Used by donor in 'Blackburn - a picturesque history'. Dud Prior commenced his first business with ten gold sovereigns. He was born in Nicholson Street Nunawading in 1889 and in 1917 he opened his first shop in Blackburn near the roundabout. In 1920 he moved next door to a brick shop which was later known as the Lion's Den. It was later demolished.Black & white photo of Dud Prior in his private zoo.prior, dud, blackburn road blackburn

Photocopy of Certificates of Title Vol 2105 Fol 420823 being 480 acres, part Crown Portions 81, 82, 89, 90, and 91 to Freehold Investment and Banking Co of Australia Limited, 9 January 1889. Includes plan of the area bounded by Central Road, Blackburn Road and Stanley Road, (now Wellington Avenue) Blackburn and transfers 1890 - 1926.land subdivision, central road, blackburn, blackburn road, gordon crescent, stanley grove, quarterman, martha, clarke street, grieve, robert, brown, james, game, kate, lincolne, phyllis marian, richardson, william wheeler, wellington avenue, thomas robinson

The Old Orchard Shopping Centre, situated on the corner of Springfield and Williams Road, Blackburn North, was opened in October 1965.Coloured photograph of the land on which the Old Orchard Shopping Centre was built. Sign on right 'Old Orchard Shopping Centre - A Lend Lease development.'old orchard shopping centre, blackburn, shopping centres

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. 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.Navy blue and white printed pennant with a gold fringe. The pennant describes the competition, and in the spaces provided, the winning team has inscribed their team and personal names,BLACKBURN & DISTRICT NIGHT TENNIS ASSN / PREMIERS / SPRING 2012 / SECTION 9 / LADIES 'KEW DELIGHTS' / ANNE WRIGHT, ANNIE RUSSELL, ANDREA MURRAY, SALLY SWINGLER, SANDRA DOWNSkew heights sports club - 397 barkers road - kew (vic), kew heights tennis club - competition trophies

Letter describing use of land 'Arlington', Canterbury Road, Blackburn. Purchased in [1936] as a poultry farm and subdivided in 1947 into 7 shops and 5 building blocks.Letter describing use of land 'Arlington',pooley, beatrice, fred, arlington, canterbury road, blackburn south, land subdivision

Authority issued By Edmund Burke & Associates to Blackburn Bowling Club to pay 100 pounds to Mr W Mead, for work done on the clubrooms and receipt for paymentAuthority issued By Edmund Burke & Associatesblackburn bowling club, edmund burke & associates, mead, w

Coloured photograph of Hill Street, Blackburn showing tree lined narrow street with no footpaths. - Private street classified by National Trust as part of the Bellbird area.bellbird area, hill street, blackburn, national trust of australia (victoria)

Coloured print from a 110 print of a slide of the shops in Railway Parade, Blackburn in c1970. Shop was business of Eastern Office Supplies|See also NP1209railway parade blackburn, nos. 93-97, eastern office supplies

New panel hearing for Blackburn Shopping Centre beginning July 9th at Nunawading Arts Centre. Appeal for support of residents. Newsletter 10 June 1990.resident action, blackburn village residents group, city of nunawading

Blackburn Lake Sanctuary : an environmental assessment and master plan - climate, by Winty Calder and Jeremy Pike. Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne, November 1976.blackburn lake sanctuary, calder, winty, pike, jeremy, climate

Fletcher & Parker real estate pamphlet, p. 12: 3 bedroom timber home, 1 Tara Avenue, Blackburn, for auction 14 November 1998tara avenue, blackburn, no 1, fletcher and parker, auctions

106 Surrey Road, Blackburn North, former residence of William Slater and family will be auctioned on 18th November. The property has been meticulously renovated and updated.surrey road, blackburn north no. 106, slater, william

Black and white photo of traders horse drawn carts in Blackburn Railway Yards in 1923. Looking east. Note Morton Hall and the South Parade in the background.blackburn railway station, morton hall, south parade blackburn, carts and wagons, shops blackburn

2 Black and white Postcards of Blackburn Primary School in Whitehorse Road, opened in May 1889. Photo taken in 1911 when enrolment was 174 pupils.blackburn primary school, no. 2923

Black and white photograph of workmen finishing the garden area of the Blackburn Branch of the Nunawading Public Library in 1977-78 prior to the landscaping by Parks and Gardens staff.city of nunawading - gardens and environment, blackburn branch library

Coloured photograph of part of the original shop once owned by Mrs. Mary, Pearce, believed to be the first business woman in Nunawading. Shop is in Railway Road, Blackburnpearce, ronald, harry, mary, railway road, blackburn

1962 plans, interior drawings and specifications for G. Scambler's brick house at 16 Wolsley Crescent, Blackburn, and the 2013 Barry Plant Real Estate flyer. non-fiction1962 plans, interior drawings and specifications for G. Scambler's brick house at 16 Wolsley Crescent, Blackburn, and the 2013 Barry Plant Real Estate flyer. The architect was Drayton and Colman.scambler gk, drayton & colman architects, wolsley crescent

Article on the development of 'Banksia Estate', former site of the Blackburn South Primary School, Branksome Grove, by the Urban Land Authority. In Nunawading Post, 4 October 1992.Article on the development of 'Banksia Estate',banksia estate, victoria. urban land authority, blackburn south primary school, no. 4035, xeriscope, water supply, canterbury road, blackburn south, branksome grove, land subdivision

Blackburn North Progress Association papers incl. Minutes and Account books of the Association and its Ladies Auxiliary and Social Committee. See list of Contents in box for details.Blackburn North Progress Association papers incl. Minutes and Account books of the Association and its Ladies Auxiliary and Social Committee.blackburn north progress association, minutes, account books

Black and white photo of 'Harwood' a home at 17 - 21 Junction Road Blackburn. Home was wrongly described as the Slater home. See ND1270 at G-H 53.harwood, junction road, blackburn north nos. 17-21

Black & white photos (two) of early Blackburn home next to Watts Dairy, on the cnr of Albert Street and Railway Road. Demolished in 1977 and now the site of a carpark.watts dairy, albert street blackburn, railway road blackburn

Black and white photo of original Presbyterian Church Hall built in 1926. Corner of The Avenue and Blackburn Road. See history on page 71 of Da Costa book.the avenue hall, the avenue, blackburn, blackburn road

Collected at a Heritage Week Workshop at Blackburn Library on 5th October 2009.Black & white photograph Green Family home at 41 Elmhurst Road Blackburn showing Morris car ( Np3586) and the Green Family on Mother's Day in 1961. Left to right Scott Green in Shirley Greens arm; Iris Campbell; Elsie Davis -grandmother; Cherie Green; Judith Hutchenson - sister in law; with Glen Hutchenson in her arms; and Ellen Green Mother-in-law.green shirley, blackburn elmhurst road 41, 1950's house

White cup and saucer with gold edges and a scene of Blackburn Lake.Victoria Czechoslovakia 28 - Blackburn Lakedomestic items, crockery