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Ruyton Girls' School
Photograph - Group photograph, Mrs Charlotte Anderson with younger students, Original image: 1885 circa
In 1878, Mrs Charlotte Anderson founded an private school for girls in her home at Bulleen Road, Kew (now 63 High Street South, Kew). She moved her school to ‘Edgecomb’, in Studley Park Road in 1882 and named it Ruyton. Charlotte Anderson retired in 1888, and sold her school to Miss Eliza Bromby. This image was used to illustrate The Ruytonian, June 1915, p2. The date of manufacture of the duplicate photograph is unknown.Black & white duplicate photograph of Mrs Charlotte Anderson with staff and a group of younger students from Ruyton Girls’ School, c.1885. The group is arranged in three rows of seated and standing individuals, and is located on a garden setting. The photograph was taken at ‘Edgecomb’, Studley Park Road, Kew which was the location of Ruyton from 1882-1888. Mrs Anderson is seated in the middle row, third from right. ruyton girls' school, kew, charlotte anderson -
Ruyton Girls' School
Photograph - Group photograph, Whole School with Miss Bromby 1909, 1909
Miss Eliza Bromby was Principal of Ruyton Girls’ School, 1888-1910. She shared her Principalship with business partners Mrs Louise Gubbins & Miss Lilian Irving 1888-1895, and Miss Emilie Lascelles 1900-1910. Ruyton Girls' Schools was founded in 1878. From 1889-1920 Ruyton was located on the corner of Abeckett and Barry Streets, KewBlack & white photograph of Principal Miss Eliza Bromby, with the students and staff of Ruyton Girls’ School, in 1909. The group is arranged in four rows of seated and standing individuals, with the school’s main building behind them. The photograph has been mounted on grey card. It was taken at Ruyton, corner of A’Beckett & Barry Streets, Kew. Miss Bromby is seated in the second front row, ninth from left. Her co-Principal Miss Emilie Lascelles is probably the woman seated beside her. Miss Hilda Daniell, Principal of Ruyton 1913-1952, stands in the second from top row, eleventh from left.ruyton girls' school, kew, eliza bromby, emilie lascelles, abeckett street, 1900-1909, 1909, private school, school photo -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, Stawell High School Medallion
Medallion around 1911 -1912, belonged to Mrs Mabel Rogers Nee Bullock, who apparently boarded with her aunt Eliza Porter, while attending Stawell High School. Issued as Part of School UniformMetal Gold Paint. Outline Shield Navy Top left triangle with gold S paint. Diagonal bar divides shield. Gold paint outlines red Bar with School Moto. Lower navy triangle ahs gold paint H.S. Shield enclosed with gold Paint Laurel wreath.S Et VIDERI ET POSSE H.Seducation -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Harris Wine Shop Great Western 1890's
... to Right Eliza, Maud, Mrs William Harris holding baby, Charlie.... Left to Right Eliza, Maud, Mrs William Harris holding baby ...Photograph of W N Harris Wine Shop at Great Western about 1890. People in front with man Holding Penny Farthing Cycle.About 1890 Harris Shop and house Great Western. Left to Right Eliza, Maud, Mrs William Harris holding baby, Charlie with cycle.sport, wine -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Report, Extracts from sales register of T.R.B. Morton
Extracts from the Sales register of T.R.B. Morton (1897 - !906) including names of people well known in Nunawading.t. r. b. morton & son, wainwright, (mrs), blood, sophia, hodgson, ellen, boyle, joseph, william james, bloom, alfred, cook, edmund a., greig, alfred woolley, crow, robert t., william hill, course, florence rebecca, charles, finger, charles henry, fankhauser, robert c, john, farmilo, hubert henry, fulton, margaret, game, thomas robinson, husband (mrs), henwood, william, dashwood, f.r., samuel j.m., blake, arthur palmer., horkings, hurter, c.e., john henry, janet, hone, robert arthur, henry john, joyner, herbert, jeffery, mary ann, keogh, james, lieber, otto, methodist boys home, purches, frederick walter, rooks, charles francis, abraham, edmund, sarah, scott, eliza emma, sergeant, frederick, henry, pickett, tainton, brock, mary theresa, thiele, ambrose frederick, walker, edgar edwardes, mary jane, zander -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, T.R.B. Morton Family Group
