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Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Personal Papers, H. S McComb, "Northern Tramway Cable", "Horse Trams", 1960's
... - Victorian Tramways from the Victorian Year Book - 1914-15... Jan. 1961 6 - Victorian Tramways from the Victorian Year Book ...Set of five handwritten notes and extracts from magazines, newspapers etc. 1 - Northern Tramway (Cable) - Electric Traction December 1960 2 - Box Hill Doncaster - ditto 3 - Cutting from The Herald - 3/3/1961 regarding horse trams in Sydney 4 - closure of Sydney tramways - Australasian Post - 23/2/1961 5 - Melbourne Horse Trams and buses - Electric Traction Jan. 1961 6 - Victorian Tramways from the Victorian Year Book - 1914-15trams, tramways, cable trams, northcote, sydney, horse trams, box hill, victorian government -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Letter, Letter from Mr Frank Secomb to Richard Carter re Eggleston Building. 2003, 27-Mar-03
... was photographed by Robin Boyd in 1947 for his first book "Victorian Modern... Boyd in 1947 for his first book "Victorian Modern". +Additional ...2-page typed letter to Richard Carter - Ringwood Historical Society, congratulating Mr Frank Secomb for his work identifying A.S. & R.A. Eggleston building, now demolished, which was photographed by Robin Boyd in 1947 for his first book "Victorian Modern". +Additional Keywords: Secomb, Frank / Boyd, Robin -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - CERUTTY, CHARLES JOHN
... General For The Commonwealth, taken from the book: ‘500... For The Commonwealth, taken from the book: ‘500 Victorians, Centenary Edition ...This file contains one item: 1/A photocopy of a cartoon taken from a biography of Charles John Cerutty C.M.G., Auditor General For The Commonwealth, taken from the book: ‘500 Victorians, Centenary Edition 1934’.cerutty charles john, caulfield, sale, bonshaw, golf, auditor general, dandenong road, shooting, commonwealth -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: PLAYMATES
... Playmates, The Victorian Readers First Book, Education..., Melbourne. Playmates, The Victorian Readers First Book, Education ...Playmates, The Victorian Readers First Book, Education Department, Victoria. First Edition 1952. Buff coloured card cover with blue silhouette of trees and two children with a pram and dog. Green trees and a blue house in the background. The book mentions John and Betty and their family and dog and cat. Piece of pink sticky tape on the spine at the top.A.C. Brooks, Government Printer, Melbourne.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - playmates, marjorie howden, education department victoria, a c brooks -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - Skiing Into History x2, Skiing Into History 1924 - 1984 by Janis M. Lloyd
... of Victoria fostered and developed Victorian skiing. The book includes... of Victoria fostered and developed Victorian skiing. The book includes ...The history of the Ski Club of Victoria is also a history of skiing in Victoria. The Club was founded in 1924 when most of the skiing was done on Mt Buffalo. Members of the Ski Club of Victoria fostered and developed Victorian skiing. The book includes chapter 8 "Falls Creek", chapter 9 "Bogong High Plains" and chapter 10 "Mount Bogong"Historical account of skiing in Victoria and in particular the Bogong High Plains, Mt Bogong and Falls Creek all of which are part of the Kiewa Valley and its history. "Cecil Dobson" lived in Mt Beauty.Thick hard covered black book with a bright pink dust cover.731 pages with index and lists, mostly black and white photos and a Contents page including all Victorian Skiing resorts. Published by the Ski Club of Victoria."Many Happy / Birthday / from Cecil Dobson"snow skiing, ski club of victoria, bogong high plains, ski resorts -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - English Reader, Victorian Readers Fourth Book, 1940
... Victorian Readers Fourth Book...In black: Victorian Readers / Fourth Book / emblem... - English Reader Victorian Readers Fourth Book Grey book with cloth ...Educational book used by Allan Johnson in Grade 4 in a Victorian Government School.Historical: Comparative education for teaching reading in Grade 4 at Victorian Government Schools. Provenance: Allan Johnson's family and education at the Bogong Primary School which was known to have a good library.Grey book with cloth on cardboard cover.In black: Victorian Readers / Fourth Book / emblem in middle of circle surround by double circle inside which is printed Education department Victoria / Bottom righthand side with lines above and below Second Edition Allan Johnson written in ink on cover page.education. reading. schools. victorian education department -
Netball Victoria
Minute Book, 01/07/1934
