Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.Letter from Frank Packer of Belle Vue (Manchester) Limited to Frank Wright, 1952Frank Wright Esq., 14, Highbury Grange, London, N.5. Dear Mr. Wright, We have pleasure in enclosing cheque for 10 pounds 10 shillings being the fee and expenses for adjudicating at our 100th Annual September Brass Band Contest held on Saturday, the 6th inst. The Centenary Contest was certainly the greatest of them all, the competing Bands being twenty of the World's best. It was the finest entry the Belle Vue "September" has ever obtained. The awards were very well received, your decisions appear to have given entire satisfaction. I would like ot place on record my appreciation of the able and efficient manner in which you carried out your duties, and trust that the arrangements made for your comfort were in every wat satisfactory. I send along my best wishes and kind regards, and hope to have the pleasure of your co-operation again on some future occasion. Yours faithfully, Belle Vue (Manchester) Limited Frank Parker Brass Band Contest Manager. belle vue, frank wright, letter, adjudicator, brass band

Lance Corporal "Alfred Alexander Priest" No. 5162. Enlisted 31/12/15 into 6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcements. Embarked 1 April 1916 for England the 29 Aug 1916 to France. Hospitalised 8 Nov 1916 for trench foot and rejoined unit 11 Feb 1917. WIA 27 Feb 1917 GSW left forearm and rejoined 30 July 1917. WIA 4 Oct 1917 GSW left finger and rejoined 1 Jan 1918. WIA 16 May 1918 multiple gunshot wounds - died 27 May 1918. Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.Ful length portrait of Alfred Alexander Priest in full uniform of WW1 ANZAC Soldier, in sepia. Man standing in an outside setting, holding a cane.Front bottom right hand corner written "KALMA BENDIGO". Back top right corner written "Len's Uncle, Alfred Priest".ww1, 6th battalion, alfred alexander priest

Series of five views of Melbourne - City Square (mid 1970s), with Swanston St and St Paul's Cathedral, Z class No. 2 (see item 73), Yarra River and city lights, Bourke St looking east at dusk and the Royal Exhibition buildings and gardens.Demonstrates a multi-view postcard of Melbourne.Colour postcard by Nu-Color-Vue No. NCV1316 postcards, city square, z class, tram 2, yarra river, bourke st, st paul's cathedral, swanston st, royal exhibition buildings

Map, South Belle Vue Coy. Shaft.Sheet No.1.-map, bendigo, belle vue united coy

Postcard, color. Bendigo Easter Fair at Alexandra Fountain. Dragon in procession. Ezywalkin building in background. On back ' Bendigo, Victoria, Sun Loong ( New Dragon ) at Charing Cross.Nu Color Vuebendigo, chinese, easter fair, bendigo, charing cross, easter fair, alexandra fountain, dragon

Postcard, color. Image shows Joss House, flagpole in front. On back: Bendigo Victoria, The Chinese Joss House at Emu Point. ( A National Trust property open for inspection )Nu Color Vue,bendigo, chinese, joss house, bendigo, joss house, chinese

Postcard, color. Image shows Law Courts in background. Conservatory on RH side, gardens in foreground.Nu Color Vuebendigo, buildings, law courts, conservatory, law courts, conservatory, bendigo, gardens

Postcard, color. Image shows tram no. 25 outside Beehive building, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Tram's livery is maroon and white. Coca Cola and Bendigo Timber Co. sign on roof. Garden of marigolds in foreground.Nu Color Vuebendigo, tramways, tram no. 25, bendigo, tramways, tram no. 25, pall mall, beehive

Postcard, color. Image shows Alexandra Fountain and Plaza Fountain at sunset.Nu Color Vuecottage, miners

Postcard, color. Image shows Conservatory building and gardens. Statue on RH side of image. Garden beds with flowers outside Conservatory. On back :'Conservatory and Gardens, Pall Mall'Nu Color Vuebendigo, buildings, conservatory, bendigo, conservatory, pall mall, gardens

Postcard, color. Image shows interior of Bendigo Conservatory. Display of Cinnerarias, hanging baskets with ferns. On back' Bendigo Victoria, Floral Display, Bendigo Conservatory'Nu Color Vuebendigo, buildings, conservatory, bendigo, conservatory, pall mall.

