Collection of 17 letters from Albert Bush to 'My dear boy' (S. A. Bush) and 'My dear son'. Includes one letter (undated) with three of the four pages with text overlying other text at right-angles. The letters are dated: April 14, 1878 - August 1, 1878 - August 20 1878 - August 21, 1878 - October 14, 18778 - October 24, 1878 - November 12, 1878 - September 27, 1879 - December 18, 1879 - April 24, ???? - May 10, 1880 - May 24, 1880 - May 31, 1880 - 1881 - November 15 1887 - March 16, 1891 - Undated.person, family, bush collection (family

Assorted correspondence to/from Merle Bush. A. To Dad from MB; b: To MB from Board for Protection of Aborigines (15/4/1947); c: From MB to Peg?/Reg? (6/12/1957); d: From Peg?/Reg? to MB with envelope (30/6/1947)person, individual, bush collection - personal

Assorted invoices/receipts re Bush family. Bendigo and Melbourne business for Mr S Bush & Miss Merle Bush. Receipts from businesses, charities and municipal sources. Adult deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria, Union Assurance Society, British and Foreign Bible Society, Victoria League in Victoria, The Church Missionary Society, The Navy League, Victorian Railways Commissioners, The Girl Guides' Association, Robert Batchelor dentist, Albert M. Bush, Foy and Gibson Pty Ltd, Hartley's, T.S. Glasier & Co, W.H. Osborn Pty Ltd, The Northern Seed Supply, Myer Emporium, William Lunn, Allan & Co, Chaucher Library and Book Shop, State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, City of Bendigo, Bendigo Sewerage Authority, Bendigo Gas Company, Bendigo Electricity Supply and Tramways, Bendigo Electricity Supply, Howard Pty Ltd, R. O. Henderson, Vacuette Company, Sands McDougall Pty Ltd, Colonial Gas Association, Stilwell's, Provincial Motors Pty Ltd.person, family, bush collection (family

Exercise Book belonging to Merle Bush, handwritten. Contains cookery methods rather than being a 'recipe book'. Includes some recipes.Merle Bushperson, individual, bush collection - personal

Approximately 40 pages of notes in notepad relating to Brownies and Girl Guides activities. Possibly notes from training course or courses. Relating mostly to activities, e.g. play.Merle Bushperson, individual, bush collection - personal

EXERCISE BOOK (DOMESTIC ARTS) - MERLE BUSH, Quarry Hill School. Handwritten notes relating to Domestic Art study. A photo of Merle Bush scanned from a newspaper cutting, 'The way we were'. Date unknown.person, individual, bush collection - personal

Collection of approximately 15 Post Office telegraphs relating to Bush-Dahlsen marriage (1891) and birth of boy (1894).Merle Bushperson, individual, bush collection - personal

Collection of approximately 19 Post Office telegraphs to S. A. Bush relating to the death of his wife, Nina, July 1902.person, individual, bush collection - personal

Eighteen sympathy cards.To S. A. Bush on the death of his wife.person, individual, bush collection - personal

Collection of campcraft notes of Merle Bush. A: '9C' on first page - 3 ringed binder with covers; B: 'Diary' of loose leaves with 1 ring binder; C: Notes - 2 pinned pages - '11th Campcraft'; D: Loose leaf notes - 11th Campcraft (with single paperclip); e: Loose leaf notes - 11th Campcraft (with two paperclips)Merle Bushperson, individual, bush collection - personal

a. Collection of 324 handwritten letters (ex Bush's Stores) to Albert Bush ('Dear Albert') from C R Stilwell (majority author) and George Bain (minority author) re the business. Some personal notes. [This collection consists of photocopies of the original letters]. B. Four page typewritten index of collection (by Carol Holsworth?) organized by 'Name', 'Product' and 'Page'. Headed 'Bush's letters index 940222'person, individual, bush collection - personal

Ruled Journal Book - Accounts (Bush's Store?) with handwritten entries. 171/274 pages with entries.person, individual, bush collection - personal

Hard-bound stock Book (Bush's Store). Inscribed in ink on inside cover 'Stock Jan 14th 1915 fol1'. Stamped on inside cover - ''Mason & Carter, Stationers Etc Main St Bairnsdale' (Hence - Bush).person, individual, bush collection - personal

