the new home the same year. Cherry Farm, the roof visible behind the centre building, was the home of William Hand, son of Thomas and Eliza. He lived here with hs wife, Harriet Toghill, before moving to live at Mountain Grange after 1905.Black and white photograph showing a scene under heavy snow. Two cottages and a rooftop visible. Snow laden vines forming the front fence. Taller trees visible in the background. Reverse of photograph has handwritten description by John Lundy-Clarke.Erith Lane under snow. House in passion fruit Ivory’s holiday home 1921. Building in centre was Hand’s 28’ by 22’ house of slabs and bark. The first house on top of the whole Dandenong Range built 1871. Large roof behind it was “Cherry Farm”.eliza erith, eliza hand, mabel hand, thomas hand, william hand, erith lane, kalorama, snow, mountain grange, cherry farm, harriet toghill

Alphabetical entries about many topics from fruit trees to Legislation, to Senate of America George Rolfe came to Warrnambool in 1872 and by 1883 was well established on the banks of the Hopkins River at Lyndoch. In 1884 he purchased Shipley which also had frontage to the Hopkins River. He participated in the social and sporting life of Warrnambool and was a keen rower.An interesting collection of thoughts and life of one of the early merchants and farmers of the area. He was a generous benefactor of the hospital.Dark green hard cover with maroon spine and corners. Pages are lined and alphabetical. Hand written entries throughout. : Inside front cover is label ”Cook & Fox, Account Book Manufacturers, Stationers, Bookbinders machine Rulers, Importers 58 Queen St Melbourne. Handwritten on front page “G Rolfe Senr. Book for extracts 1865. warrnambool, george rolfe, lyndoch, book for extracts