Postcard, color. Image shows Shamrock Hotel, looking from west side of Pall Mall. Iron fence in foreground, cars in street. On back of card: ' Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo, Victoria. The present Shamrock Hotel was built in 1897, and has become one of the city's best loved land marks'Nu Color Vuebendigo, buildings, shamrock hotel, bendigo, shamrock hotel, pall mall

Postcard, color. View looking north towards Post Office along west side of street. War Memorial on LH side, garden in front, iron fencing along footpath. On back of card: Bendigo, Victoria, Looking to the Post Office, Pall Mall, from Charing Cross.'Nu Color Vuebendigo, streetscape, pall mall, bendigo, post office, war memorial, pall mall

Coloured postcard. On back of card ' Birney Tram no. 30 decorated for a Royal Tour occasion. The Bendigo Trust operates this tram and others on a tourist service between Central Deborah Mine and the Chinese Joss House at Emu Point' Image shows Birney tram decorated with Union Jack and Australian flag on top, with crown on front of tram. Myer building on LH side of image.Nu Color Vuebendigo, tramways, royal tram, bendigo, tram, royal celebration, myer, pall mall

Black and white photo of six trams lined up in Pall Mall opposite Rosiland Park. Christmas decorations visible on light poles. Taken by Jon Williams former staff member of Collins Booksellers.Nu Color Vuebendigo, tramways, christmas, bendigo, tram, royal celebration, myer, pall mall

colour postcard: Conservatory building, Conservatory Gardens, Bendigo.Nu-Color-Vuebendigo, buildings, conservatory, conservatory, gardens, bendigo

colour postcard : ( 5 copies ) image shows interior of conservatory, Bendigo. Banks of cinneraria in bloom along RH side.Nu-Color-Vuebendigo, buildings, conservatory, bendigo, conservatory

Colour postcard, showing landscape view of Bendigo taken from lookout tower in Rosalind Park. Trees in foreground, looking eastward, Shamrock Hotel, city block in foreground.Nu-Color-Vuebendigo, parks and gardens, lookout tower view, bendigo, rosalind park

Colour postcard, ( 2 copies ) image shows conservatory building, Bendigo, gardens in front.Nu-Color-Vuebendigo, parks and gardens, conservatory building, bendigo, conservatory gardens, bendigo

Colour postcard (I 2 copies ) of the Lookout Tower, Rosalind park, Bendigo. Image shows poppet head set in park settings.Nu-Color-Vuebendigo, parks and gardens, rosalind park, `bendigo, rosalind park, lookout tower

Photographed from tower of Vue Grand Hotel, August 1988.smith, queenscliff

Photo taken from the Flinders Gate Plaza looking west with the edge of the plaza podium fence in the view. In the view are Flinders St station, the SEC building and Young & Jacksons, which has an advertisement for Taubmans Paints. Two trams are crossing Flinders St, a wide-body tram with no marker lights, and W2 302. Based on the tram not being fitted with marker lights and the opening of the Plaza, photo late 1960s. Yields information about the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets.Colour postcard by Nu-Color-Vue No. ML 120, with serrated edges.postcards, swanston st, w2 class, flinders st, tram 302

Postcard to Graeme McNamara, NumurkahPostcard " The Latrobe Valley Yellow Power Station and The Latrobe River'.Nu - Color - Vue of Australiapost card, latrobe valley, yellow power station

Colour postcard of SW6 957 as a City Circle car in Spring St with Parliament house in the background. Has the words "Melbourne Australia" beneath the photo. See item 5265 for another version of this postcard.Yields information about City circle cars.Full colour postcard, divided back Nu-color-vue - 11ML535, NCV 11306tramways, trams, tram 957, city circle, spring st, sw6 class

Postcard: Image shows view of trees in Rosalind Park. On LH side of pathwasy, man with tractor. On back ' Bendigo, Victoria, pleasant autumn setting in Rosalind Park'Nu Color Vue, BE 33, Copyrightbendigo, parks and gardens, rosalind park, bendigo, rosalind park

Colour postcard of MTCo Cable trailer or saloon tram at Scienceworks Spotswood. Has the grip car in front of it.Yields information about Cable tram set No. 1Full colour postcard, divided back Nu-color-vue - Classic collection - 140815 NCV 8720tramways, trams, scienceworks, cable trams, tram 1

Postcard - image of Flinders Street Railway Station, corner of Swanston Street with W2 637 (Spencer St, route 48), possibly late 1970s or early 1980s. Tram W6 978 is in Swanston Street.Demonstrates an iconic Melbourne image, Flinders Street Station and a W class tramPostcard colour - Flinders St Station - Nu-color-vue card number 11 ML 138, NCV 4986 Divided back.trams, tramways, flinders street station, w2 class tram, tram 637, swanston street

Postcard - image looking south in St Kilda Road, with the Shrine of Remembrance and BP House in the view. Tram W5 834 (East Malvern Darling Road Route 3).Demonstrates an iconic Melbourne image, St Kilda Road, the Shrine and a W class tram.Postcard colour - serrated edge, Nu-color-Vue - St Kilda Road, Shrine of RemembranceW5 834, ML 132,, Divided back.trams, tramways, shrine of remembrance, st kilda road, sw5 class tram, tram 834

Original owner of Belle Vue, Elthambelle vue, eltham, william williams