... Minute book from Victorian Women's Basketball Association... on spine of book. Minute book from Victorian Women's Basketball ...Minute book from Victorian Women's Basketball Association (later Netball Victoria) meetings from July 1934 to March 1938. This book documents the developments of netball in Australia during the 1930's, including rule changes and national championships. The item is significant to the collection due to its explanation of key developments of netball in Australia. The book records results from annual state and national championships and also rule changes and adjustments.Black book with handwriting on lined pages.Victoria Women's Basketball Association Minute Book July 1934 - March 1938 on spine of book.netball, netball victoria, netball australia, women's basketball, vwbba, aawbba -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GUARD'S TRAIN BOOK
... Guard's Train Book - Victorian Railways 1970s. This Train... GOVERNMENT State Victorian Railway Guards Train Book Guard's Train ...Guard's Train Book - Victorian Railways 1970s. This Train Book has some limited entries with details of journeys as per requirements. Inside front cover has annotation: ''Donated by John Shinns 279 High St Echuca 3564; Leading Shunter, Melbourne Yard 1960 - 1975''. Book is largely unused. Front cover has no information in allotted spaces.government, state, victorian railway, guards train book -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Box - Archival, Post Office Records
... - 1981, 1951-1971|Victorian Post Code Book 1987|Australian Post... - 1981, 1951-1971|Victorian Post Code Book 1987|Australian Post ...Collection of Tatura Post Office records donated when the Post Office was sold to private enterprise in 2006. Commonwealth Bank Agency book - 1912 - 1921,1922-1926,1926-1935, 1935 - 1981, 1951-1971|Victorian Post Code Book 1987|Australian Post Code Book 1968|Rainfall records of Tatura 1923, 1943, 1987-1997|Folder No 128 Statistics - Office|TaturaBeige archival box .tatura post office, documents, commnercial -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Newspaper clipping, Book explores overlooked history of goldfields
... : New approaches to Victorian Goldfields History,. The book... Leads: New approaches to Victorian Goldfields History,. The book ...BHS Publishing directors, Clare Gervasoni and Dorothy Wickham, and editor David Nichols at the launch of Deeper Leads: New approaches to Victorian Goldfields History,. The book was a collaborative effort between Ballarat Heritage Services and Melbourne University, editors Keir Reeves and David Nichols. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GOLDEN SQUARE LAUREL STREET P.S. COLLECTION: HOLIDAYS
... Holidays. The Victorian Readers Second Book, Education... Houston Marjorie Howden Shane Rodda Holidays. The Victorian ...Holidays. The Victorian Readers Second Book, Education Department, Victoria. First Edition 1953. W.M.Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne. Illustrated by Marjorie Howden. Coloured picture in the front of the book shows a family about to get into the car. There is the father, the mother holding a toddler, a boy holding a Scottie dog and a girl holding a cat and a doll beside a blue car. The book has larger printing and tells of their holiday.education, primary, golden square laurel st p.s., golden square laurel street p.s. collection - holidays, education department, w m houston, marjorie howden, shane rodda -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Manual - Victorian Railways Book of Signals, Victorian Railways Printing Works, 1967
... Victorian Railways Book of Signals...Victorian Railways Book of Signals....) VICTORIAN RAILWAYS / BOOK OF SIGNALS /containing/ Particulars... Victorian Railways Book of Signals Manual Victorian Railways Book ...This manual was issued by Victorian Railways in 1967 to explain all of the railway signals used throughout Victoria. It included a detailed outline of the signals used at every railway station, including small depots and sidings throughout Victoria. Illustrations of the different signal systems are included in the text. Every driver, fireman, guard, shunter, and every other employee designated by the Head of the Branch concerned, had to be supplied by his superior officer with a copy of this book. They were required to become thoroughly acquainted with the particulars which related to their duties. The included informations was effective from 3rd August, 1967 until further notice.A beige coloured book with green binding. The cover includes the Royal Coat of Arms, a summary of the purpose and contents of the manual, and the date the instructions become effective, all printed in green ink. This information is enclosed by a green border. non-fictionThis manual was issued by Victorian Railways in 1967 to explain all of the railway signals used throughout Victoria. It included a detailed outline of the signals used at every railway station, including small depots and sidings throughout Victoria. Illustrations of the different signal systems are included in the text. Every driver, fireman, guard, shunter, and every other employee designated by the Head of the Branch concerned, had to be supplied by his superior officer with a copy of this book. They were required to become thoroughly acquainted with the particulars which related to their duties. The included informations was effective from 3rd August, 1967 until further notice.victorian railways, victorian railways -- rules and practice., railway signals -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - FACSIMILE BOOKLETS