On 18th June 1853 the 839 ton ship 'Earl of Charlemont' was wrecked near Barwon Heads. Her 450 passengers and crew struggled ashore without loss of life. Among them were John and Anne Morton, their 3 sons and 5 daughters. Before leaving Ireland, their eldest son George Pickering Morton, had married Anne Eliza Burrowes. Their son, Thomas Richard Burrowes Morton, born in Melbourne on 12 March 1854, was usually known as ' T.R.B.' Aged 26 he married Louisa Mary Esther Morgan. In 1909 Louisa Morton had a cottage built at Points Lonsdale and named it 'Dorrington', surname of her Welsh Grandmother. During previous holidays the family stayed at the 'Terminus'. They travelled by train from Blackburn to Port Melbourne, paddle-steamer to Queenscliff and horse-bus to Point Lonsdale.Black and white copy, No. 7 of set of 27 - Stan Holder, Doll (Mrs Frank Holder), Rene and Miss Davey (music teacher) at the beachholder, stan, doll, morton, rene, davey, miss -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Old Harvest Home Hotel
... members :- John McGlone, Eliza Jane McGlone, Mrs. Dwyer (Hester... McGlone, Eliza Jane McGlone, Mrs. Dwyer (Hester McGlone) Mrs ...Sepia photo of Old Harvest Home Hotel showing family members :- John McGlone, Eliza Jane McGlone, Mrs. Dwyer (Hester McGlone) Mrs. Shonnell (Mary Jane McGlone), Mrs. Thompson (Margaret McGlone) and Grandson Master Dwyer.mcglone, john, elizabeth, dwyer, hester, shonnell, mary, hampson, margaret, harvest home hotel, mcglone hester -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Braco Park, c1913
Braco Park Guest House was owned by the aunts of Sir Keith Murdoch, Eliza and Grace. It became a Red Cross convalescent Home for nurses in 1918.It was sold to Mrs. Techow and renamed "Clovelly" in 1920. It had been the Murdoch sisters' guest house, Braco Park, that originally introduced Prime Minister Billy Hughes to the hills. Walter Murdoch's nephew Keith Murdoch, a young parliamentary reporter for the Age, took Hughes and several other politicians up there before the war. Keith's father had been a friend of the previous PM, Andrew Fisher. Keith Murdoch was sent to London as a reporter in 1915, and developed an influential relationship with Hughes who bought a small farm in Sassafras, and ran some of the business of government there during the war and after. Acquired by The Education Department about 1985, the Sherbrooke Community School was built, with the Clovelly house being stripped back to its frame and renovated to form the main building of the school. An existing cottage on the site is also used. B & W postcard showing the front view of Braco Park with another small building to the RHS. Newly planted garden in the front.The Rose Series P. 106. "BRACO PARK" SASSAFRAS, VICTORIA.braco park, clovelly, guest house, murdoch, sherbrooke community school -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Clovelly, c1920s
Clovelly Guest House was formerly Braco Park Guest House, owned and run by Eliza and Grace Murdoch. The original Guest House 'Clovelly' , owned by Mrs. Techow, was situated in The Crescent at Sassafras. After it burned down in 1921, Mrs. Techow purchased Braco Park and renamed it Clovelly. The site was purchased by the Education Department c1985 and is now Sherbrooke Community School. B & W Rose Series Postcard showing Front/Side view of Clovelly Guest House (formerly Braco Park) in Sassafras.The Rose Series P. 3942. "CLOVELLY" SASSAFRAS, VICclovelly, techow, murdoch, braco park, sherbrooke community school, guest house -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mr and Mrs Ellis Jeeves in Mountjoy Garden
Ellis and Eliza Jeeves (nee Hand) ran the Mountjoy Guest House and coaching service above Kalorama FiveWays.Sepia posed photograph of couple. Man standing and woman seated in garden setting. Formally dressed in dark, winter clothing.eliza jeeves, ellis jeeves -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Mrs Charles Henry
Mrs Charles Henry nee Florence Jeeves, daughter of Ellis Jeeves and Eliza Jeeves (nee Hand). Born 12/9/1909.Coloured photograph of an elderly woman standing in front of a wooden paling fence.jeeves, florence jeeves, charles henry -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Wedding of Mr and Mrs Norman Jones
Wedding of Walter (Norman) Jones and Lily Jones, nee Jeeves on 20/4/1946. Lily is a daughter of Ellis Jeeves and Eliza Jeeves (nee Hand). Black and white photograph of a man and woman on their wedding day. Woman wearing coat with fur collar and carrying floral arrangement and man wearing black suit. Both wearing glasses.jeeves, lily jeeves, norman jones, wedding -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, Grandma Hand, Gert and Aunt Florrie at Kalorama Post Office c1910, c1910
Kalorama Post Office (Mt Dandenong Nth) at Five Ways c1910. The building is "Beulah Tea Rooms" which had some post office services. Grandma Hand - Eliza Hand nee Erith is in the white bonnet. Gert - Gertrude Badenhop is her grand-daughter with Florrie Hand - later Mrs Walker.eliza hand, florence hand, fiveways, mt dandenong north, post office, tea rooms, gertrude badenhop -
Mt Dandenong & District Historical Society Inc.
