Single page of notes/interview record of Miss Daisy Paddock, teacher at the Ringwood State School in Greenwood Avenue (now Federation Estate) - Interview write-up by Ringwood History Group.Transcript: "Miss Janet Daisy Paddock She was an extremely well-liked and well-regarded teacher at the old RW State School in Greenwood Ave (Now Federation Estate). She taught between the years of 1927 until 1941, then again after the war from 1951 until final retirement in 1961. In fact she was so liked that her former pupils formed "The 2997 Club" , which met in her honour every year for a meal (and, of course, their guest of honour). 2997 was the RW SS number. In some of her letters about early life in RW, she recalls the RW Mail being produced and printed in a small wooden building in Adelaide St. [Adelaide St is officially no longer on the RW map but it went from the highway nearly to Mullum Creek, between Melbourne St and Warrandyte Road.^ In fact there is an unmarked 100 metres of road that is on the west side of Officeworks that ends in a roundabout at the bottom of Eastland carpark. I don't believe it is exactly in the same position as the old Adelaide Street but it pretty close. That would put the old Mail office in the vicinity of the Maroondah Council service centre in Eastland.] She also recalls that there were nearly a dam on every corner. In fact, I recall in my 1950s/60s childhood that there were still many dams around. As I previously mentioned, with the RW-Mitcham claybelt, there wasn't much top soil and the orange clay is very fine, so when the banks of the dam get wet, it wass very slippery. I often remember playing around in those dams, as most boys did in those days. A friend and I spied an old bath used to water some horses so after some trial and errors we made it waterproof and fashioned a couple of paddles out of wooden fence pailings. The first launch in the local dam was fine and we managed to manouver through the bullrushes into the middle. The only thing that I forgot about was that I had a d<^ that went everywhere with me and, rather than bark from the bank, he swam over to us and tried to get aboard. Bath tubs are not known for their seaworthness and he tipped us all in the drink. Of course the bath sank like a rock. We scrambled on the bank and he added insult to injury when, as all dogs do, gave the usual shake and sprayed us with water. My mind often comes back to one dam right next to the Croydon pub - that provided water to the Magg's orchard - dug in the usual fashion on about 3 metres deep scraped in the local clay, it was at this dam in the early sixties that a young boy drowned. After that we were pretty careful around dams. Going back to Daisy's memories, she recalls that the kids often started late on Monday mornings as Monday was Market Day at RW. They used to watch the stock being herded into the yards and people getting off the steam trains. Her family home was at Gruyere and her father used to drive to RW market and stop midway at the Burnt Bridge hotel and rest the horses. [I suspect that he may have watered other things besides the horses.] They eventually moved to RW in Thanet St. Miss Paddock still remembers the old RW school at the corner of RW St and Whitehorse Road, it was very small so they built the new school in Greenwood Ave. RW had a population of around 2,(K)0 when Daisy became an Assistant Class Five. She used to walk through the open paddocks, surrounded by bush and orchards. She goes on to say that the bush was alive with wildlife and a natural playground for the children. Miss Paddock was a member of the Soroptomist Club in RW (equivalent to Rotary), active in the church and local community. At our archives, we have a plaque that grac^ the entrance to the school, naming it the Miss Daisy Paddock library, in honour of a great woman in our city."

Photocopy of Part of a map of Warrandyte -Yarra Valley area year unknown possibly c1930

Many issues - ANZAC DayBadges and coins. Refer photograph. +Additional Keywords: Pratt, G / GibbonTop Row L_R:; Victoria - 50 Years of Reign. Diam 3cm.; RDFA/Time Keeper (2 badges); Plastic 7-pointed badge (2 badges): Palestine-Gallipoli, FRANCE, Egypt, Mesopotamia, North Sea, New Guinea. In Centre: Lest We Forget printed across a map of Australia.; Assorted ANZAC pins/badges (5 badges); Middle Row L-R:; Side 1: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (5 badges); Side 2: City of Wangaratta. Wangaratta Proclaimed a City.; Bottom Row:; Royal Life Saving Society, Established 1891. Centre: Awarded to G. Gibbon 1945.; Awarded to G Pratt v 1945; Victorian Rifle Association (2 badges); Legacy Badges/Pins (2 badges); Map of Australia on metal pin; Badge: Side 1 Centenary of Victoria 1934. On undeveloped scene embossed)/ Side 2 Centenary of Victoria 1935. (On city skyline embossed) Diam 2.6 cm.; Pavilion Fund Bayswater 1947-1948

Ringwood Primary School No 2997. Book containing an inventory of text books, maps and requisites. Education Department Vic Form No. ST 673. The book has alphabetic index tabs; mottled green cover; red cloth spine.Inventory (The Pencraft Faint Indexed Account Book. A Pencraft Production.)

Front cover missing - ad for power cords and piston rings - originally back cover.White folded map from Ringwood > Montrose E > W and North Ringwood > Heathmont N > S surrounded by ads for local businesses. Not dated.

Topographical map of Ringwood and surrounding areas dated 1-Aug-1935. Two copies.Ringwood Zone

Contains Inspector's Records and various maps and photographs relating to Ringwood School.Education Department Victoria - Inspectors Report Book State School No 2997 Ringwood, May 1948 to April 1955.

History of Anderson's Creek 1856-1865 - 7 foolscap pages and map prepared by W.W.L. Radden January 1965 +Additional Keywords: Radden, W.W.L.

Ordinance survey map glued to cheesecloth, of Ringwood zone - Commonwealth topographical map dated 1.8.35, scale 1:63,360. Information correct up to June 1922. "Ringwood 81" printed on the reverse side.; Envelope and note from donor of item, with return letter of appreciation from Ringwood & District Historical Society dated 20-May-2005. +Additional Keywords: Reid, Don

Area corresponds to the present Eastlands complexPlan of the crown portion 12 of Parish of Ringwood, County of Mornington showing Adelaide Street and Whitehorse Road. Made by H.J. Macey, Licensed Surveyor 1917.

The two articles give the history of the land subdivisions over the years, of "Reaghill", a house owned by the Davies family. The history of the land and family was given in a talk to Ringwood Historical Society by the McKellars in 2005.9 type-written pages. Pages 1-4 talk given by Margaret and Ian McKellar to the Ringwood Historical Society and a map. Pages 5-9 history of Reaghill and the Davies Family. +Additional Keywords: McKellar, Margaret / McKellar, Ian / Davies, George / Davies, Dora

1. 1871 property owners; 2. Rate paying electors Legislative Assembly 1890-91; 3. Ringwood Directory 1905; 4. Maps of area

Land Subdivision Sales - Nunawading; Land Subdivision Sales - East Ringwood; Land Subdivision Sales - Ringwood; Land Subdivision Sales - Grid map of Melbourne

4 maps Ringwood area c.1950

History 1974; Maps of Ringwood

History of Ringwood Telecom Site; Maps of area in Ringwood telephone system; Booklet "Welcome to the Phone Age" - August 1985

World War II - Newspapers - 50th anniversary editions; The Australian - Special edition "The Fall of Singapore", "The Day Destiny Struck", Australia at War, Map of Burma Railway