... .1) Australian Red Cross Society Victorian Division... Society Victorian Division Knitting Book. 23 pages, soft cover ....1) Garments described in the book are for “Sick and wounded soldiers”. Index covers, socks, scarfs, cap, cardigans, gloves, mittens, pullovers etc..1) Australian Red Cross Society Victorian Division Knitting Book. 23 pages, soft cover with black print, white pages, stapled together. .2) Patrons Service Woolies, on duty with the services. Soft cover, 35 pages, black print on front, illustrated B & W photographs of knitwear, held by a clip. .3) Facsimile copy of pages 25 - 29 of .2) stapled at top left corner.knitting, woolies, garments -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, The Melbourne Beefsteak Club, The Melbourne Beefsteak Club to Robin Boyd, 14.11.1967
... be elected. A copy of Victorian Children's Council Basic Book List... immediately, so another member can be elected. A copy of Victorian ...This letter is in response to Robin Boyd's announcement that he will resign from the Melbourne Beefsteak Club. A formal letter from Boyd is requested immediately, so another member can be elected. A copy of Victorian Children's Council Basic Book List and two leaflets were enclosed with this letter - not found in Boyd's papers.On the reverse side, Robin Boyd has drafted a reply to the sender (Frank) in pencil. This explains the reason for Boyd's resignation - competing work and family life pressure on friday evenings, making it impossible to attend monthly dinners consistently. -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Document - Report Book, Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Inspector's Report Book - Rutherglen Primary School, 1946-1954
... for "Victorian Reading Book Account". All of the following pages... Account", some pages for "Victorian Reading Book Account". All ...Report book. Has been covered in brown paper, covering the title information shown below. Contents include: instructions on record keeping, taped inside front cover; printed sheets, filled in by hand, some pages for "Arithmetic Text Book Account", some pages for "Victorian Reading Book Account". All of the following pages are headed "Inspector's Report Book | School No. 522 At Rutherglen |Date of Visit________ Time spent, from____ to ____" These pages contain extensive handwritten notes of each visit. Separate sheet inserted inside front cover: "Leaflet No. C4. | Department of Health, Victoria. | (Maternal and child Hygiene Branch.) | Maternal, Infant, and Pre-school Welfare Division. | The Diet of the Pre-school Child - Two to Six Years.""Department of Education, Victoria, Inspector's Report Book. State Elementary School at ____ By Authority, Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne" Written at top right of brown paper cover: "1946 / 54"rutherglen state primary school no 522, school inspection, primary schools -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Photograph - Image, A. E. Nevill, June 1904
... by the Royal Commission being used?" [source of text - Victorian Year... - Victorian Year-Book 1904. page 29] nevill printer referendum ...Information about the dating of this photograph was provided by the 'Ask A Librarian' service of the State Library of Victoria. The Scripture Referendum was held on the same day as the Victorian Parliamentary Elections, in which J. Bowser ran against A.K. Buckley for a seat in the legislative assembly in the electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen. The Scripture Referendum had three questions: "1. Are you in favour of the Education Act remaining as at present, strictly secular? 2. Are you in favour of such legislation as shall cause the scheme of Scripture lessons recommended by the Royal Commission on Religious Instruction to be taught in State schools during school hours to children whose parents desire the teaching (such lessons would be given subject to a conscience clause exempting teachers who object)? 3. Are you in favour of the prayers and hymns selected by the Royal Commission being used?" [source of text - Victorian Year-Book 1904. page 29]Black and white postcard sized photograph mounted on light cardboard. Photograph is of a group of men standing in front of shop "C.G. Nevill, Job Printer". Posters in the window are showing the results of "The Referendum", which has been identified as the Scripture Referendum held in Victoria on 1st June 1904. Poster in window at the right of the photo advertises a performance of Maggie Moore in Struck Oil, to be performed in the Town Hall on Saturday, 18th February 1904.On bottom of mount: "A.E. Nevill, Rutherglen" Written on back of mount: "Mr M. Pascoe, Rutherglen, Vic."nevill, printer, referendum, scripture in schools, secular education, victorian state elections, wangaratta rutherglen electoral district, maggie moore, struck oil -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Book - English Reader, Victorian Readers Sixth Book, 1940
