P Bird's timber merchant brick premises established 1918 and original building with staff lined on the street.Sepia photo mounted on cardboardHandwritten family history of original donor "Ruby Sweetland daughter of Frederick & Emma Sweetland Hay N.S.W./ granddaughter James & Mary Ann Adelaide Collier, Box Hill./ now wife of Alexander Thomas Gunn of Hepburn Springs Vic 1976/Mary Ann Adelaide Collier nee Britnell, was born on way out/to Australia in the St. Vincent Gulf in a sailing boat near Adelaide/ Sth Australia, hence the name of Adelaide/ Alexander Thomas Gunn's grandfather owned the No 1 Country Hotel Licence at Kangaroo Flat "The Glasgow Arms/Hotel. near Bendigo Victoria, about 1840./ They had a family of 6 boys & 5 girls/4 boys Tom, Dan, Jack & Alexander took up land in Thorpedale/ Victoria about 1860 & paid 1 [pound] an acre for it. This land was covered/ in dense forest fern tree & fern gullies & would rain for 6 months/ in this district was the tallest tree in the world height 365 feet./ Palling splitting was main source of living for many years after being/ cleared now produces the best potatoes in Victoria. Very pretty hilly country"bird's timber yard, businesses, bird> p., timber yards, timber merchants, employees

Maxwell Hay Proctor was a member of the top air crew in his RAF squadron in WW11, 1944. Unfortunately there are no details of Max's squadron. His family may know.A decorative gold metal framed photo of Max Proctor in his RAF uniform with his arms folded, showing his AG, Air Gunner Air Crew Badge, 1939 - 45 Star above his left breast pocket and Sergeant chevron stripes on both sleeves.'AG, Air Gunner Air Crew Badge, 1939 - 45 Star' above his left breast pocket.ww11, royal australian air force, raf 1944, war

Telford Family Photograph Album. Telford family had business Hay Provisions and General Grocer main Street Stawellstawell