a. Book with a mottled blue-grey cover with brown leather spine and extends 5.5 cm to front and back. Corner edges also had the leather, two are missing and the other two are dilapidated. A red stuck on tape near the top of the spine had Ledger printed with some gold edging, most of which is worn off. Inside the front and back covers is a red, blue and white marble pattern. Front and back covers have been reinforced with white tape. 542 page Ledger Book for a general produce merchant. Probably Albert Bush. Alphabetical index at front. Entries in black ink on all pages and date from 1888 to 1920. Loose 4 page foolscap inside front cover listing Rolling Stock and Value. b. A pocket in the back of the book contains 6 pieces of paper relating to business and finance. Items include Discounts and Commission from 1888 to 1899, a note on insurance, a note dated June 2/90 headed Mr A Bush Sandhurst Dr to S A Bush & Co listing monthly amounts of money from Jan 1890 and 1889. Some amounts are with the name G P Reddie.Another one is a Building A/C dated 1889. Another is a balance sheet written on a page with another one written on the back and dated 1893. One written on paper headed Bush's Stores, Main Street, Bairnsdale and printed S.A.Bush & Co. It looks like a list of repayments listed in 8 bills. The other side of the page refers to Bill of Sales for Yeates & Baker and Bill of Sales held by the Bank of New South Wales. There is also a copy of two letters addressed to A Bush, one dated Oct 17.06 from H Hopkins referring to the late Mr Baker's property in Sale. The other is addressed to A Bush Esq and signed Harry Hopkins and also signed by Albert Bush and dated Nov 28 1906 in reference to the sale of a property.business, retail, bushs, bush collection - ledger book 1888 to 1920, abbott & co, allcock ?, australian producers & traders ltd, bush s a, bush albert, broome sp, brealey w h, blogg bros, b'daledistrict farmers co-op coy ltd, bush and hopkins, berry henry, brockhoff & co, bush mrs albert, colonial bank, corden i s & co, crosby h m, cannon j e, dudgeon and arnell, drevermann & coy, fry bros, felton grimwade & coy, fyansford maunfacturing coy, gearing jas, hawthorn rhodes & coy, henebery john, harper r & co, holford's contract, jack a & co, kellie wm, kitchen & co, kronheimer & co, miller d, lewis & whitty, levy bros and coy, melbourne chilled butter coy, mooney i, mitchell & coy, mann mrs, mceacharn & son, macrobertson, mckenzie i & co, parsons bros & coy ltd, peterson & coy, phoenix biscuit coy, reddie g p estate, ross bros, gippsland news, rosella preserving coy, rolfe and coy, robur tea coy, ross, ryan w, russo and santamria, sniders i ? b, swallow and ariell ltd, sutherland john, service & co jas, smallman mrs, thomas w c, sandhurst & n d trustees coy, voght george, victoria soap & candle coy, vogt k, vickers and gardner's contract, west z, west h m, water and kerang roller mill coy, yeates and watson, yeates and baker, yates and c ? arthur, yeates jas

a. 546 page ledger book for a General Produce Merchant. No identification but could be Albert Bush? Alphabetical index at front. Approx half the pages are blank. Entries in black ink & Date from Feb 1909 to 1920. Sticker inside front cover with Reference Number - No 154 - 11/9/1902 and the name of the printer Andrew Jack & Co.,347 and 349 Flinders Lane Melbourne. Book has a brown leather cover with a red sticker with gold printing and border and the name Ledger printed on it. Inside the front and back covers is a dark blue, lighter blue and red marble pattern. b. Deposit slip but from The National Bank of Australasia Limited, stamped Bendigo in purple for a deposit of £50 and signed S A Bush. Receipt for Debentures left for Safe Custody, Bairnsdale Branch, due 1923 and 1927. Has description, numbers on Debentures and Total Face Value typed on Receipt. Not signed or dated. Also an unsigned and undated form that the Bank incurs no liability whatever in the event of destruction, theft, miscarriage or loss of the documents in transfer from Bairnsdale to Melbourne. Description of document, their number, value and due date are typed on the form.business, retail, bushs, bush collection - ledger no 154 - 11/9/1902, aust jam coy, bairnsdale district farmers' co-op coy ltd, berry henry, blogg bros, brockoff & coy, bush albert, bush s a, bush f w, bush a estate, bendigo residence 251 view st, bush amy, cordan & co, crosby & co, cannon j e, cockatoo preserves ltd, drevermann & co, dudgeon and arnell, dyason prop ltd, eclipse soap & candle co, felton grimwade & co, fisher j and coy, groves mcvitty & co, gans de saxe coy, harper and co, hagemann j, hawkins a, jack & co a, jefferson miss, kitchen and sons prop ltd, king bros, lewis and whitty, long and coy, levy bros & coy, mitchell and coy, maffra sugar factory, macrobertson, mckenzie j f and coy, mclintock and co a, mcleod's soap coy, noske bros, national bank, peterson and coy, phoenix biscuit coy, power patrick joseph, parsons bros & co, parkin a c and co, potter a, robur tea coy, ross bros, russo bros, ryan w, reid bros james, sutherland & sons, swallow and ariell, saunders a, sniders i & b, sargood bros, sims j & co, k vogt, victoria soap & candle coy, united soap and perfumery co ltd, mcleod's soap coy, war bonds, yates and coy a, yeates jas, the national bank of australasia limited bendigo, commonwealth treasurey bonds

Bush Collection (presumed only) ''The Science of Kissing''. Short article on the 'instructions' in the Science of Kissing. On reverse of the page is a note to an (un-named Mademoiselle). Signed by ''osculant'' with an address of ''River Bank''.ephemera, mementoes, the science of kissing

Bush Collection (presumed only) 'Apex Dance details - Kerang June 1934'. Programme of dances for the ''Apex - Steamship Company - Log of the S S Apex'' titled dance gathering for June 18th, 1934.clubs, social, kerang apex club

Bush Collection (presumed only;) a. . Poem (parody on Kipling's ''The Absent-Minded Beggar''). Single paged printing of parody (no title for four verse poem which uses 'mock German' accent for a poem to be read in 'English'). Presumably this was brought back to Bendigo by someone serving in Africa during the Boer War; b. copy of Kipling's verse.