... Victorian Readers Sixth Book...VICTORIAN READERS SIXTH BOOK, second edition, Victorian... - English Reader Victorian Readers Sixth Book Book has a blue cover ...This book is a sixth grade reader which all Victorian students would have read during the 1940's. The book is made up of poems and stories, some which are still known and told today. Some pages have drawings that relate to the story of poems. This is historically significant due to showing what children read during the 1940's in schools across Victoria. Also it is a good comparison to what grade six children read now. Therefore it has good interpretation value and would be good in local school exhibitions. The names on the book indicate that this book came from a local famil, the Johnson and was read to two children of that family which gives this good social history. Some of the pages have had their pictured colored in by the student and words that have been underlined. These could have been harder words for the students to learn and seem advanced for grade six children to read. Book has a blue coverVICTORIAN READERS SIXTH BOOK, second edition, Victorian education stamp on front cover, SIXTH BOOK and EDUCATION DEPARTMENT VICTORIA ON SPIN. Inside cover has the names, Lorraine Margaret Johnson, Allan Johnson and Alice Payork? but that name has been crossed out and John with the son crossed out. All these names hand written in ink pen. book, school, reader, grade 6, department of education. children, stories, poems. -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Longfellow, Late 19th century
... Victorian publication. The book has a thin blue ribbon page marker... are of fine paper typical of a late Victorian publication. The book ...Henry Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet, the most popular one of his day. With poems such as ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’ he helped shape the American character. He was also popular in the British Empire countries and many people in places such as Warrnambool would have had a copy of his published works. The recipient of this volume, Albert Henry Lawson, was the son of Thomas and Susan Lawson, shopkeepers in Warrnambool in the 1870s and 80s. Albert Lawson became a pupil teacher in Cobden in 1903 and from 1904 to 1907 it appears that he was an assistant teacher at his brother’s school, Warrnambool College. This was a private school established by Richard Lawson and William Oakley in 1900. Albert Lawson was given the copy of Longfellow’s poems when he left Warrnambool College in 1907. He then embarked on a teaching career with the Victorian Education Department, married Susan Oakley, the daughter of William Oakley, and died in Melbourne in 1972.This beautiful book of Longfellow poems is worth keeping as an example of an antiquarian book. But it is most significant because of its inscription, telling us of its association with both the Lawson and Oakley Warrnambool College and Albert Lawson, a member of the Lawson family which had many members important in Warrnambool’s history. The inscription tells us that Albert Lawson worked as a teacher for some years at his brother’s school, a fact that was not fully documented until the acquisition of this book. This is a leather bound book of 698 pages. The cover is mottled brown in a raised pattern and the pages are edged with a red-gold tinge. The insides of the cover are edged with a red and gold border and have a blue, brown and cream mottled pattern. There is a sketch of Longfellow in the front with a tissue page covering the sketch. The pages of the book are of fine paper typical of a late Victorian publication. The book has a thin blue ribbon page marker which has become detached from the book. The book is edited by William Michael Rossetti.Front Cover: ‘Longfellow’ Spine: ‘Longfellow’ Inside on a blank page: ‘To Mr A.H. Lawson from his pupils at the W’bool College, with best wishes for his future welfare, April 15th 1907’. warrnambool college (lawson & oakley), albert lawson -
Orbost & District Historical Society
book, Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board ; Tourist Development Authority, Gippsland and its Lakes and Caves Victoria Australia, November 1954