Photograph, The Busy Corner, 1907
View of Kalorama gap taken in 1907 showing Eliza Hand outside Beulah Tea Rooms, Briartys Coach, Dodd's Grocery cart and Meat Cutting cart. In foreground Fred Jeeves is standing and Theo Hand on hay. Mountjoy is in the background.This photograph has a detailed inscription on the back handwritten by John Lundy-Clarke in 1974.The Kalorama Gap in 1907. The coach road comes from right behind old stump. The shop was Hand's Beulah Tea Rooms soon to become the Mt Dandenong North Post Office. Big woman in black was Mrs Hand. wagon was Dodd's Grocery cart. "Mountjoy" on hilltop. The wagon with man was the first coach on the mount (Briartys). Small cart was Dodd's meat cutting cart. Horse at sledge was "Blossom" boy at her head was Fred Jeeves. Boy on sledge was Theo hand. Elm trees in centre of picture with Prices sign advertising shop and newsagency above them.mountjoy, beulah tea rooms, fred jeeves, theo hand, dodd's grocery cart, cart, coach, briartys -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Programme - BENDIGO OPERATIC SOCIETY '' MY FAIR LADY''
Bendigo Operatic Society ''My Fair Lady'' At the Capital Theatre View Street Bendigo Commencing Wednesday 14th November 1973 for an Eight Night Season. Souvenir Programme for 50th Production. President: Mr. J. Cannon. Producer: Max Collis. Musical Director: Gwen Grose. Society Pianist: Diana Cohn. Cast in Order of Appearance: Carol McKenzie as Eliza Doolittle - Max Rule as Freddy Eynsford-Hill - Kathie Farn as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill - Ralph Watkins as Colonel Pickering - John Beaumont as Henry Higgins - Gary Burns as Bartender - John Boquest as jamie - Russell Barter as Harry - Peter Pritchard as Alfred P.Doolittle - Patricia Lyon as Mrs. Pearce - Pauline Speedy as Mrs. Hopkins - Jill James as Mrs. Higgins - David Daenke as Zoltan Karpathy.program, theatre, bendigo operatic society -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Work on paper - Photograph, Nethercourt Private Hospital, Surrey Hills, c 1924, 1924
Notes from a previous collection coordinator indicate that Miss Lucy Musselwhite (Lillywhite) opened the hospital in 1914 and Matron Eliza Tank took it over in 1921 and named it Nethercourt Private Hospital. However recent research suggests that Miss Musselwhite (name confirmed) moved from Tooronga to Wilson Street some time between 1903 and 1909. She and her mother Elizabeth are listed in the 1909 electoral rolls in Wilson Street and Lucy's occupation is given as nurse. (It is of course possible that the property was a residence only at this time and later opened as a private hospital.) The name Nethercourt was used prior to Matron Eliza Tank taking over. Her daughter Irene was also a nurse at Nethercourt. Lucy Musselwhite was born in 1873 in Hampshire. She married Henry James Dore in later life and lived in Brenbeal Street, Balwyn. She died in 1955. In 1930 / 1935 Matron Tank transferred the hospital to 219-223 Union Road. Later it was known as Norwich Hall / St Jude's. Mosgiel Hospital in Mont Albert Road also opened in 1924. After this time home births became less common. Nethercourt Hospital closed in the 1960s.Small hospitals such as this one were primarily used for midwifery, preceding the development of larger centralised general hospitals. Black and white photo of Nethercourt Private Hospital at 11 Wilson Street in c 1924 taken from the street in winter. The building is Victorian in style; block-fronted with lacework detail to the verandah and has 2 chimneys. It is set behind a wooden picket fence behind which is a well-manicured hedge which appears to have been grown across the front entrance gate.nethercourt private hospital, midwifery, hospitals, matron eliza tank, miss lucy musselwhite, miss irene tank, mrs irene anderson -
Vision Australia
Text, Association for the Blind George Vowell Branch Committee meeting minutes 10/2/1977-10/8/1988, 1977-1988