Various docs (possibly from Bush Collection?) a. Public issue of State Electricity Commission securities - letter to Stockholders; Power Loans ; Cash and Conversion Loans 1954/55; b. Board of Works Cash Loan Prospectus 1956; c. Card with information re the MMBW Metropolitan Farm; d. two B&W interior photos of St. Davids church, Hobart; e. J C Williamson Magazine programme 1934; f. Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board -map of proposals for General Scheme 1923.ephemera, mementoes, general interest

Wooden Honour board with blue and white lettering showing names of President, Secretary & Treasurer for each year of the Merle Bush Trefoil Guild. Heavy timber with chain suspension on back.girl guides association, history, merle bush trefoil guild

The Trefoil Guild consists of former members of the Girl Guide Movement. It is a self governing and self financing guild that provides support to the Girl Guide movement. Originally formed as "Old Girl Guides" in 1936, it became the Trefoil Guild in 1944/45.Grreen cloth banner. The words Merle Bush Trefoil Guild at the top. Taking most of the centre a gold triangle, at top right a poppethead and top right a bottle of wine and grapes. At the centre of the triangle Bendigo flower emblem and at the bottom Suu Loong and the word Bendigo. At the back. Green for the local gum leaves and reefs of gold. Bendigo's position marked in the golden triangle by its floral emblem, the waxflower. Poppet head for Bendigo's wealthy foundations. Sun Loong for the heritage and many nationalities that contributed to Bendigo's character. Lettering the colour of our summer land and grass. Grapes for the vineyards and wines in the area. By Gwen Berby 1997. The banner is in a green carry bag.

Photographic Album - 19th Century Portraits. This album is in a handsome leather tooled cover with brass ring clasp - pages have gold edging to match the gold tooling on front cover.This album comes from ''Old Box 94'' which generally contains ephemera from Merle Bush. However, this album has no identifying inscriptions (but see the following notes). There are approx 44 portraits of children, males, females, mixed groups taken by a range of studio photographers (Sandhurst, Melbourne, Stuttgart and possibly from other cities?) There appear to be no inscriptions on the reverse of these photos - but not all have been removed for checking. One photograph (R Dermer Smith, Sandhurst has a photograph Number #753 on reverse and show a man/boy?, woman and child on the front verandah of a house. There are 6 loose cards within the book which may give some indication as to the family connection; 1. Mr W Tainsh - Echuca; 2. Frau Pastor Leypoldt - Lutheran Parsonage, Bendigo; 3. Miss H Janie Schleiger; 4. Citizens' Life Assurance Co Ltd - Represented by A A Brooker(?); 5. Card with inscription in German below print of ? Luther) and handwritten text in German on reverse (difficult to read), date 11/11/83; 6. black bordered card ''In Memoriam'' (no name).cottage, miners

Leather wallet belonging to Samuel Albert Bush, stamped 'S.A.B.' on front of wallet. Inside the wallet is a photograph of two males (medical students) apparently at the dissecting table - presumably Melbourne University.medicine, education - university

Leather-bound certificates for the degree of M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine) for studies of S. Albert Bush, University of Melbourne. Three third year certificates signed; remainder incomplete and unsigned. Note: Last page relating to certificates for extra three months (Hospital Surgical Practice) BUT these are unsigned. Inscriptions: 'University of Melbourne Certificates for the Degree of M.B. S. Albert Bush'.organization, education, university of , university of melb.

Leather-bound membership card for 'Melbourne University Union' ('Member's Ticket') issued to S. A. Bush, Esq. 1884 signed by Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Sec. of Union. Opens to two pages inside the bound cover. Inscribed: 'M.U.U.' in gold lettering on front of bound cover.medicine, education - university

Letter from the Crown Law Office to Sam. A. Bush Esq. (Bairnsdale) re resignation as Probation Officer for Children's Court, Bairnsdale. Handwritten margin addition: Forwarded with my own thanks and appreciation. Signature indecipherable, Officer-in-Charge of Children's Courts, 17.3.15.organization, government, crown law office

Correspondence relating to 'Bendigo and Northern District Contribution Fund for Medical Benefits' a: Regulation No. M2 - Surgical Fund. Letter to past contributors to the Bendigo Community Fund, 'Circular' from the Hospital Benefits Association of Victoria, Bendigo Branch.organization, club/society, health

Circular from the 'Bendigo and Northern District Base Hospital' to members of the Hospital Benefits Association resident in Bendigo. Letter from the Hospital Benefits Association of Victoria - formal notice to cancel application for enrolment as contributor. Letter to Miss M. E. Bush from the Hospital Benefits Association of Victoria re recommendation from Annual Meeting of 29th August 1939.organization, club/society, health

Card for St. Paul's Sunday School, Bendigo with Supervisor and Scholars responses on front and reverse of card.Printer: The Cambridge Pressorganization, church, bendigo churches