... to keep Victorian Railways prospering. This book was a promotion... gippsland book Gippsland and its Lakes and Caves Victoria Australia ...Chairman of the Victorian Railways, Harold Clapp, established The Victorian Railways Public Relations and Betterment Board as part of a campaign to launch the Spirit of Progress – the first new train constructed during the Depression era. Clapp was an aggressive Chairman of Railway Commissioners who was determined to keep Victorian Railways prospering. This book was a promotion book for "The Gippslander". The Gippslander name has been used for trains in the Bairnsdale corridor since 1954This book is a useful research tool.A 28 pp paper back book, titled Gippsland and its Lakes and Caves Victoria Australia. The front cover has orange and black print with yellow, green and blue motifs on a white and yellow background. The book has a stapled spine. It contains a short description of each of Gippsland's towns, a centre, double page maap of the region and many b/w photographs.railway-transport gippsland clapp-harold -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria, 1865 (exact); "1864-1865, CR"
... . No. of supplement plates XII-XVII. The book illustrates Victorian plants... plates XII-XVII. The book illustrates Victorian plants ...Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller was born in Germany on 30 June 1825. Ferdinand was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and a botanist. After passing the pharmaceutical examinations he studied botany at Kiel University. In 1847 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Kiel University.when he was 21 years old for a thesis on the flora of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1847, he moved to Adelaide, Australia and worked as a chemist. From 1848 to 1852 he travelled through the colony, discovering and describing a large number of unknown to Western science plants. He wrote a few papers to German periodicals on botanical subjects. In 1851, Mueller moved to Melbourne, capital of the new colony of Victoria. In 1853, He was appointed Government Botanist for Victoria by Governor Charles La Trobe. In 1873, Ferdinand received an honorary doctorate of the University of Rostock. In 1883, he was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales. He published many volumes on the Victorian plants. Many of Australian geographical features were named after him such as: the Mueller Ranges (WA), Muellers Range (Qld), Mount Mueller (in WA, NT, Tas and Vic) and many more. Mueller died in Melbourne on 10 October 1896 and is buried in the St. Kilda Cemetery A green cloth hard cover book. Title and author's name is engraved in gold on spine. It includes an introduction, a table of contents and plates. Lithograms in b/w. Each plate accompanied by a page with descriptive print. Number of plates XIII-LXXI. No. of supplement plates XII-XVII. The book illustrates Victorian plants and outlines the principal characters of those species. This book is No 1290 in the Original Register of Books (Cat. No. 005)Hand written pencil notes on contents page. Stamped throughout with "The School of Mines, Industries & Science, Ballarat. Ingenio Effodere Opes. In the University of Melbourne."australia, botany victoria, plants, ferdinand mueller, ferdinand von mueller -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - VICTORIAN COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE CONSTITUTION AND RULES BOOKLET, 1962
... black ink border. The book contains Victorian Country Football.... The book contains Victorian Country Football League Office Bearers ...Victorian Country Football League Constitution and Rules Booklet: Cream card and paper with black print. *Victorian Country Football League founded 1927 * Constitution and Rules Issued 1962. To be read in conjunction with Rules of affiliated Bodies * Indexed Pages, 63-65. E.O. McCutchan, Secretary* within rectangular black ink border. The book contains Victorian Country Football League Office Bearers (Season1962) The Delegate for Bendigo was E.A. Hains plus Rules, Regulations and Fixture Programme. Box 625clubs, football, victorian country football league -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS NOTE BOOK DATED 9.1.1928
... BADHAM COLLECTION: VICTORIAN RAILWAYS NOTE BOOK DATED...VICTORIAN RAILWAYS small note book...VICTORIAN RAILWAYS small note book, hard cover with purple... DOCUMENT Memo railway VICTORIAN RAILWAYS small note book hard cover ...VICTORIAN RAILWAYS small note book, hard cover with purple binding dated 9.1.1928. Each page details the Name of the Driver, Fireman, Van man and State of weather. Number and Class of Vehicles, Tonnage Contents, Total Description of Loading from Station to Station, Time of arrival and departure, Loco shunting, Van goods, Blocked by signals, other causes. Inside cover steam train instructions from T.B Molomby, General Supt, of Transportation. Reference is David Badham.document, memo, railway, victorian railways small note book, hard cover, t.b molomby, general supt, of transportation -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
administrative record (item) - Book, History, W H C Darvall, The Victorian Seaman's Mission and Institutes: An Epitomised History of Matters of Interest contained herewith. Compiled by WHC Darvall, Honorary Secretary, 1905