Minutes of the Mt Eliza branch committee (later known as the George Vowell branch committee) including centre activities, staffing changes, fund raising appointment and resignation of committee members and life governorships. Some highlights include: 9/5/1980 - the opening of the George Vowell Centre by Rt Hon Phillip Lynch, AFB President John Wicking and Mrs Kathleen Vowell. 16/9/1981 - the purchase of a Lowrey Debut Organ from Brash's Frankston for residents and day centre members to use. 12/11/1986 - the handing over the running of the annual fair in 1987 to a committee of volunteers rather than staff members.1 bookassociation for the blind -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Mt Eliza residents, c.1980-90s
Bill Holt, in wheelchair, and two other residents and staffer Wendy Campbell observe and dial a sundial amongst the garden beds. Crystal Street wears headphones as she listens to a 'Nostaglic Moments' tape. The cassette cover is handed to her by Jenny Johnson.2 b/w photographs of Mt Eliza residents1. Bill Holt, Wendy Campbell. 64% 2. Mrs Crystal Street, Jenny Johnson. 64%association for the blind, george vowell centre (mt eliza), bill holt, wendy campbell, crystal street, jenny johnson -
Vision Australia
Photograph - Image, Eve Smith with Mt Eliza staff member, c.1980-90s
Mrs Eve Smith exits a car as an Association for the Blind staff member (or volunteer) helps her.1 b/w photograph of Eve Smith and Mt Eliza staff memberMt Elizaassociation for the blind, george vowell centre (mt eliza), eve smith -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Tarnagulla Tennis Club members, Tarnagulla Tennis Club members, c. 1900
... , Eliza Renshaw, Ruth Bool, Mrs Tom Leonard (Emma Davies..., Eliza Renshaw, Ruth Bool, Mrs Tom Leonard (Emma Davies ...Murray Comrie Collection.Members of the Tarnagulla Tennis Club, posed as a group in front of the Club Shelter (now demolished). Some names of subjects handwritten on reverse. Also handwritten on reverse: 'L.Williams' and 'Leo Fitzgerald, "Clyde House", 182 Collins St, Melbourne'. This excellent photograph of the Tarnagulla Tennis Club members, c.1900, is oriented east to west. The main stormwater channel is at the rear of the shelter. Boy on the right at the back: Fred Radnell. Back row, from the left: unknown, F.Walker (chemist), unknown, unknown, William Harper (schoolmaster), Alice Joyce, Mary Comrie, unknown, Daniel Duggan, unknown, unknown, unknown, Ruth Langan, Thomas Page (printer). Middle row, from the left: Maud Renshaw, unknown, Emily Renshaw, Eliza Renshaw, Ruth Bool, Mrs Tom Leonard (Emma Davies) with child Viva Hale, Jessie Joyce, Front row, from the left, unknown, Emily Joyce, Annie Ison, Elsie Comrie, Florrie Bool, unknown. tarnagulla, sport, tennis, bool, dyer, page, renshaw, leonard, ison, nicholls -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph of Tarnagulla Tennis Club members, Tarnagulla Tennis Club members, circa 1900 (original image)
Murray Comrie Collection. Monochrome photograph depicting members of Tarnagulla Tennis Club posed as a group on the side of the Tarnagulla Tennis Club court, with the Club shelter behind. An accompanying note identifies some of the subjects: Boys at back: 1. ______ 2. _________ 3. Fred Radnell Back row: 1. __________ 2. Walker (chemist) 3. ________(F) 4. ________(F) 5. Mr. Harper 6. Alice Joyce 7. _______(F) 8. Mary Comrie 9. _________ (F) 10. Dan Duggan 11. _______(F) 12._______(F) 13._______(F) 14. Ruth Langan 15. Tom Page Seated/middle row: 1. Maud Renshaw 2. _______(F) 3. Emily Renshaw 4. Eliza Renshaw 5. Ruth Bool 6. Mrs Leonard (Emma Davies) with child Viva Hale in front 7. Jess Joyce. Seated on ground: 1. _______(M) 2. Emily Joyce 3. Annie Ison 4. Elsie Comrie 5. Florrie Bool 6. (M) possibly Dr. Donovan. This fair quality copy was made from an older original photograph, probably in the late 1960s. tarnagulla, tennis, sport, clubs, people, walker, radnell, harper, joyce, comrie, duggan, langan, renshaw, bool, leonard, davies, hale, ison, donovan -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Sister Hughes' Private Hospital in Wodonga
Sister Hughes’ Private Hospital on the corner of High and Stanley Streets, Wodonga operated between 1922 and 1938. The building was constructed as a family home for Albert Schlink, a storekeeper in 1909. The building was first used as a private hospital in 1919 starting with Nurse Eliza Browne. It had six or seven rooms, one of which was an operating theatre. There was a walkway, then three bedrooms and a bathroom that belonged to the hospital all in the one area. A small building at the back served as a self-contained flat. Catherine Josephine Hughes' sister Mabel earlier married into the Schlink family and came from Bendigo to take over the Lease on the hospital in 1922. Apart from Sister Hughes, there were Nurses Poyntz and Costello. Three domestic staff were also employed – a cleaner Elsie Enever, the cook Mrs Baker and Mrs Kimball who did the laundry. Nurses Poyntz and Costello took charge of the hospital in 1938 and Catherine Hughes continued to be listed as a nurse on the electoral roll until 1954. In the early 1940s she conducted a business in the “lolly shop” in High Street, south of St Augustine’s Church. The Private Hospital in High Street possibly closed in 1954 with the opening of the Wodonga Hospital in Vermont Street. The images are significant because they represent a building and nurses who served an important role in the Wodonga community in the early 20th century.A set of black and white photos of Sister Hughes Hospital in Wodonga and some of the staff. The architect's plans of the original house, designed for Albert Schlink are included.sister hughes wodonga, hospitals wodonga -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Riddell, Charlotte (Mrs J. H. Riddell), Her mother's darling : Vol. 1 (of 3 volumes), [n.d.] [1877? This reprint 1890s.]
Explores "the complexities of the marriage market, and social constraints place on women in the [Victorian] era".288 p. : Bound in cloth which is printed with product advertisements.fictionExplores "the complexities of the marriage market, and social constraints place on women in the [Victorian] era".fiction, charlotte eliza riddell, t. craig [bookbinder] -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TOMBSTONE: ELIZA JANE (AND SARAH DE LACY EVANS)
Edward (Edmund) de Lacy Evans was really Ellen Tremaye; and in 1856 she married her fellow passenger on her voyage to Australia, Mary Delahunty; under the assumed name of EDMUND De Lacy. In 1859 he/she married Sarah Moore. They were married for eight years when in 1867 she died in childbirth. In 1868 after Sarah had died; Ellen, now known as EDWARD de Lacy Evans married Julia Mary Marquand in Ballarat. From the Melbourne Argus Friday 5th Sept 1879, Page 7 THE EXTRAORDINARY PERSONATION CASE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SANDHURST, THURSDAY. The De Lacy Evans case has created great excitement here. The man-woman having resided in the district for about 20 years, was well known amongst the miners, but no one appeared ever to have supposed that she was other than as she represented herself to be, and the discovery of her sex has caused the greatest astonishment. The police have not yet moved in the matter of the discovery of her antecedents, but from the result of inquiries I have made, there seems to be no room to doubt that the woman is identical with the girl Ellen Tremaye, referred to in yesterday's telegram as having arrived at Melbourne by the ship Ocean Monarch in June, 1857. The nurse at the hospital, Mrs. Holt, is positive she is the same, and says the opinion was held amongst those on board the vessel that Tremaye had been well connected, and that she had left home in consequence of some misconduct. The Ocean Monarch was an immigrant vessel, and on the voyage Tremaye and another young woman, named Rose Kelly, were very intimate, but the latter, being seized with a dangerous illness, was left at Rio Janiero. Mrs. Evans, the wife of the supposed man, states that she frequently heard Evans say that she came out by the Ocean Monarch. But the most satisfactory information of Evans' previous history yet received has been obtained from a Mrs. Thompson, a charwoman at Myers' Creek, who was also a shipmate of the girl Tremaye. At the time she made the voyage she was unmarried, and was accompanied by Miss Mary Ann Delahunty, a young lady who was very well connected, and who came from the same village as herself, named Monakine, on the north bank of the river Suir, in Kilkenny. Miss Delahunty was an orphan and brought with her about £900. After Rose Kelly was taken ill, Tremaye resorted to Miss Delahunty's berth, and the passengers appeared to think there was something strange about the manner in which Tremaye conducted herself, and she had been observed to wear a man's under-clothing. Upon the arrival of the ship in