... of the Mission to Seafarers (Victorian Seamen's Mission). The book also... melbourne Book, History administrative record The Victorian Seaman's ...This book has been compiled by W H C Darvall, the Honorary Secretary at the Mission,( turn of 19th- 20th C.) A chronological recording of key dates and events in relation to the workings of the Mission to Seafarers (Victorian Seamen's Mission). The book also includes a number of clippings from newspapers or journals and concludes with an invitation to attend a special meeting of the Mission to discuss a proposed amalgamation with the Victorian Branch of the London Missions to Seamen, 15 November 1905. The author Mr Darvall arrived in Australia as a migrant 1853, served as the first Town Clerk of Beechworth 1856-1870. A solicitor in Collins St 1870s onward, he died in 1906.In diligently recording "matters of interest" to the Mission, Darvall has provided us with a significant point of reference from the establishment of the Victorian Bethel Union, afloat in 1850s through to the proposed amalgamation with the Missions to Seamen finalised in 1906. Many of the events were compiled retrospectively drawing on Annual reports and minutes but many were recorded contemporaneously from the 1890s. The Chronology serves as a means of verifying events through other sources such as minute books, annual reports and so on. It also provides us with the names and functions of people who had significant roles within the Mission from its earliest days in the 1850s through to the amalgamation of 1906.Label adhered to front cover, handwritten in ink: "The Victorian Seamen's Mission/An epitomised History/of/Matters of interest connected therewith/compiled by/ W.H.G. Darvall / Honorary Secretary" Label adhered to inside cover, printed label reading: "No.....Date....18.../A & W Bruce/Manufacturing Stationers,/65 Bourke Street West,/Melbourne/in re-ordering this book it is necessary to state the no. only"minutes, clippings, proceedings, william henry charles darvall (1830-1906) -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Audio - Oral History, Jennifer Williams, Mrs Vanessa McDonald, 9 November 2000
Mrs. Vanessa McDonald was born in Beechworth in 1917. Christened, Agnes Bertha Collins, Vanessa changed her name in 1960. Mrs. McDonald's family's connection with gold mining in the district reach back to the first of Beechworth's gold rushes, when her great grandfather, a Dutchman who adopted the name Charles Collins, arrived in 1851-1852. Mrs. McDonald spent her childhood in the isolated hamlet of Stanley, in the area known as 'Little Scotland', where she recalls helping her mother to raise younger siblings, picking apples and walnuts on the family farm, and roaming the hills for wildflowers. As a young woman Mrs. McDonald attended religious and social gatherings in the local community. In 1940 she went to Melbourne to work as a mothercraft nurse during the Second World War. She met her husband at a Beechworth football match and was married at the Stanley Methodist Church in 1941. The gold diggings known as the 'Nine Mile' became the hamlet of Stanley, after the British Prime Minister, Lord Stanley, in 1858. By the late 1850s, Stanley boasted schools, an athenaeum, a church, a weekly newspaper and several hotels and other civic infrastructure to cater for a growing population. The area attracted large numbers of Chinese miners, whose presence was frequently resisted. Like other early Victorian mining settlements, Stanley was a hotbed of political and racial tensions during the gold rush. One side of the Nine Mile Creek was known as 'Little Scotland’, the other, 'Little Ireland'. A number of Christian denominations built congregations and churches in Stanley, including the Church of England, Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and Presbyterian Church. Stanley became part of the United Shire of Beechworth in 1871. By 1880 timber was being cut and two sawmills were established by 1887. River-dredged gold mining consumed vast amounts of timber from the forests in the area, and in 1931 the first of several softwood plantations began. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth'. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke.Following the decline in the mining and associated industries during the early-mid-twentieth century, the Beechworth district experienced a period of general economic decline. On the east side of the Dingle Range, Mrs. McDonald's father, William Henry Collins, felled timber and the family were pioneer apple orchardists. The establishment of apple orchards in Stanley reflects changes to how land was used and contributes to our understanding of the historical development of rural communities following the gold rush. Mrs. McDonald's recollections are significant for understanding family and social life in a small rural town in years leading up to the Great Depression and prior to the Second World War. This oral history recording may be compared with other oral histories and items in the Burke Museum's collection. This