Hobson's Bay, Tremaye declared herself to be a man, and told Mrs. Thompson she intended to marry Miss Delahunty. The next Mrs. Thompson saw of Ellen Tremaye was at Peg-leg Gully, Eaglehawk. Tremaye had just established herself in a house there under the name of Edward de Lacy Evans, and Mrs. Thompson went to serve them with milk. When she went to the house, she saw Evans sitting inside dressed in male attire, and immediately recognised him as her fellow passenger, Ellen Tremaye. Evans had, at this time, married his second wife, Miss Moore, who was then present. Evans re-marked to her—"I think I know you." To which Mrs. Thompson replied—"I know you, too," and added something to the effect that Ellen (referring to Tremaye) was a queer girl." Oh, said Evans, evidently anxious that his then wife should not understand Mrs. Thompson's reference, "It's a good job she is gone back to the old country." Mrs. Thompson inquired as to what had become of Miss Delahunty, and Evans replied, "Oh, my poor wife and boy both died of consumption, and are buried in the North Melbourne cemetery. " In reply to an inquiry as to what had been done with her (Delahunty's) money, Evans said she had sent it home to a nunnery. Evans's then wife had been absent during a portion of this conversation, but at this point she returned, and Evans went outside to the milkwoman, and said, "For your life don't mention my dead wife's name ; call me Mr. Evans. This missus of mine is death on the Roman Catholics, and she can't bear to hear my dead wife's name mentioned." This conversation took place about 12 or 14 years ago, and Mrs. Thompson seems to have quite believed that Evans had personated a woman under the name of Ellen Tremaye on the voyage out and was really a man. She lost sight of Evans soon afterwards, and took no further notice of the affair.Copies of Photographs of Tombstone - Eliza Jane Ponsford and daughter Matilda and Sarah De Lacy Evans (''who was the sister of Eliza Jane Ponsford''). One photo showing detail of text; the other showing background of cemetery. (De Lacey)eliza jane ponsford, ellen tremaye, sarah moore, julia mary marquand, mary delahunty, de lacy evans, de lacy, edward de lacy evans, edmund de lacy, bendigo -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Alan King, St Andrews Hotel, 2 February 2008
The c1860 St Andrews Hotel, with the c1930 additions, and the Canary Island Palm, and the surrounding site to the title boundaries are historically, socially and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik. The St Andrews Hotel is historically significant because it may have given its name 'St Andrews' to the town (another suggestion is that the name came from St Andrews church) and for its connection to Ewen Hugh Cameron (1831-1915) the prosperous local farmer, member of the Eltham Roads Board/Shire Council and local MP. It is also significant as the oldest hotel building in the former Shire of Eltham, as one of the few surviving buildings connected with the Caledonian goldfields era and as one of a handful of early structures to have survived the 1960s bushfires; the additions and alterations to the hotel reflect its long life. The hotel is socially significant because it has served as an important meeting place for more than 160 years. The Canary Island Palm is historically significant as a rare example of exotic tree planting in this rural area. The tree is aesthetically and historically significant as a local landmark and for its contribution to the streetscape and landscape value. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then / Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p71 Built around 1860, St Andrews Hotel has changed little since it first welcomed thirsty gold diggers from the Caledonia Goldfields. The timber building, with gabled roof, beamed ceilings and a massive fireplace, is Nillumbik Shire’s oldest hotel and has always been an important community centre, particularly in its early days. Fortunately, the hotel and the near-by Canary Island Palm Tree, which is quite rare in this area, survived the 1960s bushfires, along with a few other early buildings. St Andrews (formerly Queenstown) was founded on gold, as were Panton Hill (formerly Kingstown), Research and Diamond Creek, from the mid-1850s to the 1860s. But by the early 20th century common use changed the name Queenstown to St Andrews, possibly after this hotel or after the church or the mining district.1 The Caledonia Diggings were probably named by Scottish settlers after the Roman name for Scotland, despite this land bearing little similarity to their homeland.2 Queenstown, which was proclaimed as a township in 1861, was the gold-mining centre on the Upper Diamond and in the 1850s had up to 600 European inhabitants and a small camp of Chinese on the flats along the creek. Queenstown was the administrative centre of the Upper Diamond with three hotels, a brewery and a slaughterhouse.3 It is unclear which hotel was the district’s first, as distinct from the earliest unlicensed grog shops, some of which operated in tents. John Corke Knell was one of eight unlicensed storekeepers supplying drink to miners at Caledonia in 1857, named by Sgt. McNamara of the Caledonia Police Station.4 In February 1859, Knell apparently bought most of the present hotel’s site at the first township land sales. As he was a local storekeeper, he might have first established a store there.5 Knell and his wife Eliza were early licensees of the St Andrews Hotel. The hotel had eight bedrooms – including three for public use – and the dining-room seated 30 people. It is thought they named the hotel St Andrews after Eliza’s hometown of St Andrews in Scotland. St Andrews Hotel was an important local centre in several ways. In the same building the Knells also operated a post office and general store. In 1867 Mrs Knell was appointed Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths for Queenstown. The hotel was also used to hold inquests into people’s deaths when the police residence became too small.6 The hotel also became a fashionable destination at Christmas for parties from Melbourne. In 1868, possibly following her husband’s death, Mrs Knell applied for a temporary licence, which was then transferred to Robert Smith after their marriage in 1869. But then, possibly after Robert’s death, Mrs Smith operated the hotel until 1892. This contradicts a report in The Evelyn Observer 1882 that JC Knells of the St Andrews Hotel was granted a publican’s licence in the Queenstown Police Court. At that time he was supposed to have been dead for around 14 years! Although Mrs Smith was a respected citizen, known for her geniality and as an ideal hostess, she had a minor brush with the law when she was fined ten shillings for not lighting a lamp outside her licensed premises.7 From 1892 several publicans owned the hotel including W Atkins, from 1895. In 1909 the licensee was apparently Mrs Smith’s son, Walter Knell, who held the licence until at least the 1920s. Not surprisingly, this old hotel has attracted romantic stories. Mrs Smith is said to be seen roaming the pub in her nightdress – even though she was buried in the Queenstown Cemetery in 1911.8 A musical The Hero of Queenstown, set in the hotel, was written and produced by local actor Reg Evans in the 1970s.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, st andrews hotel -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Richards and Co, Ballarat, Wedding photograph, Tottie Todd and Alex Begg, 1904
The photograph shows Tottie Todd with her Tainsh relatives - her cousins Lizzy Tainsh and Jane Hicks, and her uncle (by marriage) Thomas Hicks. Tottie was born Eliza Jane Todd to parents John Todd and Jane Tainsh in 1883.Black and white photograph taken at the wedding of Eliza ("Tottie") Todd and Alex Begg. Photograph shows groom and two other men in formal attire, bride and attendant in long gowns holding flower bouquets, two flower girls in short dresses and large hats, one standing the other seated in front of her on the floor, both holding bouquets."Bride "Tottie" Todd, groom Alex Begg, Bank Manager Kerang. Right hand end: Thomas Francis Hicks. From left to right: Lizzie Tainsh, daughter of William Tainsh and cousin of Tottie Todd; Charlie Bennett of Linton; Tottie (nee Todd) Begg; Alex Begg; Jane Hicks, daughter of Thomas Hicks; Thomas Francis Hicks, uncle of Tottie; front Lily Todd, sister of Tottie." "Mrs Todd made flowers / no wire used".tottie todd, weddings, thomas francis hicks, lizzie tainsh, charlie bennett, alex begg, jane hicks, lily todd