oral history account is socially and historically significant as it is a part of a broader collection of interviews conducted by Jennifer Williams which were published in the book 'Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth-century Beechworth.' While the township of Beechworth is known for its history as a gold rush town, these accounts provide a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the town's residents during the 20th century, many of which will have now been lost if they had not been preserved.This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Vanessa McDonald /listen to what they say, beechworth, oral history, burke museum, emigration, gold rush immigration, victorian gold rush, mining families, apple orchard, forestry, forest plantation, little scotland, stanley, twentieth century history, regional australia, rural australia, farming, harvest festival, great depression, dingle range, the nine mile, australian wildflowers, high country wildflowers, mothercraft nurse, rural and regional women, social history, collins, mrs. vanessa mcdonald, building community life, shaping cultural and creative life, fruit growers, family history, changes to land use in regional victoria -
Geelong RSL Sub Branch
Book, National Servicemen's Association Australia A Salute to Geelong & District Sub- Branch 1998-2008, 2008
This book was compiled by Thomas Gartlan with the aim of providing a written history of the National Servicemen's Association of Australia Victorian Branch (Inc) Geelong and District Sub-Branch 1988-2008.This is an original book, there is a Heritage Page and the signatures of past President's, State and Sub Branch Patrons.An oblong book, thick yellow cardboard cover, 90 white pages.The book was printed by Deakin University, Logistics Division Print Services, 2008nsaa, geelong & district sub branch, thomas gartlan -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Botany Book by Robert William Whatmough, 1842-1887
Copy of original "Botany Book' handwritten by Robert Whatmough in the mid 1800s, accompanied by transcription by Nancy Whatmough. The current edition was put together by Steve Whatmough and published in 2008.An example of early horticultural notes. Robert Whatmough was an early Greensborough district orchardist. After arriving in Melbourne in 1841, Robert was Melbourne's first lamplighter in Bourke and Collins Streets. He worked as an orchardist from 1942 to 1887, growing and developing fruit varieties at his 'Willis Vale' orchard. He was an inaugural member of the "Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society' and exhibited 33 varieties of fruit at the1875 Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition..208 pages; spiral binding, clear cover. Original handwritten notes on right side of each page, transcription on left.robert whatmough, steve whatmough, nancy whatmough, greensborough, willis vale, orchards, horticulture -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book and CD, Birrarung database; compiled by Mick Woiwod, 1863-1924
This book and database attempts to develop an understanding of the place of Aborigines in the Victorian context. It uses a wide variety of references from early white settlement (1835) and more recent documents.Detailed information such as this will be valuable to researchers in their understanding of Indigenous peoples of Victoria.Paperback. 318 pages, illus. Includes CD-Rom "Birrarung database compiled by Mick Woiwod".Signed by compiler.yarra valley, aborigines victoria, birrarung, mick woiwod -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Life in the Country: Australia in the Victorian Age by Michael Cannon, 1983_
A text dealing with life in country areas of Australia from 1851 to 1901.Significant to this area as Greensborough was a farming area at this time.Hard cover. 322 pages, illus. Dust jacket has illustration by S.T.Gill of "Herdsmen with horses and drove of cattle"australia history, australia social conditions, michael cannon, australia country life -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Life in the Cities: Australia in the Victorian Age by Michael Cannon, 1983_
An Australian history text describing social conditions in the major Australian cities of the 19th century.Outlines conditions in cities in the 19th century. Compares with "Life in the country".Hard cover. 320 pages, illus. Dust jacket has a detail from S.T. Gill's "General view of Sydney"australia social conditions, australia city life, michael cannon -
Greensborough Historical Society
Book, Arriving: The Victorians. By Richard Broome, 1984_
... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Book Book Arriving: The Victorians ...This volume deals with the life of immigrants to Victoria over 150 years.Part 1 of a 3-part series to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of VictoriaHard cover. 258 pages, illus (some colour), end maps.victoria immigration, victoria history, victoria social conditions, richard broome